Anybody else want to jump in here and kick the war hero while he's down? You might not get another chance!
Come on all you insecure, corrected-vision types -- You know you want to! Put yourself above the Fighter Pilot! Let those self-righteous military types take a thumb in the eye for once!
Who's next!?
I will not kick Cunningham for his fighter pilot skill. For that he deserves our praise, and our thanks.
But, being his age, and having been offered bribes of various kinds throughout our business lives, I will say that I am sad he didn't resist the temptation. Sure, we would have made a lot more money, probably had a lot more "social clout", etc....
But, when you sit on the john, you have to face yourself, and what your honor and integrity means to you. Is it for sale to the highest bidder?
I feel sorry for him, and hope he can forgive himself. I wish he could have chosen the harder right, instead of the easier wrong. At least he knows that there is a difference.
"Come on all you insecure, corrected-vision types -- You know you want to! Put yourself above the Fighter Pilot!"
Insecurity has little to do with it. Taking bribes for whatever reason to allow a contractor an inside track to sell their wares, which if you read below is quite significant in their importance:
"MZM Inc. is a high-tech national security firm based in Washington, D.C. The private firm provides intelligence gathering, technology and homeland security analysis and consulting for both international and domestic governments and private-sector clients. The firm also provides consulting on political and public message strategies. Its government clients include Congress, the White House, the Defense Department, the U.S. intelligence community, the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force and state and local governments, according to the company's Web site. MZM refused to provide any information, however, about its corporate structure, including names of other principals.
In addition to its D.C. headquarters, MZM has field offices in Miami, Tampa, San Antonio, San Diego and Suffolk, Va. The company employs about 70 people."
http://www.publicintegrity.org/wow/bio.aspx?act=pro&ddlC=40
With this said, did we get the best product, through Cunningham's bribery to assist in protecting our nation? Or has our nation's security been compromised for use of yacht and a party for his daughter? That is the real question.
Anybody else want to jump in here and kick the war hero while he's down? You might not get another chance!
Come on all you insecure, corrected-vision types -- You know you want to! Put yourself above the Fighter Pilot! Let those self-righteous military types take a thumb in the eye for once!
You think it's okay for a Congressman to sell out the troops? You think it's okay for a Congressman to pad his pockets by awarding military contracts to unqualified companies?
If you think that what he did thirty years ago entitles him to betray the military today, then you and I have nothing to talk about.