THIS COULD BE THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS STATEMENT EVER MADE BY A PUBLIC OFFICIAL LET ALONE BY A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. AND THIS GUY IS OUR "COMMANDER IN CHIEF". HE IS A DISGRACE.


HERE IS HIS RESPONSE WHEN HE BACKED OFF FROM HIS DECISION TO LET

THE MILITARY PAY FOR THEIR WAR INJURIES.



WHAT AN EMPTY HEADED PERSON HE TRULY IS TO THOSE WHO WANT TO SEE!!....



Bad press, including major mockery of the plan by comedian Jon

Stewart, led to President Obama abandoning his proposal to require

veterans carry private health insurance to cover the estimated $540

million annual cost to the federal government of treatment for injuries

to military personnel received during their tours on active duty. The

President admitted that he was puzzled by the magnitude of the

opposition to his proposal.



"Look, it's an all volunteer force," Obama complained. "Nobody

made these guys go to war. They had to have known and accepted the

risks. Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice? It

doesn't compute.." "I thought these were people who were proud to

sacrifice for their country, "Obama continued. "I wasn't asking for

blood, just money. With the country facing the worst financial crisis in

its history, I'd have thought that the patriotic thing to do would be to

try to help reduce the nation's deficit. I guess I underestimated the

selfishness of some of my fellow Americans."



Please pass this on to every one including every vet and their

families whom you know.



How in the world did a person with this mindset become our

leader? Well, NOT MY LEADER!! I didn't vote for him!!! And none of my coherent or competent intellectually honest friends did either!!



REMEMBER THIS STATEMENT... "Nobody made these guys go to war. They had

to have known and accepted the risks. Now they whine about bearing the

costs of their choice?



If this DUMB *** thinks he will ever get another vote from an Active Duty,

Reserve, National Guard service member or veteran of a military service

he ought to think it over. If you or a family member is or has served

their country please pass this to them. Please pass this to everyone.

I'm guessing that "other than the 20-25 percent hardcore liberals" in the

US will agree that this is just another example why this is the worst

president in American history. Remind everyone over and over how this

man thinks, while he bows to the Saudi Arabian king.

O ne B ig A ss M istake A merica

1262 more days of this incompetent Anti-American buffoon.

Damn Straight Byteme.....

Im skeeered of that!!!!!

Who in the hell did we elect???

Im movin to Mexico!!!!!

Do u have a link that u can post where u got this info from? Everyone here likes to have a link to info posted so as to research it


If he truly said this then I demand the military gets a 100% pay raise across the board. Frankly, I don't think a President should be Commander-In-Chief, especially if they haven't been in the military to begin with

All I have to say about this is this is the EXACT reason I never joined! We are led by IDIOTS!

Obama needs to be thrown out of office on a rail tied to a chair like the corrupt KKK loving incumbent governor in Oh Brother Where Art Thou.


I have a terrible feeling Obama may incite an open rebellion against our government yet!

He is such a CHOAD!

I never voted for him. I never supported him. I complained about him all along and I still stand by my words,


OBAMA! YOU SUCK!

Wow, didn't know he tried to do this. They give everything for this country and even after they come home they have to keep fighting to get what they deserve from this country.

I'm no Obamanite, but those quotes are hard to believe. He doesn't seem stupid enought to actually say those things in public.

I'm not calling you a liar, but where is the source of that quote?

The President NEVER said those things. This is another FALSE posting.

Tina...it's a chain email. I found something on it in snopes

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/veteranshealth.asp
apparently there are mixed truths

Its my roomate who posted it! He dont lie...

but we will try to get the direct link if we can for those who doubt it.

Its been snooped!!!

It was also featured on Fox 40 News.

Im shocked too!!

I can't copy and paste it.

My ex goes to the VA. They've been billing his insurance first for years. VA picks up the rest. He does get his meds through the VA. His latest complaint about that - he pays $8.00 for them and he can get them at Walgreens for a dollar but VA won't give him the prescription.

Q: Did Obama accuse veterans of "selfishness" and whining? Would he have forced them to "pay for their war injuries"?

A: This chain e-mail contains fabricated quotes and misrepresents a budget idea that the White House scrapped.

FULL ANSWER

We’ve received many copies and variations of this e-mail in the past few weeks.

Made-up Quotes

To start, the e-mail’s anonymous author offers no evidence to substantiate the disparaging remarks about veterans that he or she attributes to President Obama. White House spokesman Tommy Vietor told us that "these quotes are fabricated."

Our own research backs that up. We searched news databases and turned up no news organization that has ever quoted Obama this way. We conclude that these quotes are simply made-up, and perhaps intended as satire.

Garbled Budget Proposal

Furthermore, the author incorrectly describes a budget proposal that the White House discarded after veterans groups protested loudly. The message describes the idea as a "decision to let the military pay for their war injuries" and to "require veterans [to] carry private health insurance." That gives a false picture of what was actually under discussion.

As reported by the Washington Post and others including Fox News, the Obama administration met with several veterans groups on March 16 and floated the idea of saving taxpayers $540 million by billing veterans’ private insurance companies for treatment of conditions connected to their military service, including war injuries. The Department of Veterans Affairs currently bills these insurance companies for treatment of non-service-related conditions.

But as administration officials made clear at the time, there was no proposal to force veterans to pay for treatment for their own injuries, or to make them buy private insurance if they did not already have it. In fact, administration officials told FactCheck.org at the time that their proposal would have no financial impact on veterans at all.

"The idea … would result in no additional out-of-pocket costs to veterans even when their private insurance plans require deductibles before benefits are paid," one official told us in an exchange of e-mails.

Nevertheless, veterans organizations protested. An American Legion news release carried the headline: "The American Legion Strongly Opposed to President’s Plan to Charge Wounded Heroes for Treatment." It complained that the idea could under some circumstances result in added costs to veterans despite administration officials’ assurances. For example, the Legion said, a veteran’s treatment might cost enough to reach maximum insurance coverage limits, leaving the rest of the veteran’s family without health care benefits.

Two days after its meeting with veterans groups, the White House released a formal announcement saying that "the President has instructed that [the idea's] consideration be dropped."

also from factcheck

http://www.factcheck.org/2009/05/would-obama-have-soldiers-pay-for-own-war-injuries/

Ohhh puhlease. You don't even know if it's true.

This is while I asked for a link, so I could verify myself. He's got to be a real idiot to say such things bout the military. Man, would be seriously committin political suicide to tick off Vets an active duty

You all are probably going to tear me apart, but that's okay. I really don't see the problem with some of his statement. Let me break it down.

The nation is blessed to have willing men and women to enter the military. People should enter because they WANT too. And they should go in knowing the consequences. (though I know its not possible to know all the consequences but people generally have a really good idea of it)

Don't get me wrong ... I love the people with the balls to be a fighter for our country. I respect them and appreciate them. I have some friends in the military. And the military should be patriotic people.

And what money was Obama asking for? Something needs to be done about the debt we are in. Millions of people are suffering, including myself to where I'm slowly sinking.

I don't think Obama is a horrible president. He is a hell of a lot better than Bush. Bush was incompetent and continued to let our men and women suffer more than they needed to in the war with iraq.

So Obama isn't perfect ... NO ONE is, but I'm democratic because the republicans, to me, just don't care about the people in america. Bush came off as fake to me. He's actions looked fake and the way he spoke seemed like an act.

The people whining about the costs? They were PROBABLY people who just went in the military strictly for the money and to get somewhere in life.

this is why I don't hold chain emails as credible sources without checking it out myself

SEE!!!

VETS HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR MEDS....SO EITHER WAY...HES SCREWING THEM!

As a veteran

He's been paying for his meds at the VA for many years.

Absolutely. People believe everything they get on e-mail.

You can see how fast everyone here flew off the handle.

People need to chill out and quit with the hate.

Peace

OMG GIRL...LISTEN TO YOURSELF!!!

The country is in debt, so lets let the vets get us out of it!!!!

Yeah.........OK! WTF EVER!