Rave if you think Republican Rep. Joe Walsh of Illinois was WRONG for suggesting double-amputee Iraq veteran Tammy Duckworth not a ‘true hero’
Republican Rep. Joe Walsh of Illinois is under fire this Fourth of July for complaining that his Democratic challenger, a veteran who lost her legs in Iraq, talks too much about her military service.
Tammy Duckworth, a Black Hawk pilot, was awarded the Purple Heart after her helicopter was hit by an RPG in 2004. She lost her legs and some use of her right arm in the explosion.
At a town hall meeting on Sunday, Walsh complained that he is “running against a woman who, I mean my God, [military service] is all she talks about.”
The first-term congressman also suggested that Duckworth is not a “true hero,” while comparing her unfavorably to Arizona Sen. John McCain.
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FAWKES' NOOSE ~ ΔTX 2012/07/05 03:37:35Yes, Republican Representative Joe Walsh was WRONG






















Seems to me Walsh is only cutting his own throat here.
If he were a real man...if he were a human being...if he wanted to show that conservatives aren't really that backwards group of people who they say they aren't, then he wouldn't make an issue of this at all.
Can't he see that he's a conservative bully, and that no one in their right mind will vote for him now?
Any comments from conservatives?
Love to read 'em...
Being an Army Aviator is dangerous work no matter what you fly or where you fly it. Any man or woman that has the courage and talent to fly a helicopter is a hero no matter what and that service should never be disparaged!
"Duckworth lost the lower part of both legs from injuries sustained on November 12, 2004, when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter she was co-piloting was hit by a rocket propelled grenade fired by Iraqi insurgents. This made her the first female double amputee from the Iraq war. The explosion also "almost completely destroyed her right arm, breaking it in three places and tearing tissue from the back side of it. Duckworth received a Purple Heart on December 3 and was promoted to Major on December 21 at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where she was presented with an Air Medal and Army Commendation Medal."
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