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Yavvanam Kaatesina Bewarse
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and you know people NY Fire Fighters endorsed clinton y'day/// but no one has mentioned about that.... |
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Yavvanam Kaatesina Bewarse
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Senator Clinton is the woman who was booed on stage by NYC Firefighters shortly after 9/11, only to be heralded as their champion for fighting to get them urgently needed medical care for pulmonary sicknesses sustained by the air at ground zero. Most of us would retreat and cower or vow revenge after suffering such humiliation. Instead Senator Clinton won their hearts by championing their welfare. |
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Yavvanam Kaatesina Bewarse
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she came from people she is for people... please vote for hillary clinton |
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Yavvanam Kaatesina Bewarse
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She has led efforts to address Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) suffered by troops due to concussion blasts from explosions and mental health issues and PTSD faced by returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. There is a reason the American Legion named her the "Unsung Hero" of the 108th congress. She rolls her sleeves up and has been for over 35 years. |
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Yavvanam Kaatesina Bewarse
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but who listens KIKIKIKI |
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Yavvanam Kaatesina Bewarse
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This isn't the first time that Senator Clinton went up against and changed flawed defense policies. A champion of veterans, she ensured servicemen and women were still entitled to their signing bonuses even though the Department of Defense wanted them to relinquish the funds if they were unable to complete their tour of duty due to wounds sustained in combat. She reached across the aisle to increase survivor benefits to families of fallen servicemen and women from $12,000 to $100,000 |
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Yavvanam Kaatesina Bewarse
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As a Marine, I've witnessed and been inspired by tremendous acts of courage on the battlefields of Iraq. This season, I've been inspired by a very different type of courage.
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Tomorrow, on Super Tuesday, many Americans will go to the polls to make history in the 22 Democratic Party primaries. They will not be making history by voting for an African American. That has been done before. They also won't be making history by voting for a woman. That too has precedent in U.S. History. Instead, Americans can vote for someone who is running on her record. In a country dominated by politicians who love to re-invent themselves with the times or most current election- that is truly history making.
Isn't it ironic that the focus of Senator Obama's Iraq policy is one moment in the past? Is his 2002 speech against the Iraq war is indicative of his potential presidency? Words backed by a failure to act. After his initial opposition to legislation authorizing the use of force, Senator Obama has provided no leadership in attempts to oppose or end the war in Iraq. In fact, he has consistently voted to authorize the continued use of force.
Alternatively, Senator Clinton has demonstrated leadership to responsibly end the war in Iraq. Remember last year when she went head to head with the Pentagon to get the military to begin planning for withdrawal?
This isn't the first time that Senator Clinton went up against and changed flawed defense policies. A champion of veterans, she ensured servicemen and women were still entitled to their signing bonuses even though the Department of Defense wanted them to relinquish the funds if they were unable to complete their tour of duty due to wounds sustained in combat. She reached across the aisle to increase survivor benefits to families of fallen servicemen and women from $12,000 to $100,000. She has led efforts to address Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) suffered by troops due to concussion blasts from explosions and mental health issues and PTSD faced by returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. There is a reason the American Legion named her the "Unsung Hero" of the 108th congress. She rolls her sleeves up and has been for over 35 years.
I often hear alarms that Senator Clinton is too divisive a figure to unite this country. The sad fact is that anyone with as progressive an agenda as either Senators Clinton or Obama will have to deal with a divided electorate. The difference is that Senator Clinton has demonstrated her willingness and ability to reach out to more than just Senator Ted Kennedy at the State of the Union. Unlike Senator Obama who has authored a lot of legislation, Senator Clinton has actually passed a lot of legislation through effective bipartisan efforts.
She worked with Senator Lindsey Graham (who led the charge to impeach her husband) on extending health care to national guard and reservists. She's worked with other leaders of attempts to impeach President Clinton including Trent Lott to fix Federal Emergency Management Agency and Newt Gingrich on health care. She's also worked with Senators McCain, Graham, and Collins on efforts to address climate change.
Senator Clinton is the woman who was booed on stage by NYC Firefighters shortly after 9/11, only to be heralded as their champion for fighting to get them urgently needed medical care for pulmonary sicknesses sustained by the air at ground zero. Most of us would retreat and cower or vow revenge after suffering such humiliation. Instead Senator Clinton won their hearts by championing their welfare. Imagine if we were all so noble and mature in our personal and professional lives -- we can all learn from her example of not only forgiving, but also her willingness to find and work tirelessly for common cause.
In terms of her electability -- again -- look at her record. During the 2004 presidential race, John Kerry won New York on the shoestrings of New York City. Upstate New York, comprised of 40 of NY's 62 counties that are more representative of the Midwest and rural South than the rest of the State, all voted overwhelmingly for George W. Bush. Interestingly, in her re-election bid, upstate NY's Bush country also voted overwhelmingly for Senator Clinton. Instead of focusing on her natural constituents, Senator Clinton worked tirelessly to win over the conservative districts of the State through effective job creation, economic development, and agricultural policies.
I grew up with Chelsea and Senator Clinton is like a second mom. Before I left for my second deployment to Iraq, Senator Clinton told me that Eleanor Roosevelt kept abreast of developments, challenges, and achievements of Marines in the South Pacific through correspondence with her son, a Marine officer fighting against the Japanese. She expected the same updates from me. During her time on the Armed Services Committee she has become more knowledgeable about counter-insurgency than most officers I know. She was talking about the importance of political conciliation and employment and job opportunities for young Iraqi males well before General Petraeus transformed US Military efforts in Iraq. If President Bush has reminded me of the class clown and dunce, Senator Clinton has always been the hard working girl you want as a science partner. There is no one more competent or proven.
As she often says, next January our next President will have a stack of problems and a stack of opportunities waiting for them on the desk of the oval officer. Much of the country and the world is holding their breath for that moment. If Bush has done anything good for our country, it is providing consensus among his many detractors that we should move to universal health care, alternative fuels, return to surpluses and repair to our economy, and a more constructive foreign policy.
Today we have a proven candidate who has demonstrated an unparalleled level of substance and detailed comprehension of the most important issues to set our country back on its path. That, more than anything, is history making. |
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