[Qbert]

Patrick Murray for Congress

[darkangel82]

Moran needs an @ss-whooping for that.

[ScottinVA]

In that context, maybe Moran is right. Military service is far more honorable than the “public service” of bureaucrats and politicians.

[dfwgator]

They misspelled “Moron.”

[Ann Archy]

JIM MORAN IS VILE AND EVIL!!!

[clamper1797]

Military service is the purist and most honorable form of public service ... you nitwit

[kingattax]

Virginia PING

[expatpat]

You have to understand the Dem-politician jargon:
"served or performed in any kind of public service" = "fed at the public trough".

[Steve495]

Yeah, I just wrote a post on this over at Radio Vice Online, and Ed Morrissey picked up on it this morning too.

http://radioviceonline.com/virginia-incumbant-states-military-service-is-not-public-service/

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/10/22/dem-congressman-24-years-in-military-not-public-service/

These stories that have the ability to go viral quickly can really direct upwards of $1 million to a candidate within 24 to 48 hours, but I’m not sure there is enough time to take the resources and change some minds in northern Virginia.

At this point, neighbors talking to neighbors will be a primary factor, and since many of the 8th district’s voters are federal employees ...

[AU72]

The most selfless act a citizen can do is to pledge to put their body between their country and those who would harm it.

[Dawgreg]

Why does that motard keep gettin’ elected time after time?

[Vigilanteman]

This is perfectly consistent with the view of the ruling class.

The military, like us mere taxpaying peasants, are mere tools and servants of the ruling class.

Public service is equated with being a member of the ruling class.

Of course, when the shoe is on the other foot, a mere doofus who nearly killed himself and the men around him by being careless with a grenade is feted as a wounded combat veteran. Can anyone name this former Democrat member of congress and the Clinton administration?