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Kuster Keeps The Sacred Trust

by: Jack Mitchell

Sun Oct 17, 2010 at 21:07:15 PM EDT


( - promoted by Dean Barker)

I was very excited when I first heard about the mailer below, sent last week along with another.(Part 1, Part 2) As a veteran and a Democrat, I am proud to support Annie Kuster, as she asks Granite Staters for their vote on November 2nd.

Annie's commitment to the veteran and military family community is sincere. Some here may recall, Annie met in April 2009 with local activists to listen, tapping into their collective wisdom. Prior to that meeting, Annie sent me this biographical note, so I could help introduce her connection to the issues they care so much about.

Thank you for your very thoughtful invitation to gather a group of folks to discuss veteran's issues. As you may know, my father, Malcolm McLane was a decorated fighter pilot in WWII who was shot down in the Battle of the Bulge and held for six months in a German prison camp. My father in law, Bob Kuster, served in the infantry on communications and was on the beaches of Normandy and among the first to liberate the concentration camps. Our family was blessed by the compassionate care my father in law received in the last several years of his life in the new Alzheimer's wing of the Veterans' Home in Tilton.  Brad and I have raised our two sons on stories of courage and valor from their two distinguished grandfathers. I would be honored to meet with vets and learn more about the important issues of the day. I appreciate your efforts.

All the best,
Annie

Jack Mitchell :: Kuster Keeps The Sacred Trust
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While going door to door this beautiful morning, I was out on Sewalls Falls Rd. in the Beaver Meadow area of Concord.I walked to an address where a family was working out doors on a stump...two dads a couple of kids and Mom up in the back of the pickup....it was she who was on my walk list.
They were outdoorsy folk, and from the sound of the chain saw whining away, busy. But they were polite when I interrupted and they could see by my lapel sticker that I was a Kuster person. I went over to the truck, and Mom stood up to greet me. I could see her Airborne sweatshirt, and handed her a lit piece as I started down this road.
There was an immediate recognition of Charlie the career politician who held his and his family's economic interest over theirs.

Republican are great at spouting the words of support for our military, and even better at screwing over veterans when they return. 8 raises for himself, yet he voted against increasing benefits for vets and their families, and against a bonus for National Guardsmen and Women.

A grateful country should take care of it's service people first, before politicians get to the trough.
Annie Kuster will never dishonor that sacred trust.

note to close readers: this might be sarcastic so think twice before reading to candidates for use in their attacks on each other



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