Your posts are clear -- you have never served, nor have you been the wife of one who has.
You don't even know.
Read all of the false blogs you want.
Most Iraq vets are democrats.
Roberto, your comments are clear. You have never served, nor have you been associated with those who have for more than one full term.
Most vets are Libertarian leaning Republicans. Very few are Democrats, although they are there.
USN-Ret
I have heard that the rank and file tilt somewhat Dem, but that the leadership is heavily Rep, and vote much more reliably. I don't have stats to back that one up though, and can't seem to google it on short notice. I am curious about it though.
Y'all are nuts. I've never met anyone in the military who was a democrat - and I've met plenty.
Oh sure, there are some, but it ain't many.
The vets injected joy. Did you see them Jill? The politics of joy surely douses you hateful edge.
I would love to see you at a dem vet rally. There are so many you would have to pick.
Injected joy? Politics of joy? What the hell does that mean?
The Marine in question more than likely would tell the Hildabeast to bugger off.
Oh yeah, my experience with Democrats have REALLY been one of "joy." *snort*
You guys should come check out my Chron blog sometime. Most of my commenters are lefties and they exude anger and bitterness.
The are full of something, but it sure ain't joy.
This is from USA Today in 2004
"Troops in survey back Bush 4-to-1 over Kerry"
http://www.usatoday.com/news/pol...sh-
troops_x.htm
So it wasn't even close.
I was "rank and file", and I can assure you that we didn't "tilt somewhat Democrat" at all. Like I said, more Libertarian leaning Republican.
Uh, did you not read the methodology RWS? Your interpretation of the data is Huckabee-esque, and I know you're smarter than him! If anything, this validates what I already said more than it validates your claims.
Quote from the article:
"Army Times Publishing sent e-mails to more than 31,000 subscribers and received 4,165 responses on a secure Web site. The publisher cautioned that the results are not a scientific poll. Its readers are older, higher in rank and more career-oriented than the military as a whole."
After working with Fort Bliss in El Paso many years, officers break about 95% republican, enlisted mayber 85%. It was always hard to find a democrat among those "bitter vets--clinging to their guns and religion."
Well, this former (way former) Marine would be extremely surprised if Roberto were correct. You couldn't find a less popular war than Vietnam, and if you exclude draftees, the troops were more conservative than the average American.
My brother is on leave from Afghanistan, and he's not a democrat. Maybe he doesn't count because he's older than most. He also happens to be a widower with small kids who is just a few years from retirement with the ANG.
The son-in-law (Iraq vet) is not a democrat. Neither is his wife - the one who waited 15 months alone in Europe for him to return. The one who will be waiting another year when he goes back again. Maybe he doesn't count either because he's an officer.
It's all anecdotal, but I will believe our hostess. I've not seen anything to convince me otherwise.
Thanks everyone, I knew I was right. As usual Erik doesn't have the right "stats".....liberals never usually do.
In fact, I'd go as far as to say if liberals even knew true stats on anything, they'd cease to be liberals, because stats don't hold up their "arguments" on anything.
Jill, I have yet to see you give any stats. I told you I checked for stats. RWS gave stats that even the publication she got them from admitted were not scientific. I know some conservatives aren't known for their scientific acumen, but I think you're smart enough to understand what that means. It means the sample size is not representative.
Why do you think Gore fought to keep military overseas ballots from being certified in Florida in 2000 Erik? Gore and his campaign weren't stupid - if the votes of serving military folks tended to lean Dem by even a slight margin wouldn't he have wanted every one to be counted?
Yet he didn't. They filed to stop counting on overseas ballots that had bad or no postmarks. Why do you think he would do that?
The military tends to lean a bit towards voting republican. You have to keep in mind that people in the military are not a cross section of society, strictly speaking. The psychological make-up of someone that volunteers to put on the uniform of our country and carry a gun under contract for several years is just different from a lot of the rest of the population and in some ways diametrically opposed to a lot of so-called left leaning thought.
I don't know if its fair to call military folks conservative or not, perhaps traditional would be better. Tradition would be pretty close to the opposite of "change".
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