Former two-term Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Hugh Shelton today endorsed Hillary Clinton for President.  This endorsement, one of 28 retired flag officers that have endorsed Hillary Clinton, clearly demonstrates that Senator Clinton has the confidence of many of the Pentagon's former top brass to be the next Commander in Chief. Active duty military personnel are forbidden from engaging in political activity and from extending political endorsements.

In announcing his endorsement, General Shelton said, "I've been with Senator Clinton when she has been with our military men and women. I know from those experiences that she understands the demands and sacrifice of military life. I am confident she will always put the readiness and well being of our troops first. She is ready to be Commander-in-Chief."

General Shelton joins General John Shalikashvili as the second former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to have endorsed Senator Clinton. General Shelton is the fourth flag officer to endorse Senator Clinton this week.

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As many of you know, Gen. Wes Clark posted an article on Huffington Post yesterday, in which he expressed support for Hillary's position on Iran.  Additionally, Ambassador Joe Wilson (remember him) posted a similar article on Talk Left expressing the same thoughts.  

I'm glad to see them coming out in support of Hillary's stand on this issue, and in looking at other things on the net - and the recent polls - I'm finding Hillary's got more and more support out there.

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They were warned about Foley and did nothing
Republicans in the Executive branch and Congress have a set pattern of Dumb Mistakes and/or Dastardly Deeds achieved and then covered up through Denial, Deception and Distraction.  The Foley Follies seem to have temporarily shaken the nation so much that Speaker Hastert's efforts to deny he was properly warned about Foley, deceive us with lies about what he knew and did, and distract us with belated investigations and finger-pointing at Dems (backed up by the White House and at least part of the Congressional Republican leadership) are meeting with increasing skepticism.  

Speaker Hastert obviously failed to do his job of protecting the pages because he put politics above principles.  Republican partisan Tony Blankley said so days ago (link) and new testimony confirms as much. (link) And other Republican leaders in Congress were also warned and yet did nothing meaningful.  As a father of two children, one of whom is just old enough to be a congressional page, I find this completely and utterly unacceptable.

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Kuhl Lies about Swiftboat Tricks

Ray Suarez of the PBS Newshour was in NY-29 last week doing interviews about the congressional race.  The piece he was preparing aired on Friday September 29. (link)   Audio is available at the link.  I told Suarez about a dirty swiftboat trick Kuhl was using against me, questioning why I didn't rise to a higher rank than Commander after 24 years of service.

Although Kuhl denied the swiftboating, Suarez decided to check for himself to find out if I was telling the truth about the dirty trick.  So he asked a Kuhl supporter who had been at the recent Cheney fundraiser about my years of service.  Here is the discussion from the piece Suarez did on Friday:

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In direct contradiction to lies from the likes of Rush Limbaugh about the historic popularity of President Clinton (see discussion here), President Clinton's approval ratings were high before impeachment proceedings started, went up after impeachment proceedings against him (link) and were higher throughout his second term than those of his successor. (link)

In fact, Clinton's second term approval ratings were around 60 and mostly above while Bush's approval ratings have been around 40 and mostly below.  I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that most of those who gave President Clinton his high approval rating are the same people who disapprove of President Bush.  With a 20-plus point difference between the two, I'm sure there's a lesson in there somewhere for political strategists as we head into campaign season for the 2006 midterms.  Hmmm.... what could that lesson be?

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