Still think the GOP supports the troops???

In addition to the Walter Reed stories published in the Washington Post that we spoke about on last week's shows, we now have more evidence that the GOP does NOT support our troops, at least when they are not in-country as part of the occupying force.

1. Newsweek's cover story this week reports on the VA's horrendous treatment of Iraq war veterans outside of Walter Reed.

2. Newsweek also reports on 200,000 homeless veterans, including around 1,000 veterans of Bush's "Global War on Terror."

3. Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) tells NBC's Meet the Press that the Republican-controlled Senate Armed Services Committee (which Levin now chairs) knew about the VA's problems at Walter Reed, but did not conduct oversight on the VA so as not to "embarass the President." Politics over troops, anyone???

4. At the National Governors Association meeting this weekend, governors from BOTH parties criticized the surge, especially due to how it strips states' National Guard units of men and equipment that would be needed in the event of a local crisis.

We need a new direction in this country NOW!!!