{"id":28274,"date":"2012-01-11T09:15:18","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T13:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=28274"},"modified":"2012-01-11T09:15:18","modified_gmt":"2012-01-11T13:15:18","slug":"stuck-in-the-middle-with-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=28274","title":{"rendered":"Stuck in the middle with you"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nimnil extraordinaire, Justin Raimondo at Anti-War.com<\/a>, who has been a flake for a very long time, linked to our Note To Paul Rieckhoff<\/a> in his piece defending Jesse Thorsen<\/a>. Raimondo<\/a> claims that he’s a Libertarian, one of those Ron Paul Libertarians who touch the line with anarchists, so it’s natural that he’d defend Thorsen, because Thorsen supports Paul. But Raimondo, who was born four years before me and was certainly eligible for the draft during Vietnam, somehow avoided service according to his Wiki-bio.<\/p>\n

Typically, for those who haven’t served, the Thorsen discussion is about freedom of speech, but it really shouldn’t be…it’s about the laws that govern behavior among members of the military. And it was against the laws that govern members of the military for Thorsen to take to the stage and endorse Ron Paul…it was against those laws for him to even be present at the rally in his uniform. But raimondo doesn’t see it that way;<\/p>\n

Soldiers are allowed to \u201cparticipate in some political activities\u201d \u2013 as long as they are the right people participating in the right political activities. After all, in 1970 Al Gore campaigned in military uniform with his father, Albert Gore, Sr.; Richard Nixon campaigned in uniform, touting his status as \u201cLt. Commander Richard M. Nixon,\u201d against Helen Gahagan Douglas; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, 50 years ago was like three generations of military regulations ago. I’m sure Raimondo would would crap himself if members of the military began publicly supporting Romney or Gingrich in their uniforms.<\/p>\n

But Raimondo does criticize Paul Rieckhoff for his bit in the Huffington Post<\/a>, so we find ourselves in agreement on that portion, but I want to make it absolutely clear that this blog, in no way, shape or form, supports Thorsen’s actions last week, no matter who drags us into the debate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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