AAHHEEMMM, someone already did think of that, and for reasons that defy comprehension, McBush refuses to support the legislation that he said he wants, but only for public consumption and campaigning, and not for reality..
Senators Jim Webb and Chuck Hagel, unveiled a GI Bill modernization package over a year ago which would increase troop benefits to pay for their education. From a patriotic perspective, this is showing real support for the troops. From a military perspective, it might make recruiting easier if young people knew they could go to college after their service for free. From an economic perspective, the country benefits when thousands of educated young people enter the workforce with degrees, as opposed to the alternative.
Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have signed on as cosponsors of the Webb-Hagel bill. McBush, on the other hand, has stayed on the sidelines.
Why, then, is McBush going on national television to talk about how much he supports providing veterans with educational benefits? For that matter, why does the Bush administration actually oppose the Webb-Hagel bill?
GOP doctrine of recent years has been to spend as little money as possible on used cannon-fodder, while using the fiercest of spin to pretend otherwise. The American public has been falling for it so far, just like they keep falling for the one about the GOP being more fiscally responsible.
I wonder how hard McBush has fought this policy. Has he been dragged to it kicking and screaming, forced to sacrifice his love of the troops on the altar of GOP support? Or has he just casually tossed it aside like he has done to most of his other principles? I'm guessing the latter, but we don't really know. And I guess it doesn't really matter. Either way, he's slime. McBush sat on the sidelines regarding the appalling conditions at Walter Reid VA Hospital and many others, as well.
McBush is a cynical, hypocritical so-called "patriot", and his ambivalence about supporting veterans is appalling.
What is even more appalling is that the press is letting him get away with so much. Even on NPR, for God's sake, I just heard a smarmy piece about how McBush reinvented himself to become a reliable, stable brand ...
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