Georgia - U.S. Senate Results

[Pornguin]

No worries there; Bush has followed the Constitution perfectly. It's the Democrat's hatred of the first and second amendments that is the risk.

 

[Safe_Bet]

...It makes you wonder what sort of a message the voters of Georgia were sending.

"We are a bunch of redneck crackers who would rather vote for a worthless scumbag than give a black president a chance to make some substantive changes?"

 

[R. Richard]

Yes, sadly, one chicken-hawk is still with us. Grrrr....

Thrown in the Deserter-in-Chief (Bush went AWOL from the Texas Air National Guard and never fully paid or explained his crime) and the other Mr. Bad Knee (Richard B. Cheney), and what a team we have.

Desertion from the military is a very serious crime. It's covered under Article 85 of the UCMJ. AWOL is also a serious crime and is covered under Article 86 Absence without leave of the UCMJ. If Bush was actually AWOL, he would have been tried by a court-martial. When and where was such court-martial conducted? TIA.

Punitive Articles of the UCMJ

Article 86 Absence without leave

Text.

“Any member of the armed forces who, without authority—

(1) fails to go to his appointed place of duty at the time prescribed;

(2) goes from that place; or

(3) absents himself or remains absent from his unit, organization, or place of duty at which he is required to be at the time prescribed; shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.”

Elements.

(1) Failure to go to appointed place of duty.

(a) That a certain authority appointed a certain time and place of duty for the accused;

(b) That the accused knew of that time and place; and

(c) That the accused, without authority, failed to go to the appointed place of duty at the time prescribed.

(2) Going from appointed place of duty.

(a) That a certain authority appointed a certain time and place of duty for the accused;

(b) That the accused knew of that time and place; and

(c) That the accused, without authority, went from the appointed place of duty after having reported at such place.

(3) Absence from unit, organization, or place of duty.

(a) That the accused absented himself or her-self from his or her unit, organization, or place of duty at which he or she was required to be;

(b) That the absence was without authority from anyone competent to give him or her leave; and

(c) That the absence was for a certain period of time. Note: if the absence was terminated by apprehension, add the following element

(d) That the absence was terminated by apprehension.

(4) Abandoning watch or guard.

(a) That the accused was a member of a guard, watch, or duty;

(b) That the accused absented himself or her-self from his or her guard, watch, or duty section;

(c) That absence of the accused was without authority; and Note: If the absence was with intent to abandon the accused’s guard, watch, or duty section, add the following element

(d) That the accused intended to abandon his or her guard, watch, or duty section.

(5) Absence from unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to avoid maneuvers or field exercises.

(a) That the accused absented himself or herself from his or her unit, organization, or place of duty at which he or she was required to be;

(b) That the absence of the accused was with-out authority;

(c) That the absence was for a certain period of time;

(d) That the accused knew that the absence would occur during a part of a period of maneuvers or field exercises; and

(e) That the accused intended to avoid all or part of a period of maneuvers or field exercises.

 

[R. Richard]

Edited to remove double post.

 

[JackLuis]

I'm not counting that as past-tense until January 20, you see. I want to make sure that he follows the Constitution at least on that point.

Yeah, It took years to get over the Clintion "Legacy" and it will take more than 8 years to overcome the Bush Presidency. Trillions in debt, budget in dissarray, War in two fronts with no identifiable enemies and an economy spiraling down like a flaming B-24.

He's still got a few days to do something really Stupid.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Yeah, It took years to get over the Clintion "Legacy" and it will take more than 8 years to overcome the Bush Presidency. Trillions in debt, budget in dissarray, War in two fronts with no identifiable enemies and an economy spiraling down like a flaming B-24.

He's still got a few days to do something really Stupid.

Hopefully, W won't sell pardons the way Slick Willy did.

 

[Boxlicker101]

No worries there; Bush has followed the Constitution perfectly. It's the Democrat's hatred of the first and second amendments that is the risk.

There are Dems now who are drooling over the chance to repeal the Second Amendment, or gut it so it just allows BB guns. There are also Dems rabid for the chance to amend the Fist Amendment so it only allows what they want it to allow. That would definitely eliminate talk radio.

 

[Katyusha]

Georgia - U.S. Senate

Saxby Chambliss - R Incumbent 1,015,912 59%
Jim Martin - D 702,149 41%

83% of precincts reporting - Updated Dec-02-2008 09:45 PM

In the spirit of a caption I saw on Pundit Kitchen: "Yeah, if you could just find some other Senatorial candidates, that would be great."

 

[sr71plt]

Desertion from the military is a very serious crime. It's covered under Article 85 of the UCMJ. AWOL is also a serious crime and is covered under Article 86 Absence without leave of the UCMJ. If Bush was actually AWOL, he would have been tried by a court-martial. When and where was such court-martial conducted? TIA.

Tilt. That's the big "If" that keeps this controversy alive. The fact that there are no records that George the Lesser completed his service and remembrances by those pulling duty with him that he didn't show up very often or stay very long. If you are claiming that court-martials have been conducted every time a junior got preferential treatment in the national guard because of the clout of senior, I'm afraid you'll have to hear me doing some horse laughing in your direction. But that concept is ever so cute.

 

[R. Richard]

Tilt. That's the big "If" that keeps this controversy alive. The fact that there are no records that George the Lesser completed his service and remembrances by those pulling duty with him that he didn't show up very often or stay very long. If you are claiming that court-martials have been conducted every time a junior got preferential treatment in the national guard because of the clout of senior, I'm afraid you'll have to hear me doing some horse laughing in your direction. But that concept is ever so cute.

How easily you deny Bush legal process.

Let's look at the other side.
Blowjob Bill ADMITTED that he dodged the draft. One the other hand, Blowjob was convicted of perjury, while he was President and fined some $90K as a result. He was also disbarred from the practice of law. I wouldn't believe what the motherfucker has to say if it was written in letters of fire.
Al Gore served in the Army as a journalist and even went to Vietnam. If you read his Wiki page, he admits that he got easy duty because of his old man.
John Kerry has discharge papers dated some six years after he was known to have separated from the service. The date of Kerry's discharge papers are from the Jimmy Carter amnesty program. There was not amnesty for those who already had an honorable discharge. Thus, Kerry initially had a less than honorable discharge.
However, due to the government's lack of certain records, Bush is accused of prosecutable offenses. Interesting, but not cute.

 

[Selena_Kitt]

Al Gore served in the Army as a journalist and even went to Vietnam. If you read his Wiki page, he admits that he got easy duty because of his old man.

There's your difference. Bush wouldn't admit it if he lit his own head on fire.

"I meant to do that!"