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GOP California Assembly candidate being mobilized to Afghanistan, as you would expect, the left is in an uproar

By: Erick Brockway (Diary)  |  October 31st, 2010 at 07:23 PM  | 

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Yes, the same left that screamed “Ted Kennedy is still alive! He can represent us!” while he was was “sidelined” for much of his last year is now beginning the chant against Jeff Gorell, (R Candidate for the 37th Assembly District.

His opponent, Saudi born Democrat candidate Ferial Masry, of course “understands” Gorell has a duty to serve when called, also suggested;

…she believes Gorell should consider asking voters not to support him this time around in light of his imminent deployment. “He could say, ‘I can’t serve now. When I come back I will run again.’ You cannot leave the district without representation for a year. It’s honorable what he’s doing, but the district has to be represented, too.”

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Masry shows more class than many a leftist commenter at the Ventura County Star.

OPSEC prior to a mobilization and deployment requires the one mobilized jump through many hoops before being allowed to announce to the world at large that one is under pending orders to deploy, and Mr. Gorell as a Lt.Cdr. in the Navy Reserve was restricted for quite some time from making any announcement until just recently.

JeffAfghanistanThis isn’t the first time Mr. Gorell had a wrench thrown into his plans to run for office, either;

For Gorell, a lieutenant commander, this is the second time reserve duty has interrupted his political plans. He had announced his intention to run for the Assembly in the 35th District in 2002, but had to abandon those plans after being called to duty in Afghanistan

The son of a career Navy officer, Gorell has been a reservist for nearly 12 years. He could have resigned his commission before launching his campaign, but said he could not do so now with a deployment pending unless granted an exemption from the secretary of the Navy.

“I have campaigned telling people I was an active reservist,” he said. “I’ve always been proactive in talking about it.”

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Tomorrow should be telling as the Democrat spin masters have to decide if they should spin up and demonize a deploying reservist to try to snatch votes away, or just tell Masry and her staff “Better luck next time”.

Oh yeah, I forgot; Military service isn’t real service to the left.

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  • IJB

    Especially not this year – it’s rated as a PVI R+3 Assembly district.

    If anything, this moonbat silliness on Gorell’s deployment further helps Gorell, and hurts the D’s…

  • http://www.reddit.com/user/pi_over_three/ Pi Over Three

    while in uniform, as per the UCMJ.

    • Deskpilot

      Reservists are not incuded herein. They serve their first six years on full duty, and then transfer to the Reserve Forces, subject to the recall of the President. Whie in a Reserve status, they are free to enjoy and persue all of which America has to offer, including running and / or continueing their public service out of uniform.
      He’s playing by the rules and as his commission asan officer commands.

  • http://thesandsinstitute.org Vassar Bushmills

    ….who won, EB?

    • http://www.gmsplace.com/ civil_truth
      • itrytobenice

        Too bad it’s CA, he’d be good to have in a state that isn’t on its way to the sewage treatment plant. :-)

      • Tbone

        I had the privilege of voting for Jeff, an exceptional young man, but in a more evenly split district his deployment could have swayed the vote.

        Now for a major example, Long Beach, a gerrymandered Democrat district, actually elected a Democrat who died two weeks ago.

        • http://www.gmsplace.com/ civil_truth

          …following the least harm principle :)