Chambliss sees "win" when he's a loser for veterans?

I thought Georgia cared about their veterans but when you think about the two senators they have voting against veterans, they must not really care that much. Just look at this.

Thursday, November 20, 2008

GOP image goes from bad to worse, even Lincoln would have switched
Georgia
Senator Saxby Chambliss D-
Senator Johnny Isakson F

I guess that in the case of veterans, and the troops when you get right down to it, Georgia must not rank veterans very high on their list of priorities. Maybe Chambliss thinks he deserves to go back to the senate since his counter part is even worse when it comes to veterans. I wounder if he would appear to be so smug if he had to look a veteran in the eye to explain his voting record against them?

Chambliss predicts victory in Georgia
By David Edwards
Sen. Saxby Chambliss told Fox’s Chris Wallace that he would “win again” in Georgia’s runoff election. Chambliss appeared on Fox News Sunday.

“If voters turnout in the same ratios and same numbers we’ll win again,” Chambliss said.

Projections suggest that black voters will only make up 23 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s runoff election. African American voters made up about 35 percent of the vote in the Nov. 4th general election. The high black turnout was credited with making Chambliss’ opponent, Jim Martin, competitive on Nov. 4th.

Chambliss doesn’t concede the black vote. “There were an awful lot of African Americans that voted for me,” he said. “I’ve reached out to the African American turnout and I continue to do that.”

This video is from Fox’s Fox News Sunday, broadcast Nov. 30, 2008.
click link for video and watch for yourself.

This must come from the fact that Chambliss didn't go when it was his turn. Remember the attacks against Max Cleland? As Max points out in this, Martin did serve but Chambliss had better things to do.

Saturday, November 1, 2008
Cleland criticizes Chambliss over Viet Nam
Former Democratic Senator Max Cleland of Georgia is accusing Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss of avoiding the Vietnam War "with a trick knee." Cleland, who lost his seat to Chambliss in 2002, has pointed to Chambliss' lack of military service before, but his criticism Friday was unusually direct. In a conference call with reporters, Cleland said Chambliss "got out of going to Vietnam with a trick knee and in many ways he tricked people." In contrast, Cleland said, Chambliss' current Democratic opponent, Jim Martin, served in the war. Chambliss' campaign did not immediately respond. Chambliss received a student deferment from the draft and later was turned down for service because of a bad knee. Martin worked as a noncombat personnel officer in Vietnam, while Cleland served in combat and lost three limbs in a grenade blast during a 1968 mission.

(Associated Press)
http://gpbnews.blogspot.com/2008/11/cleland-criticizes-chambliss-over-viet.html

Too bad that the people of Georgia don't value the veterans enough that they matter more than keeping these two senators on their jobs when they keep voting against veterans and attacking them when they want to. Let's see what happens on Tuesday with the runoff election. I really hope Georgia plans on making something so wrong finally right. kc