Pro-war soldier’s question cut off at Yearly Kos?

Hot Air ^ | August 3, 2007

[bnelson44]

Sounds to me like the Yearlykos is a political rally that a soldier cannot wear a uniform to—and not just a gathering of bloggers—

If so, then Yearlykos is possibly breaking McCain/Feingold

Anyone know?

[maine-iac7]

stood up to argue that the surge was working, and cutting down on Iraqi casualties.

Why is that considered 'political?"

If he were saying the lib/rats were wrong - etc - that's politics - but hasn't a member of the military the right to speak for his mission?

If they claim that's political - then they are condemning not him, bu themselves, out of their own mouths -

[bnelson44]

CLIP IS POSTED HERE:

Listen real carefully you can hear Wes Clark telling the moderator to “be real careful” and “no..no..no..” as the moderator threatens to “come down there” and “take the soldier outside”.

http://186kpersecond.com/weblog/2007/08/03/yearlykos-moderator-goes-nuts-on-soldier-clip-update/

[Half Vast Conspiracy]

CPT Soltz is in uniform in the picture on his political website.

[bnelson44]

Yes he is

[antiRepublicrat]

He cannot make a point in uniform?

If he's Army, AR 600-20 says no. He can be there as a participant (but not as an official) as long as he is not wearing the uniform. There is a long list of rules restricting the political activities of our servicemembers.

[bnelson44]

Depends if it is a gathering of bloggers talking about blogging or a political event.

Sounds like they think it is a political event. So maybe we sould be looking at YearlyKOS violating campaign laws.

[tgslTakoma]

Regarding Solz and his attempt to bully and intimidate the soldier, watch the a$$hole here.

[antiRepublicrat]

I don’t know the full context of the soldiers statement, but simply stating “the surge is working” seems to me to be an apolitical stance.

Even attending while in uniform is prohibited. However, notice that they didn't give him any grief about wearing the uniform until he challenged the party line.

[Half Vast Conspiracy]

Yes he is.

After watching his tirade, I can say he is a hypocrite and a bully.

Oh...and overly impressed with his being an O-3.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Welcome to YEARLY KOS 2007!!!

[bnelson44]

Oh...and overly impressed with his being an O-3.

Lots of that going around, ;-)

[antiRepublicrat]

I don’t think that the event is officially a political event as in meeting of the DNC, a convention or political rally.

It easily fell under the definition of a partisan political activity. He shouldn't have had the uniform on. I applaud him hitting these liars with the truth right in their own nest, but still, no uniform allowed.

[Half Vast Conspiracy]

For anyone who missed it, here is Stoltz' very own picture on the first page of his political website:

[voiceinthewind]

And in newspaper articles pertaining to his little organization.

[coincheck]

Guys, remember, the demonrats support the troops, but are against the war. This proves their point. (sarc.)

[tgslTakoma]

Solz is with the group, Vote Vets, which also has John Bruhns as a member. Bruhns used to hang out with the Code Pinkos protesting at Walter Reed. Now he wishes to erase that behavior from his past.

Seems that Vote Vets likes loudmouthed jerks.

[RobbyS]

Don’t think there is any rule against it if the soldier is enlisted. He is as free to talk as the guys who spout off to a camera.

[Lee'sGhost]

“JVB is correct. Political speech is prohibited while in uniform.”

Define political speech.

“I don’t like politics.” is political speech.

“The surge is working.” is NOT political speech.

Actually, I thought the rule was, no campaigning, but admit I’m not authority.