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Beaver County Times tells us about Lloyd "Skip" Haswell, a Marine Corps veteran who was recently listed as a member of a group of "Veterans for Santorum." It seems that Rick's recent vote against an amendment to provide "an assured stream of funding for veterans health care," and his failure to respond to Mr. Haswell's inquiries about that vote, have caused Mr. Haswell to reconsider his support for Rick:
Haswell is also president of Beaver County's Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 862 and a district director for the Vietnam Veterans of America.
However, on March 16, Santorum voted against an amendment to a budget bill that would have provided steady funding for veterans health care, a move that did not sit well with Haswell.
According to a description on the U.S. Senate's Web site, the amendment - introduced by U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., and U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D. - would have provided "an assured stream of funding for veterans health care that will take into account the annual changes in the veterans population and inflation to be paid for by restoring the pre-2001 top rate for income over $1 million, closing corporate tax loopholes and delaying tax cuts for the wealthy."
U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Philadelphia, voted yes, but the amendment was defeated 54 to 46. It's probably a good guess that Santorum, a President Bush loyalist, had some issues with closing "tax loopholes" and "delaying tax cuts for the wealthy."
Haswell said he's been trying to get an answer from Santorum's people on why the senator rejected the amendment, but his calls have been ignored. Consequently, he pulled out of the Veterans for Santorum, saying he can't campaign for someone who "votes against veterans" then can't take the time to explain himself.
"The veterans deserve answers," Haswell said," and that's all I'm asking for."
Here's Rick's number: 202-224-6324
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Let us know in the comments if you get any answers.
Fuck 'im!
I think you're taking that statement too literally. I would venture to guess that there are in fact certain answers Sen. Santorum could give that would not please Mr. Haswell. As I am confident that Sen. Santorum has not replied because he knows his answer will not satisfy Mr. Haswell, I think Mr. Haswell's change of heart should be welcomed, not mocked.
It also appears that you have confused your senatorial beastiality references, an easy mistake for anyone to make. It was Sen. Cornyn who brought up box turtles in arguing against gay marriage. Sen. Santorum merely said that gay marriage would encourage men to have sex with dogs.
I hope you find this helpful.
Welcome to reality, Skip. Too bad it took you getting fucked personally before you gave a shit.
Give them a couple more years and a nuclear holocaust, and they all figure it out.
ol' frothy does it again.