I have a lot of (maybe somewhat disjointed) thoughts on this - Santorum speaks out of both sides of his mouth - he said he supports right to work, yet did not support it overtly as a US Senator from PA because he felt his state didn’t want it - he came to this conclusion not by actually asking his constituancy, but by his desire not to “rock the boat” and possibly alienate some of his union thug constituents. Now - as for McSally - I don’t know much about her other than what I’ve read here. As a retired US Army Airborne Infantry First Sergeant, I can point blank testify (and yeah, I did a tour as an “Equal Opportunity Advisor” - I was DA selected to go to DEOMI - The Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute at Patrick AFB near Cocoa Beach, Florida, then served at Brigade level in the EOA position in Korea - DEOMI was 16 1/2 weeks of politically correct head-warping during which students who fit my profile - white, Protestant, combat arms, rurally backgrounded, pickup truck driving, Wrangler & boot wearing, country / Southern rock listening, conservative.... you get the picture - were indeed Lucifer and were/are directly responsible for everything wrong in all of Creation and that people like me deserved to by eternally damned for all percieved injustices purpetrated against minoritys and/or females ruthlessly and with *oh my goodness* PREJUDICE. Oddly, the assignment - even though utter PC BS - helped vault me into early promotion once I - thank goodness - returned to the Infantry where I belonged. The “system” worked against itself). Karma? Maybe. What goes around. comes around. Anyway - I do not KNOW McSally. But I DID witness commissioned officers (ususally “ring knockers” -West Pointers) pull ALL sorts of stunts - captains being handed blank award reccomendation sheets by LTCs and being told to write up their own awards (reminds me of Kerry the cut-my-finger Purple Heart recipient). Senior Noncommissioned Officers being routinely and gleefully thrown under the bus to take the blame for their commissioned superiors’ errors and indescretions. Captains who couldn’t get a command anywhere else taking command of Basic Training companies with the mind set that they HAD to destroy at least one Drill Sergeant’s career to be a “success”. And yes, gender came into play (thankully, not in the Infantry - at least yet). There came a “NEED” to place females into very prominent command positions. Navy Captain Holly Graf was one such. Her gross incompetance and utter lack of leadership ability is the stuff of legend. Yet, because of her PLUMBING, she was “fast tracked”. McSally? I’ll read more - although in my dotage, I no longer believe everything I read - ESPECIALLY when it is written by a PC career-climbing weasel. If McSally is a Republican, she might be trying to “flex” for potential voters. I truly admire strong conservative women - I’d follow Sarah through Hell - she’s a LEADER. I am not in the least threatened by her gender. McSally, it appears, is trying to make her gender the issue - perhaps her gender is what got her the cushy and/or career ticket-punching assignments and “honorary” degrees, etc. And remember - Giffords - and it IS an abomination that the creep shot her - and he was NOT a “right winger” - was a turncoat. A former Republican who switched parties in order to get re-elected. (Her totally WHIPPED PC hubby is an embarassment to his uniform, BTW). I don’t care for “Slick Rick” Santorum, but I’ve mad up my mind to vote for WHOEVER has the best shot at defeating B. HUSSEIN Obama. I’ll hold my nose and cast my ballot in November accordingly. (An Allen West/ Sarah Palin ticket would have been awesome). Anyway, I am naturally suspicious of females with chips on their shoulders. McSally looks like that kind. I am no longer subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice - the UCMJ. As such, I no longer am required to address jackasses as “Sir”. I have excercised that prerogative with relish on several occasions when visiting commissaries and having cause to redress rude, boorish behavior on the part of some. OK - the subject was McSally - I will check it out.
based on some of the comments here.
AND THANKFULLY she is a primary candidate not the only primary candidate (so the MSM is just pussing a quota queen woman because the MSM only pushes the liberal women)
...she appears to be just a paper tiger candidate who was fast tracked through the military and did not do any serious military “combat”. As soon as she could be sidlined via school and teaching she was “parked” out of the way of doing any real damage.
She bailed on her military carreer because the opportunity opened up and it was apparent her serious career prospects were finished. She had her token rank and the prior brass had their display token of sufficient rank.
hopefully she will be primaried out and that will settle that.
Well said!
Please see my post #282.
I would enjoy reading your comments.