Wellstone's Veterans - The Vietnam

Wellstone's Veterans - The Vietnam Veterans of America, which has endorsed Paul Wellstone, today condemned a Coleman ad which criticized Wellstone's voting record on defense issues.

"For Norm Coleman to come out and say that Senator Wellstone is unpatriotic is just an out and out lie," Richard Bergling, past Minnesota president of the Vietnam Veterans of America, said at a State Capitol news conference.

Unmentioned by the Strib was the fact that the VVA is to veterans what the AARP is to seniors, and the AFT is to teachers; a special interest group that is out to get its share of the pork. Wellstone, whatever he lacks in his defense voting record (i.e. lots) has certainly delivered the pork to the veterans lobby.

Not that veterans don't deserve it. But there are veterans who do realize that Wellstone's support of veterans exists to mollify critics of his stance on bread-and-butter defense issues.

The Mind Boggles - Twelve California cities are sueing gun manufacturers because "they'll sell guns to anyone with a Federal Firearms License".

So if a Federal License doesn't make someone a safe customer...who has the problem?

Anyone?

I don't want to keep seeing the same hands here...

Posted by Mitch at October 1, 2002 04:25 PM