Why do our soldiers hate America?

Troops Deployed Abroad Give 6:1 to Obama

During World War II, soldiers crouching in foxholes penned letters assuring their sweethearts that they'd be home soon. Now, between firefights in the Iraqi desert, some infantrymen have been sending a different kind of mail stateside: two or three hundred dollars -- or whatever they can spare -- towards a presidential election that could very well determine just how soon they come home.

According to an analysis of campaign contributions by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, Democrat Barack Obama has received nearly six times as much money from troops deployed overseas at the time of their contributions than has Republican John McCain, and the fiercely anti-war Ron Paul, though he suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination months ago, has received more than four times McCain's haul.

Despite McCain's status as a decorated veteran and a historically Republican bent among the military, members of the armed services overall -- whether stationed overseas or at home -- are also favoring Obama with their campaign contributions in 2008, by a $55,000 margin. Although 59 percent of federal contributions by military personnel has gone to Republicans this cycle, of money from the military to the presumed presidential nominees, 57 percent has gone to Obama.

Uh-oh John. It seems voting against vets legislation, opposing an expanded GI bill, engaging in legislative behavior that got you a D rating from the IAVA, got you a 40% rating with Disabled American Veterans, caused the Vietnam Veterans of America to say you voted against them 15 times, and generally basing your whole campaign on the premise that everyone stationed in Iraq needs to stay there for a few more decades hasn't exactly endeared you to the men and women who have to cash the checks your mouth writes.

But don't worry, the media won't ever mention this. So you can continue to prop yourself up as a man of the people and representing the troops without anyone pointing that the emperor has no clothes. Your dong is showing John, the media doesn't have the good taste to point it out. But it seems soldiers just don't want to put their money where your mouth is. I guess you better give them a stern talking to, it seems they don't understand what's on the line here: their lives your candidacy.