Friday, July 29, 2005

Paul Hackett Iraq Vet Getting Swift Boated by GOP

Stars & Stripes: Paul Hackett, a former major in the Marines who spent 8 months with the 4th Civil Affairs team near Ramadi (and he volunteered to help secure the entry into Fallujah while coalition forces swept through the city) wants to fill the seat vacated by GOP Rep Rob Portman, who stepped down in April to become a US trade representative. The congressional district covers parts of 7 counties west of Cincinnati. Well, his opponent, Jean Schmidt (who has been taking money linked to Taft's Worker's Comp Coingate, taking gifts from lobbyists and taking money from DeLay's PAC) is working OT to swift boat Hackett b/c how else could a GOPer support a soldier who served in Iraq? Her campaign advisor (Eric Minamyer aka MiniMe) swiftboats Hackett by claiming that he saw no combat while serving in Iraq. At least 1 vet who visited MiniMe's blog rightly takes issue w/this odious smear. Hackett served as a civil affairs officer. 11 members of various civil affairs units have given their lives serving overseas in Iraq. The entire COUNTRY is a warzone. These civil affairs men and women put themselves at risk just by going over there. IEDs & insurgents do not discriminate. But Hackett's swiftboating kicks into high gear: A conservative radio host, Scott Sloan of WLW 700 AM in Cincinnati, went off on an insane rant about Paul's patriotism and claimed Hackett was using his service for "political purposes." Hmm, if you visit Sloan's site, you' ll see that he appears to be young & healthy... why wasn't his ass in Fallujah like Hackett's was? Please read Tim Tagaris' diary on this revolting attack on a soldier's service, and please consider contributing to Hackett's campaign. Hubby & I gave him a paltry $20, but every bit helps. Ohio is F-cked up enough already- let's please try to change this in a positive direction.
Posted by Tina :: 12:50 AM :: 2 Comments:

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