VFW Dissolves ENTIRE VFW-Pac After Boxer Endorsement
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, October 18, 2010, 12:33 PM
Sorry, Senator ‘Maam’… No endorsement for you.
Barbara Boxer is one fo the Code Pink 4 who signed letters for Code Pink activists so they could travel to the Iraqi border to assist extremists during the War in Iraq.
BlackFive is reporting today that the Commander in Chief of the VFW Richard Eubank has dissolved the VFW-Pac after it endorsed Barbara Boxer and a group of far left America-hating liberals.
Here’s the letter:
I have reviewed the Political Action Committee (PAC) Board of Directors’ response to our request to rescind this year’s Congressional endorsements. I disagree with their assessment.
It is now evident to most of the VFW leadership, both National and especially the departments, that the VFW has been subjected to extreme negative publicity throughout the nation, and the recent endorsement decisions have, in fact, harmed the VFW’s reputation and future ability to fulfill our mission.
I cannot let this erosion of public support for our great organization continue. The apparent lack of the committee to address these concerns will lead to a proposal by me, as Commander-in-Chief, to amend the by-laws at the 112th National Convention for the purpose of dissolving the PAC. Meanwhile, under the authority granted to me as Commander-in-Chief in section 619 of the VFW National By-Laws and under section 620 of the Manual of Procedure, I am withdrawing all PAC appointments effective October 15, 2010.
Accordingly, I’m asking the council for a vote of “no confidence” in the VFW PAC as
indicated on the enclosed ballot.
It was the right thing to do.
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neomom commented:
Old Soldiers know how to get it done. Bravo Men!!!!!
Granny commented:
Way to go! I didn’t really think that the VFW had suddenly become a morass of senile lunatics that would knowingly support people who are doing their darnedest to harm our active military in every way possible.
Ed commented:
VFW members demanded that the VFW PAC rescind the endorsements (myself included), and as another result of “tea party” protest within the VFW, the Commander in Chief of the VFW moved for the disolution of the VFW PAC. members literally threatened to burn membership cards publicly if nothing was done to rescind the endorsements that the VFW PAC gave out.
tarpon commented:
These liberal groups headed by masked liberals are being exposed right and left this go round.
Kevin P commented:
The VFW didn’t kick a$$ on foreigh soil defending others against tyranny to sit back and watch their own organization endorse people with the very same philosophy as those they fought against!
Bravo!
And Bravo to Richard Eubank – he still kicks a$$
Chisum commented:
Kudos!
MrGoodwench commented:
Instead of endorsing candidates , why don’t the VFW leadership use their influence and resources to ensure
ALL members of our troops serving abroad
GET TO VOTE ,
ON TIME
and their VOTES COUNTED, ON TIME .
How about them hitting the media and giving voice to the terrible disenfranchisement of the men and women of our armed forces thats is going on with WH’s blessings ?
Why are these people behaving like the
“Good housekeeping seal of approval” ?
CT commented:
Who the HELL headed up the VFW PAC John Kerry?
jenny commented:
Excellent! They did the right thing. People with integrity.
MrGoodwench commented:
BlackFive is reporting today that the Commander in Chief of the VFW Richard Eubank has dissolved the VFW Pac after it endorsed Barbara Boxer and a group of far left America-hating liberals.
+++++
Hey Carly Fiorina…here is a campaign ad just waiting to go viral !
aro5o75 commented:
Take That, ‘Maam’.!!
CT commented:
The Commander in Chief of the VFW Richard Eubank has to do more than dissolve the VFW PAC, he has to get out in front of some big media microphones and set the record straight, for the sake of the VFW, America and Vets everywhere.
newton commented:
VFW just told VFW-PAC “Up Yours!”
Sweet!
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Democrats: You’re Gonners!
RedGrandma commented:
Re: CT #8
My thoughts as well. How could any organizations purporting to represent our finest and bravest come out in support of Barbara “Don’t call me maam” Boxer?
OldOne commented:
The VFW Pac actions are another perfect example of the Frankfurt School communist’s stealth Long March through America’s institutions.
Barney Frank commented:
Now there’s a Commander in Chief.
kansas commented:
Oops, forgot and left the sock on.
Chip Bennett commented:
So, in other words, Commander Eubank just channeled his inner Ike Skelton.
Awesome! VFW FTW!
GrayRider commented:
YES!!! Now, Carly, take the handoff from the VFW Commander-in-Chief and run for a touchdown!
down with dems commented:
A vote of “no confidence” is exactly what the Democrats will be getting 11/2.
Richard Eubank gets things done–a much preferable Commander in Chief.
chewydog commented:
I would like to know who these people on the committee were, and how they got there.
unknown jane commented:
WTF? Didn’t the VFW board know who its PAC was endorsing? Is there that much of a disconnect? And what if individual vets hadn’t threatened to burn their membership cards, and the Ladies Auxiliary hadn’t refused funding to the PAC?
Would it have been ok to then endorse that sow Boxer and others like her over Papaditich (sp?) and other vets running for office?
The VFW has some things it needs to answer for: this was a start, but they need to do more. Getting out in front of the media and shouting why they are doing this and why these canidates are not worthy of endorsement by the VFW would be much more like it. This family may still be sending back their membership cards.
Opus #6 commented:
Sounds like a type of impeachment to me. Bravo!
Blimppy commented:
For chewydog here is their web site:
http://www.vfwpac.org/
It shows their contempt and refusal to change previous endorsements. I hope they are now in the trash bin of history..!!
Greg Warneford, CDR USN Ret. commented:
Send your comments to the Director of the PAC at the following:
Salvatore J. Capirchio
(401)751-8200
vfwri1@vets.necoxmail.com
I’m sure he would like to hear from you.
chewydog commented:
Thanks Blimppy.
Wow, looking at the entire list of endorsements is mind boggling. Pelose, Harry “the surge failed” Reid, etc, etc, etc.
http://tinyurl.com/37lbq4h
Opaobie commented:
The damage is done, the PAC won’t be dissolved officially until next Summer, and once again what could have been a powerful endorsement mechanism for veterans and veterans’ issues and Conservative ideas became infested by Leftists and had to be torn down. This never happens to Leftist institutions, theirs are impenetrable. They always seem to take over ours and use them for promoting THEIR ideas until WE are forced to destroy our own institutions. This has got to stop. They own the schools, the media, virtually everything, and they only represent 20% of the population. When will be decide to “DEFEND OUR HOUSE”?
wanumba commented:
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MrGoodwench
October 18th, 2010 | 12:47 pm | #7
Instead of endorsing candidates , why don’t the VFW leadership use their influence and resources to ensure
ALL members of our troops serving abroad
GET TO VOTE ,
ON TIME
and their VOTES COUNTED, ON TIME
………………..
This is EXACTLY what the VFW should have been doing for the past TEN years, since GORE and the DEMOCRATS deep-sixed military votes. It’s been getting worse across the country as dishonest Democrats cynically manipulate the integrity of our voting.
The VFW better wake UP that this is war and the DEMOCRATS are the PARTY of DISENFRANCHISEMENT. They’re VERY adept at it and have practiced it A LOT. The slaving Democrats as a political party should have been BANNED after the Civil War. They’ve done NOTHING but cheat citizens since.
AS many people have noticed it was the outrage of the PEOPLE – VETERANS who forced the top levels to stop what should have NEVER been allowed in the first place – a VFW-PAC that is comprised of Lefty Democratic Party loyalities. Who was alseep at the wheel? Or who concurred whwn they shouldn’t have?
Dems are Delusional commented:
Can’t wait to call Boxer “ma’am” again…on second thought, no, I can’t put that down in print. It’s obscene like Boxer.
Douglas commented:
I with Unknown Jane. How did this happen in the first place?
It’s the right move, but why is the VFW justifying this based on the blowback from members? How about saying something along the lines of “We were as shocked as every VFW member we’re hearing from, and I want you to know we moved immediately to dissolve the PAC. Furthermore, we have launched an investigation into the hiring decisions of those involved.”
USMC Thomas commented:
Hanoi Jane would probably qualify for the VFW PAC.
befuddled commented:
wow good job VFW. for a minute you had me thinking you had lost your way and were selling out your soldiers. now i know, if we only had the same fine people running the VFW rather than the folks now ruining the AARP, we wouldn’t have this obamacare mess.
Beverly Perlson commented:
Bravo!!!! Thanks to all who picked up that phone and complained! Barbara Boxer is no friend to our military. She talks down to them and she assists anti-war activists like Code Pink by helping them carry $650,000 in supplies and CASH to the insurgents in Fallujah in 2004!
Barbara Boxer is a traitor and should be tried for aiding and abetting the enemy!
Thanks with all my heart to all of you for supporting our Veterans!
Beverly Perlson
The Band of Mothers
Kentucky Mom commented:
My late husband was a Korean War Vet, I was devastated when I read this initially and vowed to never donate to the VFW again. Glad to see this has been cleared and hold no grudges. Thank you Mr. Eubank and as posted on another
note, the Conservative-Tea Party Americans need to make sure they vote and rid our America from this socialist party that has overtaken our Country and freedom. You running for office, need to make sure this is discussed and mentioned in every ad, commercial and campaign stop you make between now and NOV 2, 2010-Lets reverse this change now.
JoeS commented:
Forget the VFW! They look like they sold out to Power and Money just like the NRA. Endorsing any democrat is a disgrace!!
There are other outstanding groups. Our ROTC instructor where I teach is in AMVETS. They do a lot for veterans.
AMVETS has a program in conjunction with Chapman University Law School to provide pro bono legal help for veterans dealing with the VA.
Leatherneck commented:
The VFW National leadership should have known they had a problem years ago. I angrily resigned my membership when they endorsed Jack Murtha after his baseless accusations against Marines over the Haditha incident and the extent of his corruption became evident.
The response I got from the National office back then was the same BS they tried to trot out last week on Laura Ingraham’s show: the VFW isn’t the same as the PAC, we had a rigid scorecard, our hands were tied, blah, blah, blah.
This is a start on bringing me back, but they’ve got a LOT of making up to do. As I wrote to them at the time, their endorsements need to show they value honor, courage, and a commitment to victory more than financial largesse for veterans before I rejoin.
Radegunda commented:
Opaobie
October 18th, 2010 | 2:57 pm | #31
… became infested by Leftists and had to be torn down. This never happens to Leftist institutions, theirs are impenetrable. …
____________
Maybe it’s because their institutions are “impenetrable”–i.e. intolerant of ideological deviationism. But probably the main reason is that conservatives aren’t devious enough to infiltrate them.
Conservatives campaign openly on what they believe. Leftists pretend to be centrists so they can get power, and push their agenda by stealth (as with the health-care “reform” scam).
codekeyguy commented:
The VFW and the VFW-PAC are the same. The officers and board of the PAC is TOTALLY APPOINTED by the VFW Commander in Chief (Eubanks) The VFW brass either knew and agreed with the endorsements, OR they are brain dead and clueless.
I sent my membership card with my resignation to the National Office last week.
When trust is destroyed, it takes a lot more than “I’m sorry” to make it right.
Rosemary Woodhouse commented:
The VFW-PAC endorsed empty suit Ron Klein versus American Treasure and (Ret.) Lt. Col . Allen West which made absolutely no sense at all!
Rosemary Woodhouse commented:
edit: American Treasure and Army hero (Ret). Lt. Col. Allen West
Robert commented:
It looks like the VFW is just trying to ride the tsunami, or get out of the way. There was a long string of unacceptable endorsements, and now it just added up.
If they goofed, for whatever reason, and now want to try and make it right, for whatever reason, then fine.
We’ll just have to ride herd on them, and the Republicans, and the RINO’s, and the media, and the colleges, and …
Still and all, I’d rather the VFW be ours than theirs.
Rock commented:
Bravo to the VFW on this issue, however this whole incident has cast a shadow upon this fine organization, and they must now prove again their commitment to the American dream. To the members who turned the heat on the leadership, job well done.
dogman commented:
Well, that’s a start. Now let me hear about it on the Obama news networks. Then I will consider renewing my membership.
Skipper commented:
Semper Fi to the new commander!! Now get this out the main steam media!
Moriyah commented:
Thrill is gone …. thrill is gone awaaaay!
Shawn Datres commented:
I’ve belonged to the VFW since I left the military. There are numerous Great Americans in the VFW. Regradless my impression of the VFW as an entity has not been that great during the last several years for several reasons. The 2010 election incident has proven to me that it is yet another entitlement based organization at the senior management level. Regardless, I will no longer support it unless there is a fundamental shift in policy.
brian putnam commented:
Its about time our leadership grows a pair. Makes me proud to be a member again!