[meyer]

Let's see, a President using the military for a photo-op, sucked when Clinton did it, sucks even more that Bush is doing it.

This ain't a photo-op. Look at the sailors and pilots on that ship - he's there for them and nobody else. Any political gain or loss is secondary to the tremendous morale boost that his presence gives the entire military.

[piasa]

What sucked about Clinton's was that he loathed the very people he saw in the military... and quite frankly, the feeling was mutual.

Had Clinton visited a carrier like a real president instead of an arrogant male gullsucker, that would have been OK. But Clinton visited to steal the bathrobes and the ashtrays... and some poor swabbie had to account for those missing items his Commander-in-Chief's entourage- or was that the Commander in Chief himself- swiped.