From: Jeff Shultz 

adam flinton wrote:

> Jeff Shultz wrote:
>
>>>
>>>Why? Only republican presidents? No USS Jimmy Carter & no USS William
>>>Clinton...
>>>
>>
>> Jimmy Carter, a former Navy submariner, will have the 3rd (I think) of
>> the Seawolf class subs named after him. Clinton did nothing worthy of
>> naming one after him, the draft dodger.
>>
>
> Like the present President you mean? Democrats get scholarships to
> Oxford & republicans get daddy to fix em up a nice quiet bit of national
> guard/reserve duty?
>
> What did HW Bush do?
>
Served in the Texas Air National Guard. Which incidently, did have a
purpose in life.  And unlike the casualty statistics for Rhodes Scholars in
Moscow, Air Force pilot training is definitely not a safe profession.

However, unless HW Bush does something significant for the Navy or comes
off as one of the great leaders of our time (I happen to like him, but
"great leaders of our time" is doubtful), he won't get a carrier
named after him either. I suspect that after he's out of office, if he
hasn't disgraced himself with any interns or such, he'll probably get
something in the Texas Air National Guard structure re-named after him. As
much as a base, as little as a significant building.
--
Jeff Shultz

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