{"id":5342,"date":"2012-10-15T14:53:14","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T20:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/?p=5342"},"modified":"2012-10-15T15:07:01","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T21:07:01","slug":"republican-party-drifting-toward-a-dangerous-path-that-put-extreme-party-ideology-above-national-interest-republican-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/election\/republican-party-drifting-toward-a-dangerous-path-that-put-extreme-party-ideology-above-national-interest-republican-senator\/","title":{"rendered":"“Republican Party … drifting toward a dangerous path that put extreme party ideology above national interest.” — Republican Senator"},"content":{"rendered":"

Larry Pressler: Republican Senator, Vietnam Veteran Endorses President Obama<\/a> <\/p>\n

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This decision is not easy for any lifelong Republican. In 2008 I voted for Barack Obama, the first time I ever voted for a Democrat, because the Republican Party was drifting toward a dangerous path that put extreme party ideology above national interest. Mitt Romney heads a party remaining on that dangerous path, proving the emptiness of their praise as they abandon our service members, veterans and military families along the way. \u2026<\/p>\n

Let’s be clear, Romney and Ryan would be disastrous for America’s service members, veterans and military families. Public praise rings hollow when you fail to mention an ongoing war in accepting your party’s nomination to be president, or veterans in a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, a so-called jobs plan or in a budget that should be a blue print of our nation’s values. \u2026<\/p>\n

As a combat veteran of two tours in Vietnam with twenty-two years of service as a Republican member of the U.S. House and Senate, I endorse President Barack Obama for a second term as our Commander-in-Chief. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Larry Pressler: Republican Senator, Vietnam Veteran Endorses President Obama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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