Mitt Romney has a military problem.  He appears to be clueless on matters relating to foreign policy.  More importantly, how can he handle economic budgets when he can’t get the Veteran Affairs budget facts straight?

Now he is Falsely Claiming Pentagon Cuts Will Impact Veterans, and as a Gulf War I veteran … I take issue with Romney’s populist lying in order to get ahead. Besides, I have news for Mitt Romney:  Americans are tired of blowing a good chunk of our money on wars and Romney wants to increase our war budget during a slower economy.  We need to invest war dollars right here in our Homeland.  We are tired of wasting our tax payer dollars on bombs and rebuilding countries we bomb.

Enough is enough with war and we need to slow it down.

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Romney Falsely Claims Pentagon Cuts Will Impact Veterans

By Adam Peck on Sep 27, 2012 at 5:39 pm

In a speech to the American Legion today, Mitt Romney leveled fresh criticism against President Obama, accusing his administration of cutting the benefits of veterans who are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and going so far as to call plans to cut the Veterans Affairs Department budget a “crisis.”:

Romney charged that the defense budget cuts would affect services for veterans, including the men and women returning from conflict overseas who need psychological counseling. Romney invoked the rising number of suicides – “This is a crisis,” he declared – as he sharpened his attack on the Obama administration’s proposed spending cuts.

But Romney’s claim — that veterans’ care will be negatively impacted by sequestration — is not grounded in reality. Earlier this month, the White House announced that virtually all of the Veterans Affairs Department budget will be exempt from mandatory cuts if and when sequestration goes into effect in January 2013. The only exception, according to VA Secretary Eric Shinseki, would be possible cuts to administrative costs. That means health care, vocational, and education services will remain fully funded while cuts are made elsewhere within the Department of Defense, despite Mitt Romney’s claims to the contrary.

Of course, if Romney were actually concerned about the possibility of losing funding for the Veterans Affairs Department, he probably wouldn’t have embraced Paul Ryan or his budget, which could lead to reductions in veterans’ benefits.

Romney drops mention of Navy SEAL as friends expose flaws in story

Controversy about one of the Navy SEALS killed in Libya last month has Mitt Romney changing his campaign speeches.

Our news partner 97.3 KIRO FM exposed flaws in a story Romney told about a Navy SEAL he once met. The Republican referenced Glen Doherty once in Ohio Wednesday until senior advisers told the media he would no longer do it out of respect for Doherty’s mother. She was upset that her son’s name was being used for political purposes. His friends were upset by Romney’s inaccuracies.

Did you catch this?

As we continue to analyze the Mother Jones video of Mitt Romney speaking at a private fundrai$er to top elites, we want to hone in on when he stated:

 ”….we’re having a much harder time with Hispanic voters. And if the Hispanic voting bloc becomes as committed to the Democrats as the African American voting bloc has in the past, why we’re in trouble as a party and, I think, as a nation.”

Why does Romney believe that an increase in the Latino voting block would spell trouble for our Nation?

Did Romney forget Latinos are patriotic, and more importantly did he forget the contributions we made to this great Nation?

Then of course, what would you expect from Romney when he dodged the draft 4 different times?

What basis does Romney have to believe voting Latinos would spell trouble for our Nation when we have a strong history of defending Her?

When is Mitt Romney and the GOP going to figure out that you cannot win the hearts of Latinos by demonizing us?

Through­out my Air Force career, I met many cit­i­zens and nonci­t­i­zens as I worked and trained with Marines, Army, Navy, and  civil author­i­ties. I had the oppor­tu­nity to serve with fel­low Latino sol­diers who came from other coun­tries, who told me they joined the United States mil­i­tary so they could work toward Amer­i­can  cit­i­zen­ship. Nat­u­rally, this made quite an impres­sion on me to see oth­ers risk­ing their lives to become Americans.

I do not believe the main­stream media does an ade­quate job in por­tray­ing His­panic patri­o­tism. In fact, liv­ing in Ari­zona, I often see His­panic peo­ple being demo­nized and por­trayed in a  neg­a­tive light by isolationists.

His­panic patri­ots have fought for the United States since the Amer­i­can Rev­o­lu­tion. Many His­pan­ics served as “rough rid­ers”  with Teddy Roo­sevelt and were rec­og­nized for their patri­o­tism under the for­mer president.

Dur­ing World War I, approx­i­mately one third of the U.S. pop­u­la­tion was recent immi­grants; the United States imple­mented a draft for the war effort. Ten years after the war, the econ­omy slowed down and the U.S. adopted a repres­sive anti-immigration pol­icy against “Mex­i­cans,” using mass depor­ta­tion roundups and repa­tri­a­tion  that forced many estab­lished His­pan­ics out of their homes and  sep­a­rated fam­i­lies. These events occurred dur­ing the eco­nomic  depres­sion of 1929–1939 in a back­lash to cre­ate jobs for Euro­pean  Amer­i­cans. Thus, they deprived His­pan­ics of their pub­lic– and  private-sector jobs and ignored many past con­tri­bu­tions to the  mil­i­tary and our nation. Sim­i­larly, social and eco­nomic strains were evi­dent in 1953–1954 as sweeps from “Oper­a­tion Wet­back”  deported 1,874,431 ille­gal Mexicans.

Although it seems that the media does not do enough to portray patriotic Latinos and their contributions to American wars, let us not be dismayed. Instead, let us all remember great leaders in American history, and create a culture of unity. We must take on the mantle from Latino Veteran leaders such as Dr. Hector P. Garcia as we continue to see “Operation Wetback” programs rear it’s ugly head in the form of SB 1070.

We must fight the good fight in countering the people who demonize Latinos, and we do it by reminding the public of Latino Veteran contributions to our country. We counter isolationists by reminding the public of the economic contributions given by Hispanics, but most importantly, we remind the public that “All Men Are Created Equal”.

We must help our fellow brothers and sisters by getting them to be more politically involved. We must take control of our own destinies and change what we can change while praying to our Creator for the things beyond our control.

You can read the entire transcript of the video from Mother Jones here,  or jump directly to these highlights from Romney:

• On the 47 percent of Americans “who will vote for the president no matter what.”
• On the dividends of his anticipated November 6 victory: “we’ll see—without actually doing anything—we’ll actually get a boost in the economy.”
• On the “almost unthinkable prospects” for Mideast peace: “I look at the Palestinians not wanting to see peace anyway…and I say there’s just no way.”
• Mocking immigration in the United States: “[If] you have no skill or experience…you’re welcome to cross the border and stay here for the rest of your life.”

Mitt Romney made a moronic statement regarding President Obama and his foreign policy and Libya. First of all, as a female veteran of the United States Armed Forces –  I do not think Romney is qualified to attack Obama on his foreign policy particularly when he dodged the draft. Romney avoided military service at the height of the fighting after high school by seeking and receiving four draft deferments according to Selective service records. Romney was of age to fight for our Country, but sought deferments instead. As a veteran of the United States Air Force, and as a female of the Armed Services, I will not vote for Mitt Romney.  How can a man who “claims” to love our Country seek deferments that prevented Romney fighting for her?

Though an early supporter of the Vietnam War, Romney avoided military service at the height of the fighting after high school by seeking and receiving four draft deferments, according to Selective Service records. They included college deferments and a 31-month stretch as a “minister of religion” in France, a classification for Mormon missionaries that the church at the time feared was being overused. The country was cutting troop levels by the time he became eligible for the draft, and his lottery number was not called.

President Barack Obama, Romney’s opponent in this year’s campaign, did not serve in the military either. The Democrat, 50, was a child during the Vietnam conflict and did not enlist when he was older.

But because Romney, now 65, was of draft age during Vietnam, his military background _ or, rather, his lack of one _ is facing new scrutiny as he courts veterans and makes his case to the nation to be commander in chief. He’s also intensified his criticism lately of Obama’s plans to scale back the nation’s military commitments abroad, suggesting that Romney would pursue an aggressive foThe foolishness of Romney’s reaction is glaring. Pretending that the statement from the U.S. embassy in Cairo was anything other than a completely understandable and reasonable attempt by its occupants to save their own lives borders on disgraceful. Romney’s implication that the statement was issued at the height of the attacks is also false; it was actually released earlier in the day, a preventive measure aimed at keeping the protests from turning violent.reign policy as president that could involve U.S. troops.

Here is more on Mitt’s controversial moronic statement from the SALON:

…“It’s disgraceful,” Romney’s statement, which was released late Tuesday night, read, “that the Obama administration’s first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks.”…

The foolishness of Romney’s reaction is glaring. Pretending that the statement from the U.S. embassy in Cairo was anything other than a completely understandable and reasonable attempt by its occupants to save their own lives borders on disgraceful. Romney’s implication that the statement was issued at the height of the attacks is also false; it was actually released earlier in the day, a preventive measure aimed at keeping the protests from turning violent.

And on a last note, it was the Obama administration who gets credit for ensuring Osama Bin Laden is not killing anymore innocent Americans — not Bush.  OBL was brought down under Obama’s watch while the Bush administration spent millions and millions and millions of dollars and wasted years hunting OBL down.

Did you know that Mitt Romney dodged the military?  Romney avoided military service at the height of the fighting after high school by seeking and receiving four draft deferments according to Selective service records. Romney was of age to fight for our Country, but sought deferments instead. As a veteran of the United States Air Force, and as a female of the Armed Services, I will not vote for Mitt Romney.  How can a man who “claims” to love our Country seek deferments in order to fight for her?

Though an early supporter of the Vietnam War, Romney avoided military service at the height of the fighting after high school by seeking and receiving four draft deferments, according to Selective Service records. They included college deferments and a 31-month stretch as a “minister of religion” in France, a classification for Mormon missionaries that the church at the time feared was being overused. The country was cutting troop levels by the time he became eligible for the draft, and his lottery number was not called.

President Barack Obama, Romney’s opponent in this year’s campaign, did not serve in the military either. The Democrat, 50, was a child during the Vietnam conflict and did not enlist when he was older.

But because Romney, now 65, was of draft age during Vietnam, his military background _ or, rather, his lack of one _ is facing new scrutiny as he courts veterans and makes his case to the nation to be commander in chief. He’s also intensified his criticism lately of Obama’s plans to scale back the nation’s military commitments abroad, suggesting that Romney would pursue an aggressive foreign policy as president that could involve U.S. troops.