Posted on 02/08/2006 9:43:14 AM PST by listenhillary
ANDREW HORNE, clear-eyed, clean-cut and ramrod straight, never wanted to be a politician. But then something happened to the Marine Reserves lieutenant colonel who once supported the invasion of Iraq. He was sent to fight there. It was an experience that turned him vehemently against President Bush and a war he now believes can never be won definitively.
“Iraq is a symptom of what’s wrong with this Administration,” Mr Horne told The Times over coffee near his Kentucky law office.
“It’s hubristic. It’s wedded to political cronyism. It hides the truth. It ignores advice. I want to go to Washington to be part of a solution.”
Mr Horne, 44, is not alone. He is one of a dozen Iraq war veterans running for congressional seats in the November mid-term elections. What makes this new band of political brothers extraordinary is that all but one are running as Democrats, and against a war that only months ago they were fighting in.
“It’s unprecedented. It’s amazing the Democrats have found this many,” said Larry Sabato, a politics professor at the University of Virginia.
Thirty military veterans from the wars in Vietnam, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq are seeking seats in the US House of Representatives as antiwar Democrats in a country where more than half the public now consider the war a mistake.
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Is Bush running again in 08? If the dims are running, what are they running with? I see nothing ahead for them but more loss, gloom and doom.
BUAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHHAHAHH!
I still applaud their service however.
Hey, bring in more like John Kerry!
(That'll win the elections for sure!)
Just because I disagree with you, or don't do as you suggested, doesn't mean I am IGNORING you, I listened, thought about it, and disagreed.. Sheesh.
Small fraction it looks like to me.
In short, yes.
"...Thirty military veterans from the wars in Vietnam, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq are seeking seats in the US House of Representatives as antiwar Democrats in a country where more than half the public now consider the war a mistake..."
Hah. No bias there.
Does that "Thirty" include suckbags like Kerry, Murtha et al?
Sounds like a smart strategy to me. Weakness on defense in the midst of a war is the biggest beef the average American voter has with the dems and is the biggest reason why Bush won in 2004. While I doubt having military candidates would change the actual policy of the Democrats, it might help them change perceptions and perceptions count more than reality in politics.
Yeah, pretty much.
Not so different from people enlisting not because they believe in the mission or patriotism, but solely to say they served when they run for office later...
coughJohnKerrycough
And Bush is running for WHAT ?????
Must be talking about Jeb and condi
......... THE DREAM TEAM
I'm not voting for Dubya in '08. I don't care what you say.
If the Dems think that running against Iraq is going to be a winning ploy I've got a bridge to sell them. Stuck on stupid.
Even smaller if you consider all the folks who have served in Iraq, in all service branches, since the get-go; must be over a million by now.
Paul Hackett
That was a class act. Pretend you're a Republican to get elected.
Beat Bush at WHAT? Did they rescind his election win and call for a do-over?
HA!!
EARTH TO THE DUM DEMS: BUSH AIN'T RUNNING.
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