Wrong Time. Wrong Vote.
Gordon Smith should check the calendar.
He chose the wrong week to undercut veterans health.
If Smith heads to Oregon for Veterans Day events, he will have to answer for his vote this week to "strip veterans funding," not to mention his failing Veterans Day Report Card.
“Gordon Smith’s message to our soldiers is fight them over there, but I won’t fight for you here,” DPO Chair Meredith Wood Smith said. “He will vote over and over again to keep troops in Iraq, but won’t support veterans programs for those same soldiers when they return home.”
While he’s home, Smith should also explain why he continues his Iraq War deception. Smith votes in Washington, DC to keep troops in Iraq, yet tells Oregonians he opposes the war.
WHAT SMITH WILL HAVE TO ANSWER FOR THIS WEEKEND:
VETERANS
This week Smith voted to strip funding from veterans. The bill he opposed and Ron Wyden supported would have provided necessary funds for the Veterans Administration so our veterans can get the care they deserve.
According to the Census Bureau, there are more than 350,000 veterans in Oregon. Nearly 20,000 Oregon men and women have been deployed overseas, including in Iraq and Afghanistan, to combat terrorism.
All of them would benefit from this funding. All of them have been ignored by Senator Smith. Smith’s vote this week will do nothing to help his 40 percent rating from Disabled American Veterans.
CONSISTENT SUPPORT FOR IRAQ WAR
Over and over again Smith votes to keep troops in Iraq. Twice in May, again in September and again in October he has chosen to stand with President Bush to keep troops in Iraq. By comparison, Ron Wyden voted opposite Smith on all four votes.
IRAQ WAR DECEPTION
Smith has made it impossible for Oregonians to trust what he says on the Iraq War. He will talk to every reporter he can to emphasize his opposition to the war. Then, he will retreat to the senate chamber and vote to continue the war. That’s not leadership, that’s deception.
What will you tell Gordon Smith if you see him this weekend in Oregon?
Posted November 9, 2007 Veterans 1 comments
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Smith is a pretend 'maverick'. He's going to do just what Bush tells him to do and hope that Oregonians don't notice.
Oregon can do better than Smith, a man who happily abdicates his responsibility to protect & defend the constitution. His actions prove he doesn't believe Congress is a co-equal branch and that alone should give Oregonians pause.
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