To: Iron Munro
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.
75 posted on
02/01/2011 5:38:17 PM PST by
The Pack Knight
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To: The Pack Knight
"...two Nimitz-class carriers were named after then-living former Congressmen" Terrible precedent.
77 posted on
02/01/2011 5:50:46 PM PST by
Iron Munro
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