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Fri Aug 24, 2012, 08:25 PM

Star Member trailmonkee (2,595 posts)

Biden's son slams GOP ticket's plans for veterans

Source: Orlando sentinel

Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, the son of Vice President Joe Biden, said in Orlando on Friday that the Republican presidential ticket of Mitt Romney and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan could cause "unconscionable" program cuts for American veterans.

Speaking at the Obama for America campaign office in Orlando, Biden, a Delaware Army National Guard major and Iraq veteran, said Ryan's proposed budget cuts could eliminate $11 billion for veterans in the first year.

He also slammed Romney's veterans' benefits voucher idea, saying that with 50,000 veterans coming home wounded from Iraq and Afghanistan, "There should be no debate about our government taking care of our veterans."

Read more: http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-08-24/news/os-beau-biden-orlando-20120824_1_iraq-veteran-delaware-attorney-general-beau-vice-president-joe-biden

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Reply Biden's son slams GOP ticket's plans for veterans (Original post)
 trailmonkee Aug 2012 OP
LineReply You go, Beau! HE enlisted to serve in Iraq. How 'bout your strapping boys, Mitt?
 gateley Aug 2012 #1
LineLineReply Hey now
 Politicalboi Aug 2012 #3
LineLineReply sweet idea
 trailmonkee Aug 2012 #8
LineLineReply This message was self-deleted by its author
 trailmonkee Aug 2012 #9
LineLineReply You tell 'em Gateley!!
 jillan Aug 2012 #12
LineLineReply You probably meant it well. But Officers don't enlist. Instead they receive either a commission
 24601 Aug 2012 #17
LineLineLineNew Reply Oops -- I meant to respond to you but apparently responded to the OP (down the page).
 gateley Aug 2012 #24
LineReply Deep bench, those Dems.
 nolabear Aug 2012 #2
LineReply Go Cuz!!!
 Cooley Hurd Aug 2012 #4
LineReply Keep Slammin' Beau!
 Cha Aug 2012 #5
LineReply Where can I find Little bastards plan and Mittens voucher plan?
 Autumn Aug 2012 #6
LineReply This is horrifying, that their plan would hang our vets out to dry, at THIS time.
 Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #7
LineLineReply it just drives me friggin nuts watching the gop
 trailmonkee Aug 2012 #10
LineLineNew Reply its very ugly isn't it..... the level of Cruelty on the part of the GOP is biblical in proportion...
 trailmonkee Aug 2012 #21
LineReply Vouchers for Veterans - Mitt is such a heartless jerk! As for Beau -
 jillan Aug 2012 #11
LineLineNew Reply I have met him in person and had a nice conversation.
 Frustratedlady Aug 2012 #29
LineReply Oh my Flying Spaghetti Monster;
 greiner3 Aug 2012 #13
LineLineReply What a great young man ~ he could be President
 goclark Aug 2012 #15
LineReply Private hospitals, and the insurance companies gobble up that $50k voucher in one visit.
 Monk06 Aug 2012 #14
LineLineReply Too Late
 oldsarge54 Aug 2012 #16
LineLineLineReply Sorry to hear that. The least you should be able to expect for your service is good affordable hc.
 Monk06 Aug 2012 #19
LineLineLineNew Reply and for what?
 trailmonkee Aug 2012 #22
LineLineReply I just got a 5k bill for a 20 min CT scan....
 trailmonkee Aug 2012 #20
LineReply BTW Beau could have run for his dad's Senate seat in 2010......
 LynneSin Aug 2012 #18
LineNew Reply Ok. I stand corrected. I was remembering that Joe was torn about Beau deploying, but that Beau
 gateley Aug 2012 #23
LineNew Reply Thanks Beau! This should be headlines
 Rosa Luxemburg Aug 2012 #25
LineNew Reply People have no idea of the America Mittt has in
 orpupilofnature57 Aug 2012 #26
LineLineNew Reply I disagree
 atreides1 Aug 2012 #27
LineLineLineNew Reply Unfortunately ,I agree.
 orpupilofnature57 Aug 2012 #30
LineNew Reply One of
 Flashmann Aug 2012 #28

Response to trailmonkee (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 08:28 PM

Star Member gateley (61,915 posts)

1. You go, Beau! HE enlisted to serve in Iraq. How 'bout your strapping boys, Mitt?

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Fri Aug 24, 2012, 08:36 PM

Politicalboi (9,486 posts)

3. Hey now

His boys are serving their country by helping their daddy on his campaign. When the boys came home the other day, they were all dehydrated. Yes dehydrated. They risked their lives to go door knocking, and "you people" distort everything.

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Fri Aug 24, 2012, 09:23 PM

Star Member trailmonkee (2,595 posts)

8. sweet idea

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Fri Aug 24, 2012, 10:41 PM

Star Member jillan (31,392 posts)

12. You tell 'em Gateley!!

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Sat Aug 25, 2012, 09:37 AM

24601 (2,494 posts)

17. You probably meant it well. But Officers don't enlist. Instead they receive either a commission

from the President or a warrant from their Service Secretary. And Army Warrant Officers are additionally commissioned upon promition to Chief Warrant Officer. (Not sure what the Marines & Navy do. AF does not have Warrant Officers.)

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Sat Aug 25, 2012, 04:08 PM

Star Member gateley (61,915 posts)

24. Oops -- I meant to respond to you but apparently responded to the OP (down the page).

If my dad were alive, he would have corrected me, too -- Commander in Navy Air.

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Fri Aug 24, 2012, 08:35 PM

Star Member nolabear (14,737 posts)

2. Deep bench, those Dems.

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Fri Aug 24, 2012, 08:39 PM

Star Member Cooley Hurd (20,689 posts)

4. Go Cuz!!!

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Fri Aug 24, 2012, 08:44 PM

Star Member Cha (124,652 posts)

5. Keep Slammin' Beau!

Plaster them with FACTS!

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Fri Aug 24, 2012, 08:54 PM

Star Member Autumn (11,308 posts)

6. Where can I find Little bastards plan and Mittens voucher plan?

I want to plaster that all over my FB .

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Fri Aug 24, 2012, 09:05 PM

Star Member Honeycombe8 (18,006 posts)

7. This is horrifying, that their plan would hang our vets out to dry, at THIS time.

With all the injuries coming home from abroad.

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Fri Aug 24, 2012, 10:10 PM

Star Member trailmonkee (2,595 posts)

10. it just drives me friggin nuts watching the gop

Last edited Fri Aug 24, 2012, 11:47 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

Spread their message of fear and hatred in order to get vets to vote against their rest interest

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Sat Aug 25, 2012, 01:22 PM

Star Member trailmonkee (2,595 posts)

21. its very ugly isn't it..... the level of Cruelty on the part of the GOP is biblical in proportion...

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Fri Aug 24, 2012, 10:40 PM

Star Member jillan (31,392 posts)

11. Vouchers for Veterans - Mitt is such a heartless jerk! As for Beau -

I see a great political career ahead. Just like his daddy.

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Sat Aug 25, 2012, 05:17 PM

Star Member Frustratedlady (8,918 posts)

29. I have met him in person and had a nice conversation.

He is serious and focused. He listens and replies with detailed answers. He is also very respectful toward his father. That guy is going to be president before too many years.

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Fri Aug 24, 2012, 10:46 PM

Star Member greiner3 (3,963 posts)

13. Oh my Flying Spaghetti Monster;

Check out Beau's phote;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beau_Biden

I'd heard he and Steve Carell had never been photographed together and now I know why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Sat Aug 25, 2012, 03:01 AM

Star Member goclark (30,404 posts)

15. What a great young man ~ he could be President

one day.

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Sat Aug 25, 2012, 01:23 AM

Monk06 (5,608 posts)

14. Private hospitals, and the insurance companies gobble up that $50k voucher in one visit.


After that the veterans are on their own.

Veterans and their families should have free health insurance for life, period.

Republicans can't do that though because it might work.

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Sat Aug 25, 2012, 06:40 AM

oldsarge54 (582 posts)

16. Too Late

Active duty has to pay tricare for their families. Retired military has to pay tricare for themselves. At 65, veterans and retirees have to pay medicare and tricare for life. We have already been screwed.

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Sat Aug 25, 2012, 10:46 AM

Monk06 (5,608 posts)

19. Sorry to hear that. The least you should be able to expect for your service is good affordable hc.

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Sat Aug 25, 2012, 03:42 PM

Star Member trailmonkee (2,595 posts)

22. and for what?

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Sat Aug 25, 2012, 11:09 AM

Star Member trailmonkee (2,595 posts)

20. I just got a 5k bill for a 20 min CT scan....

results showed nothing to worry about, which makes me happy... but at 5k for a test that is not uncommon these days.... 50k? (for how long would they even maintain that?) 50k would be used up quickly if you have any issue besides preventive care and general care... that would be so stressful to deal with, worrying about spending all your 50k... how many people would stay away from treatment in fear that they will blow through their funds? stupid idea

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Sat Aug 25, 2012, 10:46 AM

Star Member LynneSin (89,793 posts)

18. BTW Beau could have run for his dad's Senate seat in 2010......

it was assumed for the longest time that Beau Biden would run against Mike Castle, a very popular moderate republican that had served for years as our only US Representative.

But at the time the Dr. Earl Bradley case was just coming to surface and Beau put investing that child abuse case ahead of his political needs. Earl Bradley was a pediatrician that sexually abused over 100 of his patients, all girls.

Unlike Tom Corbett who buried the case he was investigating so he could run for governor of Pennsylvania, that was the Jerry Sandusky case.

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Sat Aug 25, 2012, 04:03 PM

Star Member gateley (61,915 posts)

23. Ok. I stand corrected. I was remembering that Joe was torn about Beau deploying, but that Beau

feit was his duty. I was pretty impressed.

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Sat Aug 25, 2012, 04:32 PM

Star Member Rosa Luxemburg (22,020 posts)

25. Thanks Beau! This should be headlines

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Sat Aug 25, 2012, 04:36 PM

orpupilofnature57 (10,553 posts)

26. People have no idea of the America Mittt has in

store.

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Sat Aug 25, 2012, 04:48 PM

Star Member atreides1 (10,176 posts)

27. I disagree

I think that Democrats have a very good idea of the kind of America Rmoney wants to create...it's groups like the Republicans and their Tea Bagger creation that don't realize, or just don't care...as long as that black guy is kicked out of the White House!

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Sat Aug 25, 2012, 05:19 PM

orpupilofnature57 (10,553 posts)

30. Unfortunately ,I agree.

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Sat Aug 25, 2012, 05:07 PM

Flashmann (1,963 posts)

28. One of

Trailer Trash Barbies whelps is,or will be a vet....Right?...How's that gonna play in Waysilly,when Gov. quitters son can't get his due?

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