NH VFW for Bradley & Sununu – another Carol Shea-Porter support avenue debunked

I was not aware of this situation – that while the National VFW endorsed CSP, those that know her better, the New Hampshire Veterans of Foreign Wars, pretty much reject her out of hand.  I received an  email from one who knows more and wants to set the record straight!

And, being the ‘Grok that we are, are happy to oblige!  After all, we’re not so happy with her either for lying to a Gold Star Mother [you betchem!  – Skip, the Blue Star Dad]

From: calo120@aol.com
To: letters@fosters.com
Sent: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 6:47 pm
Subject: VFW PAC endorsement error

Carol Shea-Porter has been telling everyone that she has been endorsed by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Political Action Committee.  As last year’s State Commander, it was part of my duties to let the National PAC know which candidates that our state would want to endorse.  In June of this year, I received a letter from the National PAC stating that if we did not respond by a certain date, the were going to endorse Senator John Sununu, and Congresswomen Carol Shea-Porter.  We typed a letter stating that we agreed with the endorsement Senator Sununu, but most emphatically did not agree with the endorsement of Carol Shea-Porter.  This letter was signed by myself as State Commander, the State Adjutant, and the State Senior-Vice Commander, now the State Commander.  It was then faxed to the National PAC office in Washington D.C. 

Somehow it never arrived at its final destination.  We did not find this out until late September, and we immediately sent another copy of the letter, but it was too late.  Unfortunately, the mistake had already been made, and the wrong candidate had been endorsed for Congress.  We also sent a letter asking that PAC instead endorse Jeb Bradley for Congress.  I want it made clear, that we the State of New Hampshire, VFW leadership had no intention of having the PAC endorse anyone other than Jeb Bradley for Congress, and Senator Sununu for the U.S. Senate.                               

                                                                       John J. Calo
                                                                       Past Department Commander
                                                                       Veterans of Foreign Wars,
                                                                       Department of New Hampshire
                                                                       Rochester N.H.  603-534-3073

Seems clear to me: the NH VFW for Jeb Bradley and John Sununu!