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http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/njpolitics/052005SCHROEDERAD_M18.cfm

gee, I am so shocked. (sarcasm)

May 20, 2005

Schroeder ad misleading, analysts say
By JOHN BRAND Statehouse Bureau, [phone]

Robert Schroeder is not a soldier.

Yet the Republican candidate for governor explains to voters in his new mailer that he has "had the honor of serving alongside our troops in places like Afghanistan and Iraq."

One side of the mailer includes a close-up photograph of a soldier's face covered in camouflage face paint. The other side of the mailer shows Schroeder wearing a business suit. None of the text on either side includes any reference to Schroeder's career as a military contractor.

Political analysts say Schroeder, who has never been in the military, should never have used the word "served" as part of his political campaign.

"There's a difference between serving alongside and providing a service to, which is what he was really doing as a military contractor. A military contractor provides goods and services," analyst William Lutz said.

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more crap on the Press site.