Obsidian Wings (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Brandon Friedman (who I make a habit of reading on a regular basis) discusses the recent emergence of some less than ethical means that the US Army is using to bolster its sagging numbers. The latest measures involve using thinly...
MyDD (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Brandon Friedman of VoteVets introduced Wes Clark. You could tell he was very moved by the experience and needless to say when Wes Clark came on stage he got a standing ovation. He thanked us for standing up for him over the John McCain flap, which struck me as funny. I thought he was the one to be thanked. He said: You'll never get the country to believe Democrats can defend our country...
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
... and bloggers with pulverizing hangovers.MEGAN: .SPENCER: I have met a lot of commenters, who rule; Brandon Friedman of VetVoice gave Wesley Clark a terrorist fist jab at the keynote; I was told to pipe down because I was telling off-color stories during 's keynote.MEGAN: I get told that a lot, too, but really? Howard Dean is that important to listen to?SPENCER: yeah, Nico asked me...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
... since 2001 . 64 of them — nearly 12 percent — have been killed in the last six weeks,” VoteVets’ Brandon Friedman notes. Taliban insurgents who attacked a remote American-run outpost near the Pakistan border on Sunday outnumbered allied forces almost three to one and “some breached the NATO compound in a coordinated assault that took the defenders by surprise.” The attackers were...
Graphictruth (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
clipped from www.vetvoice.com by: Brandon Friedman Thu Jul 03, 2008 I just got done watching the clip below with a couple of Army buddies. We thought it was pretty funny how the doughy chickenhawk kid-- Ben Ferguson --felt he was entitled to speak on behalf of the military. Non-serving, tough talkers like Ferguson are endlessly entertaining to us. FERGUSON: You have a man that was shot...
Fact-esque (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
... I've seen, by far, on the Clark matter, see this appropriately indignant piece by Iraq veteran Brandon Friedman); * condemned MoveOn.org for its newspaper advertisement criticizing Gen. Petraeus; * defended his own patriotism by impugning the patriotism of others, specifically those in what he described as the "the so-called counter-culture of the Sixties" for "attacking the symbols,...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
... Webb GI Bill, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) now “ has the gall to try and take credit for its passage .” Brandon Friedman writes, “It is an admirable attempt at spin, however. Either way, the troops know Cornyn is a flip-flopper who supports them when it’s politically expedient .” On the trail today: Today, Barack Obama (D-IL) will travel to Las Vegas for a “Change that Works for You” discussion...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Download | Play Download | Play (h/t Heather) Brandon Friedman of VoteVets appeared on Countdown on Wednesday to give his reaction to McCain’s comments that it wasn’t “too important” to consider bringing home the troops from Iraq. Normally, the military is a pretty safe demographic for the Republican party at election time, but if Friedman is at all representative, I [...]
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
... as a particular authority on the Iraq occupation McCain, having served, should know better, said Brandon Friedman, Vice Chairman of and a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan. McCain's potential position of power as Commander-in-Chief and his experience in combat give his words extra power to disappoint the troops that hear his projections."Keith, this is a morale crusher," Friedman...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
... Countdown with Keith Olbermann last night, VoteVets Vice Chairman and Iraq and Afghanistan veteran Brandon Friedman disputed the idea that McCain’s military experience gave him “ carte blanche ” on war issues. He called McCain’s comments “a morale crusher,” and said veterans like him “ would expect a lot more ” from someone who’s “been in our shoes”: FRIEDMAN: John McCain should...
STONE SOUP MUSINGS (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
I know our military is stretched thin and recruiters are under a lot of pressure to sign people up, but what happened to Brandon Friedman's mother (Friedman is the Editor of VetVoice and a Captain in the Individual Ready Reserve) is unacceptable and way out of the bounds of common decency in my opinion. In Friedman's words (my emphasis): My mom called me on...
