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32 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

"I have never had a drinking problem or have never abused women, but just in case I did I assure you I am now a changed man."

So what's the age cut-off for "youthful indiscretion?"

Gaetz and Hegseth in their mid-30s? RFK Jr. in his 50s? Trump in his 60s?

I agree with you about drinking and military culture, but if you're an officer with career ambitions, you learn how to control yourself.


I noticed you left out the president that got BJ from a twenty some in the Oval Office  but we all know why you did that. Either way it’s a point anybody can still womanize at any age but my point was in the military its quite frequent particularly when your are in your early twenties.

 

Now to your last quip if you are an officer with career ambitions you learn to control yourself 

 

 

If you are an officer with career ambitions, I’m sorry but you are not a good officer your career will take place over leading your men.

 

I really need you to think about that…… do you want a leader of men or an officer with career ambitions.

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31 minutes ago, Commsvet11 said:


If you are an officer with career ambitions, I’m sorry but you are not a good officer your career will take place over leading your men.

 

 

You can do both.

Regarding womanizing and alcohol consumption, consider the results of the 1960 Democrat Convention.

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53 minutes ago, Commsvet11 said:

 

If you are an officer with career ambitions, I’m sorry but you are not a good officer your career will take place over leading your men.

 

I really need you to think about that…… do you want a leader of men or an officer with career ambitions.

Something very cynical about this.

I think a review of history will reflect that the Venn diagrams for "ambitious" and "leader of men" intersect. And it is in that intersecting part that we should be looking for our cabinet heads.

56 minutes ago, Commsvet11 said:

I noticed you left out the president that got BJ from a twenty some in the Oval Office  but we all know why you did that

I did that because it is ancient history. But go ahead, throw it in there. He was in his 40s, so no, not excusable. The difference is he was elected (like Trump) despite the electorate's full awareness of his moral failings.

Here we are talking about appointing someone from a vast universe of possible appointees.

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lol tibidiot still here?

I find it hysterical he has no other purpose here but troll people he despises.

Shocking how anyone still directly responds to this pos.

What a truly sad little person.

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On 12/7/2024 at 1:37 PM, The Frankish Reich said:

Something very cynical about this.

I think a review of history will reflect that the Venn diagrams for "ambitious" and "leader of men" intersect. And it is in that intersecting part that we should be looking for our cabinet heads.

I did that because it is ancient history. But go ahead, throw it in there. He was in his 40s, so no, not excusable. The difference is he was elected (like Trump) despite the electorate's full awareness of his moral failings.

Here we are talking about appointing someone from a vast universe of possible appointees.

Ancient history?   He was a headliner in getting out the vote 30 days ago.  
 

The purity test argument is hysterical. 

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27 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

What "purity test?"

I've mentioned before that we screen/background check people before appointing them to important jobs. What's different here?

It depends on what you mean by 'screen/background check.  Verifying that a political appointee doesn't have a criminal record is one thing, or that she employed an illegal immigrant and beat the tax man while angling for director of IRS is another. When background checks devolve into the absurdity of the Brett Kavanaugh spectacle, where unfounded allegations of wrongdoing can derail a person's prospects, I'm not a fan. 

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3 minutes ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:

It depends on what you mean by 'screen/background check.  Verifying that a political appointee doesn't have a criminal record is one thing, or that she employed an illegal immigrant and beat the tax man while angling for director of IRS is another. When background checks devolve into the absurdity of the Brett Kavanaugh spectacle, where unfounded allegations of wrongdoing can derail a person's prospects, I'm not a fan. 

I agree. I thought the Kavanaugh thing was ridiculous. You can't ask a 50-something man to refute allegations about something an accuser said happened when he was 17.

But this is different. Guy's own mother said he was out of control just about 7 years ago, when he was well into his 30s.

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15 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

I agree. I thought the Kavanaugh thing was ridiculous. You can't ask a 50-something man to refute allegations about something an accuser said happened when he was 17.

But this is different. Guy's own mother said he was out of control just about 7 years ago, when he was well into his 30s.

I can't remove the circus atmosphere these thing bring without thinking of how Kavanaugh (and others) have been treated.   I understand you not wanting him to be confirmed, can certainly see why the opposition party wants to delay them all, but the system is a joke.  

 

The 'guy's own mother' has said more than that, though, too, and explained her fragile mental state at the time she wrote her email.  

 

Btw--you thought the attack against Kavanaugh was a joke, and good for you for acknowledging it.  Interestingly, it didn't seem to impact how you voted, which looking at it from the outside, seems a lot like apathy over the abhorrent  behavior of democrats up to and including Harris.    It's yet another reason I don't pay much attention to concerns about Hegseth.  

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