Posted on 08/06/2005 9:33:52 AM PDT by pabianice
Gov. Taft and State GOP Woes, Not Iraq, Made Ohio a Tight Race
by John Gizzi
Human Events Online
To believe the national media, the election for the open U.S. House seat in Ohio's 2nd District on Tuesday was nearly won by a Democrat because of mounting opposition to the U.S. presence in Iraq. Republican Jean Schmidt, former state legislator, barely clung to the most Republican congressional district in the Buckeye State by a margin of 4,000 votes, or 52% to 48%, over Democrat and Marine reserve officer Paul Hackett. In a race that drew national attention because of Hackett's opposition to the Bush policies in Iraq (and reference to the President as an "S.O.B."), the Democratic nominee handily carried four counties that only last year had gone for Bush (Pike, Scioto, Adams, and Brown)...
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Uniform Code of Military Justice
Article 888.88: Contempt Toward Officials
"Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Transportation, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct."
Uhhh, yes it is different. Fleet Reserve / Fleet Marine Corps Reserve consists of enlisted who have retired from active duty on a retainer. This "gentleman" is an officer and has no enlistment. Also, he is receiving no retainer between 20 and 30 years of service - noone retiring from reserve drilling status does.
Another point people forget. There are all kinds of service. There is a regular commission serving on active duty, and there are folks who hold reserve commissions who serve and complete 20 years or more of active duty service. These are, on active duty, subject to the UCMJ. There are also inactive duty reservists who drill. They are not on active duty, and are only subject to the UCMJ when in a drill status or inactive duty for training status (2 weeks and 12 weekends per year). The rest of their lives they are civilians free to go about their affairs as can any other civilian.
This guy is not a member of the FMCR.
Regards.
Thanks for the clarification. I was an Army officer, and was wholly unfamiliar with the USMC reserve system.
You make excellent points about the various varieties of military service. In my career, I was commissioned as a Reserve officer on active duty. Six weeks after I was commissioned, I became a Regular Army officer (gotta wait for the West Pointers to graduate, don'cha know). I resigned my regular commission and went to the Georgia Army National Guard. When my Gurad unit got activated to go overseas, I was a Federalized National Guard officer. So, your point is well taken about all the various varieties of "service."
Thanks again for clearing things up for a poor dumb infantryman.
Only if they're criticizing Republicans, of course.
Absolutely right.
Have a zot.
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