Someone Kerry DID endorse - Joe Sestak -

[MH1]

has a diary posted at dailykos and mirrored at Booman and MyDD.

(well actually it's Joe's blogmeister, Colin, who posted and is answering comments at dkos)

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/6/2/135528/7341
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2006/6/2/13540/25108
http://mydd.com/story/2006/6/2/13546/48653

Reco's and comments are appreciated!

Excerpt:

Sestak & Weldon: Stark Contrast on Veterans Affairs
by Joe Sestak for Congress
Fri Jun 02, 2006 at 01:55:27 PM EDT

With the sacrifices of those in our nation's armed forces fresh in our mind following Memorial Day, it's worth pointing out the sharp contrast between Joe Sestak - a progressive patriot - and Curt Weldon - an out of touch politician - on veterans issues.

Yesterday, Joe met with local veterans and veteran service providers, finding solutions and calling on Congress to support increased funding for veterans' services.

Joe believes that the country should live up to the promises it has made to veterans by fully funding the Veterans Administration and other veterans programs. In fact, as he puts it, "The strength of our country tomorrow depends on the commitments we make today. In order to honor our promises to those who have served with the dignity of danger in the Armed Services, we must fully allocate funds for veterans programs."

As for Weldon? While he claims he's a "leading advocate for vets," his record shows that when push comes to shove, he is not willing to stand up for the interests of veterans, even though close to 13% of his constituents are veterans. His votes tell the whole story:

* Weldon voted against an amendment that would have provided $8 million of funding for combat-related trauma care and $9 million for medical and prosthetic research.
* The same amendment would also have provided $23 million of assistance for the spouses of those killed in the war on terror who have children to care for (HR 2528, Vote #224, 5/26/2005).
* Voted against exempting National Guard and Reserve who had incurred debts as a result of being called to active duty, from new legislation which made it more difficult to declare bankruptcy (S 256, Vote #107, 4/14/2005).
* He voted for the Bush energy bill with $10 billion in giveaways to oil companies while voting for a budget that cut veterans' health care funding by $13.5 billion over five years (HR 95, Vote #149, 4/28/2005).

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more at any one of the links.

[beachmom]

1. I rec'd but couldn't think of a comment since I am clueless about

your guy (but from what you've said, he sounds great). Hope my Webb post didn't annoy you -- alas, the primary is coming soon, and then it will all be over, and everyone can focus on Barfbag.

[MH1]

2. No, that is fine

I am not at all surprised by the posters at RK.

I will be surprised if the rumor is true (the before the primary part) but it's not that big a deal.

I still won't like Webb. That's MY decision.