I never really trusted Ron Silver from the time I heard him say, “Those are our planes now!” at the Clinton inaugural. Right then, I pegged him as an ignorant, greedy, selfish, disgusting Hollywood idiot. “Our planes now”........what a clueless moron he sounded like! It continues to be laughable (and scary) to think of a Democrat-run military!
Additionally, those highly skilled and professional military pilots flying those planes were not happy about Clinton's election! In fact, they hated him! Sure, they had to follow his orders, but most did not respect him at all. In fact, many chose to leave the service or retire asap with him at the helm. Those who had to stay in held their noses until Clinton was out.
When Ron changed his views after 9-11 I still did not quite trust him, for I believe he was merely frightened into realizing that the Republicans were the ones mature enough and capable enough to take care of business. I don't believe he had true conservative principles beyond that. In fact, I believe that if we had not had 9-11, Ron Silver would have said “Those are out planes now” at Obama’s election, too.
Sorry to criticize him on this time of his passing, but this is how I felt. At least he was able to change somewhat for the better after 9-11.
But we did have 911. Ron Silver himself said that 911 changed him in tremendous ways . He saw the light and was a great spokesman. May he rest in peace.