Rave if you think Republican Rep. Joe Walsh of Illinois was WRONG for suggesting double-amputee Iraq veteran Tammy Duckworth not a ‘true hero’

I didn't say I was hero.

Then what does that make you ?

What does that make you? What do you mean?

What sacrifice have you made for your country ?

What sacrifice have you made?

I guess that I agree with his point. I am retired military but that has little relevance to anything I do currently and there is almost never a need to bring it up (except, possibly, here just to make a point.) Doesn't everyone know that McCain and Duckworth served in the military and suffered as a result?

I worry about people who have a need to keep re-stating the obvious. Focus on current issues.

Seems like a cheap shot. It is one thing to bring up military service when it is part of the discussion so bringing it up when the SH topic is talking about military service seems relevant. The SH topic specificly contrasted the difference in service between Walsh and Duckworth. But what does it have to do with campaigning for an office and wanting to solve current issues?
And it is one thing to thank military veterans and another thing for veterans to solicit thanks/pity for themselves. You are not required to thank vets and for the most part the people who want you to thank vets are non-vets. I don't care what you do either way.

Good point. There are a lot of vets who do think that they deserve some special recognition.
I don't and IMHO many of those most truly worthy of special recognition don't. (And I am certainly not putting myself in that group)

I don't have a problem with it. The govt asks people to enlist and offers a whole variety of incentives and this is one incentive. I suppose the govt could drop that and replace it with some other incentive. Or try to get enough people to enlist as cheaply as possible and drop the incentive.

For people my age who were subjected to a discriminatory draft system it is a nice gesture. Many of us were not asked to join the military-we were forced, simply because we were 18-26 year old males. So the govt who required that threw a little bone.

Are you saying that if an employer offers some benefit to employees who do volunteer work that all fellow employees must also treat their fellow employee as special and do special things for him?

Regardless of what the employer, or govt in this case, does, there is no obligation for other people to follow the lead of that employer or govt.

As I previously stated, if the govt wants to offer an incentive to sign up, then fine. But you don't have to follow the govt's lead and thank veterans or vote for a veteran. And the govt can give you a 10pt advantage on govt jobs but does not require all employers to offer the same advantage. There is nothing in any law that says that veterans will get 100,000 votes added. I don't see your logic at all. The government can not mandate citizens to do anything.

I can not believe that you are actually saying that veterans should automatically get a bunch of extra votes. It is ironic that the current presidential election is the first in at least 66 years in which neither candidate is a veteran. That is sad but I am not in favor of messing with the democracy of one man one vote.

Edit: I did not hear Walsh saying that Tammy should get no special treatment. What I got from it is that they should be discussing current issues so the citizens can make an informed decision. An accident that happened 8 years ago may indicate something about character which is fine and important but there are other issues.

I am curious as to what you would like. Should Tammy get votes for being a wounded vet? Should we over overturn the last Presidential elections based on your veteran preference idea?
My principles don't change based on some silly partisanship.

Sorry that you feel that getting shot down makes you the best candidate.

Only a Teabagger would vote for a Deadbeat Dad that hates Veterans like Joe Walsh. And you wonder why the Tea Party and it's supporters are viewed as a sad joke.

no he wasn't, he was just tired of someone pulling out the disabled warrior card becuase there was no other way she was gonna get in the office. Can't say as I blame him,...just the way he did it is just wrong.

I thought that I explained myself. I admire Daniel Inoyue, Bob Dole, Al Gore, John McCain, GHWBush, etc, for their service. I just don't know how much relevance that has to being elected. Did you vote for Dole, Bush, McCain?
(there is no reason why you should but I am curious whether you gave them 10%)

Bob Dole and John McCain made sacrifices for our Nation. GDub served stateside in the National Guard.

Cheap shot to the 6,874 National Guardsmen who died in Vietnam. More Natl Guard were KIA than the Navy or Air Force. And once you are enlisted, you go where you are told.

Cheap shot ? George Bush didn't spend 1 day in Vietnam. He had his Rich Daddy take care of that.

And wasnt there some claim that he was awol for some time?

I didn't think that McCain talked about it at all. As I recall, his supporters wanted him to but he did not. Perhaps it is like FDR and his wheelchair. Up to just months before his death, most were not aware and it shocked Congress when he went to Congress in 1945 in a wheelchair.

Furthermore, there are many different reasons for joining the military, some more selfless than others. For someone who has been in the military as long as she has, Tammy seems to have a rather weak set of military awards and honors, according to Wikipedia. Especially for an officer as officers get awards like candy sometimes. A friend of mine got his Purple Heart while returning from a visit to the local whore house in Vietnam. Getting badly wounded is not grounds for being elected to Congress.

I guess you consider a Deatbeat Dad that hates Veterans like Joe Walsh more qualified ? What a Douche.

I guess that you did not read anything that I wrote. Or rather you read through your rose colored glasses. You might considered listening to others and responding, rather than stereotyping and bigotry.

Joe Walsh's Deadbeat Dad and Draft Dodger status is not stereotyping. There were earned. And the Tea Party Douche Bags elected him.

Thank you! nicely worded.

As others have noted, this guy is not only wrong, he's a total douchebag.

what the hell does anybody care what a jealous coward have to say anyway? Every generation has the 1% show up in uniform while the other 99% are the sick, lame and lazy... nothing new here... He has to defend his cowardice somehow...

WHAT AN ASS

Someone should tell Deadbeat Dad Joe Walsh to PAY HIS DAMN CHILD SUPPORT. It's not like he can cry empty pockets since he gets ALL that campaign money for pimping for the banks.

Your typical chickenhawks republicans!

Herbert Hoover was the last Republican President who did not serve in the military, although he did assist Marines fighting in the Boxer Rebellion in China.
This will be the first Presidential election of my lifetime that neither candidate has served in the military. Every Republican candidate prior to Romney served, since 1950.