On the other hand, progressive blogger and activist, Markos Moulitsas, of DailyKos fame, is an actual veteran who has more credibility, speaking out against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

This clip demonstrates that Tancredo is still a coward. Instead of fighting back and discussing the issues, he tucks his tail between his legs and runs away. Again.

This is yet another reason why Republicans are not to be listened to on foreign policy issues. They talk a mess of shit but can’t back it up. And when they try to back it up, they make a worse mess that they can’t clean up.

Do we share a common philosophy of the Republican Party? Of course.

John McCain voted with George W. Bush’s philosophy “90 percent of the time.”   He said so himself.  Isn’t a maverick supposed to go his own way?

Do we need more commonality with the last 8 years?

McCain was in California at a fund raising event instead of voting on the new GI Bill – this is how he put Country First: by being absent from important votes in Congress.  Too generous was how he described it.

As a Veteran of the United States Navy, I found this attitude to be heartless and cruel, incomprehensible to those Veterans who have made tremendous sacrifices to serve this country.  As far as I’m concerned, there’s no such thing as a “too generous” benefit for such service