While many liberal groups have thus far stayed on the sidelines of the Pennsylvania Democratic primary, VoteVets.org has decided to endorse Rep. Joe Sestak. Jon Soltz, the organization’s co-founder, wrote this endorsement for the Huffington Post:
If the soldiers or Marines on the ground in Iraq or Afghanistan operated under “every man for himself” or “screw you, I got mine” as their code, we wouldn’t last very long.
Joe Sestak, especially, has a strong understanding of that, having risen up to the rank of Admiral in the Navy, where he had a large number of men and ships under his command. He applies that principle to major decisions he’s had to make in Congress, and will carry that on to the Senate. And, it’s not a principle from which he will waver, or toss away due to politics.
In the end, it’s not just pushing for more recent veterans in House and Senate just because they’re veterans. It’s about what they’ve carried home with them in their heads and hearts. It’s about bringing to Congress the same integrity, honor, and hard work with which veterans served America while in the military.
I think we all agree that Capitol Hill could use a bit more of that.
#1 by David Diano at August 11th, 2009
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I don’t know what Sestak was like in the military, but as as citizen and a politician, he has completely operated as
“every man for himself” and “screw you, I got mine” as his code.
His campaign rebuffs efforts to help other local candidates and people that worked to get Sestak elected originally. When asked to raise money for local candidates in 2007, his campaign manager said: “Why should he? It’s not his contest.”
Sestak has demonstrated a complete lack of principle, honor and integrity outside of the military. Soltz is simply wrong or misinformed about Sestak behavior since he became a politician.
Sestak the politician is the antithesis (opposite) of the honor and integrity one expects of the military.