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To: Sr K who wrote (516624)	10/25/2012 3:29:41 AM
From: unclewest	11 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794389

From my Email - name deleted "Here's the number one issue that will help defeat Obama. It's not Obamacare. It's not his religious views. It's not his commitment to socialist and anti-American causes. It's not even the birth certificate and his eligibility issues. If Republicans make it an issue, it's his administration's proposed budget cuts for active-duty military personnel and military retirees - but not civilian defense workers!!! Get the picture? Obama has tipped his hand. He's showing the entire country what he thinks of our military service people - the people who risk their lives for our country are worth less than civilian defense workers who push papers around in Washington. Chances are you don't know much about this story, and there's good reason. The Big Media don't want you to know because they recognize the political radioactivity it represents. This is the Death Star for Obama's re-election campaign. If Americans know about it - Republicans, Democrats and independents all oppose him. Here are the details of the story broken by the intrepid Bill Gertz: a. "The Obama administration's proposed defense budget calls for military families and retirees to pay sharply more for their health care while leaving unionized civilian defense worker' benefits untouched." b. "Several congressional aides suggested the move is designed to increase the enrollment in Obamacare's state-run insurance exchanges." c. "The disparity in treatment between civilians and uniformed personnel is causing a backlash within the military that could undermine recruitment and retention." d. "Significantly, the plan calls for increases between 30 percent to 79 percent in Tricare annual premiums for the first year. After that, the plan will impose five-year increases ranging from 94 percent to 345 percent - more than three times current levels." Think about it-- and imagine how you'd campaign against Obama on just this one issue. U.S. military service people don't get the equipment they need to do their jobs. They don't have the manpower they need to complete their missions. Their families scrimp and sacrifice financially so they can serve their country. They risk their lives and give their lives for their country. But, according to the Obama administration, unionized civilian defense workers, sitting behind their comfortable desks in Washington, deserve better treatment than our heroes serving overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan and elsewhere. It's almost unbelievable that Obama could serve up a slow-pitch softball like this for Republicans to knock out of the park. What's even more unbelievable is that none of them has! Which is why I've written this column. Obama should have to pay for this. Whether or not he backs off, whether or not Congress throws his budget out the window, whether or not these cuts are ever enacted, Obama needs to pay a big political price for showing his cards. Republicans need to remind Americans every day that Obama is the guy who wants to cut medical care for soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen - all while preserving the goodies for Washington bureaucrats. Men and women who put their lives on the line, who risk their health and well-being, are treated like second-class citizens in ObamaWorld. He signaled his absolute contempt for the U.S. military - not just the institution of the military, but the active-duty grunts on the front lines. This is an easy one for the American people to understand. So where are the Republicans? Where are the talk-show hosts? Where is the blogosphere chatter? Obama has stepped in something very smelly here. Why aren't more Obama critics making hay of it? Can you understand it? I can -- Obama and the muslim brotherhood, would like The United States to lose it's "position of strength" in it's bargaining power. "