The Republicans claim to care so much about our nation’s troops, yet spend their time voting against funding our military, voting against giving our service members a pay raise, and voting against repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” an unconstitutional law. During last week’s DADT Senate hearings, the GOP Senators claimed great concern about our nation’s fighting forces, yet how many of them even bothered to remember that today is Pearl Harbor Day, the day that brought the United States into World War II, the day that more than 2400 American service members were killed, and another 1100 were wounded?
Let’s not forget that at last week’s Senate hearings to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” only Democrats thanked the service chiefs for their service to our nation, and Senator Inhofe actually expressed his upset that the hearings might interrupt his Christmas vacation.
Most GOP members of the Senate Armed Services Committee railed against repeal, yet only three — John McCain, David Vitter, and Susan Collins — remembered the men and women who gave their lives just sixty-nine years ago today.
- John McCain, Arizona, Ranking Member: Twitter message, no Facebook or press release
- James Inhofe, Oklahoma – no Twitter message or press release
- Jeff Sessions, Alabama – no Twitter message or press release
- Saxby Chambliss, Georgia – no Twitter message or press release
- Lindsey Graham, South Carolina – no Twitter or Facebook message or press release
- John Thune, South Dakota – no Twitter or Facebook message or press release
- Roger Wicker, Mississippi – no Twitter message or press release
- George LeMieux, Florida – no Twitter or Facebook message or press release
- Scott Brown, Massachusetts – no Twitter or Facebook message or press release
- Richard Burr, North Carolina – No press release
- David Vitter, Louisiana – Twitter, Facebook messages, no press release
- Susan Collins, Maine – Twitter, Facebook messages, no press release
And for the record, let’s also not forget that an estimated one million gay and lesbian soldiers gave their lives during World War II.
Image: (Dec. 6, 2008) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Arthur Sacdana prepares a wreath donated by the Consulate General of Japan for display during upcoming Pearl Harbor Day events aboard the USS Arizona Memorial. The wreaths serve as a tribute to service members killed during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. The theme of this year’s historic commemoration, “Pacific War Memories: The Heroic Response to Pearl Harbor,” emphasized the brave efforts of those who fought at sea, on land, and in the air, to turn the tide in the Pacific. More than 2,000 guests and the general public joined service members, Pearl Harbor survivors and their families and friends for the annual observance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jeremy S. Brandt/Released)
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