David Petraeus

[therealUT]

When is he going to throw his hat in the Presidential Candidates' ring?

 

[JTrainDavis]

Generals need a decisive Victory, do they not?

That said, I would likely get behind him, while i didn't/wouldn't with Powell/Clark.

Most capable grand level officer we've had since Ridgeway, IMO. And General Petreaus seems to be a soldiers General, like Russ Honore, not sure he could fit a mold for a major party campaign.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

Hopefully never. I wouldn't mind him in the upper echelon of politics, but not as CiC.

 

[JTrainDavis]

Hopefully never.

Why? Because he would be a retired General officer?

 

[DinkinFlicka]

I don't like the idea of a military officer being in the oval office anymore than I do a CEO being in there.

 

[dembewbs]

Stanley McChrystal would be better. He tells you like it is.

 

[Jewbaccah]

He just took a position in the CIA. He is not running. Obama bought him out of race.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

He just took a position in the CIA. He is not running. Obama bought him out of race.

Obama bought him out. David Petraeus sold out. Two approaches to that.

 

[JTrainDavis]

Stanley McChrystal would be better. He tells you like it is.

I love McChrystal, but it'd be Stockdale for Veep part 2.

 

[VolsNSkinsFan]

I don't like the idea of a military officer being in the oval office anymore than I do a CEO being in there.

Can't be any worse then the College professor we got now
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[therealUT]

He just took a position in the CIA. He is not running. Obama bought him out of race.

Not at all. If Obama wanted to keep him out of the race, Obama would have kept him at CENTCOM where he would be legally restricted from running. As head of the CIA, Petraeus can run.

 

[Jewbaccah]

You do not take that position then run for president. It was an offer DP could not refuse and Obama knew it.

 

[therealUT]

I don't like the idea of a military officer being in the oval office anymore than I do a CEO being in there.

George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
U.S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
James Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley
Teddy
Harry S. Truman
Ike
JFK
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
George W. Bush

You must not really like the idea of Presidents...

 

[JTrainDavis]

Not to gig you on one, but what was Jefferson's commission? Virginia?

 

[therealUT]

You do not take that position then run for president. It was an offer DP could not refuse and Obama knew it.

He certainly can run for POTUS from that position; he would not have been able to run while he was still military. It would take Obama by surprise and it might not be deemed appropriate protocol for Petraeus to run; however, I am not exactly sure that Petraeus will worry about being impolite if he feels he has a legitimate shot (and, the more GOP candidates that either drop out or look like fools, the better shot DP has).

 

[therealUT]

Not to gig you on one, but what was Jefferson's commission? Virginia?

A handful of the early Presidents had militia commissions; however, the statement was:

I don't like the idea of a military officer being in the oval office...

It was not specified as Active Duty/Regular...

 

[JTrainDavis]

A handful of the early Presidents had militia commissions; however, the statement was:



It was not specified as Active Duty/Regular...

I understood, was hoping for a historical knowledge tidbit I was unaware of, that's all.

 

[therealUT]

I understood, was hoping for a historical knowledge tidbit I was unaware of, that's all.

I'd imagina that with your understanding of American history there are few I could provide.
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[JTrainDavis]

I'd imagina that with your understanding of American history there are few I could provide.
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I figured as governor he may have held a titular commisson, but wasn't sure.

 

[volinbham]

I don't like the idea of a military officer being in the oval office anymore than I do a CEO being in there.

Military officer and CEOs are out. I assume governors are iffy too since they've actually had managerial responsibility?
[/rant]

Why are military and CEOs a bad idea?

 

[DinkinFlicka]

George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
U.S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
James Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley
Teddy
Harry S. Truman
Ike
JFK
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
George W. Bush

You must not really like the idea of Presidents...

Those last 8 sure were awesome.

 

[volinbham]

When is he going to throw his hat in the Presidential Candidates' ring?

You mean General Betrayus?

How could he be POTUS - he betrayed us. It was in an full page ad so it must be true.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

Military officer and CEOs are out. I assume governors are iffy too since they've actually had managerial responsibility?
[/rant]

Why are military and CEOs a bad idea?

I simply don't trust them.

They both have grand personal agendas, as different as they may be.

 

[therealUT]

Stanley McChrystal would be better. He tells you like it is.

I like McChrystal; however, I am not sure that talking *****ing about the CiC behind his back is "telling it like it is".

Gripes and *****es should go up the chain of command, not down.

 

[bam15]

Military officer and CEOs are out. I assume governors are iffy too since they've actually had managerial responsibility?
[/rant]

Why are military and CEOs a bad idea?

Don't have a problem with CEOs. Higher up military officers always gives the impression of a military-industrial complex connection, although we haven't had one with that ranking since Ike, and he was the very one that made the thought famous.