Utterly Appalling: U.S. Navy Announces Newest Combat Ship Will Be The USS Gabriel Giffords (government, senator)

[GregW]

I hope they never write a song about her namesake like Woody Guthry did about the USS Reuben James.

[Old Gringo]

Originally Posted by Spaten_Drinker

Dick Cheney belongs on Mt Rushmore. He is a national treasure and hero of America.

He is to chickenhawks.

[burdell]

Originally Posted by Mensa130

Forget to duck and get a ship named after you.

Probably easier to just sell weapons to an enemy, eh?

[RaymondChandlerLives]

Originally Posted by Greatday

Some call me a "right winger"

I'm not upset, not upset at all.

You should be.

[RaymondChandlerLives]

Originally Posted by TheMoreYouKnow

As long as it isn't slower than our other ships and doesn't stumble/hesitate when needed I'm cool with it.

Any ship is better than a sinking one (Republican Party).

[Scotty011]

Originally Posted by adiosToreador

That is not an Aircraft Carrier. A small boy, maybe, but not an Aircraft Carrier by any means.

And before you assume it, I caught the joke, but it wasn't funny nor humorous whatsoever. Try again, sparky.

Oh so solly by golly. The lid does not like jokes about his idol.

[adiosToreador]

Originally Posted by Scotty011

Oh so solly by golly. The lid does not like jokes about his idol.

No, Obama is not my idol. I do, however, take offense being a Veteran of the Navy that he'd use the Navy as a crutch for his joke on the POTUS.

Reeks of desperation, really.

[evilnewbie]

Irony... to name a weapon after someone who is anti-weapon...

[Manigault]

Well, if they can name an aircraft carrier after the segregationist Carl Vinson, what does that tell you?

I didn't hear a lot of Republicans (or Democrats) protesting about that one.

While we are at it, let's take Hoover's name off the building in DC. If there were any justice in the world, he would have had to answer for some of his racist, anti-democratic antics before he died.

[gomexico]

Maybe it's been mentioned already ... I"m not going to go back through the 13 pages of commentary, but I was a bit surprised to read today the name of one of the U.S. Navy vessels being diverted to near the Korea area. The John Mc Cain. Well, if Mr. Mc Cain (or his father, if that's what the ship was named for) can have a ship named for him , then Gabby Giffords is more than worthy enough for a similar honor.