GHW Bush did get a carrier. GW Bush may or may not.
I liked it better when carriers bore the names of
battles, insects, or historic warships. We need
a Kearsarge, an Oriskany, a Wasp, a Hornet.
Wasp and Hornet were named for naval ships during the Revolutionary War and early Navy history, not for the insects per se.
I have no idea how I forgot that.
Sometimes I lose entire decades. It seems like just yesterday I was wearing a blue leisure suit...
I would like to see another USS America or, alternatively, USS United States. I don’t care if it sounds redundant.
As for the Reagan, I would argue that he deserved to have that big gal named after him because I don’t think there was any President more beloved. George H.W. Bush and Gerald Ford were both WWII Navy combat veterans, so that was OK, too.
George W? No. I personally think he was a good President, but not a great President — and there is no Navy tie-in.
Clinton? Obama? NO WAY IN HELL!!!!