The following list breaks down the percentages of monetary donations given by US soldiers to the Republican candidates:
52.53%: Ron Paul
35.4%: McCain
7.9%: Romney
5.2%: Giuliani
2.2%: Hunter
2.6%: Others
It's nice to see His Coreness on the top of a list, huh?
Time for a little anecdote.
When Brother Jay was in the military, my mother once asked him what he thought of President Bush. Jay responded with, “I think he's the commander in chief of the military and in charge of the free world.”
Essentially, Corporal DeGraaf was acknowledging the fact that, as a member of the United States Military, he had no business questioning his leader. There's no I in team and all that. And really, I would expect nothing less from the brave men and women fighting to protect my freedom. They can't afford to question their leaders and under few circumstances should they.
Nevertheless, US soldiers still get to vote in elections and they still get to donate to campaigns. And I think that's awesome.
But what I really love is that our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan will gladly pay their hard-earned money to help support the one candidate who wants the war to end as soon as humanly possible.
I was talking with my friend Brick about why this would be and we chalked it up to either one or a combination of two reasons. Ron Paul and John McCain (the two who top this list) are the only Republican military veterans running for office and military personnel tend to respect other military personnel. And Ron Paul wants to withdraw from Iraq. And soldiers in Iraq probably think it sucks in Iraq.
Now, I ain't no politician, and I ain't no soldier, and I ain't all that smart, but it seems to me that when the majority of your soldiers are offering a percentage of their income to the guy who wants to end the war you're fighting in, well, it may be an unpopular war.
Like I said, I ain't bright. But I can add two and two.
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