SwiftVets.com Forum Index SwiftVets.com
Service to Country
 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

USO teams up with MoveOn.org to send phone cards to troops

 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    SwiftVets.com Forum Index -> Geedunk & Scuttlebutt
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Navy wife
Research Director


Joined: 09 Aug 2004
Posts: 353
Location: Arlington, VA & Ft. Worth, TX
PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:13 pm    Post subject: USO teams up with MoveOn.org to send phone cards to troops Reply with quote
Why in the world would the USO team up with Moveon.org even if it is to support the troops? They are the vilest group ever in their anti-war, anti-troop stance. Something smells in Denmark!! However, my son, a Marine headed for Afghanistan in a few months, laughed when I told him about this partnership. His response was to let them do it. If he got one, he'd laugh all the way to the phone bank and then bad mouth them the rest of the time!!

I do not remember seeing anything on the Swiftvet Forum about this, but the story was in the Star-Telegram on December 20th for the first time.
http://www.star-telegram.com/462/story/372326.html

This was in the Dallas Star-Telegram on January 2.
http://www.star-telegram.com/464/story/386628.html

A Follow up in today's paper
http://www.star-telegram.com/national_news/story/387524.html
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Me#1You#10
Site Admin


Joined: 06 May 2004
Posts: 6503
PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:43 pm    Post subject: Re: USO teams up with MoveOn.org to send phone cards to troo Reply with quote
Navy wife wrote:
Why in the world would the USO team up with Moveon.org even if it is to support the troops?


NW, we can conjecture forever what might have been behind Powell's decision but, until we can crawl into his mind, I suppose we'll never really know.

Quote:
At least one board member, Vietnam veteran John Gioia, called for USO President Edward Powell to be fired over his decision to accept more than $350,000 from MoveOn's members to buy phone cards for troops overseas.

<snip>

William Moll, chairman of the USO's board of governors, defended Powell's decision, saying in an e-mail to fellow directors that the organization welcomes contributions regardless of the donor's politics. He said special steps were taken to make sure MoveOn didn't make partisan or controversial statements when soliciting their members to give to the USO.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Navy wife
Research Director


Joined: 09 Aug 2004
Posts: 353
Location: Arlington, VA & Ft. Worth, TX
PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bill O'Reilly discussed the uproar with Pete Hegseth, Executive Director of Vets for Freedom.org. http://www.vetsforfreedom.org/. Very interesting.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    SwiftVets.com Forum Index -> Geedunk & Scuttlebutt All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group