Military voters deserve an agenda for constructive change.
By Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness or military people serving their country, political expression is essentially limited to casting a secret vote on Election Day. They tried to obstruct the counting of overseas absentee ballots in Florida, and former Vice President Al Gore did not object. Despite that effort, thousands of votes from military people and their families made a critical difference in the election of George W. Bush. Noisy homosexual and feminist activists are now demanding that the new administration continue the most controversial social policies of former President Bill Clinton. By contrast, military voters are quietly anticipating constructive change.