Military take on the election

A video of an Iraq veteran giving his endorsement to McCain is the site's most watched election video, with 11 million views, according to the BBC, which calls it "short, simple and powerful."

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In case you missed this week's issue of the Army Times here are the results of the Army Times' poll of Military personnel re the election (in percent):

-----------------McCain-------Obama

Overall---------- 68-------------23

Army-------------68------------23

Navy-------------69-------------24

Air Force---------67-------------24

Marines----------75-------------18

Retirees---------72--------------20

White------------76--------------17

Hispanic---------63--------------27

Black------------12--------------79

Enlisted---------67--------------24

Officers---------70---------------22

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ECKSJAY said:

The article
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/30/youtubes-election-video-iraq-vets-mccain-endorsement/


The video, WOW.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4fe9GlWS8


The Military Times poll
http://www.militarytimes.com/static/projects/pages/081003_ep_2pp.pdf


:us::us::us:

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Tom R. said:

I saw a couple of news reports that were saying many of the absentee ballot votes from our troops overseas likely won't count.

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Tom R. said:

I saw a couple of news reports that were saying many of the absentee ballot votes from our troops overseas likely won't count.

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Boatwrench said:

I thought that all changed with the flap over the last election and now ALL absentee ballots need to be counted?

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TunaSoda said:

They are only counting votes from dead/homeless people again this year...

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