This is the first time I ever heard of a midshipman at Annapolis being called a “Cadet.”
Does Timberg know the difference between the Naval Academy and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point? Sheesh.
This guy's hatchet job is so transparent that you can tell he deep down likes McCain even though the Kool-Aid he drinks makes him write the hit piece.
The most extreme example of the SF hero/liberal was the late Col. David Hackworth, who was very conservative in most ways, but always came down on the side of the Rats in any written commentary or interview.
I think it is like a religion, once you are born a Rat, only a few ever shake it and become conservatives.