Tammy Duckworth lost legs in service to country, Rep. Joe Walsh lost his mind

UPDATE Vote Vets wants Walsh to resign!
In fact, McCain released the book “Faith of My Fathers” focused on his military service and imprisonment in North Vietnamese POW camps while he was beginning his unsuccessful bid for the 2000 presidential nomination.

The veterans group Vote Vets is calling on Walsh to resign over his comments.

Tammy Duckworth lost legs in service to country, Rep. Joe Walsh lost his mind!
by Chaplain Kathie
OK this is about as bad as it gets. Joe Walsh said that Tammy Duckworth should talk about her service, the fact she lost limbs or even the fact she turned around and fought hard for other combat wounded disabled veterans. Walsh said "true heroes" don't talk about it.?

Rep. Joe Walsh criticizes Tammy Duckworth's military service



Maybe Walsh should tell that to Medal Of Honor Hero Sammy Davis. He says veterans need to talk about it.



It is fine to complain about someone's politics when running for re-election. It is fine to complain about other things you just don't agree with but when you stoop so low as to say that a veteran is not a true hero because she talks about it, just goes to show this man does not honor the service of the men and women risking their lives where people like him sent them.

The men and women serving this nation after 9-11 in combat was less than 1% of the population and even less were wounded but we can't take care of them? We can't because people like Walsh don't value their service.

Vote Smart Joe Walsh
Military Issues
2011
Women's Action for New Directions (WAND) and-WILL - Positions (House Only)
31%

Veterans Issues
2011
Vietnam Veterans of America - Positions 0%

Jul 3, 2012
Rep. Joe Walsh Says Iraq War Vet Opponent Talks Too Much to Be ‘True’ Hero
By Amy Bingham
ABC News

Rep. Joe Walsh’s Facebook page is flooded with negative comments today after the Illinois Republican said his opponent, Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth, was not a “true” hero because she often makes reference to her military service on the campaign trail.

Duckworth lost both her legs after an RPG attack in Iraq brought down the Black Hawk helicopter she was piloting in 2004. Walsh never mentions his own military service on the campaign stump. He never had any.

“My God, that’s all she talks about,” Walsh said of Duckworth’s military career in a video recorded at Walsh’s town hall speech Sunday and posted by Think Progress. “Our true heroes, the men and women who served us, my God, that’s the last thing in the world they talk about. That’s why we are so indebted and in awe of what they have done.”
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When I started this blog almost five years ago I said that politics would not come into it unless a politician did something for or against veterans. Well this one really tops all the "against" veterans I've ever heard!