Make up and acronym for politicians who joined the military just for their political career.

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[Centurion2000]

PFAG

Political
Freeloading
Army
Grifter

[PattonFan]

Kennedy, whether a good sailor or bad, put himself in harm's way, and did not grab an easy, behind the action assignment. I have a lot of problems with the Kennedys, but John Kennedy served in WWII, and did so legitimately.

I agree. But JFK was from an entirely different era. Most of the USA still had pride and Patriotism back then..our dirty laundry stayed here.

[weegee]

Kerry used his military service to validate his statements as a critic of the war. He used his position as a leader of that movement to lie to congress and meet with Communists in France.

He stood on stage during the DNC convention and played up his service (although he had famously thrown "his" medals over the White House fence).

[weegee]

Additionally, Kerry stood shoulder to shoulder with Bill Clinton (someone who clearly dodged the drafted and wrote in a letter how he "loathed the military") and attacked George W. Bush's service.

[traditional1]

"I already suggested that on another thread!"

Great minds think alike! (I must just be a little slower)

[real saxophonist]

If a young man has the fore thought and willingness to enter the military to promote a later career of any kind, he has my blessing and should be called sweet things....

Well, there it is - Sweet things!

Kerry, you sweet thing... Murtha, you sweet thing...

8~)

[colorado tanker]

I disagree. The idea of a political career was probably on the minds of some, but these guys served honorably and volunteered.

Kennedy was even a war hero (for losing his ship, which I never quite understood).

Murtha volunteered and served honorably. I fault him for throwing his fellow Marines under the bus to curry favor with the moonbat left, but not for his service.

Carter was Annapolis and pursuing a Navy career when he had to cut it short to take over the family business.

Kerry joined the Navy to avoid the draft, but I know plenty of guys who joined the Navy and Air Force for that same reason.

OTOH, LBJ was a purely political animal. But so was Gen. MacArthur, who gave him a Silver Star for riding in the jump seat on a bombing run.

[Ace of Spades]

Well said. Thank you.

[Tokra]

Fraudulent Use of Conventionial Khakis.

[wideawake]

Whorriors?

[Tokra]

Fraudulent Use of Conventionial Khakis Equals Repellant Soldiers.

[Republican Party Reptile]

This is a nonsensical topic.

(1) Joining the military service for future political brownie points has been around for as long as there have been government raising and fielding armies. Past glories on the battlefield (real or otherwise) have always been used to position individual for political advantages throughout history. This is hardly some "new" political strategy. Politicians and aspiring politicians from both sides of aisle do it.

(2) Then you have those who's later move into politics may not have been "planned" when they joined the military as an 18 or 20 something y.o.. Are you going to pass judgment on why someone may have joined the military as an 18 y.o. only in the context of his politics 20, 30 40, years later?

[grapeape]

That is a great term for their statements and postions.

[docman57]

Keep it simple, "Stinking Dirtbag" will suffice.

[grapeape]

I love this one from MortMan "Uniformed Service Enhanced Rhetoric (USER)

This one is almost perfect for me... "P.O.S.E.R Politics Of Serving Expecting Reward"

"WINO Warrior in name only " this is great!

This is a natural extension of RINO "How about just 'MINO'- Military In Name Only.." These are the ones that that I think are cool. Which one do you guys like?

[syriacus]

ROTAL - Resting on tossed away laurels.

[tioga]

Kerryesque....... admittedly it can mean a lot of things, but you gotta give skerry credit for the dang salute at the dem convention.

[syriacus]

Since they are usually Democrats who really tilted at nothing --
"Don Qui-debris" (pronounced: donkey debris)

[syriacus]

Self-sung hero.

[syriacus]

Since the inflation of their war records is the problem, how about

SSH - self-sung hero

When calling someone an SSH you are telling him to shut up AND you are hissing at the same time.