Cunningham wins Army award

Well, circumstantially, Cunningham has presented no policy platform. All we know is his fine military service record, as well as his sparse GA record, and you insist he's worth electing. Q.E.D....

You don't like me because I actually call you out on legitimate weaknesses in your arguments.

Again, I repeat that I take offense at your use of concealed profanity.

RTB, surely there's a code of conduct for commenters here at ol' NandO.

To paraphrase Inigo Montoya, I do not think "non-sequitur" means what you think it means. I'm not saying Cunningham wouldn't be a challenger. His record and biography are tough -- all I'm saying is that service in the military and the receipt of an award do not a good statesman make. In fact, many bad statesmen have been made out of similar backgrounds and molds.

I appreciate Gosh, that you really aren't willing to have a real or intellectual discussion about any of these issues, either on a Micro- or macrocosmic scale. But, maybe when you stop being a troll, read some Plutarch (or hell, even Wikipedia), and man up enough to come here with real non-childish arguments, you can go back to your day job and try to be productive; God knows you're not being productive here.

Good way to focus on the issues, Gosh. The Thing is an impressive automobile.

I appreciated Sen. Cunningham's service to this country; what he did helped make things a little better in Iraq, and for that we owe him.

But, Gosh, he's not even enunciated any clear policy. Nixon won two bronze stars, Lyndon Johnson was awarded a silver star, and George H.W. Bush won a Distinguished Flying Cross. I don't see your hagiography of any of those fellows, and I doubt you'd think their military service made them automatically good political candidates.

Meanwhile, your buddy Barack Obama, along with Abraham Lincoln (who was elected for a short time as officer of a militia, with no combat exposure), Bill Clinton and John Adams never saw military service. Yet, while I can agree on Lincoln and Adams' importance, I'm sure you think the world of Clinton and Obama.

Cunningham should be praised for what he's done, but military service should never entitle a person to an election. Military service is just as important as people who work in other jobs, such as community organizers, teachers, or yes, even lawnmower salesmen.

This is what separates us, as a modern democracy, from say, the Roman Republic, where leaders were elected based on military achievements; let's recall that the election of leaders on military prowess in that circumstance was an actual example of US Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson's "suicide pact".

Congratulations to Cunningham for his award and thanks for his service.

But I was just proposing a question. I guess Cal is a strong supporter of school vouchers right? Or should only the wealthy who live in crappy school districts like himself be entitled to suitable education? Nice try at trying to compare private high schools to private colleges. That is like comparing apples and oranges.

Don't forget he used to be a lawnmower salesman.

And he isn't wearing socks.