Our Chimperor Is Fighting A 3.5% Pay Raise For Our Soldiers

MannyGoldstein

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Wed Jul-18-07 10:45 AM
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Our Chimperor Is Fighting A 3.5% Pay Raise For Our Soldiers

What a pile of crap.

http://www.rawstory.com/showarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fthe.honoluluadvertiser.com%2Farticle%2F2007%2FJul%2F16%2Fln%2FFP707160308.html

From the story:

Talk about lousy timing. With President Bush's popularity scraping bottom in opinion polls, with U.S. casualties rising in Iraq in a force surge that has stretched tours to 15 months, the Bush administration has said it "strongly opposes" key military pay and benefit gains tossed into the fiscal 2008 defense bill.

Initiatives the administration opposes include:

- A military pay raise for next January of 3.5 percent versus 3 percent endorsed by the White House.

- Lowering the age-60 start of reserve retirement annuities for reserve component members by the length of their future mobilizations.

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HardWorkingDem

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Wed Jul-18-07 11:10 AM
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1. Now THIS is the type of item Dems should hammer on...

This is the sort of item that resonates with people. Every Dem that gets on TV should hammer this point home. In every interview, every Dem should work this item in. And that's the problem with Dems - they always miss these little gems out there.

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Telly Savalas

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Wed Jul-18-07 08:37 PM
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8. But Bush isn't running in 2008.

Just quietly put the 3.5% increase in the bill and don't budge on the issue. If Bush wants to make a lot of noise about it or veto it because of this, then let him make an ass of himself.

Democrats should focus their media offensive on things that can be applied to the 2008 GOP Congressional and Presidential candidates. There's more than enough material to work with.

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Bonobo

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Wed Jul-18-07 11:11 AM
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2. Kicked & Rec'd!

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AndyTiedye

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Wed Jul-18-07 12:02 PM
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3. The Chipmeror Doesn't Support Our Troops!

How fast will the mic be turned off if anybody tries to say THAT on TV?

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Dulcinea

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Wed Jul-18-07 12:17 PM
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4. Simple economics.

Well, if the troops get more money, that'll mean less money for Halliburton & that ilk. C'mon now, what's more important?! :sarcasm:

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Arugula Latte

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Wed Jul-18-07 01:49 PM
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5. K & R

:kick:

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Az_lefty

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Wed Jul-18-07 02:04 PM
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6. I'm sure glad little george supports the troops...

think how bad it would be if he didn't.

:sarcasm:

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highnooner

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Wed Jul-18-07 07:04 PM
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7. Wouldn't it better to say he proposes 17% less raise than the Democrats

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live love laugh

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Wed Jul-18-07 11:51 PM
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9. Bush's M.O. re: the military just dawned on me...

Keep 'em poor and worried about making ends meet and you can keep 'em. Period.

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