Veterans in politics
Swiftboating poor Obama
They still don’t know what the term, “swiftboating” means; I guess the attacks on Obama for pretending to be a ‘war president” from the various special operations troops who’ve been sticking up for the troops who are actually fighting the wars are starting to sting, because the Obama campaign has been attacking those veterans on […]
I don’t think “swiftboating” means what you think it means
DJ Bell sends us a link to an article about how the founder of Special Operations for America PAC, Ryan Zinke, a former Navy SEAL, is under attack from VetPAC’s Dick Klass, vice-president of VetPAC, and a retired Air Force colonel, who is questioning the character of Zinke’s service as a SEAL; “We heard some […]
Gallup: Romney’s lead over Obama comes from veterans
Politics seeps into Memorial Day news from a Gallup poll which says that Romney’s lead over Obama is mainly fueled by veterans; These data, from an analysis of Gallup Daily tracking interviews conducted April 11-May 24, show that 24% of all adult men are veterans, compared with 2% of adult women. Obama and Romney are […]
Bellavia & WLF under assault by opponent
I got a call from our buddy, David Bellavia, this morning who told me about the problems he’s having in his campaign for New York’s 27th Congressional District. The bad stuff we talked about is better explained at Blackfive. Bellavia’s Republican opponent is trying to drag the Warrior Legacy Foundation into the campaign accusing them […]
David “Hollywood” Bellavia
I’m sure you’ve read the book House to House written by our buddy David Bellavia, who is also running for Congress in Upstate New York. Well, according to Buffalo News, he’s also going Hollywood on us, too. The Republican congressional candidate from Batavia has just signed a film deal with an Oscar-winning director to tell […]
VOTE E-9
I know, I know, there are those among you veterans who can’t find it in your hearts to feel any love for senior NCO’s, especially first sergeants and sergeant majors. Actually, I never felt much warmth towards first sergeants either, because if they saw you idle for a single moment, they’d find a working detail […]
Bellavia for Congress…again
Our buddy, David Bellavia is contemplating a run at New York’s 26th Congressional District seat again this election year. He’s formed an exploratory committee to decide whether he’s going to run or not. You aready know how I feel about Bellavia since I was up in his district collecting signatures for his candidacy last year. […]
Stolen Valor charges in Pacific, WA
Nucsnipe sent us a link yesterday about Cy Sun who won a contentious election last November for the office of mayor in his hometown of Pacific, Washington as a write-in candidate. Now it seems his opponents are trying to make questions about his military service and claims a reason to keep him from being in […]
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