One of the things I try to do is  keep my own political views to myself, at least off my public sights concerning our veterans.  One of the things I always remember my grandfather, and father say is you dont talk about politics (however this doesnt apply to them today, they are just like everyone else, freely speaking their mind about their views).  We all have different political opinions, and unfortunately these types of conversation are rarely kept civil.  Keep in mind, I am a Political Science major.  Not because I want to be a politician, but because I want to “learn the game” to help our veterans and their families, however that leads me to helping them.  The last thing I want to be is a politician, but do want the knowledge of how our system works, can lead me to finding ways to help.
With all of this said, I do want to bring up politics for a moment, but not for the reasons one might think.  One of the things I see over and over again on the posts about the VA scandal is people who automatically begin blaming one political figure, one party or the other.  STOP making veterans about the left or right.  We lose 22 veterans A DAY to suicide.  That is someone’s father, husband, brother, mother, wife, sister, friend.  The number is likely HIGHER than that due to the lack of a streamlined reporting system, and only getting the numbers from 21 states.  Our veterans issues not only affect the veteran, they affect the FAMILIES.  These issues ARE NOT just a republican or democrat issue.  It is AN AMERICAN issue.  Stop trying to make it about blaming one or the other, and come together for the sake of our vets and their families.  We have so many veterans families who are losing everything and many losing their loved one while people are arguing over who is to blame.  JUST FIX IT, and put action behind “Supporting our troops.”

This type of point the blame attitude is the wrong attitude to have, and will not help our veterans.  When we are so divided on this very important issue, very little will be accomplished to help them.