The Post Crescent – Letters: Vets know McCormick stands up for them

I served in Vietnam and know what it takes to honor the people of this country. Like all veterans, we have put service over self and country, over family probably more often than we should.

That is why I am taking a leap here and calling on one of our leaders to come join us in the fight to take back our congressional seat. With all due respect, this isn’t about political party affiliation. It is about getting the right man, or in this case, the right woman for the job.

We need a congressional representative who knows what it is to fight and what it is to hang in there when the going gets tough.

That is what Terri McCormick did for all of us as a representative in the state Assembly. We counted on her to stand against her own party in 2006 so that we could finally get the property tax exemption for combat disabled vets that the rest of the country had. Terri didn’t flinch. She stepped into the line of fire and took it for us.

We weren’t asking for ourselves. We were asking for the veterans who were coming after us, the men and women coming home more banged up than at any other time — those without arms, legs and eyes who can’t work anymore.

In these hard economic times, we need Terri McCormick more than ever.

We need her to join us again in the fight for better jobs and better housing. I know she will figure out how to get us there.

I have never heard her say, “I’m taking the easy way. I’m running for office because it’s owed me.” No, Terri has always taken the hills that are the hardest to climb, and that is why we need her now.

Bob Everson,

Combat disabled veteran, Vietnam, Appleton

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