This may have been blogged already and if so I apologize. Josh Marshall at www.talkingpointsmemo.com has posted concerning the story of the uniformed military presence at a fundraiser for Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO). Josh Writes,
"The existence of this ban and the enforcement of it are hugely important both to good order and discipline within the military and to preserving our democratic republic. The military can't be made into an arm of one or the other political party. Nor can the executive be allowed to enlist members of the armed forces, either individually or en masse, willingly or not, as soldiers in his domestic political battles."
Some musings on the trend of "enlistment" beyond the military on the flip.
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