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Virginia Congressman says military service isn't "public service"
OhNoYouDidntSayThat.com ^ | 10/22/2010 | Scott Tate

Posted on 10/22/2010 8:29:55 AM PDT by SpeakToPower

Cong. Jim Moran of Virginia says that his opponent has no "public service", but opponent (Col. Patrick Murray - US Army-Ret.) served in military for 24 years!


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: congess; elections; military; service

1 posted on 10/22/2010 8:30:01 AM PDT by SpeakToPower
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To: SpeakToPower

Hey, he may have fought to save his country but he never once passed a dog-barking ordinance in his whole career.


2 posted on 10/22/2010 8:31:47 AM PDT by SC_Pete
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To: SpeakToPower
And, being a Congressman IS ???
3 posted on 10/22/2010 8:34:53 AM PDT by Ooh-Ah
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To: SpeakToPower

I have no doubt that Col. Patrick Murray’s public service differs from that of the consistently ignoble “public service” of Moran.


4 posted on 10/22/2010 8:36:42 AM PDT by steelyourfaith (ObamaCare Death Panels: a Final Solution to the looming Social Security crisis ?)
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To: SpeakToPower

Get A Brain, Moran.


5 posted on 10/22/2010 8:37:38 AM PDT by Tea Roll
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To: SpeakToPower
Being a democrat is a public DISService...


Vote Dem


6 posted on 10/22/2010 8:37:39 AM PDT by FrankR (You are only obligated to obama to the extent you accept his handouts.)
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To: SpeakToPower

Moran the MORON strikes again!.....................


7 posted on 10/22/2010 8:39:43 AM PDT by Red Badger (WOULD SOMEBODY PLEASE GIVE MEGHAN MCCAIN A BOX OF KRISPY KREMES SO SHE'LL SHUT THE HELL UP?!)
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To: Ooh-Ah
And, being a Congressman IS ???

Congress is the biggest disservice to this country.

8 posted on 10/22/2010 8:40:46 AM PDT by mountainlion (concerned conservative.)
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To: SpeakToPower
To a degree I agree with this guy.

The term “public service” has been so sullied by career political ass clowns that slop at the public trough their entire life, that I almost hate to hear it applied to military service.

How about, “Public Service” and “Patriotic Service”?

9 posted on 10/22/2010 8:40:46 AM PDT by I cannot think of a name
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To: FrankR

Bump!


10 posted on 10/22/2010 8:43:27 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
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To: SpeakToPower

“Moran” is a “moron”


11 posted on 10/22/2010 8:44:25 AM PDT by Wee-Weed Up
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To: SpeakToPower
He's right. Military service is honorable service that has the respect and gratitude of the American people. Public service long ago degenerated into a refuge for the incompetent and/or greedy justifying its existence by how much it impedes or hassles the American people.
12 posted on 10/22/2010 8:48:44 AM PDT by Let's Roll (Stop paying ACORN to destroy America! Cut off their federal funding!)
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To: SpeakToPower

Actually, in one sense he’s right. Military service is far, far more honorable than what “public service” has devolved into these days. On that basis the two really shouldn’t be lumped together because there really is no comparison. Military service is far and above being elected to public office. The overwhelming majority of “public servants”, especially elected politicians on both sides of the aisle, are a rank embarrassment to the country, given the policies they have enacted on a local, state and Federal level. The outright theft being perpetrated by Congress alone is tantamount to treason in many cases. Elected politicians and the bureaucrats they hire are destroying the country top to bottom while enriching themselves. Military personnel are living in miserable hell holes, giving up their lives daily for very little in return in a desperate attempt to save what is left of America for future generations to thrive and prosper. Absolutely no comparison whatsoever.


13 posted on 10/22/2010 8:49:05 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
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To: SpeakToPower

I wish there was a way to make a national political argument over the fact that democrats, by and large, are attacking PRIVATE BUSINESS, and suggesting that only public employment is honorable.

So many of our candidates who have success in the private sector are being attacked by the liberals for actually being successful businesspeople.


14 posted on 10/22/2010 9:01:43 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: SpeakToPower

I consider my military service to be just that...military service, and not public service. Not that that idiot knows the difference.


15 posted on 10/22/2010 9:07:59 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: SpeakToPower
Maybe Moran's using the same definition of service that both the Internal Revenue Service and animal breeders use. After a day of dealing with the government, I feel like they "serviced" me half to death.
16 posted on 10/22/2010 9:08:35 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Grblb blabt unt mipt speeb!! Oot piffoo blaboo...)
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To: SC_Pete

Is Moran still beating up 9 year old kids?


17 posted on 10/22/2010 9:37:24 AM PDT by mortal19440
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To: I cannot think of a name

I’m good with it if (to include this klown Jim Moron into the equation) you say, “Public Service”, “Patriotic Service” and “Self Service”...;-)


18 posted on 10/22/2010 12:03:11 PM PDT by rockrr ("I said that I was scared of you!" - pokie the pretend cowboy)
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To: SpeakToPower

19 posted on 10/22/2010 12:17:47 PM PDT by Haiku Guy (Anything not about elephants is irrelephant.)
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