I think you should change Democrat in your post to liberal and you would be closer to the truth. I served with many honest, patriotic guys who were Democrats.

The enormous number of troops re-enlisting and going back, I believe are Republicans. None of this I’m not gonna fight the white man’s war. All the democrats I know, were against any war. I mean they thought it was wrong to hang Saddam Hussien, and I have to point out that the U.S. did not hang him.
They still go around saying that we had it coming. That violence breeds violence. They don’t want us over there. And all the Democrats around me now say that it’s Bush’s fault that Obama did not keep his campaign promises. You can not reason with these kind of people about anything anyways. So, you can google the subject to get a better idea. I’m just giving my opinion. Because, when I was young, the rebellious, gangy type, druggies, hippies, school drop-outs would never join the army because they don’t like to be told what to do.
Served with alot of the best black people in the world. This post isn’t to be racist, just trying to explain something I thought was normal, about military votes mostly Republican.

And the post I posted on the military wanting to stay over there that Obami wrote. You know if a soldier or two had said we should give up, he’d have painted that picture. The soldiers we have over there, the ones that come home, they don’t complain. They are a different elite breed of Americans. I just wish we they could fight the war without a hand tied behind their back.

http://www.heritage.org/Resear.....a08-05.cfm

Perhaps the percentages aren’t an exact reflection of American society so the term “cross section” isn’t perfect, but there are folks from every segment of society in the military as you know. I’m sure that such things as whether there is a shooting war going on or not will skew those percentages one way or the other. I served with many who were there for the college tuition and no other reason whatsoever.

God Bless our brave men and women in uniform and keep them safe.

wow.

What could be more disgusting than a military lib who is contemptuous of those who put their lives on the line.

Makes you want to do a Jimmy Cagney on her.

“All POW weapons bad.”
“All BOOM weapons worserest!!”

The polls say otherwise. Now, as any reader of S&L postings knows, I don’t believe the polls very often, but when they go against the MSM persuasiion, I figure they are a hekuva lot more reliable.

And I don’t buy the “cross section” bit at all. To think looney libs go into the military in the same numbers as people from conservative families just doesn’t make sense. The comment is simply unsupportable.

Most people go into the military for these reasons:
1. They see it as a good career opportunity,
2. It’s common in their family and background,
3. They are patriots, and/or
4. They are attracted to the risk and danger.

Points 2 and 3 are reasons that make it more likely the person will be more conservative than liberal. One can argue for point 1 as well, since if a young person is already looking at a career, that person is more likely to have common sense than most. I don’t know about point 4, but somehow, I don’t see looney libs, with their love of safety nets on every corner, being big risk-takers or danger-seekers.

So I can’t think of a single reason that the military is a cross-section of the country. And the polls agree.

The comments here and elsewhere about younger military people being more liberal are true, but that is true in general for the country. Young people haven’t learned life’s lessons and believe the 48×7 propaganda drummed out by the msm and their brainwashed teachers. But that is further evidence of the conservative nature of the military, since in recent years, the average age has increased. And in society in general, as age increases, conservatism increases.