Pentagon Notebook: McPeak calls McCain too fat

The Washington Times ^ | June 26, 2007 | Rowan Scarborough

[Fundamentally Fair]

McPeak will be a drag on Obama's campaign. He is the most reviled former CSAF ever.

[Fundamentally Fair]

Hmmm..a stray sentence in there (Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff). I don't know how that happened.

Bump anyway.

[Red Badger]

"He was fresh out of jail, you know," Gen. McPeak said.

I didn't know that McCain was in jail, General. Is that why the Gitmo terrorists have access to our courts now?.....

[Publius6961]

McPeak will be a drag on Obama's campaign. He is the most reviled former CSAF ever.

I've never had extensive connections to the military but, the one connection I do have, Air Force, for over 15 years says it all.
In 1993, his own subordinates routinely referred to him as "McDork."

Not the ideal position for a true leader.
It does not surprise me in the slightest that he supports Buraq.

[mkjessup]

McPeak ought to know about this subject, considering the fact that he's one of the biggest f--king fat heads to ever stink up the Air Force.

[Fox_Mulder77]

Obama camp getting really slimy as desperation sets in.

[geezerwheezer]

Gen. McPeak is A.K.A. Gen. McStupid. This dude is a real P.O.S., and BHO deserves his help.

[OpusatFR]

“But that is not what he’s most remembered for. With all of that disruption and the associated base closings, the single thing every one remembers “Space Commodore McPeak” for is his trip into fashion design. He decided that the Air Force “blue suit” should look more like the Navy uniform with a lot of silver braid and shoulder boards.”

Vache sainte! C’est Star Wars! Vite, solo! Là où est Chewbacca?

http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/03/23/mcpeak-speak/

[SkyPilot]

"He was fresh out of jail, you know," Gen. McPeak said

Jail? He was a Prisoner of War, not incarcerated for armed robbery.

For those who don't know, Merrill "Tony" McPeak was the strangest, and perhaps the most hated, Air Force general in history.

I read this article yesterday, and even though I know he is a 24 caret jerk, I was still shocked by McPeak's comments.

[Rick.Donaldson]

McPeak was an idiot then and he’s an idiot now. I think he is a loser and should have NEVER been appointed as a General of ANYTHING.

[OpusatFR]

And he’s wearing BROWN! That’s the downhome, folksy, alpha male power dressing espoused by Al Gore’s infamous advisor, whatshername.

[SkyPilot]

It was also known as "Merrill Apparel."

When a real man and General, Ron Fogleman, took the reins, he quickly deep sixed the doorman's uniform.

I heard a story once that McPeak ordered all General's at a CORONA confernece to show up in the new uniform. General Fogleman (then head of TRANSCOM) showed up in his military fatigues.

[Cinnamon Girl]

Just talking that way about Senator McCain’s experience as a POW makes McPeak sound like a major league big time jerk.

[unkus]

McPeak was an idiot then and he’s an idiot now. I think he is a loser and should have NEVER been appointed as a General of ANYTHING

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Looks to be in the same class as Wesley Clark. Clark is a poor excuse for a soldier.

[OpusatFR]

Just lovely. I can see it with a commodore’s hat with ostrich plumes.

Fashionista, yes.

My groom was in the USAF. What he thinks is not printable.

[Fundamentally Fair]

General Fogleman (then head of TRANSCOM) showed up in his military fatigues.

Gen Fogleman was known to wear BDUs with a gun belt and big TRANSCOM buckle. Great man.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Washington does seem to breed and nurture a lot of politicized military brass.

[mnehring]

Wow, I always thought McCain was in pretty good shape for his age. Maybe McPeak thinks this is the ideal look for McCain.

Would it be rude if I said that McPeak looks like an old, anorexic Max Headroom?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I am the very model of a modern Major-General,
I’ve information vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical;
I’m very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical,
I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical,
About binomial theorem I’m teeming with a lot o’ news –
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.

[mkjessup]

Grand Moff McPeak - clearly a dork ahead of his time.