RNC Delegates mock wounded soldiers

Upon hearing of multiple news reports that GOP delegates are belittling the injuries soldiers sustained during service by wearing Band-Aids with purple hearts, DNC Chair Terry McAuliffe issued the following statement:

"It is inexcusable for a Republican delegate to mock anyone who has ever put on a soldier's uniform. It is inexcusable to mock service and sacrifice. Our service men and women put their lives on the line every day. If they are wounded in the line of duty it is because they are fighting on the frontlines for freedom. Anything but complete respect for their service is unacceptable.

"Mindful of the fact that over 3,700 purple hearts have been issued during the Iraq war so far and none of us know how high that number will climb, I call on John McCain and Rudy Giuliani, before they speak, to tell their delegates to disavow these tactics. I call on these two men to use the power of their positions to tell their delegates that service matters, sacrifice matters, and that no Republican delegate should ever mock the service of our soldiers."

Reported on MSNBC earlier today:

MSNBC Correspondent Chip Reed: What is that on your chin?
Pat Peel-Delegate from Texas: I have a purple heart, I hurt myself this morning… uhh… swimming a river I think it was.

Note: she is wearing a bandaid with a purple heart drawn on it on her chin. Those Republicans are such cutups! Mocking recipients of purple hearts while nominating a man who ducked service in Vietnam, and then didn't show up to his stateside unit. I try to be a good Christian, but sometimes I can't help hoping people like this burn in Hell!