The NY Times Slimes the President on Memorial Day

Mr. Bush and the G.I. Bill

President Bush opposes a new G.I. Bill of Rights. He worries that if the traditional path to college for service members since World War II is improved and expanded for the post-9/11 generation, too many people will take it. He is wrong, but at least he is consistent. Having saddled the military with a botched, unwinnable war, having squandered soldiers’ lives and failed them in so many ways, the commander in chief now resists giving the troops a chance at better futures out of uniform. He does this on the ground that the bill is too generous and may discourage re-enlistment, further weakening the military he has done so much to break.

Now, having read that you might be ready to throw up. This editorial by the NY Times appeared yesterday, Memorial Day, trying to destroy President Bush for not supporting a new GI Bill. Well guess what boys and girls, the President DOES support a new GI Bill, just not this specific one.

This press release from the Admin clearly shows Pres. Bush does support a new GI Bill that address specific concerns veterans and the Defense Department have, namely that college benefits can be transfered to other family members from GI's who don't use them. So, in the New York Times eyes, that makes Pres. Bush anti-GI hating cretin. What a joke.

"The President specifically supports the GI Bill legislation expansion proposed by Senators Graham, Burr, and McCain because it allows for the transferability of education benefits and calibrates an increase in education benefits to time in the service."

This is whey people don't like the Times and why their readership is falling every year.