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Showing Original Post only (View all)I just received a donation request from my Senator, Tom Cotton. Here's my reply: [View all]
Yes, Tom, I saw your note. There is no way I can support a person, especially a veteran like yourself, who did not defend a fellow veteran, namely Senator John McCain, when he is disparaged by the President of the United States, who, by the way, claimed he had bone spurs so he wouldn't have to serve. For the President to say such things about a man after his death is reprehensible.
I sent you an email asking for your opinion on this matter, but you didn't see fit to answer them. I assumed from your silence that you are OK with a draft dodger who denigrates a man who served his country honorably during war, who was held as a POW for over 5 years and who served his country honorable in Congress for many years.
My brother, 3 sons, a grandson and granddaughter have all served in the United States Armed Services. I feel that President Trump's disrespect for Senator McCain also shows a lack of respect for their service.
Therefore, I will not be sending you or your campaign any money and I will also be telling all my family and friends how I feel about your inexcusable silence about the treatment that Senator McCain received from President Trump. In my mind that makes you just as guilty as he. I'm ashamed to have such a coward represent me in the Senate.
I can hardly wait until you are voted out of office.
I don't expect he will actually read the email and I certainly don't expect a response, but it sure as hell felt good to vent a little.
ETA: Please disregard the typos. I was seeing too much red to proof read efficiently.
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I just received a donation request from my Senator, Tom Cotton. Here's my reply: [View all]
Arkansas Granny
Apr 2019
OP
Me, too. I'll even get my wife let out my class A and press it. My white cap still fits!
marble falls
Apr 2019
#79
I've received the generic responses from him in the past. They never address my concerns.
Arkansas Granny
Apr 2019
#21
It could be done, but it would take a lot of money. Arkansas could be a liberal state again
LiberalArkie
Apr 2019
#35
He (his staffers) just send me answers that raise my blood pressure. Did you
sinkingfeeling
Apr 2019
#8
Figures. He won't be going quietly. I suspect he wants to be president someday.
calimary
Apr 2019
#66
"seeing red": rage hurts the rager & blunts their weapons. Replace it w cold calculating loathing.
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2019
#9
Lots. It requires a deep realization that rage doesn't work. And I mean deep.
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2019
#53
I live in Florida and all I have is Republican representatives. I write respectable emails and ...
PeeJ52
Apr 2019
#15
When I get a donation solicitation from a Republican - I donate to a Democratic candidate
csziggy
Apr 2019
#18
Another vet here who agrees 100% with you, the only change I'd make is adding how McCain ...
marble falls
Apr 2019
#62
Hey you got stay mostly clean! I was a nuclear machinist mate: no chiping and scraping, ...
marble falls
Apr 2019
#77
That sounds like no fun at all. Worst I had to do was crawl into a condensor and chip ...
marble falls
Apr 2019
#82