Obama and Clinton Pettiness Continues While We Continue Watching With Disinterest
Both Democratic Presidential candidates have submitted lists to the press detailing all their various military supporters.
Apparently this proves credibility. And it also proves that size matters?
Personally, the only thing these lists prove to me is that they’re both supported by crusty old Admirals and Generals who have nothing better to do but throw their weight around a Presidential election.
Doesn’t anyone ever give a fuck about the enlisted personnel?
Just for shits and giggles, here are the two lists of military supporters the candidates submitted to the press (i.e. names you’ve never heard before, or, names you’ll immediately forget after reading this).
Clinton:
- Vice Admiral Joseph A. Sestak
- Major General Paul Eaton
- Rear Admiral David Stone
- Brigadier General John Watkins, Jr.
- former Secretary of the Navy John Dalton
(Who appears to have died in 1818. hmmm… )
Would the real David Stone please stand up? Linkage here, here, and here. Hat tip to Jenn!
Obama:
- Brigadier General Larry Gillespie
- Major General Scott Gration
- Admiral Don Guter
- Brigadier General David “Dave” McGinnis
- General Merrill “Tony” McPeak
- Admiral John B. Nathman
- Major General Hugh Robinson
- Brigadier General James Smith
- Admiral Robert “Willie” Williamson
- Major General Ralph Wooten
I’ve attached links to the names for those officers I was able to find information about. Several of the officers I couldn’t scrap up much of anything via search engines.
They could be made fabricated names for all I know.
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March 13th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Well, yes, there is a David Stone who died in 1818…but more recently…you can find articles such as
http://www.govexec.com/features/0204hs/0204HS_homeland30.htm
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=David_M._Stone
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.aspx?Feed=PR&Date=20080108&ID=8006082&Symbol=US:SWHC
on a David M. Stone who is retired from the USN. That’s probably the one in question.
March 14th, 2008 at 7:27 am
Thanks Jenn!
I was making a little joke by referencing the David Stone who’s been dead for 180+ years. But I’d like to reference the links you found for the “real” Mr. Stone in the post, if you don’t mind.
Do you have your own site that I could give some link love to?
March 14th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Nope. Just a fan of the site.
March 14th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Post updated. Thanks Jenn!