Newly-returned veterans join Cleland to campaign for Kerry

[Khephra]

Newly-returned veterans join Cleland to campaign for Kerry
By Holly Ramer, Associated Press Writer | September 14, 2004

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Given the state's high percentage of deployed reservists and National Guard members, former U.S. Sen. Max Cleland was preaching to the choir when he touted presidential candidate John Kerry's plan to add 40,000 active duty troops to fight terrorism.

"The American military is over-stressed and over-stretched," Cleland, a Georgia Democrat, told a group of veterans and Kerry supporters Monday. "This president and secretary of defense ... have added to the commitment, but they have not added the troops to take care of it."

Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 57 percent of the state's reservists and guard members have been called up. As of this month, about 800 of the state's 1,700 Army National Guard members were serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"It ought to occur to the people of New Hampshire ... what's wrong with this picture?" said Cleland, who lost two legs and an arm in Vietnam. "If we have open-ended commitments that last year after year after year, how in the world can we sustain the Guard and reserves?"

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/kerry/articles/2004/09/14/newly_returned_veterans_join_cleland_to_campaign_for_kerry/

[alittlelark]

1. Not a reply to your post

but you sig makes me agitated....don't feed the GD04 trolls with this anti-matter, they don't get it.

[Leilani]

2. Go Max!

Hope someone is listening.

[TaleWgnDg]

3. New Hampshire has the potentiality of being a very . . .

important "red state." It may go "blue." Damn, how sweet that would be. Go, Max, go!!

[blm]

5. It's going blue. No doubt about it.

This article is a good one to share.

[Judi Lynn]

4. God bless Max Cleland. He has truly given his energy selflessly

to this campaign. I really hope his getting right back into politics after being savaged by the right-wing in his last election will get him that job back the people of Georgia originally gave him. Saxby Chambliss and his backers should beg forgiveness and drop dead.

From the article:

Martha Jo McCarthy of Wakefield spoke on behalf of her husband, who has been in Iraq since February. She checks the list of U.S. casualties every day, and asks herself whether she feels safer today than yesterday.

"The answer is no," she said. "I don't think we can win this war through arrogance. ... Arrogance should never be mistaken for strength."
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Found some photos of Max Cleland a long time ago. He has retained that WONDERFUL smile throughout.

(Guy sitting directly in the middle, looking at camera)

Man on the right

(His dad is the blond man,2nd from right, in this 1940's photo.)



I hope he learns how many admirers he has in this country. What a man.

[wolfgirl]

6. DITTO!

He's terrific! I wish he were back in charge of the VA...he knew what the vet needed & didn't hesitate to fight for what's right!

[yellerpup]

7. A hero through and through. n/t

[2Design]

8. I like that Kerry has brought him in and being supportive of him

this man did not deserve to be slandered out of office based on BushCo nazi tactics....

I am so glad Kerry brought him back to front and center on the stage.

[tabasco]

9. Max Cleland is a stud !

I hope, in my life, to develop a fraction of this man's moral and physical courage ! This is a man I am proud to emulate.

How the repukes rally around cowards like Bush and Cheney is a mystery to me.

[struggle4progress]

10. kick

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