That article about Sheehy, about whom I know nothing, doesn’t look like great research.
First of all, the service academies are more difficult to enter academically than the Ivy League. Not only did he get in, and graduate, but his wife did, too.
His service record looks pretty clean to me. Details on the wound are lacking. Purple Hearts are usually pretty certain.
As for where the money came from, the reporter never mentions the wife. Entrance to the academies very very seldom happens unless the applicant is from a good family. They can’t jump through all the hoops otherwise, particularly getting a congressional recommend, which is required (and of course, which the Ivy League schools do not require).
This article reads like “It is not clear what all these answers are, and I’m not going to put any time into getting them.”
*This article reads like “It is not clear what all these answers are, and I’m not going to put any time into getting them.”*
To the swing voter it will matter.
*If Tester thought the odds were too great against him, he would have announced his retirement like Joe Manchin did.*
Mancin is 77. Tester is has time for 2 more terms should he wish to catch up.