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Military Endorsements Aren’t Decisive. That Said: WOW!

Posted on | October 17, 2012 | 61 Comments

by Smitty

In deference to #OccupyResoluteDesk, he has half a dozen military endorsements:

Name Note
Wesley Clark, four star General (Ret), former Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO, 2004 presidential candidate Tool.
Richard Danzig, former Secretary of the Navy Not a proper veteran, but we can’t get to ‘half a dozen’ without some sort of shenanigans. Also, really competent, would make a good SECDEF while the country sinks, should BHO achieve re-election.
Paul Eaton, Major General (Ret) Got nothin’.
Donald J. Gutter, retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, former Judge Advocate General of the Navy, current Dean, Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh JAGs: whattayagonnado?
Michael D. Lumpkin Wikipedia page says: Commander, Captain (O-6) select. As he was a SEAL, we’ll omit the standard mockery for hedging the yes/no question: Did you get paid?
John B. Nathman, retired U.S. Navy Admiral, co-chair of the campaign THAT Nathman.

Just to avoid looking too, let us say, Crowley-esque in my bias, I drop Mitt’s endorsements below the fold:

Admiral James B. Busey, USN, (Ret.)
General James T. Conway, USMC, (Ret.)
General Terrence R. Dake, USMC, (Ret)
Admiral James O. Ellis, USN, (Ret.)
Admiral Mark Fitzgerald, USM, (Ret.)
General Ronald R. Fogleman, USAF, (Ret)
General Tommy Franks, USA, (Ret)
General Alfred Hansen, USAF, (Ret)
Admiral Ronald Jackson Hays, USN, (Ret)
Admiral Thomas Bibb Hayward, USN, (Ret)
General Chuck Albert Horner, USAF, (Ret)
Admiral Jerome LaMarr Johnson, USN, (Ret)
Admiral Timothy J. Keating, USN, (Ret)
General Paul X. Kelley, USMC, (Ret)
General William Kernan, USA, (Ret)
Admiral George E.R. Kinnear II, USN, (Ret)
General William L. Kirk, USAF, (Ret)
General James J. Lindsay, USA, (Ret)
General William R. Looney III, USAF, (Ret)
Admiral Hank Mauz, USN, (Ret)
General Robert Magnus, USMC, (Ret)
Admiral Paul David Miller, USN, (Ret)
General Henry Hugh Shelton, USA, (Ret)
General Lance Smith, USAF, (Ret)
Admiral Leighton Smith, Jr., USN, (Ret)
General Ronald W. Yates, USAF, (Ret)
Admiral Ronald J. Zlatoper, USN, (Ret)
Lieutenant General James Abrahamson, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Edgar Anderson, Jr., USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Marcus A. Anderson, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Buck Bedard, USMC, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral A. Bruce Beran, USCG, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Lyle Bien, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Harold Blot, USMC, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General H. Steven Blum, USA, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Mike Bowman III, USN, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Mike Bucchi, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Walter E. Buchanan III, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Richard A. Burpee, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General William Campbell, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General James E. Chambers, USAF, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Edward W. Clexton, Jr., USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General John B. Conaway, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Marvin Covault, USA, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Terry M. Cross, USCG, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral William Adam Dougherty, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Brett Dula, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Gordon E. Fornell, USAF, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral David Frost, USN, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Henry C. Giffin III, USN, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Peter M. Hekman, USN, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Richard D. Herr, USCG, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Thomas J Hickey, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Walter S. Hogle, Jr., USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Ronald W. Iverson, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Donald W. Jones, USA, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Douglas J. Katz, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Jay W. Kelley, USAF, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Tom Kilcline, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Timothy A. Kinnan, USAF, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Harold Koenig, M.D., USN, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Albert H. Konetzni, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Buford Derald Lary, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Frank Libutti, USMC, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Stephen Loftus, USN, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Michael Malone, USN, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Edward H. Martin, USN, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral John J. Mazach, USN, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Justin D. McCarthy, USN, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral William McCauley, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Fred McCorkle, USMC, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Thomas G. McInerney, USAF, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Joseph S. Mobley, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Carol Mutter, USMC, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Dave R. Palmer, USA, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral John Theodore “Ted” Parker, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Garry L. Parks, USMC, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Charles Henry “Chuck” Pitman, USMC, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Steven R. Polk, USAF, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral William E. Ramsey, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Joseph J. Redden, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Clifford H. “Ted” Rees, Jr., USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Edward Rowny, USA (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Dutch Schultz, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Charles J. Searock, Jr., USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General E. G. “Buck” Shuler, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Alexander M. “Rusty” Sloan, USAF, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Edward M. Straw, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General David J. Teal, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Billy M. Thomas, USA, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Donald C. “Deese” Thompson, USCG, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Alan S. Thompson, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Herman O. “Tommy” Thomson, USAF, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Howard B. Thorsen, USCG, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General William Thurman, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Robert Allen “R.A.” Tiebout, USMC, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral John B. Totushek, USNR, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General George J. Trautman, USMC, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Garry R. Trexler, USAF, (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Jerry O. Tuttle, USN, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Claudius “Bud” Watts, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General William “Bill” Welser, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Thad A. Wolfe, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General C. Norman Wood, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Michael W. Wooley, USAF, (Ret.)
Lieutenant General Richard “Rick” Zilmer, USMC, (Ret.)
Major General Chris Adams, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Henry Amos, USN (Ret.)
Major General Nora Alice Astefan, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General Almon Bowen Ballard, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General James F. Barnette, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General Robert W. Barrow, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral John R. Batlzer, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Jon W. Bayless, USN, (Ret.)
Major General John E. Bianchi, USA, (Ret.)
Major General David F. Bice, USMC, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Linda J. Bird, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral James H. Black, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Peter A. Bondi, USN, (Ret.)
Major General John L. Borling, USMC, (Ret.)
Major General Tom Braaten, USA, (Ret.)
Major General Robert J. Brandt, USA, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Jerry C. Breast, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Bruce B. Bremner, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Thomas F. Brown III, USN, (Ret.)
Major General David P. Burford, USA, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral John F. Calvert, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Jay A. Campbell, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Henry Canterbury, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral James J. Carey, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Nevin Carr, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Stephen K. Chadwick, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral W. Lewis Chatham, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Jeffrey G. Cliver, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Casey Coane, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Isaiah C. Cole, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Stephen Condon, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General Richard C. Cosgrave, USANG, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Robert Cowley, USN, (Ret.)
Major General J.T. Coyne, USMC, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Robert C. Crates, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Tommy F. Crawford, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral James P. Davidson, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Kevin F. Delaney, USN, (Ret.)
Major General James D. Delk, USA, (Ret.)
Major General Robert E. Dempsey, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Jay Ronald Denney, USNR, (Ret.)
Major General Robert S. Dickman, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral James C. Doebler, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Douglas O. Dollar, USA, (Ret.)
Major General Hunt Downer, USA, (Ret.)
Major General Thomas A. Dyches, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General Jay T. Edwards, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General John R. Farrington, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Francis L. Filipiak, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral James H. Flatley III, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Charles Fletcher, USA, (Ret.)
Major General Bobby O. Floyd, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Veronica Froman, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Vance H. Fry, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral R. Byron Fuller, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral George M. Furlong, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Frank Gallo, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Ben F. Gaumer, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Harry E. Gerhard Jr., USN, (Ret.)
Major General Daniel J. Gibson, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Andrew A. Giordano, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Richard N. Goddard, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Fred Golove, USCGR, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Harold Eric Grant, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Jeff Grime, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General Robert Kent Guest, USA, (Ret.)
Major General Tim Haake, USAR, (Ret.)
Major General Otto K. Habedank, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Thomas F. Hall, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Donald P. Harvey, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Leonard W. Hegland, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral John Hekman, USN, (Ret.)
Major General John A. Hemphill, USA, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Larry Hereth, USCG, (Ret.)
Major General Wilfred Hessert, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Don Hickman, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Geoffrey Higginbotham, USMC, (Ret.)
Major General Jerry D. Holmes, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General Weldon F. Honeycutt, USA, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Steve Israel, USN, (Ret.)
Major General James T. Jackson, USA, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral John S. Jenkins, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Tim Jenkins, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Ron Jesberg, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Pierce J. Johnson, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Steven B. Kantrowitz, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral John T. Kavanaugh, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Dennis M. Kenneally, USA, (Ret.)
Major General Michael Kerby, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral David Kunkel, USCG, (Ret.)
Major General Geoffrey C. Lambert, USA, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Arthur Langston, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Thomas G. Lilly, USN, (Ret.)
Major General James E. Livingston, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General Al Logan, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General John D. Logeman Jr., USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Noah H. Long Jr, USNR, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Don Loren, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Andy Love, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Thomas C. Lynch, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Steven Wells Maas, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Robert M. Marquette, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Larry Marsh, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Clark W. Martin, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General William M. Matz, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Gerard Mauer, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral William J. McDaniel, MD, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral E.S. McGinley II, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Henry C. McKinney, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Robert Messerli, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General Douglas S. Metcalf, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral John W. Miller, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Patrick David Moneymaker, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Mario Montero, USA, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Douglas M. Moore, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Walter Bruce Moore, USA, (Ret.)
Major General William Moore, USA, (Ret.)
Major General Burton R. Moore, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral James A. Morgart, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Stanton R. Musser, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral John T. Natter, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Robert George Nester, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General George W. Norwood, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Robert C. Olson, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Raymund E. O’Mara, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Robert S. Owens, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral John F. Paddock, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Robert W. Paret, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Robert O. Passmore, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Earl G. Peck, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General Richard E. Perraut Jr., USAF, (Ret.)
Major General Gerald F. Perryman, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral W.W. Pickavance, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral John J. Prendergast, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Fenton F. Priest, USN, (Ret.)
Major General David C. Ralston, USA, (Ret.)
Major General Bentley B. Rayburn, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Harold Rich, USN , (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Roland Rieve, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Tommy F. Rinard, USN , (Ret.)
Major General Richard H. Roellig, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Michael S. Roesner, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral William J. Ryan, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Loran C. Schnaidt, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General Carl Schneider, USAF , (Ret.)
Major General John P. Schoeppner, Jr., USAF, (Ret.)
Major General Edison E. Scholes, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Robert H. Schumaker, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral William S. Schwob, USCG, (Ret.)
Major General David J. Scott, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Hugh P. Scott, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Richard Secord, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral William H. Shawcross, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Joseph K. Simeone, USAF and ANG , (Ret.)
Major General Darwin Simpson, ANG , (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Greg Slavonic, USN , (Ret.)
Rear Admiral David Oliver “D.O.” Smart, USNR, (Ret.)
Major General Richard D. Smith, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General Donald Bruce Smith, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Paul O. Soderberg, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Robert H. “Bob” Spiro, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Henry B. Stelling, Jr., USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Daniel H. Stone, USN, (Ret.)
Major General William A. Studer, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Hamlin Tallent, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Hugh Banks Tant III, USA, (Ret.)
Major General Larry S. Taylor, USMC, (Ret.)
Major General J.B. Taylor, USA, (Ret.)
Major General Thomas R. Tempel, USA , (Ret.)
Major General Richard L. Testa, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Jere Thompson, USN (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Byron E. Tobin, USN, (Ret.)
Major General Larry Twitchell, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General Russell L. Violett, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General David E.B. “DEB” Ward, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General Charles J. Wax, USAF, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Donald Weatherson, USN, (Ret.)
Major General John Welde, USAF, (Ret.)
Major General Gary Whipple, USA , (Ret.)
Rear Admiral James B. Whittaker, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Charles Williams, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral H. Denny Wisely, USN, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Theodore J. Wojnar, USCG, (Ret.)
Rear Admiral George K. Worthington, USN, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Arthur Abercrombie, USA, (Ret.)
Brigadier General John R. Allen, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Loring R. Astorino, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Richard Averitt, USA, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Garry S. Bahling, USANG, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Donald E. Barnhart, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Charles L. Bishop, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Clayton Bridges, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Jeremiah J. Brophy, USA, (Ret.)
Brigadier General R. Thomas Browning, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General David A. Brubaker, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Chalmers R. Carr, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Fred F. Caste, USAFR, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Robert V. Clements, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Christopher T Cline, USA, (Ret.)
Brigadier General George Peyton Cole, Jr., USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Richard A. Coleman, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Mike Cushman, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Peter Dawkins, USA, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Sam. G. DeGeneres, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General George Demers, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Howard G. DeWolf, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Arthur F. Diehl, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General David Bob Edmonds, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Anthony Farrington, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Norm Gaddis, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Robert H. Harkins, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Thomas W. Honeywill, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Stanley V. Hood, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General James J. Hourin, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Jack C. Ihle, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Thomas G. Jeter, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General William Herbert Johnson, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Kenneth F. Keller, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Wayne W. Lambert, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Jerry L. Laws, USA, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Thomas J. Lennon, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General John M. Lotz, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Robert S. Mangum, USA, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Frank Martin, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Joe Mensching, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Richard L. Meyer, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Lawrence A. Mitchell, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Michael P. Mulqueen, USMC, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Ben Nelson, Jr., USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Jack W. Nicholson, USA, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Maria C. Owens, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Dave Papak, USMC, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Gary A. Pappas, USANG, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Robert V. Paschon, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Allen K. Rachel, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Jon Reynolds, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Edward F. Rodriguez, Jr., USAFR, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Roger Scearce, USA, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Dennis Schulstad, USAFR, (Ret.)
Brigadier General John Serur, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Joseph L. Shaeffer, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Graham Shirley, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Raymond Shulstad, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Stan Smith, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Ralph S. Smith, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Donald Smith, USA, (Ret.)
Brigadier General David M. Snyder, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Michael Joseph Tashjian, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Richard Louis Ursone, USA, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Ear’ Van Inwegen, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Terrence P. Woods, USAF, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Mitchell Zais, USA, (Ret.)
Brigadier General Allan Ralph Zenowitz, USA, (Ret.)

Yeah, that’s 359 flag officers. To 6. A cool 98.3% of the 365 flags associated with either President. Clearly, the military is some sort of raaaaacism factory. Do note that all of the parties named in this post are retired. Perish the thought of politicizing the active duty military.

Update: linked at Truth Before Dishonor

Update II: Hogewash outs himself as pro-Romney.

Update III: linked at Maggie’s Notebook.

Category: Barack Obama, Election 2012, Mitt Romney

Comments

61 Responses to “Military Endorsements Aren’t Decisive. That Said: WOW!”

  1. Brad
    October 17th, 2012 @ 6:39 pm

    As a currently-serving active duty member, I’m not allowed to make certain political statements.

    However, it would be safe to say that you can add a certain Air Force staff sergeant (who shall remain unnamed) to that list of Romney endorsements.

  2. CalCon10
    October 17th, 2012 @ 7:00 pm

    Yeah, but half-dozen FOR Obama outweigh dozens and dozens for Romney. ‘Cause Obama’s just that good and special. /sarc off/

  3. Rich Vail
    October 17th, 2012 @ 7:01 pm

    Gee, do you think that the military doesn’t much like Mr. Obama?

  4. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    October 17th, 2012 @ 7:03 pm

    Uh-rah.

  5. sablegsd
    October 17th, 2012 @ 7:23 pm

    Wow. I sprained my finger scrolling down that lengthy list.

  6. sablegsd
    October 17th, 2012 @ 7:26 pm

    Explains why the commies worked overtime to NOT get ballots delivered on time for service people.

  7. poljunkie
    October 17th, 2012 @ 7:33 pm

    Looove it.

  8. Stogie Chomper
    October 17th, 2012 @ 7:46 pm

    Holy mackerel Andy! I didn’t know there were that many generals and admirals in the USA! You’re right about Wesley Clark. He’s a tool AND a fool, if I’m not being cruel.

  9. Stogie Chomper
    October 17th, 2012 @ 7:47 pm

    My dad was an Air Corps staff sergeant in WW II. Tell that modern one “thanks for your service.”

  10. JeffS
    October 17th, 2012 @ 8:08 pm

    Please add this retired lieutenant colonel, USAR, to the Official Smitty List Of Retired Military Personnel Endorsing Romney™.

  11. John Hitchcock
    October 17th, 2012 @ 8:27 pm

    I counted six FEMALE flag officers endorsing Romney compared to the six “flag officers” total who endorsed Obama, not a woman among them.

    Oh, and there are possibly more, since I didn’t count Casey, Terry, Chris, or the “initials only” group. (I also knew a sweet looking young lady named Michael.)

  12. Maggie@Maggie's Notebook
    October 17th, 2012 @ 8:30 pm

    What? Martin Dempsey hasn’t endorsed?

  13. Military Endorsements, And The Winner Is… « Truth Before Dishonor
    October 17th, 2012 @ 8:37 pm

    […] stuff for you non-military types) among his military endorsements. Actually, Mitt Romney has 359 retired flag officers who have endorsed him for […]

  14. smitty
    October 17th, 2012 @ 8:44 pm

    Uh, no: you don’t go there while still on active duty. Also conspicuously absent: Petraeus and McChrystal. The former is still on salary, whereas the other may be too busy reading Rolling Stone or something.

  15. Bob Belvedere
    October 17th, 2012 @ 8:54 pm

    ROTFLMAO.

  16. Maggie@Maggie's Notebook
    October 17th, 2012 @ 8:57 pm

    That was sarcasm. He apparently is infatuated with Obama. Surely there is only so much water a General has to carry even for a President. He didn’t have to call that wacky pastor and tell him to lay off Islam – or did he? Petraeus isn’t in a position to say anything and is probably hoping he isn’t going to get the final blame for Benghazi. Can’t believe he took that job.

  17. Hand of Doom
    October 17th, 2012 @ 8:57 pm

    Remember Obama’s speech at West Point a year or two ago? Chris Matthews on MSNBC said that Obama went into “Enemy Territory” to give that speech.

  18. WJJ Hoge
    October 17th, 2012 @ 9:05 pm

    And one ex-CPT from the Army.

  19. Lady Liberty
    October 17th, 2012 @ 9:06 pm

    As a Retired AF Spouse, I want to Thank You for your service! And Thank you for having a love of Country and putting that love first!

  20. Romney 359, Obama 6 | hogewash
    October 17th, 2012 @ 9:08 pm

    […] 359, Obama 6 Posted on 17 October, 2012 by wjjhoge Smitty reports the retired flag officers (Generals and Admirals) who have endorsed Romney or […]

  21. JeffWeimer
    October 17th, 2012 @ 9:26 pm

    This FCCS(SW/AW) (ret) endorses Romney. FWIW.

  22. Wing Night Alone
    October 17th, 2012 @ 9:27 pm

    beautiful.

  23. Thomas L. Knapp
    October 17th, 2012 @ 9:39 pm

    That’s what Obama gets for only wanting to grow the US military by 10% (“draconian cuts!”) over the next five years instead of by 18%.

  24. So, who has more military endorsments? Mitt, or Barack? « The Daley Gator
    October 17th, 2012 @ 10:14 pm

    […] see which candidate has more endorsements from our military leaders. Well, as luck would have it, Smitty did some digging and finds that Obama does have some military endorsements, six to be exact. As for Romney, well, […]

  25. Reynolds88
    October 17th, 2012 @ 10:17 pm

    Don’t forget former former Admiral Sestak! Imagine Hillary dodging incoming and Joe Sestak at the helm! I can feel the wake of their armada. Maybe Joe can cash in on that BHO offer for work now that Arlen has passed?

  26. dianne
    October 17th, 2012 @ 10:35 pm

    as a sac brat, let me add my thanks as well. you make a nation proud.

  27. richard mcenroe
    October 17th, 2012 @ 10:39 pm

    EATON?! You mean the PO’S who toured the country with a pack of smelly lefties demanding the prosecution of Bush?

  28. Steve Skubinna
    October 17th, 2012 @ 10:42 pm

    Add one LCDR USN (ret) to the list. I spotted at least two flag officers I’d served with (well, okay, under).

  29. richard mcenroe
    October 17th, 2012 @ 10:43 pm

    Since my most recent military activity was Guard, I’m only barred from maintenance endorsements one weekend a month.

  30. ROBERT PILPEL
    October 17th, 2012 @ 10:48 pm

    Of course no flag officer with any integrity would support Obama, but the sad side is that none of these generals and admirals honored their oath to protect and defend the Constitution. They more than most people had reason to know that Obama is anti-American but all of them loved their perks, ruffles and flourishes too much to do the honorable thing and resign!

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    October 17th, 2012 @ 11:17 pm

    […] US Military Flag Officers Endorse Obama and Romney: Female Officers Endorse Only One October 17, 2012By Maggie TweetBig names in Military world affairs, past and current, are coming out for Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Endorsements are piling up. Both men are supported, but female Flag Officers are only supporting one candidate. The definition below is from Wikipedia. If it is not correct, or is lacking in clarity, Smitty will stop by make it right See the entire li… […]

  32. smitty
    October 17th, 2012 @ 11:29 pm

    Yeah, the VADM Sestak stories I heard back in the day were non-positive. A naval Neidermeyer, of sorts.

  33. jwallin
    October 18th, 2012 @ 12:05 am

    I think you could safely list the majority of the enlisted and officers of all branches in that list.

    except Gator sailors but they’re faggots anyway 🙂 NTTATWWT (well actually there is but I don’t want a slap fight to break out)

  34. Reynolds88
    October 18th, 2012 @ 12:26 am

    LOL 1e, alliterative and instructive (thank to Wiki).
    Prediction: With a degree from Harvard, Joey renames the VRWC as the École Sestak and gets a full time position on FOX.

  35. ReaganiteRepublican
    October 18th, 2012 @ 2:50 am

    In most countries, this sort of situation would mean ‘quit now or expect a coup’.

    Thatcher incorrectly proclaimed socialism ‘dead’ in ’79, yet it climbed right out the grave didn’t it. She and Reagan were wrong on that… and Pinochet was right.

    Linked here;

    http://reaganiterepublicanresistance.blogspot.com/2012/10/military-brass-endorsements-romney-359.html

  36. Eric D. Mertz
    October 18th, 2012 @ 4:55 am

    I am well and truly convinced at this point that the reason Obama decided to blame the Intelligence Community is due to the fact that the current DCI, Petraeus, is career military. General Petraeus has always struck me as the kind of officer who has so internalized the military value of not publicly questioning civilian leadership that even now as DCI, he will not speak out against the White House when it is throwing him and his under the bus. If the DCI was almost anyone else, he or she would be on Capitol Hill telling Issa EVERYTHING; but Petraeus is such a man of honor that he will not do so.

  37. smitty
    October 18th, 2012 @ 7:49 am

    Heh, “École Sestak”

  38. smitty
    October 18th, 2012 @ 7:50 am

    Except that the DNI, Clapper, is a retired USAF Lieutenant General.

  39. smitty
    October 18th, 2012 @ 7:51 am

    Yeah, my dad did a career in gators.

  40. smitty
    October 18th, 2012 @ 7:52 am

    Could be, could be.

  41. Lorraine A Corso
    October 18th, 2012 @ 8:03 am

    I am retired now and even when I was active duty I was never pc. I served 22 years and even went to Iraq, but I didn’t do it for the American people-I did it for my kids! Screw politics and politicians!

  42. Quartermaster
    October 18th, 2012 @ 8:45 am

    Nah. Just accurate.

  43. michigan
    October 18th, 2012 @ 9:09 am

    And where will Colin Powell be on this subject? Absent?

  44. Kelly Phillips
    October 18th, 2012 @ 10:33 am

    The funny thing, you said “I did it for my kids”, but in doing so, you did it for MY kids, you did it for your neighbor and kids, etc.

    For that, all we can say is GOD BLESS YOU!

  45. htowt
    October 18th, 2012 @ 11:01 am

    Smitty:
    Do you worry at all about USNR superiors looking into your personal political views? When you are doing active duty tours, do you change your blogging behavior?
    If Dempsey tells the CNO to monitor your work, that would be a significant test of the UCMJ and the first amendment.
    Am I the only one who sees courage in what you are doing here? Some day you might do a post on this issue. I’ll bet folks who are associated with the military would be interested, and if it gets in front of SCOTUS, you will have a major cheering section!
    (The WYB is proud of what his dad is doing.)

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  47. richard mcenroe
    October 19th, 2012 @ 8:47 am

    I watched him excrete at a Diane Watson townhall full of barking lefties where she promised the vermin Nancy Pelosi had a ‘secret plan’ to impeach Bush RETROACTIVELY after the ’08 election. He hada look on his face like a man who realized he’d made a bad choice in life… and I hope it haunts him to his unvisited grave.

  48. Dan Hardesty
    October 19th, 2012 @ 7:22 pm

    You are allowed to make a political statement, you just can’t put “SSgt USAF” anywhere around it….

  49. Stephen Johnson
    October 20th, 2012 @ 12:20 am

    It’s amazing how liberals today believe you can support a “c”ommunist and still claim yourself to be an American. And if liberals ever do have their way, they fully intend on rewriting the books on the history of communism. Oh, for the days of McCarthyism!

  50. RJ Atkins
    October 20th, 2012 @ 11:06 am

    You surely don’t
    get it!!! Try thinking about such things as the current rules of engagement
    that the military is being required to fight under. Try thinking about an
    administration leaking classified information to a movie studio about Seal Team
    6. Try thinking about an administration that tells our enemies the exact date
    we will leave Afghanistan. One could go
    on and on about why this list of Romney supporters is so long. But you either wouldn’t understand or wouldn’t
    care because it doesn’t fit your agenda.