McDonnell's Secret Weapon
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Talk about bringing in your big guns! Joe Graziano lives in Fredericksburg, but finds himself in Iraq now, courtesy of the U.S. Army Reserves. But before the major left, he made sure to take all the essentials: toothbrush, toilet paper, fresh underwear and a Bob McDonnell for Attorney General campaign sign.
Bob's campaign manager, Janet Polarek, says Joe is just a huge supporter and promised to do what he could, even as he got sent overseas. Today, he sent an e-mail back to the McDonnell campaign, which has a little over a week left in its bitter struggle with lawyer Steve Baril for the GOP nomination.
The McDonnell Web site quotes Joe's e-mail this way: "I hope all is well with you and the campaign as primary day approaches." But Polarek says the Web site didn't quote the whole e-mail, which ended pretty much this way:
"Take care, guys, and kick [butt] on the 14th. We'll kick it here."
By Michael Shear |
June 6, 2005; 2:44 PM ET
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Posted by: Charles Freret | June 8, 2005 01:02 PM
I am perplexed that a candidate for a position charged with upholding our laws has chosen to disregard them in this fashion. As an old veteran myself, I am disgusted that he would use a soldier like this for his own political means.
Posted by: Jon Rogers | June 8, 2005 02:51 PM
Maybe his time would be better spent planning his next mission, ensuring his troops are properly trained and prepared, and ensuring that his unit is ready to accomplish the mission, instead of worrying about campaigning for somebody back home.
Posted by: Concerned | July 12, 2005 11:29 AM
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Government workers are not allowed to display posters, stickers, banners, or other paraphernalia pertaining to party election candidates in their workplaces. This military person's tank certainly qualifies as his workplace- any other classification would be bogus.
Clearly, this misguided youth has violated the Hatch Act and should be punished appropriately. But we also know that the military does not punish its own.