An Army Of One (Party)

One of the more disgraceful ways that President Bush has abused our military (besides sending them off to fight an unnecessary war and failing to provide adequate armor and depleting their resources) is using them as props for his photo-ops. Nothing like surrounding yourself with better people than you to hide your numerous shortcomings. Recently, it'd been reported that the White House was going further- sending soldiers to speak at Republican party events, a big no-no.

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has been investigating this issue-

A few weeks ago we discussed the fact that the RNC was apparently working with the White House to send active duty members of the military in uniform to speak on behalf of the president's policies at Republican political events. That's against the law and military regulations. And for good reason since that's a quick ride to making the military -- or factions or individuals in the military -- tools of one or the other political party.

Now we seem to have an example in practice...

He focuses on a recent event with Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO) as the first instance of this tactic.

Read his entries on this event- here, here, and here.