What everyone is REALLY thinking about Obama

[Teresa Heilevang]

MUDMARINE
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I am a VHCM member, I spent 12 months in Vietnam (147th CH47-CE) as most of us did.

I am also a disabled veteran; I have been a wheelchair user for 35 years now.

A few months ago I went to listen to Barack Obama at a local college. When he was done with his speech I got in line to ask him a question. When my time came, my question was;

'Senator Obama; I work with disabled veterans throughout the VA Hospital system, what is your plan for our veterans, especially our disabled veterans who use the VA Hospitals for their care. I stated we need mandatory funding for our VA system to ensure the care is available when needed, especially in light of the current situation in Iraq and the numbers of troops who are coming home with severe disabilities.'

He told one of his aide's to get my name, blew me off, did not answer my question and I never heard from him or the aide again.

Is this who we want as our 'Commander in Chief'?

He wouldn't even answer a 'veterans' question, regarding other veterans.

Take it for what it's worth..just thought I'd pass on my experience with Mr. Obama.

Regards,

Gary McDermott
147th ASH Hillclimbers Vung Tau, RVN 68-69
CH 47 CE

If you are wishing for hope and change, you better know what the salesman is selling.

[DDMac]

Regarding Mr. McDermott's veterans issues question: Obama doesn't know or care. Those are after election "details" to his vision. Veterans are not considered part of his constituency anyway. Reminds me of the Foghorn Leghorn cartoon line, "Don't bother me, boy!".

His recent news video of him amongst the giddy troops at war is misleading. When military personnel are deployed and at war, they are in a mental state that results in attraction to anybody that may be in a position to get them safely home. Their concerns are focused on that moment and tunnel vision interferes with rational consideration of overall consequences. I am STILL grateful to Richard Nixon for getting me off that boat in 1972!

Mac.