"McCain's defeat divides Republicans"

[Sea Demon]

Originally Posted by fenian

Never have I seen a politician do that with a serious view they always want that "flight suit moment" but he was a person listening about daily concerns that do affect the deployed member. As a now civilian DoD employee let me tell you the phone lines were burning throughout MEDCOM as talk became action.

If he continues with that concern as mich for the service people he does have concern for as with the country then may he have another four more years.

Prepare for disappointment if he actually leads the military like past Democrat Administrations. Yes, the talk is always good, but then comes the reality. Things like "budget crunches", the worthless deployments with no implications for any real National security concerns, downsizing in the face of real threats, politically motivated social experimenting, and the pay freezes. Yes, those of us who served in the Clinton military remember some of the crap dished out as policy by that administration.

It's looking like Obama is going to be assigning alot of those same people from that same era into his administration as well. For this and many reasons, I'm very skeptical that this guy will be good for the military. This guy also has no command experience in any way. He hasn't even been C-in-C of so much as a boy scout troop. Never so much has run anything as complex as an apple cart, yet you "proud liberals" have voted him in. We'll see how proud that vote is within a year from January. If I were you, I would be at least somewhat nervous. The Presidency is an extremely daunting task. And this guy hasn't been an executive of anything. Not only that, but Putin, Hu, the little idiot Chavez, and a few others are going to work this guy tremendously. I'm convinced that a few of these people are going to be quite formidable against a grossly inexperienced, and incredibly idealistic Obama.