Mayor Quits and Joins the Army, Why?
Is this man another leftist plant looking to join the Army?:
Crawfordsville Mayor John Zumer is resigning to rejoin the Army.
The 42-year-old Zumer’s last day is Sept. 23. The next day, he’ll return to active duty as an Army journalist with the rank of specialist.
Zumer has four months remaining on his term.
He lost his bid for re-election during the Democratic primary in May. He’s been mayor of the city about 40 miles northwest of Indianapolis for nearly four years.
Zumer says he’d been thinking about returning to the Army for a couple of months.
A Democratic leader said he hopes a caucus will name a replacement before Zumer’s departure. [AP]
Zumer left office after losing a primary election as the incumbent mayor which is really bad. If you read this message board, you can see some people in Crawfordsville did not like his leftist politics, he lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in a failed business park, and he was plagued with his own sex scandal. The city of Crawfordsville ended up having to payoff the woman in the center of the sex scandal.
He was unpopular and this is what led to him losing the primary and so what better way to rebuild your reputation than joining the Army. He signed up as a journalist just like the Amnesty International plant Linsay Burnett who just so happened to be published in the New York Times for her anti-war opinions. Could Zumer possibly be hoping to follow Burnett’s example by going to Iraq and writing some anti-war articles with hopefully one getting picked up by the New York Times?
If that happened he would instantly repair his political reputation with the left and be set to further his political ambitions after leaving the military. Only time will tell if he is another Beauchamp, Hutto, or Burnett, but I will be watching.
I understand your concern, but I know John Zumer and having his name in the same article as the woman who was the plant by Amnesty International is hysterical! This guy was really proud of being a soldier. And was proud to go back. I think he is trying to repair his reputation, but the goal is to do it by service to the country, not to a political party.
Truth be told, I'm a political moderate, a complete Independent, a swing voter, and more conservative than the majority of Americans are about letting the troops finish the job, and I thought Zumer sounded like a Republican when he talked about the war. He sees it as a fight against terrorism, pure and simple. I might find that a little naive, I don't think things are ever that simple, but I have to admire the guy's patriotism.
I hope you are right because there is enough leftist plants in the military as it is. I hope he serves honorably and just stays focused on the mission at hand.