Election 2012: Military (war) veterans slanting towards Obama

In his study, below a movie poster of “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” McDowell, the Ron Paul supporter, flipped through pages of an 82nd Airborne Division yearbook, lingering on photographs of dead comrades. He recalled their ages, how many children they had, and how they died.

Partly for their sake, he avidly follows the campaign. He was turned off by mudslinging among Republican candidates, he said. And Obama? “If no one else can get their act together, I’ll vote for that Democrat,” he said. “My concern is who will do right for the soldier.”

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