Bush's Kiss of Death

Molly Ivins lays it on ya:

"Just before Memorial Day, Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi said, 'Our active military respond better to Republicans' because of 'the tremendous support that President Bush has provided for our military and our veterans.' The same day, the White House announced plans for massive cuts in veterans' health care for 2006."

"Last January, Bush praised veterans during a visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The same day, 164,000 veterans were told the White House was 'immediately cutting off their access to the VA health care system.'"

"My favorite in this category was the short-lived plan to charge soldiers wounded in Iraq for their meals when they got to American military hospitals. The plan mercifully died aborning after it hit the newspapers."

"In January 2003, just before the war, Bush said, 'I want to make sure that our soldiers have the best possible pay.' A few months later, the White House announced it would roll back increases in 'imminent danger' pay (from $225 to $150) and family separation allowance (from $250 to $100)."

NO WONDER military folks vote republican.