[Iowa-dx] Why doesn't Bush want veterans voting?
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Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:53:59 -0500
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JimQ
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Why doesn't Bush want veterans voting?By: SilentPatriot @ 6:00 PM -
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An op-ed in today's New York Times questions the Veterans
Administration's policy that bans nonpartisan voter registration
drives from federally-financed veterans sites.
NYT:
WHAT is the secretary of Veterans Affairs thinking? On May 5, the
department led by James B. Peake issued a directive that bans
nonpartisan voter registration drives at federally financed
nursing homes, rehabilitation centers and shelters for homeless
veterans. As a result, too many of our most patriotic American
citizens =97 our injured and ill military veterans =97 may not be
able to vote this November.
The federal government should be doing everything it can to
support our nation's veterans who have served us so courageously.
There can be no justification for any barrier that impedes the
ability of veterans to participate in democracy's most
fundamental act, the vote.
So let me get this straight: We ask these brave young men and women
to risk their lives in order to protect our rights and freedoms =97
most important of which is the right to vote =97 and then we make it
harder for them to exercise that right when they return? Why is Bush
so afraid to have our veterans register and vote?
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Jim Quigley
915 Pepper Drive
Iowa City, IA 52240
319-338-4958
jquigley@avalon.net, jim.quigley@gmail.com
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<DIV>I copied this from JCTalk list-serve:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #101=
0ff 2px solid">----- Original Message -----<BR>
<DIV dir=3Dltr>
<DIV class=3Dstorytitle id=3Dpost-31753>From <<A href=3D"http://www.croo=
ksandliars.com/" target=3D_blank>http://www.crooksandliars.com/</A>><BR>=
JimQ<BR>-----------------------<BR><A href=3D"http://www.crooksandliars.com=
/2008/08/11/why-doesnt-bush-want-veterans-voting/" target=3D_blank rel=3Dbo=
okmark>Why doesn't Bush want veterans voting?</A></DIV>
<DIV class=3DpostSubline style=3D"PADDING-TOP: 5px">By: SilentPatriot @ 6:0=
0 PM - PDT </DIV>
<P>An op-ed in today's <EM>New York Times</EM> questions the Veterans Admin=
istration's policy that bans nonpartisan voter registration drives from fed=
erally-financed veterans sites.</P>
<P><A href=3D"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/opinion/11bysiewicz.html?_r=
=3D2&ref=3Dtodayspaper&oref=3Dslogin&oref=3Dslogin" target=3D_b=
lank><EM>NYT</EM></A>: </P>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<P><EM>WHAT is the secretary of Veterans Affairs thinking? On May 5, the de=
partment led by James B. Peake issued a directive that bans nonpartisan vot=
er registration drives at federally financed nursing homes, rehabilitation =
centers and shelters for homeless veterans. As a result, too many of our mo=
st patriotic American citizens =97 our injured and ill military veterans =
=97 may not be able to vote this November.</EM></P>
<P><EM>The federal government should be doing everything it can to support =
our nation's veterans who have served us so courageously. There can be no j=
ustification for any barrier that impedes the ability of veterans to partic=
ipate in democracy's most fundamental act, the vote.</EM></P></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>So let me get this straight: We ask these brave young men and women to r=
isk their lives in order to protect our rights and freedoms =97 most import=
ant of which is the right to vote =97 and then we make it harder for them t=
o exercise that right when they return? Why is Bush so afraid to have our v=
eterans register and vote?</P>-- <BR>Jim Quigley<BR>915 Pepper Drive<BR>Iow=
a City, IA 52240<BR>319-338-4958<BR><A href=3D"http://mail01.mail.com/scrip=
ts/mail/compose.mail?compose=3D1&.ob=3D1ea7297f0fe385725bf7642498f618b2=
7d5712ca&composeto=3Djquigley@avalon.net&composecc=3D&subject=
=3D&body=3D">jquigley@avalon.net</A>, <A href=3D"mailto:jim.quigley@gma=
il.com">jim.quigley@gmail.com</A></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR>
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