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Here's Your Maverick

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Timelines, Department of Veterans Affairs, John McCain, Veterans Affairs, Votevets, 2008 Election, Veterans, Nouri Al Maliki, McCain Iraq, Politics News
Jon Soltz

John McCain sure is a maverick, I'll give him that. In just a week, he's managed to alienate the Iraqi Prime Minister, the Iraqi people, the American people, and the veterans community.

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The Flip Flopper on Iraq? McCain

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Timelines, John McCain, John McCain 2008, Iraq, Votevets, Vets for Freedom, Barack Obama, Nouri Al Maliki, Politics News
Jon Soltz

The Iraqis are basically telling the US that they endorse Obama's policy -- they want us to set a timetable to bring the troops home. John McCain is ignoring them.

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McCain Flips At Legit Question

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vietnam, John McCain, ABC News, 2008 Presidential Race, General Wesley Clark, Wesley Clark, Wesley Clark McCain, Votevets, 2008 Election, Politics News
Jon Soltz

You would assume that given all the whining over General Clark's legitimate point, that John McCain had some obvious answer to the question.

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Gen. Clark and That POW Thing McCain Hates Talking About

Paul Waldman | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, John McCain, John McCain 2008, Media Matters, General Wesley Clark, Vietnam, Media, Wesley Clark, Wesley Clark McCain, Votevets, 2008 Election, Wesley Clark Statement, Politics News
Paul Waldman

There's a myth out there that McCain is reluctant to exploit his Vietnam POW story for political advantage, so modest and full of integrity is he. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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Right On, General Clark. Do Not Back Down.

Jon Soltz | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, John McCain, John McCain 2008, 21st Century GI Bill, General Wesley Clark, Vietnam, Wesley Clark, Al Qaeda, Straight Talk Express, Votevets, Wesley Clark McCain, 2008 Election, Politics News
Jon Soltz

While we should all honor McCain's service, that doesn't mean we should necessarily honor it by putting him in the White House to take up George W. Bush's third term.

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Will McCain, Cornyn Support Our Troops This Week?

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Cornyn, GI Bill, John McCain, Chuck Hagel, Jim Webb, Iraq, 21st Century GI Bill, Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Votevets, Politics News
Jon Soltz

For the next day and a half, no one in Washington will be able to turn on their TV without seeing an ad on the GI Bill that challenges McCain to back the Webb-Hagel bill.

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Obama's Consolidation of the Party

Matt Stoller | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, 2008, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, President, Obama Nominee, Barack Obama Fundraising, Womens Voices Women Vote, Obama Donors, Women Voters, votevets.org, Progressive Infrastructure, Voter Registration, Democratic Nomination, Votevets, Democratic Nominee, Politics News
Matt Stoller

Obama has created a number of significant infrastructure pieces through his campaign, displacing traditional groups the way he promised he would by signaling the end of the old politics of division and partisanship.

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Not a Surge, but a Wash, in Afghanistan

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Iraq War, Troops, Surge, Afghanistan War, Iraq Surge, Iraq Veterans, Afghanistan, Iraq, Votevets, Politics News
Jon Soltz

This isn't a "surge," it's caulk. You know, the stuff you use to fill the gaps. We're just making up the shortfall in troops.

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Patrick McHenry (R-NC): Timeline of a Young Chickenhawk

Brandon Friedman | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Votevets, Patrick McHenry, 2008, Green Zone, 2008 Elections, Iraq, Chickenhawks, Vetvoice, Opsec, Nc-10, Politics News
Brandon Friedman

Congressman Patrick McHenry is having a bad week. If he wants to tell war stories so badly, he should resign his Congressional seat and go enlist. He's only 32.

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Tell McCain To Step Up on G.I. Bill

Gen. Wesley Clark, Jon Soltz and Robert Greenwald | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: GI Bill, WesPAC, Video, Webb GI Bill, Brave New Films, McCain GI Bill, Chuck Hagel, Jim Webb, Votevets, John Warner, Politics News
Gen. Wesley Clark, Jon Soltz and Robert Greenwald

Faced with unprecedented filibusters, the only way to ensure Senate passage of the GI Bill is to get 60 cosponsors. So far, McCain has refused. The same McCain who insists he supports our troops.

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Why the Administration Won't Define Success in Iraq

Jon Soltz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Iraq, Mahdi Army, Success of the Surge, votevets.org, Votevets, Politics News
Jon Soltz

What does it mean if violence goes down in Iraq? "Success of the surge," says the administration. What does it mean, then, if the violence goes up in Iraq? "Success of the surge," they say.

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Will Thomas

Edwardses Join Anti-War Campaign Group

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Campaign 2008, Iraq War, John Edwards, SEIU Iraq, Votevets, MoveOn.Org, Elizabeth Edwards, Politics News

John and Elizabeth Edwards have thrown their support behind a new $20 million election-year campaign to press for a withdrawal from Iraq and tie the w...

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It's All About Priorities, Senator McCain

Jon Soltz | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Afghanistan, Straight Talk Express, Economy, Iraq, Votevets, Health Care, Recession, Al Qaeda, Veterans, Mccain Foreign Policy, McCain Afghanistan, McCain Iraq, Politics News
Jon Soltz

What are Americans going to have to sacrifice if he has his way on Iraq? Health care? Decent jobs? We can't do it all, but John McCain seems to pretend that we can.

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World War III plans stymied by National Intelligence Estimate

Jon Soltz | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics

Read More: Hezbollah, Votevets, Stopiranwar, War With Iran, Iran Nuclear Weapons, George W. Bush, Politics News
Jon Soltz

So militarily we can't and shouldn't do it, and for security we don't need to do it. So why are White House cronies trying to figure out how to sell war with Iran?

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Come See Presidential Candidates Address Troops, Vets, Families

Jon Soltz | Posted 11.20.2007 | Home

Read More: Iraq War, Troops, Republican Presidential Candidates, Bloggers, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Vetvoice, Votevets, Afghanistan War, Veterans, Home News
Jon Soltz

The burden of the current conflicts is borne by a very select minority, and very few people actually know someone who served.

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Limbaugh On Wounded Iraq Vet: "I Didn't Call This Guy A Suicide Bomber"

Media Matters For America | Posted 10.04.2007 | Media

Read More: Votevets, Limbaugh Suicide Bomber, Rush Limbaugh, Media News

On the October 4 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh asserted that he "didn't call" wounded Iraq veteran Brian McGough "a...

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Clear Channel Won't Let Veterans Ad Run During Rush's Show

Think Progress | Posted 10.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: Votevets, Rush Limbaugh, Rush Clear Channel, Vote Vets Ad Rush, Clear Channel, Politics News

Rush Limbaugh's hometown radio station that broadcasts his show -- WJNO AM in Palm Beach, Florida -- has refused to air a VoteVets ad by Brian McGough...

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Limbaugh Compares Purple Heart Winner To Suicide Bomber

Media Matters | Posted 10.02.2007 | Politics

Read More: Votevets, Phony Soldiers, Rush Limbaugh, Politics News

On the October 2 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh denounced a recent ad by VoteVets.org that featured Iraq war veteran...

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So I'm a "Phony Soldier," Rush?

Jon Soltz | Posted 09.27.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Votevets, Rush Limbaugh, Soldiers in Iraq, Soldiers Against the War, Major Generals Against the War, Rush Limbaugh Phony Soldiers, Politics News
Jon Soltz

He said that those troops who come home and want to get America out of the middle of the religious civil war in Iraq are "phony soldiers." Where to begin?

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Partial Progress Towards Progress Towards Progress

Jon Soltz | Posted 09.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: Benchmarks, Iraq Surge, Votevets, Gao, Politics News
Jon Soltz

The GAO report is a strong and sobering look at Iraq, and far more truthful than what the White House has been shoveling to the American people. But, I have to question what this "partial" grade is.

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