{"id":30127,"date":"2012-05-25T14:54:48","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T18:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=30127"},"modified":"2012-05-25T14:57:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T18:57:00","slug":"bellavia-wlf-under-assault-by-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=30127","title":{"rendered":"Bellavia & WLF under assault by opponent"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got a call from our buddy, David Bellavia, this morning who told me about the problems he’s having in his campaign for New York’s 27th Congressional District. The bad stuff we talked about is better explained at Blackfive<\/a>. Bellavia’s Republican opponent is trying to drag the Warrior Legacy Foundation into the campaign accusing them of funneling campaign cash to Bellavia. That’s a mighty slimy charge against a veteran and a veterans’ charity on Memorial Day weekend. But Chris Collins wouldn’t know much about veterans. <\/p>\n

Collins graduated from high school in 1968<\/a> at the peak of the draft for the Vietnam War, but his rich daddy did what most rich daddies did back then – sent their kids off to college to get a college deferment. There weren’t grants and loans like there are today, so only the rich could afford to send their kids to college and avoid the draft.<\/p>\n

Collins went to North Carolina State University. In 1969, NCSU was the site of one of the largest protests in the country<\/a> against the Vietnam War;<\/p>\n

On October 15, 1969, activists across the nation took part in one such rally. With an estimated two million participants, the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam remains one of the largest demonstrations in American history. Students and faculty at North Carolina State University took part, devoting the entire day to Vietnam-related protests, exhibits, discussions, and classroom activities. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How much you want to bet that Chris Collins was in the middle of that protest? It would seem hard to avoid, wouldn’t it? Especially with all of those hairy-legged hippie chicks giving it away.<\/p>\n

Collins is trying to derail Bellavia’s campaign because a few days ago, Bellavia brought up the fact that Collins supported one of New York Mayor Bloomberg’s anti-gun scams<\/a> when Collins was county executive in Niagara County. Collins says that he didn’t realize what Bloomberg’s little band of gun grabbers was really trying to do, but honestly, who doesn’t know what Bloomberg’s stance is on private gun ownership? Collins says he quit Bloomberg’s group after two weeks, when he “discovered” Bloomberg’s ulterior motives. But how many of you would join anything Bloomberg initiated in relation to guns? I mean seriously.<\/p>\n

And who would believe a draft dodger anyway?<\/p>\n

David Bellavia has my unwavering support in the upcoming elections and the draft dodger has the promise that I’ll throat punch him at my next opportunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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