[KC_Conspirator]

The driver is also who the commander-in-chief is. The media won't admit that one of he biggest reasons recruiting was down was that the commander-in-chief for most of the 90's was an awful person who had little respect for the men and women in uniform.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

the commander-in-chief for most of the 90's was an awful person who had little respect for the men and women in uniform.

My daughter toyed with the possibility of joining the Marines after college--but that was 1993, and I spoke against it based on the fact that there was a Democrat in the WH. Fortunately she didn't do it, because another offer came through. My influence wasn't decisive--she is a liberal, after all.