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The Great Jewish Hope (This Navy SEAL who works to help veterans is entering politics)
Washington Free Beacon ^ | February 19, 2015 | Bill McMorris

Posted on 03/12/2015 10:32:22 AM PDT by Perseverando

If Eric Greitens sent you his résumé, you wouldn’t believe it. But maybe you have some time to kill and figure why not call him up, go to his home in Missouri, and catch him in a lie. “Very impressive resume, Mr. Greitens. A Navy SEAL and a Rhodes Scholar? Sure buddy, and I’m Mother Teresa … oh, so now you’ve worked with Mother Teresa …”


Eric Greitens

The conversation could go on like this for hours. You’d hear how he spent his Duke University years tending to victims of poverty and genocide from Calcutta to Rwanda, that after Oxford he turned down his ticket to the One Percent to become a SEAL to live out his humanitarianism-through-strength dissertation thesis, that he lived off an air mattress to start a non-profit helping wounded veterans. He’d tell you that Fortune Magazine named him one of the 50 greatest leaders in the world, that Time Magazine said he’s one of the 100 most influential, that he’s only 40 years old. By the end of the conversation, you’d fly down to St. Louis to see if he’s lying when he says he’s a golden gloves champ, too.

You would then find yourself in the library. Winslow Homer’s The Veteran in a New Field hangs above the collected works of Winston Churchill at the center of the room. Neatly folded Navy fatigues sit to the left. There are six bookcases; a third of them dedicated to philosophy.

The philosophizing happens in the basement where Greitens begins his mornings. There’s a heavybag, kicking dummy, about 150 square feet of martial arts mats, and a stocky St. Louis fire captain stretching out by the free weights. The workout begins with warm-up

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: greitens; jewish; motherteresa; navyseal; politics; rhodesscholar; saintlouis; seal
I read this awhile back and finally got around to posting it.

This young man has a very impressive resume. We need a lot more men like this in politics, business and every area of society in America.

1 posted on 03/12/2015 10:32:22 AM PDT by Perseverando
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To: Perseverando

BTW, Greitens’s book, “Resilience” about dealing with and helping those with PTSD- http://www.ericgreitens.com/books/resilience-book/


2 posted on 03/12/2015 10:39:13 AM PDT by Perseverando (In Washington it's common knowledge that Barack Hussein Obama is ineligible to be POTUS.)
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To: Perseverando

Very Impressive. He’s like a real-life “Doc Savage”; Top notch in both the Physical and Mental worlds.


3 posted on 03/12/2015 10:43:05 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp
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To: DiogenesLamp

He sure isn’t another Eric Cantor, Schumer, Bloomberg, etc.


4 posted on 03/12/2015 10:46:16 AM PDT by Perseverando (In Washington it's common knowledge that Barack Hussein Obama is ineligible to be POTUS.)
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To: Travis McGee

Heads up to FR’s favorite SEAL.


5 posted on 03/12/2015 10:47:42 AM PDT by Perseverando (In Washington it's common knowledge that Barack Hussein Obama is ineligible to be POTUS.)
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To: Perseverando

It gives me hope that there are still people like this ready to serve.


6 posted on 03/12/2015 10:55:26 AM PDT by rbg81
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To: rbg81

No kidding!

Here’s a video that gives me hope also - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MtdyRDy4fU

Enjoy!


7 posted on 03/12/2015 11:04:42 AM PDT by Perseverando (In Washington it's common knowledge that Barack Hussein Obama is ineligible to be POTUS.)
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To: Perseverando

No kidding. Someone should send him an invite....


8 posted on 03/12/2015 12:58:42 PM PDT by Mathews (Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV), Luke 22:36 (NIV))
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To: Perseverando

There are more than a few like LCDR Greitens, perhaps not as impressive a CV, but they are around.

I have known some that stayed in and one that got out and came back to stay.

The surprise is that any would aspire to be a politician.


9 posted on 03/12/2015 1:15:30 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (BINGO!)
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