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For Immediate
Release
Contact: Eric Schmeltzer, eric@votevets.org,
646-290-8586
October 22, 2009
VETERANS CALL ON STATE REP. METCALFE TO RESIGN OVER
'TRAITOR, BENEDICT ARNOLD' COMMENTS ABOUT VETERANS
IN NEW
RADIO AD AIRING IN DISTRICT
BUTLER COUNTY,
Penn. -- Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are
running a blistering new radio ad locally, calling on State
Representative Daryl Metcalfe to resign over his comments that
those veterans who are fighting for energy security are
"traitors." The ad will air beginning today, and for a
full week on area radio.
In the ad,
Pittsburgh Iraq War veteran Chuck Tyler says, "Representative
Metcalfe, a lot of my friends never made it home from
Iraq. Dishonoring us dishonors their memory. We
deserve better – and so does Pennsylvania. I’m
not a traitor sir. I'm just a veteran doing what’s
right to protect my country." The ad closes with a call on
Metcalfe to resign. The full script of the ad is
below.
In
an email sent widely, Metcalfe stated that any veteran concerned
about the flow of oil dollars to Middle East terrorists and
fighting for a new American Clean Energy plan is a "traitor to
the oath he or she took defend the Constitution of our great
nation! Remember Benedict Arnold before giving credibility
to a veteran who uses their service as a means to promote a
leftist agenda."
In
response, the veterans group VoteVets.org is paying for the new
ad in conjunction with Operation Free, calling on Metcalfe to
resign. Operation Free is a coalition of veteran and
security groups currently on a bus tour to promote the need for
a new Clean Energy policy as a national security matter.
VoteVets.org veterans are taking part in the
tour.
The full script of the ad is as
follows:
Dishonored
:60 Radio
Ad
ANNCR: Traitors. That's what
State Representative Darryl Metcalfe called decorated Iraq and
Afghanistan veterans. Traitors. Pittsburgh resident
and Iraq war veteran Chuck Tyler.
Chuck Tyler: Representative
Metcalfe. A lot of my friends never made it home from
Iraq. Dishonoring us dishonors their memory. We
deserve better - and so does Pennsylvania.
ANNCR: Metcalfe was attacking
members of Operation Free; veterans whose goal is to make
America more secure with clean energy and cut the flow of oil
dollars to those who would do us harm. It's a goal the
Department of Defense, the CIA, and the National Intelligence
Council all share.
Chuck Tyler: I'm not a
traitor sir. I’m just a veteran doing what’s
right to protect my country.
ANNCR: Call Representative
Darryl Metcalfe at 717-783-1707 and tell him
to resign - because attacking America's patriots is the
most unpatriotic thing you can do. A message from
Operation Free. Paid for by Vote Vets Action Fund.
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Paid
for by VoteVets.org
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