He was pretty stupid. Everyone in the military knows that you cannot go to any political events in uniform. He has no excuse.
Holy cow!
He actually wore his uniform on stage? What was he thinking?
If he served anywhere, it sure appears to have been time in jail.
Mugshot shown here from 2006 arrest
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2828380/posts?q=1&;page=51
He DID!
UCMJ should come down upon his neck like a Muslim sword.
I say Court-Marial his A$$ and kick his ASS out with a “BCD”!
Yes, this was a really bad idea.
How often does the military remind service members against the prohibition of campaigning while representing or even appearing to represent the US military?
Basic training?
At the start of every election season?
He’s not in hot water over his support of Ron Paul, he’s in hot water over his violation of law concerning wearing your uniform while doing political endorsements.
Glad to hear it! He damn well knows shilling for a candidate or engaging in any other partisan politics in uniform is illegal.
He should’ve responded to the reporter with, “I won’t publicly advocate for any one candidate while in uniform... suffice it to say I exercised my right to vote and I encourage other Americans to do the same.”
How is it that he is still a corporal after ten years?
I actually saw that on the telly caucas night and thought it was not right but doubted myself since it was so blatant. turns out i was correct the soldier in question was indeed ignorant or plane daft to do this
Another interesting take on this supporter of Ron Paul’s, appears he is a felon:
http://www.gq.com/news-politics/blogs/death-race/2012/01/ron-paul-soldier-felon.html
I remember a photo of a female Navy member after she had disembarked from her ship, in full uniform, kissing her lesbian lover full on the mouth.
This action was in direct violation of the code of conduct.
Ever wonder what actions were ever taken against her?
Ron Paul should have known this action violated the Hatch Act and prevented the corporal from embarrassing himself. Instead, Rue Paul called attention to the corporal.
“Cpl. Jesse Thorsen may have violated military policy when he wore his fatigues on stage”
May have? No question, it’s the most common thing we brief people on every election season. What an idiot.
Colonel, USAFR
Yet the staged photo-op with young folk in Military costume purportedly protesting DADT seems to have gone unpunished?
I guess the unit Commander of the Reservist was no Paulbot— while the Unit Commander(s) of those in the staged chained to the WhiteHouse fence kids got a pass because their CO was brown nosing the selected President?
He is a reservist....hasn’t been on duty since October.
He went to the event in uniform for the express purpose of getting attention. He got it.
Wore his lowest class uniform too.
He will get punished, EVERYONE knows this is a no-no.
This guy should be Court Martialed. Period. I would hope the board would find him guilty and penalize him to the fullest.
He violated a DOD directive, a Standing Order, and his Oath. His action makes a Uniformed Service Member a political target and possible candidate for every politician to use and abuse.
The title of the article at TPMMuckraker
“Army Reservist In Hot Water Over Ron Paul Speech”
is incorrect in how it portrays the issue,
and would have been corrected [by a good editor]
with the addition of three words: “While In Uniform”.
It is entirely the “While In Uniform” point and not the content of the speech that got the soldier in “hot water”.