In Utah, McCain not necessarily a lock with military voters

Indi Guy

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Sun Oct-12-08 10:44 PM
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In Utah, McCain not necessarily a lock with military voters

Source: The Salt Lake Tribune

April Durrant is a proud military wife. Her husband did a tour of duty in Iraq in 2003. Now he is in Afghanistan.

"We've been in it for 20 years," Durrant says. "It's absolutely not for everyone. It's tough on people, tough on families to have a long career in the military."

As a career military couple, Durrant and her husband fall into a category of voters that conventional wisdom suggests is in the can for Sen. John McCain, a Navy veteran and branded war hero. But come Nov. 4, the Sandy couple will be tapping the touchscreen for Sen. Barack Obama - and they're not alone...

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Jackpine Radical

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Sun Oct-12-08 10:50 PM
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1. Seems to me that the military would be a perfect place to anticipate

a Yeldarb effect, in which poll respondents say they're gonna vote for McNutso, but once they get into the booth, they start thinking about whether they want another tour, or maybe even a new war, and more stop-loss action, and they vote Obama.

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Indi Guy

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Sun Oct-12-08 11:21 PM
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2. Great point...

Edited on Sun Oct-12-08 11:21 PM by Indi Guy

...No doubt that there are many factions who don't want to go on the record as supporting Obama. Military folk have born the greatest burden of Republican rule & I'm sure that many will stage their own private revolution in the voting booth. Let's see if the cabal of Constitutional flunkies in power have the nads to disenfranchise this voting block...

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Sukie

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Sun Oct-12-08 11:25 PM
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3. Another proud military family here.

Husband spent 31 years in the military.......since he was 17 years old. Family of six here, all voting for Obama.

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Indi Guy

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Mon Oct-13-08 12:13 AM
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4. What can one say...

I come from a strong military family, and am extremely proud of the duty served by my family members'.

The chain of command requires loyalty, but with a caveat -- loyalty up the chain must be met with loyalty down. When that deal is broken, all deals are off.

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CRK7376

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Mon Oct-13-08 10:36 AM
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5. 31 years of service,

6 enlisted and the remaining 25 have been as a commissioned officer and I've never voted Republican, Been voting since 1976 too. Wife, eldest son, his first vote and myself are solid Democrats and I've already mailed in my absentee ballot, marked for Obama of course.....

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Roy

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Mon Oct-13-08 02:57 PM
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6. You know they are in trouble when they celebrate this comment

(snip)
"The poll was further evidence that Obama may be having trouble bringing a traditionally conservative voting bloc into his corner, Peter Feaver, a Duke University political science professor, told the Times."
(end snip)

Trouble?? Bringing a traditionally conservative voting bloc into his corner?? Are they saying they are winning because Obama is not taking ALL of our repub votes?
Rather than celebrating this news, shouldn't this have been accepted as a matter of course?
Is it me or is the aroma of desperation spreading?

(snip)
"While the Times cautioned that its readers are "older, more senior in rank and less ethnically diverse than the overall armed services," the poll was quickly cited on the Republican candidate's Web site - and by McCain supporters throughout the Internet."
(end snip)

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jmowreader

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Mon Oct-13-08 05:52 PM
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8. The third paragraph in Roy's post is highly important here

Junior enlisted soldiers, lieutenants and junior NCOs don't buy this paper. It's very expensive and you can always read your first sergeant's copy if you're really interested in some article they've got on the cover this week. Normally you just sit there leafing through it while waiting for the first sergeant to get back so you can tell him what you did to stop Private Snuffy from forgetting to bring his security badge to work.

Junior soldiers just read Soldiers Magazine--just as much propaganda as the Times, but it's free.

Two to one says 80 percent of the respondents to this poll are sergeants major and field-grade officers...who are generally Repukes.

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Sabriel

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Mon Oct-13-08 03:08 PM
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7. Let's hope their touchscreen has a paper trail. n/t

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Roy

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Mon Oct-13-08 09:02 PM
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9. Didn't Rumsfeld order all military ballots....

To go through the Pentagon in the 2004 presidential campaign?

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