Kurt - minor technicality here: I read that Ernst is retired from the army. Perhaps she retired from those 7 values too?
Now, there's that little matter of the oath of office she took when sworn in to Senate... something about support and defend the Constitution? ...bearing true faith and allegiance to the same?
Kurt - minor technicality here: I read that Ernst is retired from the army. Perhaps she retired from those 7 values too?
Now, there's that little matter of the oath of office she took when sworn in to Senate... something about support and defend the Constitution? ...bearing true faith and allegiance to the same?
I thought the same about Sen. Todd Young of Indiana. Likes to talk about his Naval Academy education & career in the Marines. Hard to square those values with his vote & statements supporting Hegseth. Of course, he couldn't point to any actual qualifications the guy has (cuz, nada) but said in a statement supporting Hegseth, "the Department of Defense needs innovative thinking and a break from the status quo" - I'd guesstimate 99% of Americans meet those two standards... so to Todd Young, almost anyone is qualified to be Sec Def!
Yes, it is amazing how little the Oath to the Constitution means to some people, although I expect that they rationalize it to themselves in one form or another - we human beings are great at justifying our decisions (and I am no exception to that). I am dismayed by the number of active duty military personnel and veterans that support Trump, because he has such contempt for the military and the whole concept of selfless service. He deliberately avoided service during the Vietnam war, the very embodiment of the "Fortunate Son" that John Fogerty wrote about. I suspect that the MAGA cult is a group of very unhappy people; you have to be, to be so hateful and cruel to others. The sad thing is that Trump is not going to bring them happiness or improve their lives. Trump is using them for his own benefit and I don't think that most of them will ever recognize that fact because it would mean giving up their identity, which is very hard to do (at least from my own experience).
Kurt - minor technicality here: I read that Ernst is retired from the army. Perhaps she retired from those 7 values too?
Now, there's that little matter of the oath of office she took when sworn in to Senate... something about support and defend the Constitution? ...bearing true faith and allegiance to the same?
I thought the same about Sen. Todd Young of Indiana. Likes to talk about his Naval Academy education & career in the Marines. Hard to square those values with his vote & statements supporting Hegseth. Of course, he couldn't point to any actual qualifications the guy has (cuz, nada) but said in a statement supporting Hegseth, "the Department of Defense needs innovative thinking and a break from the status quo" - I'd guesstimate 99% of Americans meet those two standards... so to Todd Young, almost anyone is qualified to be Sec Def!
Yes, it is amazing how little the Oath to the Constitution means to some people, although I expect that they rationalize it to themselves in one form or another - we human beings are great at justifying our decisions (and I am no exception to that). I am dismayed by the number of active duty military personnel and veterans that support Trump, because he has such contempt for the military and the whole concept of selfless service. He deliberately avoided service during the Vietnam war, the very embodiment of the "Fortunate Son" that John Fogerty wrote about. I suspect that the MAGA cult is a group of very unhappy people; you have to be, to be so hateful and cruel to others. The sad thing is that Trump is not going to bring them happiness or improve their lives. Trump is using them for his own benefit and I don't think that most of them will ever recognize that fact because it would mean giving up their identity, which is very hard to do (at least from my own experience).