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Why I will never be governor of New Jersey

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Posted By: 4250Luis, 9/29/2025 6:18:37 AM

In Army basic training in 1968, I was involved in a scandal. The commander had posted a notice on the unit bulletin board. That notice had been removed, surreptitiously, by someone, and sent to a national magazine, which, if I recall correctly, published it. The notice was to warn trainees to avoid a certain house of ill repute near the base (post). Since the rural house had no street address, the warning letter had resorted to giving precise, specific instructions, including landmarks, which had the effect of telling the reader exactly how to get to the place we were ordered to avoid it.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: bpl40 9/29/2025 7:32:47 AM (No. 2010265)
Cheating is a resume enhancer for Democrats. Whether it is this Sherill person or Teddy Kennedy at Harvard.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: seamusm 9/29/2025 8:30:29 AM (No. 2010292)
I am sorry but I disagree. Yes, she violated her oath. But had she named those she knew had cheated she would have forever been known among her comrades (even leadership) as a ‘Rat’ and all trust inescapably lost. She paid a price - and then fulfilled her duty. Soldiers everywhere at day’s end fight not for their country or for some principle but rather for their ‘brothers at arms’ - the men and women in the trenches beside them. Had she ‘done the right thing’ no fellow soldiers would ever see her as one of them unless she died fighting. I understand the author’s point, but this reader refuses to ‘throw the first stone’ - especially over a childhood incident. No, I could not vote for her. But it is because I could never vote for someone running under the Dem banner of anti-American principles and immorality.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: chance_232 9/29/2025 8:36:34 AM (No. 2010295)
The correct action, in this case, was to pressure the guilty person's to confess. Failing that, the guilty person's would be ostracized. Assuming that she knew who was involved. But, we don't know what her actions were. Situations like this are a no win dilemma for anyone in the know. The legal action is to snitch on a fellow classmate. I can find 10 reasons off the top of my head to not vote for her. This isn't one of them.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: FL_Absentee_Voter 9/29/2025 10:04:01 AM (No. 2010311)
The code of ethics at all the military academies specifies that not only will the cadet not cheat, but also, he must reveal those who do. That statement is flat-out wrong. There is no "Code of Honor" at Annapolis, where Midshipmen (Navy cadets? Please do your research, Robert.) abide by what's officially called the honor concept: "Midshipmen...do not lie...cheat...steal". That's it. No requirement to self-incriminate, and - unlike West Point or Colorado Springs - snitching on your shipmates is not mandatory. Apparently, she may have refused to cooperate with investigators. "Apparently, she may have..." - that's a real stretch. But she's not required to cooperate. Probable cause applies, and the Honor Board does not have the authority to bring her in as part of a witch hunt and simply demand she tell everything she knows or risk separation from the school, although the administration must have found something it didn't like since she wasn't allowed to walk with her classmates at the graduation/commissioning ceremony. But she wasn't the only one. The most-recent cheating scandal at the Naval Academy was a widespread mess that involved hundreds and very few know all the details. Did she see her roommate with a copy of the test? Did she hear someone say they had a copy? Did she hear someone say they knew someone who had a copy? Whatever happened, she broke no rules by not running to the administration and reporting what she may have seen or heard. You may not like that. And none of us like her as a candidate. However, the sanctimonious piling on over this is petty, partisan politics by those who don't know what they're talking about.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: BeatleJeff 9/29/2025 10:17:00 AM (No. 2010317)
Interesting. At the very end of the article, the author seems to be hinting that he was the one who stole the flyer off of the bulletin board. Did anyone else get that impression?
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Reply 6 - Posted by: lawdoc 9/29/2025 10:20:00 AM (No. 2010320)
The author needs to watch Scent of a Woman.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: chumley 9/29/2025 10:35:43 AM (No. 2010328)
Back in basic training we were doing yet another 16 hour KP shift. We were in the dishwashing room cleaning endless plates and glasses, and it was steamy and stifling hot. All the doors and windows were closed. Just to break the monotony I broke out with my booming bass voice in slave spiritual songs that they taught us in elementary school. Within a few minutes the biggest, blackest TI you ever saw burst in screaming to know who was singing. He was beating on counters and making all sorts of threats. Nobody ratted me out. These were the guys I wanted to go to war with. If nothing else we could have thrown clean plates at the enemy.
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