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Republican Senator John Cornyn has lashed out at war veterans in response to our TV ad in Texas urging him to support the new Webb-Hagel GI Bill.
According to Roll Call (password protected), the Cornyn campaign "dismissed the charges of VoteVets.org as unfounded":


"The anti-war crowd is determined to use our men and women in uniform for their political advantage, even if our national security is jeopardized in the process," Cornyn campaign spokesman Kevin McLaughlin said.
What a bunch of jokers. Jim Webb and Chuck Hagel (who devised the new GI Bill), Rick Noriega (Cornyn's opponent), and VoteVets.org (whose veterans created the ad) have--not surprisingly--all served in a war. Yet we're the "anti-war crowd" according to the Cornyn campaign. However, John Cornyn--who was vehemently against serving in a war himself--is, I think, the real "anti-war" guy here, having avoided service during Vietnam.

Regardless, as far as his accusation goes that we're the ones jeopardizing national security, Cornyn actually takes the cake on this one: He's the one who's kept us in this disastrous war in Iraq. He's the one who's supported policies that have nearly bled the Army dry. He's the one pre-occupied with Shia-Sunni strife in Iraq, while terrorism flourishes in Afghanistan. He's the one who voted against giving our troops proper rest and recovery periods--thus weakening our military. And he's the one who's prepared to kill military recruiting by keeping the GI Bill weak enough to prevent recruiters from using it as a viable "carrot." In fact, Cornyn's policies are the reason that 60 percent of the military's officers believe that "the military is weaker than it was five years ago."

So I don't think the Cornyn campaign really wants to go there with this "even if our national security is jeopardized" nonsense. Cornyn is a veritable champion when it comes to weakening our national security. The troops--especially those who've served in Afghanistan--know that. And we'll keep reminding him--and his constituents--of that fact throughout the year