{"id":77503,"date":"2018-02-03T11:22:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T16:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=77503"},"modified":"2018-02-03T11:23:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T16:23:19","slug":"retired-general-isnt-democrat-enough-to-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=77503","title":{"rendered":"Retired general isn’t Democrat enough to run"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Army Major General Rick Stevens retired in November and returned home to Indiana with the intention to run for Congress as a Democrat. Because he was in the Army and not in Indiana in the last election cycle, he needs the permission of local Democrat chairwoman Sandi Stewart. He says that he is “politically independent in the military, describing himself as a fiscal conservative who is progressive on social and environmental issues.”<\/p>\n

Ms. Stewart says that he isn’t Democrat enough, according to Stars & Stripes<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Stewart said that Stevens’ voting record doesn’t lean toward Democratic principles and beliefs. She said she won’t sign off on someone who she doesn’t think is a Democrat.<\/p>\n

“The signature he’s wanting me to sign off on is me saying he’s a Democrat,” Stewart said. “I’m not convinced of that.”<\/p>\n

But Stevens said that after his retirement he found his beliefs are more closely aligned with those of the Democratic Party.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ll bet Ms. Stewart thinks that Bradley Manning is a woman, though. An unshaven, hairy-legged guy in a dress would be welcomed in a ladies’ room with her. I guess this self-designation stuff doesn’t count for every thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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