Wingnuts often claim that the military is like 90,000% behind Fredo, the GOP and the Iraq War. There's plenty of evidence to the contrary and I'd like to share one piece here. Walter B. Jones is the GOP House member who coined the term "freedom fries" to protest France's position on the looming Iraq War.
In 2005, Jones turned against the war and voted to set a timetable for withdrawal. Jones is from a heavily military district. It includes "The world's largest Marine Corp Air Station is located 18 miles from New Bern and is the area's largest employer pumping over half a billion dollars into the local economy."
IF the military really were as the Talk Radio Republicans say, one would expect Walter to have had a difficult re-election race in 2006. The results below show that he didn't.
2006 US CONGRESS DISTRICT 03
Ballot Count
Walter B. Jones
REP
99,519
Craig Weber
DEM
45,458
2004 US CONGRESS DISTRICT 3
Ballot Count
Walter B. Jones
REP
171,863
Roger A. Eaton
DEM
71,227
2002 US HOUSE (3RD DISTRICT)
Statewide Ballot Count
Walter B. Jones
REP
131,448
Gary Goodson
LIB
13,486
2000 Election Results US HOUSE - 3rd District
Walter B. Jones
REP
121,940
Leigh Harvey McNairy
DEM
74,058
David F. Russell
LIB
2,457
1998 US House - 03rd
(R) Jones, Walter B. 83,529
(D) Williams, Jon 50,041
(L) Nubel, Chris 1,342
Thursday, June 21, 2007
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If that were truly the case, WE"D HAVE NO FUCKIN PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY!
JESUS, WHAT A LUNATIC YOU ARE. IF THE MILITARY, WHICH IS AN ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE, WAS AGAINST TEH WAR< YOU LIBERALS WOULD HAVE TO OPEN UP THE DRAFT AGAIN>
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