Who Really Supports the Troops? - The Democrats, That's Who

Thanks to Hunter at the Daily Kos and Bob Geiger for this cool comparison chart. The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America compiled a list of over three hundred legislative votes from the last five years. This non-partisan group put together this ranking of our Congress men and women and whether they actually supported the troops with their votes, not just with their words.

Republicans are always making a show of how much they support the troops, how much they respect the fine men and women that have dedicated their lives to the defense of the United States, etc. Here I link to an earlier post I made about the Republican leadership replacing one of their fellow Republicans as chairman of the Veteran's Affiars committee. The first Republican was actually doing a good job and voted often in favor of more benefits, better protection, etc., but then the Republican leadership didn't like that so they replaced him with a rank and file stooge who would do their bidding and vote against all of those benefits.

Anyway, let's get right to the heart of the matter. Check out the chart here showing the grades that our Congress people received regarding their actual votes concerning our veterans...notice that every single Democrat on the list ranked higher than all of the Republicans...big surprise. Ha!