The Veterans of Foreign Wars called out the president after Obama referenced the political opinions at “VFW halls” in an Indiana speech Wednesday that toggled between campaign politics and the economy.
“I don’t know how many VFW Posts the president has ever visited, but our near 1.7 million members are a direct reflection of America,” VFW National Commander John A. Biedrzycki Jr. said in a statement. “We don’t have confused politics, we don’t need left or rightwing media filters telling us how to think or vote, and we don’t need any President of the United States lecturing us about how we are individually [affected] by the economy.” . . This speech reminds me a lot of the "sticking to their guns and bibles" BS he did several years ago. - Some of the comments under this are fantastic ...
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Posted - June 03 2016 : 11:25:09 AM
Speaking as an active member of both the VFW and American Legion, I could care less what some EEOC-hire street agitator & DC politician, has to say about folks like me.
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