Senator from the Great State of Terrorism?

Why does this make me so suspicious?

Spook candidate challenges Swiftboater: Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry , the 2004 Democratic presidential standard-bearer, suddenly has some real opposition, it looks like — and somebody cut from similar cloth. Republican Jeff Beatty has held a number of national security slots: Army Delta Force in Somalia, hostage rescue ops at the FBI and counterterrorism missions with the CIA, among others. Now he’s snuck up on the presumed GOP frontrunner for the nomination, former Air Force Lt. Col. Jim Ogonowski. According to the Boston Herald’s analysis of new federal campaign filings, “security guru and former Delta Force soldier Jeff Beatty has raised $1 million, far eclipsing the $307,000 collected by Ogonowski.” (Thanks to my CQ colleague Chuck Hoskinson for bring this to my attention.)

This Jeff Beatty, I presume? Ik now democracy means that we all deserve representation but I thought the point of being a Mercenary was that you worked for money, not votes? Still, its got to be faster and cheaper to buy your Senators wholesale than retail.

aimai