MD AG disparages opponent’s military service
The current Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler who is in a primary race with the Lieutenant Governor Anthony G. Brown went where he should not go these days. He told a crowd that “You know I’m running against somebody who has never managed anybody, never run anything. You know his ads are about how he was a lawyer in Iraq, and that’s all fine and good, but this is a real job.”
Brown is a JAG Lieutenant Colonel with a tour in Iraq, whereas Gansler graduated from High School at trendy Sidwell Friends and attended Yale. Yeah, that’s his whole experience besides being a lawyer. According to the Washington Post;
Brown had served five years of active duty in the U.S. Army and 10 years in the Army Reserve. He also had obtained a law degree from Harvard, worked four years at the Washington law firm of Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, and was elected to the House of Delegates representing a Prince George’s County district.
And now Gansler has made me quote and agree with Jon Soltz of VoteVets;
Jon Soltz, chair of VoteVets.org, a political action committee that endorsed Brown for governor, called the statement “slime ball politics.”
“Doug Gansler needs to stop smearing those of us who served in Iraq as not having had a ‘real job,’” Soltz said in a statement. “It’s a horrible insult to all those men and women who put their lives on the line, and especially those who died, in service to this country. Additionally, Mr. Gansler, if he chooses to attack an Iraq War veteran, ought to at least admit that the person he is attacking has been serving as Maryland’s lieutenant governor. This kind of slime ball politics is what turns people off to our democratic process, so Mr. Gansler is doing no favors for Maryland or our democratic electoral system by playing in the gutter like this.”
Soltz went on to demand an apology from Gansler.
Of course, Soltz couldn’t help but remind us that he went to Iraq, too. And it was made easier because Brown is a Democrat. But, then so is Gansler. It wasn’t hard for me at all because Gansler is a giant pussy and he reminds me of someone else we all know from Montgomery County who waves his dick around hoping someone will salute him.
Dick. By the way, Gansler made the comment as Brown is rising past him in the polls. That’s all he has? Seriously? Maybe he should warn voters that Brown might have PTS and start gunning down people in the state’s capital. Pompous fuck.
Did I mention that the State AG’s office is a broke dick piece of shit and Brown needs to clean the whole damn place out and put in some prosecutors who will do their jobs? Especially in Montgomery County, where Gansler screwed the pooch before he moved to his current job. I can name names if the new AG needs them.
Category: Veterans in politics
To any and all politicians reading this blog:
— Stop smearing your opponent, and tell us about yourself.
— Stop telling us what your opponent is doing wrong, and tell us what you’re doing right.
— Stop treating us like we don’t have a brain. We do have brains, we do think, and your next vote comes when we step into a voting booth. Or not.
YOUR CHOICE.
Pinto Nag…I wanted to add something but you’ve said it all. I’ll take D. All of the above. Thank you and well said!
What Pinto Nag said +10000000000000000 !
Fire for effect, young lady!
Pinto Nag…I’ve sorta had a problem here with the whole male poster, female poster thing. I see in posts here you are referred to as a lady. I don’t translate screen names well. I had you figured for a guy horse rancher. If you are a lady, my apologies and I will add you to my screen name list of “ladies on the blog”.
Yes Sparks, I am female. My screen name honors the best horse I ever rode, a half-Arabian pinto gelding named Paint.
Daddy Gansler was a Bubba Clinton appointee as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology. This is a high on the DOD food chain position, #3 on the protocol list (e.g., if the Sec Def and Dep Sec Def were out of DC, he had to be in town). So, Dougie has a a tough life. /s
He sure sounds like some candyassed spoiled rich kid!
To be fair, I got too snarky in my post. His Dad seemed to be a decent chap. I was in his presence a fair amount of time as a Pentagon contractor and he was a smart, professional, polite, gent. I also worked with his predecessor and both, I think, were patriotic because both sacrificed huge bucks in industry when they really did not need to because they were already at the pinicle of their careers. I’ve been in their office at 0600 and at 2100.
I was referring to Junior Gansler when I posted that, and to me, Junior proved it with his snot-nosed rant. I take your word about his Poppa, but I stand by what I said about Junior!
Proud: sorry. I wasnt commenting on your post. I was just trying to be more fair in my comment.
Awright, it’s all good!
ugh, more lawyer politicians.
Nobody is willing here.
It’s been said that right now, America has more lawyers than it has had in all its history combined.
**LEGAL DISCLAIMER**
The following is a comedic jest, made as a joke, and IS NOT meant to be taken seriously by ANYONE in any way, shape, or form.
I find it a pity that all Lawyers are considered as human beings, otherwise we could have a Hunting Season to cull the herd!
I would propose the following regulations:
1. Spotlights may be used, Lawyers often wear flashy clothing and jewelry that will reflect light.
2. THE USE OF BAIT IS PROHIBITED. NO fake car accidents, bogus Ambulances, screaming that one is offended,…
3.NO HUNTING around Ambulances, Hospitals, or Emergency Rooms. One could accidentally hurt or kill a real person (non-Lawyer).
4. Traps MAY NOT exceed 4,500 pounds in weight.
5. A single fleeing lawyer MAY NOT be chased by more than 500 dogs at once.
6.Approved Hours of Harvest are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
7. The daily harvest limit for an individual Hunter is 30, the Seasonal Harvest Limit for an individual hunter is 3,500.
8. Approved methods of harvest include but are not limited to: rifle, pistol, shotgun, compound bow, crossbow, spear, knife, booby trap, cannon, icepick, punji pit, tiger trap, howitzer, landmine, mortar, rocket launcher, machine gun, pickup truck front end, rock, boulder, attack dogs, garrote, mechanical trap, claymore mine, high explosives, poison,or hand tools. Ensure that your chosen method of harvest is in accordance with all Federal and State laws as well as Municipal and County Ordinances in your jurisdiction.
I would clean out my savings account, my checking account, my stock portfolio, my 401K, and my beef jerky jar I use for change just to buy a Sherman tank if this law were ever passed.
Well, I agree with your general suspicion regarding lawyers in politics, since this is a primary for the Attorney General position, the qualified candidates will, pretty much by definition, all be lawyers.
That argument is lost upon me since our highest law enforcement and military position holder has neither experience.
This is a primary for Governor.
I made it up in parody of the perfumed little self-entitled princes like Gansler and most politicians that are lawyers as well as ambulance chasers.
I live in the People’s Republic of Maryland because of work. Gansler is a complete gun grabbing corruptocrat, with his eyes on the big chair in Annapolis, currently held by Martin O’Taxme. Many of us conservatives have changed party affiliation in order to vote in the Dem’s primary; we are sick and tired of the status quo of three entitlement counties running this state, and will vote accordingly. Of course, in the general election we vote as conservatives. It may even work.
AW1Ed, Democrat in Name Only (DINO)
What an arrogant prick. Oh, well – he’s just another one of those pampered princes, feels entitled to whatever he wants and how dare anyone attempt to deny him.
He must be of the same level of ignorance about the military of someone named Wickre.
And deserves the same response from us….ridicule and scorn.
So does this mean that Maryland might get an AG with the balls to prosecute criminals?
I wouldn’t give you a nickle for Gansler OR Brown but Gansler is the typical Maryland slimeball. I detested him prior to this and I detest him now. As for Brown, being the Lt Gov to Martin O’Malley is an association that should tell most here Brown’s location on the political spectrum.
Proud Infidel,
I noticed in the statues, there is no provision to protect attorneys from:
Sec A 3 (d 3a) Re: chasing tail pipes. Placing a Five Dollar Bill behind the rear driver wheels of a big truck. So, is that considered fair take?
I wonder what you would harvest with a ten pound block of cheese? Will that get you entered in Boone and Crockett with the photo of dennis splayed over the scales with a chunk of cheddar protruding from his puffy cheeks?
Just got to wonder.
MMMMmeh, that could be considered as using bait!
As a Marylander, all I can hope is that all these Dems eat themselves alive in the primary so none of them are left for the general election.
Brown is a bullshit artist. I understand that describes the vast majority of politicos, but he is a particularly accomplished bullshit artist, like his mentor Martin O’Schmuck.
Never managed anybody – never run anything…. huh. It appears that the good Colonel did a little bit of both while on active duty before going Reserves and becoming a lawyer:
“He graduated first in his flight class at Fort Rucker, Alabama. During his time on active duty, Brown served as a helicopter pilot with the Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division in Europe. During that period of active duty, Brown held positions as platoon leader for a target acquisition, reconnaissance and surveillance platoon, executive officer of a general support aviation company, a battalion logistics officer, and the flight operations officer for Task Force 23”.
Blatantly plagiarized from somewhere else covering this:
“Senator Metzenbaum to Senator Glenn: “How can you run for the Senate when you’ve never held a “real job?”
Senator Glenn: “I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps. I served through two wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire on 12 different occasions. I was in the Space Program.
It wasn’t my checkbook, Howard, it was my Life on the line. It was not a 9 to 5 job, where I took time off to take the daily cash receipts to the bank. I ask you to go with me … as I went the other day … to a Veterans Hospital and look those men – with their mangled bodies – in the eye, and tell THEM they didn’t hold a job! You go with me to the Space Program at NASA and go, as I have gone, to the widows and orphans of Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee … and you look those kids in the eye and tell them that their DADS didn’t hold a job. You go with me on Memorial Day and you stand in Arlington National Cemetery, where I have more friends buried than I’d like to remember, and you watch those waving flags.
You stand there, and you think about this Nation, and you tell ME that those people didn’t have a job? I’ll tell you, Howard Metzenbaum… you should be on your knees every day of our life thanking God that there were some men – SOME MEN – who held a REAL job.
And they required a dedication to a purpose – and a love of country and a dedication to duty – that was more important than life itself. And their self-sacrifice is what made this country possible. I HAVE held a job, Howard! — What about you?””
Hear, hear! Well said!
Just so no one gets the wrong idea about Brown. He is a lefty trough and thjrough. You name it, he’s there. Gun control? Wants more. Obamacare? Loves it. Immigration. His mother was an illegal alien. Same-sex marriage? Gotta have it. Abortion? On demand, please. Capital punishment? Never! Legalization of pot? He’s 100% for it, along with shielding criminal records from private employers. And the Maryland Healthcare trollout, the one that he ballyhooed as making Maryland the national leader in online registration? It was dumped on the junk pile at a huge loss for taxpayers. So, lest anyone get the wrong idea about that dated pic of Brown in uniform, he’s a leftist asshole, just like Gansler.
Heck, sounds like a standard issue Maryland Democrat!
The thing that kills me about Brown is that he keeps polishing the turd that was the Maryland ACA exchange trying to convince people that he led the way to that “success.” BS-er extraordinaire. Which means he might as well start packing to move into the Governor’s mansion in this state.
I live in western MD. I love the people out in Frederick, but I hate the politics of the state. I keep hoping that we secede to become the State of Western Maryland.
F’in’ Demo-rats…