[antiRepublicrat]

the traditions of the Navy

Then we probably shouldn't be naming it the George H.W. Bush. There is a tradition not to use the names of individuals while they are still alive, but then again there is also a tradition of breaking that first tradition from time to time.

[Al B.]

Then we probably shouldn't be naming it the George H.W. Bush. There is a tradition not to use the names of individuals while they are still alive, but then again there is also a tradition of breaking that first tradition from time to time.

Carl Vinson was around for the naming and christening of the 3rd Nimitz-class carrier that bears his name, CVN-70. I believe he passed away before the commissioning however.

[GATOR NAVY]

Then we probably shouldn't be naming it the George H.W. Bush. There is a tradition not to use the names of individuals while they are still alive...

Don't even get me started on that. I hate that even more.

[Jim Noble]

Then we probably shouldn't be naming it the George H.W. Bush

You bet your ass we shouldn't.

Naming US capital ships after minor politicians (in this case, not even dead) is a scandal and a disgrace.

And, as others have pointed out, it makes the USS Lyndon B. Johnson, the USS William J. Clinton, and the USS Adam Clayton Powell inevitable.

If 41 were a patriot, he would have turned this down. If 43 were a patriot, he would have stopped it.

Awful, just awful.