Hillary's Military Support

Former President Bill Clinton gave a speech in the Panhandle of Florida last night, where he spoke about his wife's strength with military voters and her ability to rebuild a depleted military. Though he was speaking in an area heavily populated with active military and veterans, about 85 people actually attended the event. Click here for other articles.

Clinton credits his wife's supposed gaining of support among the military to her cold and unwanting seat on the Senate Armed Services Committee. I personally don't know anyone in the military who would vote for Hillary Clinton, even if they didn't like the other choices, they would not vote for her. That's not to say that there aren't people in the military who won't vote for her, there are a few bad apples on every tree. But many of these will be the type of people who flee to Canada to avoid deployment, those who joined because they thought it would be easy and that there wouldn't be any chance of a war. The same people without honor, discipline, courage and integrity.

Slick Willy also said that military voters should be concerned about how the next president goes about rebuilding a depleted military, and that Hillary was the best man for that job. The military is not depleting, most enlistment goals are being met or exceeded. That is not to mention the great number of people re-enlisting. Click here for details.

One great quality about most of the people I have met in the military is their sense of duty, and personal responsibility. They take care of themselves and what is theirs. Why would people with these values vote for someone who supports irresponsibility and is actually planning on funding it throughout our country? Then there is the woman factor (if that is what we are calling her), but that is another post, another day.

Florida Endorsements roll in....or not.

"I have not endorsed Senator Clinton for President. Therefore the Hillary for President Campaign is not authorized to use my name, image, or this incorrect news report in any of your campaign literature or promotional material.'' -Rep. Kendrick Meek, http://www.miamiherald.com/416/story/133763.html

This was written in a letter sent to the Clinton campaign after they had announced that they would release another "major Florida endorsement" in a conference call Thursday afternoon. This call was cancelled, and in my opinion, the Clinton camp probably heaved a great sigh of dismay and gave each other worried looks about losing a semi-prominent African-American endorsement. Boo-hoo.

A Democrat from Florida who did endorse Clinton, Alcee Hastings said, "When we elect the next President Clinton, this country will be a much better place for the African-American community." Well, evidently not all seem to agree. Maybe there are still plenty of us who remember when Bill Clinton showed how great of an advocate for African-Americans he was when he wore that terrible afro-wig on Martha's Vineyard in 1997. http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/release/view/?id=1962