Mass-email: Hillary Clinton refuses to meet with Gold Star Mothers

[swimmernsecretsea]

I got mass-emailed this. I normally don't pay any attention to such things, but it was sent to me by someone who should know better. I was wondering if anyone else got this and if it can be refuted. I cleaned up the extra spaces and quote marks, so if it runs together a bit, please forgive me. See below:

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT!!
You really should be sitting down when you read this one.
Gold Star Mothers is an organization made up of women whose sons were killed in military combat during service in the United States armed forces. Recently a delegation of New York State Gold Star Mothers made a trip to Washington, DC, to discuss various concerns with their elected representatives.
According to published reports, there was only one politician who refused to meet with these ladies. Can you guess which politician that might be? Was it New York Senator Charles Schumer? Nope, he met with them. Try again. Do you know anyone serving in the Senate who has never showed anything but contempt for our military? Do you happen to know the name of any politician in Washington whose husband once wrote of his loathing for the military? Now you're getting warm! You got it! None other than the Queen herself, Hillary Rotten Clinton. She refused repeated requests to meet with the Gold Star Mothers. Now, please don't tell me you're surprised. This woman wants to be President of the United States --- and there is a huge percentage of Voters who are eager to help her achieve that goal. May you sleep in peace always...and please...hug or thank a Veteran for that privilege. Think about this one !!! Don't forget, our girl, Hillary Rodham Clinton, as a New York Senator, now comes under this fancy congressional Retirement and Staffing Plan. It's common knowledge that, in order for her to establish NYS residency, they purchased a million+ dollar house in upscale Chappaqua, NY. Makes sense.
Now, they are entitled to Secret Service protection for life. Still makes sense. Here is where it becomes interesting. The mortgage payments hover at about $10,000 per month. BUT, an extra residency had to be built within the acreage in order to house the Secret Service agents. The Clinton's now charge the Secret Service $10,000 monthly rent for the use of said Secret Service residence and that rent is just about equal to their mortgage payment,....meaning that we, the tax payers, are paying the Clinton's mortgage, their transportation, their safety and security, their 12 man staff, and it's all perfectly legal. Sincerely, Cdr. Hamilton McWhorter USN (ret)
PS: Please forward this to as many people as you can. We don't want this woman to even think of running for President. So, just how many people can you send this to? It will take no more than 2 minutes.
Thanks

[ET Awful]

1. Long since disproven on Snopes, it's complete nonsense.

Do a reply to all and send them this: http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/goldstar.asp regarding Gold Star Mothers and http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/landlord.asp regarding the Secret Service lie.

[meegbear]

4. Missed it by that much!

:hi:

[meegbear]

2. Blast them all back with this ...

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/goldstar.asp

[Connie_Corleone]

3. It's been debunked

Snopes debunked this:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/goldstar.asp

[Zenlitened]

5. Flamebait.

[jwirr]

6. This is OLD - it was sent to me

2 years ago by right wingers in my family! Ignore it.

[liberal N proud]

7. Sounds like a wonderful freeper piece of work

[BrklynLiberal]

8. When you reply make sure to "reply all"

[KurtNYC]

9. As nicely as I can say this

there is a site called Google and when you put "clinton gold star" into it you get this....

Representatives from the New York chapter of Gold Star Mothers did indeed visit Senator Clinton's office in May, 2001. They dropped in unannounced, but she was out of the office. She was the only politician in Washington D.C. who refused to see them, only because she and Schumer were the only ones they visited! Certain parties heard only the tidbits they wanted to and the rumor that the mothers were rebuffed was created.

Then, to complicate matters, NewsMax reported the misinformation in a couple of different articles. They never printed a correction or retraction. (What can you expect from a "news" service that refers to an American senator as "The Hildebeast?") However, The national president of American Gold Star Mothers has stated that her office regrets the misunderstanding and would like the rumors to stop as quickly as possible. Help them out and break this chain!

http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/goldstar.html

[swimmernsecretsea]

10. Whoa! Thank you so much!

I should have checked with Snopes before. How silly of me to forget. You guys are the best!

[rock]

11. I knew it was a lie when I first heard this

because of the source. If you simply take the view that freepers always lie, you will be wrong so rarely as to make no matter.

[swimmernsecretsea]

13. Yup. This one had "lie" all over it like a cheap tourist t-shirt

But I love to have backup info when I refute something, and this made me angry. This is someone who I know, and I really thought she was more intelligent than this! I believe her to be a moderate, but sending this out to everyone (including many people I work with) without fact-checking first is so irresponsible as to be reckless. We've seen far too much recklessness lately, and I've just had it.

Makes me wonder if she was tripping on something when she sent it.

[PearliePoo2]

12. I always

check outrageous e-mails at this site: truthorfiction.com
Go to search,just type in a few key words of the rumor or e-mail and the results come back in a dated order. This one about the Gold Star mothers has been around (and debunked)for a long time, but apparently is now getting new air-time. truthorfiction.com is on my favorites.

[electropop]

14. The reply I sent to my right wing friend

Lies like this do nothing to improve the already near-zero credibility of the extreme right.


From http://www.goldstarmoms.com/

To Whom It May Concern
Subject: Gold Star Mothers meeting with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
The information you refer to is totally false.
At the time this allegation was made Senator Clinton was not even in her office. These allegations were not initiated by the Gold Star Mothers that Senator Clinton would not see them. This is a fabricated report picked up by an individual using the Gold Star Mothers as an instrument to discredit Senator Clinton.
Four Gold Star Mothers and a Vietnam veteran made an appointment with Senator Clinton at a later date and were very well received.
Photographs were made with Senator Clinton and she presented each one with a signed proclamation paying tribute to the American Gold Star Mothers.
We regret any embarrassment this may have caused Senator Clinton and her staff and would like to move beyond this issue and continue the positive volunteer work which we willingly and graciously provide for the veterans and their families and support of other Gold Star Mothers.
American Gold Star Mothers are a strong group of women who have sacrificed sons or daughters in conflicts to preserve the freedom that we enjoy. We do not need mischievous gossip and unfounded lies to promote our organization. Please help stop it now.
Sincerely,
Ann Y. Sherman Wolcott
National President
American Gold Star Mothers, Inc.
"Leading the Way."

[ronnykmarshall]

15. I'll keep this handy.

I normally don't open e-mail from friends that send RW crap, but responce it too good to pass up.

[Joey Liberal]

16. I got it too - again

It seems the right wing idiots decided to recycle it, although its a hoax. The republicans are so pathetic.............

[Name removed]

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