Senate Candidate: Dual qualed as SEAL and Aviator ?

[Sheepdip]

http://veriseal.org/about/



If you really want to know, these guys can tell you. They former SEALs that have a data base of every person that has ever completed BUD/s. The website looks a little different than it did, but it seems as if they will still verify someone as the real deal.


I used to go there every month or so to read the cases of guys they had outed. Everything from 20 year old SEAL Commanders, to guys that were a little more subtle. You would be amazed at the amount of well placed people that had actually accomplished something in life that added t SEAL to their resume.

Reads like a conspiracy theory site.

 

[jtmedli]

On the flip side, if he doesn't win then MA should probably just go ahead and fall off into the ocean. Pretty much a BAMF.

 

[helolumpy]

Up at NWC our staff SEAL used to be an S-3 NFO then went to BUDS.

 

[GroundPounder]

Reads like a conspiracy theory site.

Yeah, I havent been there in a few years, it has changed. I had to go a few pages in to find the authentication page. I glanced over it, and does seem a bit out there at this point. Since they are the real deal, I won't make fun of them lest I wake up dead.

 

[BusyBee604]

Since they are the real deal, I won't make fun of them lest I wake up dead.

Aha, ".....wakeup dead", the perfect oxymoron!
BzB

 

[EODDave]

My call sign is Pappy, but was not a SEAL or test pilot. I was enlisted EOD and now a Rhino guy. I know of two other F-18 drivers called Pappy and neither one fit that description.

 

[HercDriver]

Because the media and the general public are followers and generally believe whatever is fed to them. We have all seen a lot of poser get by with claiming to be more than they are: such as politicians claim to be Medal of Honor winners and have gotten away with it.

Just curious about this guy, I actually like what he stands for - much better than the lib-tard Democrat he is running against.

It's usually agreed that those that recieve the Medal Of Honor are "recipients", as they didn't "win" anything-they earned it.
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As for this guy's bona fides- very impressive.

 

[Spekkio]

On the flip side, if he doesn't win then MA should probably just go ahead and fall off into the ocean. Pretty much a BAMF.

Well, they did elect Elizabeth Warren, who practically ran on a "Scott Brown wants to kill your babies" and "making money is bad" campaign. I'm not kidding. Obama got his "you didn't make that" quote (referring to people who have become wealthy or owned businesses) from Warren.

It was actually funny to watch her political ads because they were so ridiculous, and I remember thinking how could anyone elect someone that off base? But somehow she won.

Also, esteemed as he might be militarily, that doesn't necessarily equate to being good at politics. See Ulysses S. Grant.

 

[HercDriver]

Well, they did elect Elizabeth Warren, who practically ran on a "Scott Brown wants to kill your babies" and "making money is bad" campaign. I'm not kidding. Obama got his "you didn't make that" quote (referring to people who have become wealthy or owned businesses) from Warren.

Esteemed as he might be militarily, that doesn't necessarily equate to being good at politics. See Ulysses S. Grant.

Apparently her campaign resonated more with the voters than his "She says she's an Indian!" campaign.

As for military service helping in getting elected; we all remember Presidents McGovern, Dole, Gore, Kerry, and McCain, right?

 

[Spekkio]

On top of that, Kerry and McCain ran while we were at war in two theaters.

 

[Renegade One]

As for military service helping in getting elected; we all remember Presidents McGovern, Dole, Gore, Kerry, and McCain, right?

Military service is not an absolute qualifier, that's for sure.

But I DO remember Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Harrison, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Harrison, McKinley, TR Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, GHW Bush, and GW Bush. 30 out of 44…if that's a statistic at all. Probably isn't…especially today…when all vets are presumed to have PTSD and maybe worse.

But…historically…it doesn't seem to have been a "negative" either.

 

[MIDNJAC]

Military service is not an absolute qualifier, that's for sure.

But I DO remember Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Harrison, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Harrison, McKinley, TR Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, GHW Bush, and GW Bush. 30 out of 44…if that's a statistic at all. Probably isn't…especially today…when all vets are presumed to have PTSD and maybe worse.

But…historically…it doesn't seem to have been a "negative" either.

You are much older than I thought sir!

 

[HercDriver]

Agree-in the past it would be difficult to find a president or presidential candidate (especially post-WWII) that hasn't served. Not so true today...

 

[HuggyU2]

I don't know him from Adam, but some of my acquaintances in the Navy do, and they say he is top-shelf.

 

[PropAddict]

I don't care about his military service or his politics. According to his bio, he was instrumental in expanding Lululemon and making them a household name. That's good enough for me.