Rich and Strange Aeons

I liked the article about military and political party (and of course will borrow). It confirms everything I've said about Military Times polling data. There was an ABC article that came to similar conclusions.

1) I have yet to bother investigating his source material, but Frank Schaffer's book suggests that even those who self-identify as Republican in the military tend to be in actuality more libertarian when it comes to specific issues.

2)The comment section was interesting for me in terms of speculation about service specific differences. One person suggests the USAF would be more liberal and two more people refute that (one with actual data). I find it interesting that somehow because the air force is less "military" people assume its less conservative when in actuality the opposite is the case (as a sorta military insider my perception is that the USAF is dominated by right wing religious, glad to see some confirmation).