The Maverick Conservative

"On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes, AND I SEE MANY OF THEM IN THE ATUDIENCE HERE TODAY..."  (emphasis added to covict the guilty).

The above is from Barack Obama's speech on Memorial Day.  As the first words of the above speech indicate, Memorial Day honors the DEAD.  We know that, for many leftists, Obama is the Messiah returned.  This fits. He obviously raised some "fallen heroes" from the dead to appear at this speech.

Did Obama AD LIB that part about "many of whom I see are here today"?  Remember, this was a PREPARED SPEECH.  Memorial Day is NOT Veteran's Day.  Does Barack Obama know that?  We know that Obama DELIVERS speeches well.  But are they his words?  When he departs from a prepared script, he just sounds stupid.   If this was in the prepared speech, of course, it goes beyond stupid.  I find that hard to believe.  I wuld prefer to believe that Obama departed from the prepared speech because hte thought it sounded good, and really had no firm, personal concept of what Memorial Day is. 

I realize perfectly weel that this is not a "big deal".  But what if MCCAIN had said something this stupid?  What if President Bush had said something this stupid?  Does it not distort the idea of Memorial Day to treat it as just a day honoring our veterans, even if--like me--those veterans never saw a day  of combat, and/or were not even wounded?  A day honoring our FALLEN soldiers should not be turned into a day manufacturing concern about veterans in general, for POLITICAL REASONS.  If you don't realize that Democrats are trying to USE veterans these days for political reasons, you have not been paying attention. 

You doubt me (oh, you really are a fool!!!).  Consider the REST of what Obama said on Memorial Day.  He talked about post-traumatic stress (one of the leftist "talking points" about how the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have given our soldiers "mental problems"--the way the despicable AP{ pout it, in an effort to both show "concern" for our veterans and oppose what our soldiers are doing at the same time).  Worse, Obama then went on to try to get Clinton's FEMINISTS by talking about how women women soldiers are especially at risk mentally because they suffer so much sexual harrassment (again a leftist "talking point" because it both shows concern for "women" AND attacks the military that leftists do NOT like, even as they cry crocodile tears for our soldiers and veterans). 

This is on MEMORIAL DAY.  Obama turned MEMORIAL DAY into a day for pushing leftist talking points that have nothing to do with our fallen dead. 

This gaffe is much more serious than Hillary Clinton's inadvertent insensitivity on the word "assassination.  Hillary Clinton was in an "off the cuff" interview searching for the right words.  Obama was engaged in a major, prepared speech, and still messed it up (substantively) more than anything Clinton has said.

You might remember that Obama is the same person who said there are 57 states, and said that 1,000 people died in a tornado in a Kansas town last year (in saying we needed the National Guard troops that are in Iraq); about 13 people actually died in that tornado).

WHY are Democrats concentrating so much on veterans?  It is obviously a SCAM--an attempt to USE veterans for political purposes.  The idea is to DEFLECT criticism (correct criticism) that leftists are anti-military and weak on natioinal security.  And the WAY Democrats are doing it actually pushes a leftist agenda.  For example, does it not push a leftist agenda to push for a central planning, Federal Government solution to all of our problems, where the Federal Government takes care of EVERYBODY?   Of course it des.  Leftists want the Federal Government to pay for EVERYTHING for EVERYBODY--including highter education and health care.  It makes obvious sense, even if it is mainly a political scam, for leftists to push for extra SCHOLARSHIPS for "veterans" (like me again) who served as few as three years, AND to push all kinds of health care benefits for veterans (again, ofthen without regard to how long they served or whether they really need it--perhaps taking money away from SERVING soldiers).  It is another one of the "crusades" of leftists that "mental health" needs to be covered for EVERYONE.  I really think this is related to the fact that leftists KNOW that they are mentally ill (why else do you think so many Hollywood people are in therapy all of their lives, or consulting various "gurus" for answers as to how to be happy).

Now I am in favor of giving our soldiers more, especially WHILE they are serving, if they are killed or injured in the military, or if they make the military a career.  But what leftists are trying to do here is demand so much for EVERY "veteran" (because central planning and spending Federal money is what they DO anyway) even war heroes like John McCain oppose throwing Federal money at EVERY veteran.  Then leftists point and say:  "see, we care MORE than those hypocrites who claim to support our soldiers."

Hogwash.  If lyou are willing to dishonor the real purpose of Memorial Day, for political purposes, you don't understand soldiers at all.

P.S.  Vetrans are like everyone else.  Some of these "veteran" groups that the media likes to quote are "front" groups with the kind of name leftists love (think "People's Republic of China")--which is not to say they do not have real veterans in them.  There are leftist veterans.  More fundamentally, what is the PURPOSE of veterans' groups?  It is to LOBBY for the interest of veterans.  that means that these groups ALWAYS want more for veterans. They serve a valuable function (although I would hope they would be sselective in pushing those areas where there is a real need for veterans who deserve it).  There SHOULD be people lobbying for veterans.  And I am sure (human nature) that there are veterans, like me, who did not "sacrifice" much for this country (and I went to law school on the regular G. I. bill) who WANT the Federal Government to take care of them their entrie lives.  That is WHY Democrats are trying to USE veterans in this way, as they are trying to USE everyone who feels that it would be nice to have the Federal Government take care of you.   Still, this leftist idea that you have to throw Federal money at every problem, or to every "deserving" person or group, is destructive in the end (see my ongoing series on oil and oil companies).  In the end, this idea that the Federal Government can solve all of our problems will make all of our problems worse. 

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