Marine Uncle! I thought I saw you at a Thursday Morning meeting!
I talked to you in HD a couple times. (no not in the electrical deparment but in the front of the store)
I live just a few miles from the store.
Glad you got my post! Next time I come to the store I’ll introduce myself.
You are about 5 10 to 6 foot with dark hair with some gray correct?
Sorry for the double ping. I pinged you to the wrong thread the first time.
40 lashes for the blonde!
From Bob Guzzardi PA conservative activist:
The Principled, Authentic, Resolute outsider, Bill Russell (Lt. Col. Army retired) , disdained and dismissed by the Rob Gleason Earmarking Establishment, who get rich from government, demonstrated from the outset leadership. As Wall Street Journal’s John Fund observed ( 4/27/2010): “Many veterans lack the polish and political skills of candidates who have climbed the ladder of public office, but in an anti-incumbent year they may find more success than normal precisely because they haven’t been tainted by the backroom deal-making that voters are increasingly suspicious of.” John Fund of WSJ Political Diary (a subscription service. Below is extended commentary on Rahm Emanuel’s strategy to recruit Vets as Candidates.
In the 12th, “Military veterans comprise a sizeable 13% of the vote.” — Kyle Trygstad, RealClearPolitics.com
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April 27, 2010
Rahm’s Way
The idea of specifically recruiting military veterans to run for marginal House seats was part of Rahm Emanuel’s master plan when he ran the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2006. The strategy helped Democrats win back the House. Now Republicans are taking a page from the Book of Rahm and mounting their own effort to run veterans of the Iraq and Afghan wars. The Washington Times reports that the number of vets running this year will be double what it was in 2008 — and most of the 40 who are running are running as Republicans.
The surge comes at a time when the total of veterans in the House has reached a post-World War II low of just over 21%. D. Patrick Mahoney, an Iraq War veteran who heads the Veterans for Congress political action committee, says it’s to be expected that several of this year’s candidates will stumble short of the finish line because they come to their races without the wealth or network of supporters that more established candidates have.
Nonetheless, in the right districts veterans can appeal to voters as fresh faces who have proven their leadership qualities. Rep. Joe Sestak, a former admiral, is picking up ground in Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senate primary against longtime incumbent Arlen Specter. Mark Kirk, an Illinois GOP congressman who was twice deployed to Afghanistan as a reservist in 2008, is now favored to win the Senate seat once held by Barack Obama. Allen West, a Bronze Star winner who has trained Afghan troops as an adviser, is wowing Republican audiences in Palm Beach, Florida in his race to unseat an incumbent Democrat. Steve Stivers, another Bronze Star winner from the Iraq war, is an even bet to unseat Democratic Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy in a Columbus, Ohio district.
Many veterans lack the polish and political skills of candidates who have climbed the ladder of public office, but in an anti-incumbent year they may find more success than normal precisely because they haven’t been tainted by the backroom deal-making that voters are increasingly suspicious of.
I work at the Home Depot in Port Richmond off Aramingo Ave and Castor Avenue. Electrical Department. 5’8” thin and fully silver hair. So I guess you mistook me for another conservative you bumped into. However. If you where referring to the Port Richmond store please do make contact with me. If I am not in the day or time you visit ask someone in the Electrical Department to check our schedule book we keep at the flooring desk to find what days I will be scheduled that might meet your criteria for a visit.
