This is another reason why Carissa's fight is so important.
Take care of our vets. They took care of us.
That’s what we all want when we head to the polls. More importantly, we want our vote counted correctly or we would not bother.
In the last Election (non-presidential), I was pondering not voting at all. I was convinced my vote didn’t count, or even worse, my vote would be manipulated. I decided to do a little work for the Dems and worked a booth at the State Fair. Interestingly enough it happened to be our current Secretary of State here in Minnesota whose table I was manning with my wife. I got a chance to hear him speak. His idea was not a new one: every vote must count. He explained that for our system to work it had to be impartial and we had to get as many people as possible to vote. This way the will of the people is truly being heard.
Read More »"To express the sense of the Senate that General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General, Multi-National Force-Iraq, deserves the full support of the Senate and strongly condemn personal attacks on the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all members of the United States Armed Forces."
This is what I get out of that: The Senate supports liars.
Because of his service I respect him. Because he seems to have little integrity regarding passing off fake stats to try and support a war, I am disgusted by him. I think the nick name MoveOn.org gave him is quite fitting. I would continue on, but I am far too pissed off.
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