Even Ike had about a four year span after leaving the military until he ran for President, and Lord knows he was an accomplished politician, albeit in a military role.

I think that there has to be some transition period from the military world to the civilian world, especially at the top political level. OTOH, it is only 2009.

Very encouraged to see how many veterans are running for political office. Suspect (certainly hope) that there will be many in office come the end of next year.

Hopefully BHO will not be able to push us past the point of no return before the good things have a chance to happen.

The first American President I voted for was Dwight Eisenhower, who was always underestimated by the press during his Presidency. But he and his troops did win the Second World War for us. And he was wise enough to thoroughly and exhaustively document the Holocaust, both with huge amounts of written evidence, and eye-witness evidence borne out by the great numbers of troops he insisted be brought in to the Camps so that they could bear witness afterwards to what they saw. My brother, who was an artilleryman, was one of the troops brought in. This emphasis on mountains of evidence made the Nuremburg Trials possible.

Marianne

P.S. I think Liz Cheney is another ‘comer’ in the political field… tough, dedicated and unafraid. And let’s not underestimate our returning military, who are the same. Good things coming down the pike. I just hope I live long enough to see it.

…when you replace merit as the means of success, you will, by and by, find yourself less comfortable. When statism encroaches on liberty and planning and pull replace merit, tyranny and misery are not far behind. There will always be men who love power and seek to consolidate it, and mostly, they are not benevolent. To think that a state can have great power and yet be free of malice is to be naive at best and willfully foolish at worst.

A young lady wise beyond her years, whose understanding will serve her well throughout life.

Thanks for the link, VX.

HE’S NOT COMING! HE’S NOT COMING!
You ask: But Who? I would direct you to one of the best comments I’ve seen on this subject made by a young gal in ARK named Freeman Hunt. This is one intelligent way-beyond-her-years-young lady. Scroll down to her 12 June post (she posts infreq) and read “He is Not Coming.” and tell me what you think. Her site is FreemanHunt@

http://freemanhunt.blogspot.com/