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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-05-06 08:42 PM
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Epidemic of Republicans misusing active duty military for campaigns
Edited on Sun Mar-05-06 08:47 PM by swag
in contravention of DoD regs:

4.1.2. A member on active duty shall not:
4.1.2.3. Participate in partisan political management, campaigns, or conventions (unless attending a convention as a spectator when not in uniform).




Colorado Republican Representative Musgrave, as well as other Republicans abusing our military and placing them personnel in direct legal jeopardy, should certainly know better.

As has been noted elsewhere on DU, Josh Marshall has the litany of illegality at

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/007807.php
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/007810.php
etc. ad nauseam
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AX10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-05-06 08:44 PM
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1. This is typical behavior of the GOP.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-05-06 08:50 PM
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2. I see a couple of Marines who need court-martialing...
...but also an excuse for lenience, when a member of Congress solicits their appearance.
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ChristianLibrul Donating Member (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-05-06 10:34 PM
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3. legality
When did republicans care about laws? Everyone knows Marines only fight so that republicans and their children won't have to enlist.
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 01:21 PM
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4. non-Oscar kick
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Nickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 01:24 PM
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5. We need to find more pictures of this happening.
I did a little searching of Illinois GOP links to find pics, haven't found any yet. But I'm sure I will.
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 09:26 PM
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6. A nice follow-up - CO Republicans try to destroy the evidence
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/007823.php

They have scrubbed the pic of Musgrave and the malfeasance from their web site.
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