[Iron Munro]

It is a good time to abandon the distatsteful practice of naming capital ships after modern era poiticians. The practice started in 1945 with the naming of CVB-42 after FDR.

The tradition of naming ships after Founding Fathers or long dead presidents is a far different policy than naming them after politicians still living or recently deceased.

Enterprise is a great choice for this carrier for the many reasons already stated.

Why does everything in our world have to be politicized?

There is a long tradition (now abandoned) of giving cariers non-political names, such as notable battles and historical events or endeavors. I would like to see a return to that tradition.

[Jeff Head]

Amen to every bit of that. We need to spread this around to send that exact message to the Secretary of the Navy with over 100,000 signatures strong...but its going to take a lot of work.

[The Pack Knight]

I agree 100%. I might even let naming a ship after FDR just after his death slide, but two Nimitz-class carriers were named after then-living former Congressmen, who happened to be long-serving chairmen of their respective houses' Armed Services Committees.