Aparently AlBore doesn't know anyone in the Military, or he'd know the truth. Anyone here wish to state otherwise?
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Gore calls Bush criticism of military out of bounds
CAMPAIGN 2000: coxnews.com/2000
Scott Shepard - Cox Washington Bureau
Wednesday, August 23, 2000
Chicago --- Vice President Al Gore suggested Tuesday that Texas Gov. George W. Bush went beyond the appropriate boundaries of political debate by creating an "inaccurate impression" of U.S. military forces.
Gore made the suggestion in an interview in Chicago, expanding on remarks he made earlier in a speech in Milwaukee to the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Gore, wearing the military-style cap of VFW Post 5021 in Carthage, Tenn., told the group of more than 7,000 that "an unshakable national commitment to our veterans" has been a hallmark of his 24 years in politics, rooted in his service as an Army journalist in Vietnam.
"It's that year-after-year commitment to a strong American defense that makes me so concerned when others try to run down America's military for political advantage in an election year," Gore said.
The vice president did not mention Bush by name in his speech, but his meaning was clear. The previous day, Bush, the Republican presidential nominee, used the VFW convention as a forum for accusing the Clinton administration of allowing the U.S. military to fall into decline since 1993.
In his subsequent interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Gore said, "We have long since begun the increased investments in modernization and readiness that are needed. And therefore, I would never say that it's not legitimate to raise questions about how much investment of that sort is needed.
"But to go beyond that and to say that two divisions can't even respond to a call to deploy, or to imply that our fighting forces are not the most capable in the world by far, that's mistaken," he said. "And I don't think that's helpful to the country to put an inaccurate impression out there."
Bush campaign spokesman Dan Bartlett said Gore's comments were "reactionary and defensive."
Earlier this month, speaking to the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, Bush charged that two Army divisions were not ready for combat duty. That was immediately disputed by Defense Secretary William Cohen, a Republican and former member of the Senate Armed Services Committee along with Gore.
"We picked a Republican to run the Defense Department, partly to take military policy out of the political arena," Gore told the Journal-Constitution.
Gore, who received a rousing reception from the nearly 7,000 veterans at the VFW convention, also promised military pay raises and improvements in veterans benefits. But he cautioned that a $1.3 billion tax cut proposed by his Republican rival would "wreck our good economy and make it impossible to modernize our armed forces and keep them ready for battle."
Bush also campaigned through Midwestern battleground states Tuesday, but he talked about tax cuts. He vowed to do a better job of explaining to voters how he can cut taxes by $1.3 trillion and still leave enough money to rescue Social Security.
Rejecting heavy Democratic criticism of his plan, Bush said his proposal was "reasonable" and just needed to be better understood. Once it is, "people will buy into the tax relief plan even more," he said.
Bush is trying to offset Democratic criticism of his tax plan as one that would mainly help the wealthy and endanger the economic gains of recent years. Some recent national polls have suggested that a growing number of Americans think Gore could better deal with the U.S. economy than Bush.
Bush's plan would cut $1.3 trillion over 10 years, slashing taxes from the wealthiest to the poorest taxpayers. By contrast, Gore has proposed cutting $500 billion over the same period, closely targeting his reductions to specific areas.
Bush visited elementary schools in Peoria and in the St. Louis suburb of Chesterfield, Mo., to promote reading and school initiatives. Later, he attended three GOP fund-raisers in St. Louis.
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The story can be found HERE.
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God, Guns and Guts made this country a great country!
oberkommando sez:
"We lost the first and third and now they are after the Second!(no pun intended)"
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Gore calls Bush criticism of military out of bounds
CAMPAIGN 2000: coxnews.com/2000
Scott Shepard - Cox Washington Bureau
Wednesday, August 23, 2000
Chicago --- Vice President Al Gore suggested Tuesday that Texas Gov. George W. Bush went beyond the appropriate boundaries of political debate by creating an "inaccurate impression" of U.S. military forces.
Gore made the suggestion in an interview in Chicago, expanding on remarks he made earlier in a speech in Milwaukee to the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Gore, wearing the military-style cap of VFW Post 5021 in Carthage, Tenn., told the group of more than 7,000 that "an unshakable national commitment to our veterans" has been a hallmark of his 24 years in politics, rooted in his service as an Army journalist in Vietnam.
"It's that year-after-year commitment to a strong American defense that makes me so concerned when others try to run down America's military for political advantage in an election year," Gore said.
The vice president did not mention Bush by name in his speech, but his meaning was clear. The previous day, Bush, the Republican presidential nominee, used the VFW convention as a forum for accusing the Clinton administration of allowing the U.S. military to fall into decline since 1993.
In his subsequent interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Gore said, "We have long since begun the increased investments in modernization and readiness that are needed. And therefore, I would never say that it's not legitimate to raise questions about how much investment of that sort is needed.
"But to go beyond that and to say that two divisions can't even respond to a call to deploy, or to imply that our fighting forces are not the most capable in the world by far, that's mistaken," he said. "And I don't think that's helpful to the country to put an inaccurate impression out there."
Bush campaign spokesman Dan Bartlett said Gore's comments were "reactionary and defensive."
Earlier this month, speaking to the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, Bush charged that two Army divisions were not ready for combat duty. That was immediately disputed by Defense Secretary William Cohen, a Republican and former member of the Senate Armed Services Committee along with Gore.
"We picked a Republican to run the Defense Department, partly to take military policy out of the political arena," Gore told the Journal-Constitution.
Gore, who received a rousing reception from the nearly 7,000 veterans at the VFW convention, also promised military pay raises and improvements in veterans benefits. But he cautioned that a $1.3 billion tax cut proposed by his Republican rival would "wreck our good economy and make it impossible to modernize our armed forces and keep them ready for battle."
Bush also campaigned through Midwestern battleground states Tuesday, but he talked about tax cuts. He vowed to do a better job of explaining to voters how he can cut taxes by $1.3 trillion and still leave enough money to rescue Social Security.
Rejecting heavy Democratic criticism of his plan, Bush said his proposal was "reasonable" and just needed to be better understood. Once it is, "people will buy into the tax relief plan even more," he said.
Bush is trying to offset Democratic criticism of his tax plan as one that would mainly help the wealthy and endanger the economic gains of recent years. Some recent national polls have suggested that a growing number of Americans think Gore could better deal with the U.S. economy than Bush.
Bush's plan would cut $1.3 trillion over 10 years, slashing taxes from the wealthiest to the poorest taxpayers. By contrast, Gore has proposed cutting $500 billion over the same period, closely targeting his reductions to specific areas.
Bush visited elementary schools in Peoria and in the St. Louis suburb of Chesterfield, Mo., to promote reading and school initiatives. Later, he attended three GOP fund-raisers in St. Louis.
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The story can be found HERE.
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God, Guns and Guts made this country a great country!
oberkommando sez:
"We lost the first and third and now they are after the Second!(no pun intended)"
Oh this punches a button that lying ****sucker!