Walz, Demmer post similar fundraising for the quarter

Has Walz come clean about embellishing his service record yet? I haven’t noticed.

Walz has been in the National Guard for more than 24 years, he’s the highest ranking enlisted soldier to serve in Congress, and he’s championed plenty of important veterans and soldiers’ causes while in the House. And he served overseas in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. His record needs no embellishing.

How’s that compare to Demmer’s military service, Dennis?

Or, for that matter, yours?

Walz just received the Legislator of the Year Award from the National Association of County Veterans Service Officers.

The Rochester Post Bulletin reported:

“”Congressman Walz is a soldier’s soldier,” said Jim Golgart, President of the Minnesota Association of County Veteran Service Officers. “Whether he is fighting for a new GI bill, fighting to make sure that Minnesota National Guard gets the benefits they had been promised, or fighting to increase the mileage rate for veterans traveling long distances to VA hospitals, congressman Walz’s passion for helping veterans has been unwavering.”

NACVSO is an organization made up of the local County Veterans Service Officers who assist veterans in developing and processing their claims. Each Minnesota counties has a local veteran service officer on staff that is available to meet with veterans and provide assistance and support.”

Earlier in the year, he received top legislative honors from AMVETs and the Jewish War Veterans association.

Nonpartisan veterans groups highly respect Walz and show it with awards like the above, just as his Republican colleagues on the House Vets committee respect his work for vets. People like Dennis? Just a sorry footnote at the bottom of Minnesota’s political discourse.

“And he served overseas in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.”

That’s the embellishment I was referring to. It implies he was in theatre when in fact he never got closer than western europe. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. He should simply say where he was stationed, that’s all. Anything else smells dishonest.

For the record, I served eight years in the submarine service. Not that it matters, Ensign. It’s just that I don’t imply I was someplace when I wasn’t.

With all due respect, Dennis, what does “for the record” mean when you comment anonymously? There is no record to verify, just your first name, your opinions, and your claims of “submarine service” (that’s the Navy? The Coast Guard? Merchant Marines? What?). Most veterans don’t knock their brothers over mere terminology. Walz served and continues to serve — far longer than you — and that’s admirable. It also has nothing to do with the content of this blog post.

Ensign – What, you doubt my word?

http://rontini.com/599crew.html

Scroll down to #1199.

Then immediately forget what you see there.

I don’t value a veteran’s contribution to the nation by how much taxpayer money he can spend even if it is for veterans’ programs. All he’s doing is buying votes with other people’s money. If I had my way the VA hospital system would be disbanded and veterans who needed service-related care would simply go to any civilian hospital to be treated for free. We’d save billions. But no, there’s no votes to get bought with that idea.

Universal health care using a single-payer system would accomplish what Dennis just said since EVERYONE – including veterans – would get the medical care they need when they need it. Single payer would do away with insurance companies and government programs including Medicare, Medicaid, various state and county programs, and the VA.

Well, except only wounded veterans deserve it.

Randy Demmer reminds me of how McCain nearly spent himself out of the 2008 campaign promoting himself as a fiscal conservative.

Fiscally conservative does not mean fiscally responsible. These days, it usually means the opposite.

“Well, except only wounded veterans deserve it.”

What’s wrong with letting the rest have a taste of it too, pinhead?

The greatest country in the world can do better than that.

Dave, we can’t afford to give free stuff to everybody, so we’re only going to give it to people who earned it. You know, like in the real world.

This country got to be the greatest country in the world because people pulled their own weight and didn’t expect to be taken care of. Now who’s the pinhead.

“Randy Demmer reminds me of how McCain nearly spent himself out of the 2008 campaign promoting himself as a fiscal conservative.”

I guess since Obama spent twice as much as McCain (over $800 million) on his campaign, we shouldn’t be surprised at his spending since then.

> Dave, we can’t afford to give free stuff to everybody, so we’re only going to give it to people who earned it. You know, like in the real world.

Single-payer means EVERYONE pays into the universal healthcare system – probably through a national sales tax.

Additionally, using Dennis’ logic, newborn babies, children, parents who chose to stay home to take care of young children while their spouses go to work, those too disabled to work, prisoners and the elderly should not have access to healthcare because there is no way they can EARN this privilege.

Dennis’ reality probably parallels the Star Troopers Universe where citizenship is earned only after joining the Federation military in the intragalactic war with the bugs!

I’m a GOPer, saw the debate, and will vote for Walz. Sorry. Demmer wouldn’t say why he spent per-diems, saying it was “inconsequential.” I hate it when politicians don’t answer questions.