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1. Douglas B. "Pete" Peterson.
2. I will not name, he was not a public figure.
My father served in Vietnam, as did my brother in law, and two older cousins.
Nor am I thrilled with Obama, I voted for McCain 2008. My daddy served in WWII at age 17, Vietnam in his 40s, your heroes, Ronnie Reagan, and George W. Bush stayed HOME. (I admire George HW Bush, Robert Dole, and Richard Nixon, they served.)
You voted for McCAIN in 2008? Hmmmm....it seems fewer and fewer voted for Obozo and yet he won in a landslide. I understand your embarrassment. My dad was 4th wave at Normandy and fought all the way to the Rhine. My uncle got as far as Saipan before a jap bullet found him. My tour in the RVN was '67-'68 during Tet. And like your family, mine has served in every war this nation has fought. My "heroes" RR and 43 both served but not in combat; which doesn't reflect on either man's time in the presidency. Neither pronounced the word corpsman as CORPSE MAN after two years in the Oval Office. Maybe Barry was too busy golfing and fundraising to spend much time knowing anything about the men fighting his wars.
No, Obama didn't serve, Bush II did see some danger, flying NG aircraft isn't a walk in the park (according to those I know in the Florida Guard), Reagan was in the cavalry, WWII was not horse intensive. Men like Dole & McCain I respect for their sacrifice, and their political sense. I of course admire Gen. Powell, read he & McCain do not get along. My father was on the Colorado when she was hit in WWII, went on to the Bon Homme Richard, Wright, and Independence, among others. My father thought little of Reagan, guess I picked it up from him.
Nixon, cursed by many, in retrospect, seems a fine President, except for his paranoia. I met Clinton for a brief handshake in the early days of campaign '92, didn't like him them, and never grew to like him.
Ford is the forgotten men who held us together after Watergate, he gave up his chance at being President for the good of the nation, pardoning Nixon was best for the country.
I was surprised Bush II won in 2000, and surprised Obama won in 2008, he seemed too young & inexperienced. Thus, though I am a Democrat, I do not toe any part line.
Fair enough. I also am a democrat....a REAGAN DEMOCRAT! Native Detroiter.....never joined the UAW but spent a summer on the assembly line and learned to appreciate union protection from having my hands torn off or getting a flying axle across the chops. Before the UAW, guys were maimed and killed every day in those plants. I'm disgusted our jobs have been offshored and outsourced and am no GOPer...country club assholes. I'm TEA PARTY...and ready to take our country back.