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Gateway Pundit: Dems Bash GOP Iraq War Vet For Serving His Country
Power Line: Josh Mandel faces a nattering nay Bob
RedState: Conservative News and Community: Legislator-Marine Gets Attacked For Serving His Country
Israpundit: Iraq War vet’s service attacked in Ohio campaign: a Jewish Marine
Dems Bash GOP Iraq War Vet For Serving His Country
Gateway Pundit —
Josh Mandel served his country in Iraq. Now, dems are attacking him for it. A GOP Ohio State Representative is being attacked for serving his country in Iraq. The Dems were even caught on tape. Joel Mawbray at Townhall reported: When Josh Mandel got a call from the Marines last year asking him to return voluntarily to Iraq, he had much more to contemplate than when he first enlisted in 2000. He had just been elected to the Ohio state ...
Josh Mandel faces a nattering nay Bob
Power Line —
... his election he served a consequential term in the Ohio House of Representatives and also answered the call from the Marines to return to duty for a tour in Iraq.
Joel Mowbray returns today to report on Rep. Mandel's reelection battle in "Iraq war vet's service attacked in Ohio campaign." It's an important column that says a lot about the state of mind of the left. Joel links to the audio clip that provides some of the impetus for his column as well as to Rep. Madnel's site.
Legislator-Marine Gets Attacked For Serving His Country
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... today about a Marine, running for office
in Ohio, who is being attacked for serving in the military
by his political opponent. Rep. Josh Mandel is a Republican State
Legislator in Ohio. His opponent, Bob Belovich, hates both the war
and the military in general. Barbara Belovich said Josh "went AWOL"
by fighting in Iraq. ...
Iraq War vet’s service attacked in Ohio campaign: a Jewish Marine
Israpundit —
... When Josh Mandel got a call from the Marines last year asking him to return voluntarily to Iraq, he had much more to contemplate than when he first enlisted in 2000. He had just been elected to the Ohio state legislature. Family considerations were also important to him. He ultimately decided to serve a second tour in Iraq “because I didn’t join the Marine Corps to say no when my country called,” Mr. Mandel explained. ...
Dems Bash GOP Iraq War Vet
The Jawa Report —
October 27, 2008 Dems Bash GOP Iraq War Vet Josh Mandel, a GOP Ohio State Representative is being attacked for serving his country in Iraq. The Dems were even caught on ...
Ohio Democrat Attacks Opponent’s Military Service
PoliPundit.com —
... comments by the Belovich’s: Asked if he thinks he’ll receive Jewish votes for being Jewish himself, Mr. Mandel answered, “Maybe my opponent has met people who blindly support me because I’m Jewish, but I certainly haven’t.” As for the attacks on his decision to return to Iraq, Mr. Mandel says, “If they want to take shots at me, I can defend myself. But what they’re saying comes awfully close to degrading the sacrifices of our young men and women over there now.” Please visit Josh’s website and help out if you can. -- ...
Hugh Hewitt: Josh Mandel and the Future of the GOP
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog —
Victor Davis Hanson among others has noted that the returning veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan will change the face of American politics over the next decade. Josh Mandel is one of those veterans. When Josh graduated from Ohio State in 1999 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. (He had been president of the student body at OSU.) He attended law school at Case Western Reserve while in the reserves and has served two tours in Iraq, both in Anbar province. Josh is also a member of the Ohio Assembly. He's also Jewish, the grandson of Holocaust survivors. And having had ...
Hugh Hewitt: Josh Mandel and the Future of the GOP
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
Victor Davis Hanson among others has noted that the returning veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan will change the face of American politics over the next decade. Josh Mandel is one of those veterans. When Josh graduated from Ohio State in 1999 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. (He had been president of the student body at OSU.) He attended law school at Case Western Reserve while in the reserves and has served two tours in Iraq, both in Anbar province. Josh is also a member of the Ohio Assembly. He's also Jewish, the grandson of Holocaust survivors. And having had ...
Support Josh Mandel
Wizbang —
... serving our needs." And that's not the worst of it. Take a look at at what Mrs. Belovich said at a Democratic Party event: The Belovich campaign has not been bashful in going after Mr. Mandel's military service. At a major Democratic Party event in Cleveland this March, while Mr. Mandel was still in Iraq, Mrs. Belovich told Mr. Alai, "Josh Mandel isn't serving our country, he's serving George Bush." The Belovichs are so repulsive they make me want to vomit. Show your support for Josh Mandel here.
Democrats Attacking Repubilcan State Legislator Over His Service In Iraq
Say Anything —
... serving our needs.”
Be prepared to get angry after reading this next part:
The Belovich campaign has not been bashful in going after Mr. Mandel’s military service. At a major Democratic Party event in Cleveland this March, while Mr. Mandel was still in Iraq, Mrs. Belovich told Mr. Alai, “Josh Mandel isn’t serving our country, he’s serving George Bush.”
Here’s Josh’s campaign website. He could probably use a little help to beat this jerk. ...
Joel Mowbray reports: Iraq war vet attacked again for his service
Power Line —
Our occasional correspondent Joel Mowbray (jdmowbra@erols.com) follows up on his column regarding the campaign waged being against Ohio state representative Josh Mandel:
When I reported last week that a Cleveland-area Democratic challenger was attacking the military service of his opponent, Iraq War veteran Josh
Mandel, the consensus was that it was a losing strategy. Perhaps so. But Bob Belovich has doubled down on that pitch, sending out a
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Joel Mowbray Reports: Iraq War Vet Attacked Again For His Service
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
Power Line:
Our occasional correspondent Joel Mowbray (jdmowbra@erols.com) follows up on his column regarding the campaign waged being against Ohio state representative Josh Mandel:
When I reported last week that a Cleveland-area Democratic challenger was attacking the military service of his opponent, Iraq War veteran Josh Mandel, the consensus was that it was a losing strategy. Perhaps so. But Bob Belovich has doubled down on that pitch, sending out a mailer with the cover asking the following question: “Isn’t it time for a state ...
Joel Mowbray: Will this man save the Ohio GOP?
Power Line —
... Just a notch below them on the ballot, however, is the Ohio GOP's best shot at conjuring up some magic at the polls next year. State Rep. Josh Mandel, about whom I've ...
