Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] General Clark

[Jennifer Dozar <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I would just like to say my dad spent 22 years on the Marine corps and 
he still gets benefits from being a retired miltary man. He was only a 
Gunnery Sgt so he doesn't get as much as McCain does. But retired 
miltary still gets benefits of being ex-military.  Should my dad get 
MORE benefits since both he and my mom are poor?

And he didn't FAIL being at the academy. They do have very high 
standards at the Military Academies.  So, in theory he should still be a 
pretty good student to actually graduate. And he'd have to be a pretty 
good student to get into the acdemy, even though he probably had 
connections for his politcal appointment thanks to his dad being 
Admiral. Why does it matter where he was at his graduating rank? He 
Graduated. And being shot down can happen to the best of pilots in the 
miltary.  I don't see what his has to do with McCain's military record. 


On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 02:16:07PM -0500, Jerry Gamblin wrote:
> > Maybe McCain wasn't a very good fighter pilot.  Why did he get shot down?
> > Getting shot down shouldn't reflect positively on his performance.  How
> > did he do in the Navy Academy?  I know the answer to that one:  He
> > graduated with a class rank of 894 out of 899, which means that 99.3% of
> > the Naval Academy students performed better than McCain.  They probably
> > should have kept him out of the cockpit and they would have saved one
> > fighter jet and 5 years of wasted salary not to mention some portion of
> > his continuing benefits today (I hear that he's now getting $55,000 / year
> > tax free from the Navy).  I guess being an Admiral's son can do wonders
> > for the career of a really poor cadet.
> >
> > Mike
> 
> First a Joke:
> 
> What do you call a doctor who graduates at the bottom of his class?
> 
> Doctor.
> 
> So you hear he is getting retirement benefits and health benefits from
> the Navy?  He only worked for the Navy from 1960-1981, why in the
> world would anyone expect him to get a retirement check.  I think we
> should demand that John McCain be treated differently because his wife
> is wealthy! He should be stripped of his retirement and health
> benfits!
> 
> -- 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jerry Gamblin
> 
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