The debate before yesterday’s debate centered around a television ad that was being run by U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill’s campaign and featuring a young veteran telling how difficult it was for him to receive medical care after he returned home from Iraq.
The “Josh” ad, as it has become known, featured Kansas City native Josh Lansdale, a former medic that was wounded while serving in Iraq. The ad was pulled from the air after Landale’s story could not be verified by a Kansas City television station.
“This isn’t about the veteran, it’s about the credibility of Claire McCaskill’s television ads,” said Jim Talent’s Senior Advisor Lloyd Smith. “McCaskill can not prove the ad is true. McCaskill can settle this right now by providing the media with the veteran’s appointment schedule as verified by the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Kansas City.”
“I think it’s a really sad moment,” McCaskill said on the matter last night. “Sen. Talent has sent men and women to die for us over there. And they’ve been injured. They don’t mind going to fight for us, but I don’t think they expected to be attacked when they get home.”
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October 12th, 2006 at 2:56 pm
Talnet is such a nazi ass piece of dogshit
October 13th, 2006 at 6:59 pm
Um, Talent is attacking McCaskill. She’s the one who put up the ad, and claims that it is true.
If it’s true, prove it. When did Josh get back from Iraq. When was his first appt. at the VA?
Is she really claiming she doesn’t know all that? Is she really saying that she ran that ad without checking the facts, first?
If that’s the case, you know everything you need to know about McCaskill.
If it’s not the case, if she did fact check before running, it should be trivial for her to produce those facts.
October 15th, 2006 at 1:25 pm
If the “Josh ad” were true, don’t you think we’d hear about other veterans having medical issues? The truth is, you can’t beat the healthcare provided to veterans.
-Active Army Soldier
November 6th, 2006 at 2:31 pm
To reiterate what Active Army Soldier said, I am a veteran of the Korean War. I go to the V.A. hospital in Tucson, Az. It doesn’t take anytime to get an appointment. The hospital is extremely organized, immaculate in appearance and well run. The doctors, nurses, administrators and volunteers could not be nicer. They are a quality group of people
When you are coming due for an appointment they inform you by mail, sometimes two or three letters in a two week period. They also phone a few days before your due date.
Viva la V.A.
Bob
November 6th, 2006 at 2:35 pm
To reiterate what Active Army Soldier said, I am a veteran of the Korean War. I go to the V.A. hospital in Tucson, Az. It doesn’t take anytime to get an appointment. The hospital is extremely organized, immaculate in appearance and well run. The doctors, nurses, administrators and volunteers could not be nicer. They are a quality group of people
When you are coming due for an appointment they inform you by mail, sometimes two or three letters in a two week period. They also phone a few days before your due date.
Viva la V.A.
Bob