Oklahoma vet slams Inhofe for ditching Webb’s GI Bill.»

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/02/oklahoma-vet-slams-inhofe-for-ditching-webbs-gi-bill/

Oklahoma vet slams Inhofe for ditching Webb’s GI Bill.»

On Tuesday, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) quietly withdrew his support from Sen. Jim Webb’s (D-VA) 21st Century GI Bill, and signed onto a competing proposal by Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC). Today, an Iraq war vet from Oklahoma, Miranda Norman, slammed Inhofe for leaving veterans behind:

Senator Inhofe is undermining America’s heroes, as they reach for the American dream. It’s insulting and a slap in the face. Not only has Senator Inhofe turned his back on legislation backed by every veterans’ group, but he signed on to a sham bill, because he thinks veterans are fools who won’t be able to tell the difference.

McCain’s proposal reserves its most generous benefits for those who signed up to serve before 9/11 or those who remain healthy enough — and uninjured — to serve for 12 years. VoteVets has more on why the McCain-Graham bill should be “flat out rejected.”

NGU.

The one that meets kinda secret like in D.C.? I know the religious nut from Kansas (Brownback, edit) is/was a member. They are spooks......No doubt about Inhofe being a spook/creepy.

It seems only Obama gets hacked on due to his church. All those fundamentalist (white) preachers can get by with their crazy rants when the Repubs are reaping the voting benefits and the media acts like it is a joke, no news there folks. For years this has puzzled me. It is hard to accept that our media is picking our candidates, it's so un-american, but true.

addressing the imbalance, and this isn't even counting the talking heads:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=108&topic_id=130173&mesg_id=130173

WaPo & NYT published 12 times as many articles on Obama/Wright as on McCain/Hagee

Edited on Fri May-02-08 04:53 PM by babylonsister
Wash. Post and NY Times published more than 12 times as many articles mentioning Obama and Wright as they did mentioning McCain and Hagee

Summary: A Media Matters for America review found that since February 27, the date that televangelist John Hagee endorsed Sen. John McCain for president, The New York Times and The Washington Post combined have published more than 12 times as many articles mentioning Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. and Sen. Barack Obama as they have mentioning Hagee and McCain.

A Media Matters for America Nexis search* found that since February 27, the date that televangelist John Hagee endorsed Sen. John McCain for president, The New York Times and The Washington Post combined have published more than 12 times as many articles mentioning Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. and Sen. Barack Obama as they have mentioning Hagee and McCain. The Post published 53 articles during that period that mentioned Wright and Obama, compared with three articles mentioning Hagee and McCain. The Times published 46 articles since February 27 mentioning Wright and Obama, compared with five articles mentioning Hagee and McCain.

Additionally, during the same period, the Post published 40 editorials or opinion pieces that included Wright and Obama while publishing two editorials or opinion pieces that mentioned McCain and Hagee. The Times published 22 editorials or opinion pieces that included Wright and Obama, compared with two editorials or opinion pieces that mentioned McCain and Hagee.

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http://mediamatters.org/items/200804300007?f=h_top