And who does the selecting? United States Congressmen and Senators.
And who are they?
Well, if you’re from Kentucky we’re talking about Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell and five Republican congressmen out of six. Hopefully you know who represents your own state.
So, the selective quality we’re looking at here in Kentucky, Rick, is not grades. It is about professed loyalty to modern neoconservative ideals. As long as the boy can sell those ideals, he’s in.
And once he’s in he just has to spend his career making sure to cultivate those same Congressmen currying favors for promotion.
Think I’m wrong? Take a look at Mr. Brett Guthrie, from Kentucky. West Point Graduate and current member of the House of Representatives. Oh yeah, and Sen. Tom Cotton, from Arkansas. Same thing.
Both took the “dedicate themselves to gaining the attention of a Congressional patron, get into the Academy, serve just a few years and then get out and work your way into Congress to continue the process” route to the hallowed halls of Congress.
The selection process to our military academies is NOT to pick the best and the brightest. It is to pick the best and the brightest of those who believe the same as I do politically.
Annapolis is indeed a VERY selective school.
And who does the selecting? United States Congressmen and Senators.
And who are they?
Well, if you’re from Kentucky we’re talking about Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell and five Republican congressmen out of six. Hopefully you know who represents your own state.
So, the selective quality we’re looking at here in Kentucky, Rick, is not grades. It is about professed loyalty to modern neoconservative ideals. As long as the boy can sell those ideals, he’s in.
And once he’s in he just has to spend his career making sure to cultivate those same Congressmen currying favors for promotion.
Think I’m wrong? Take a look at Mr. Brett Guthrie, from Kentucky. West Point Graduate and current member of the House of Representatives. Oh yeah, and Sen. Tom Cotton, from Arkansas. Same thing.
Both took the “dedicate themselves to gaining the attention of a Congressional patron, get into the Academy, serve just a few years and then get out and work your way into Congress to continue the process” route to the hallowed halls of Congress.
The selection process to our military academies is NOT to pick the best and the brightest. It is to pick the best and the brightest of those who believe the same as I do politically.