Presidential Endorsements…

If you’re retired, you CAN publically support the candidate of your choice…

Notice any trend here???

From Army Times HERE.

        OBAMA

        General Colin Powell

        General Wesley Clark

        Admiral John Nathan, co-chair of Obama campaign

        Major General Paul Eaton

        Rear Admiral Don Gutter



        ROMNEY

        Admiral James B. Busey, USN, (Ret.)
        General James T. Conway, USMC, (Ret.)
        General Terrence R. Dake, USMC, (Ret)
        Admiral James O. Ellis, USN, (Ret.)
        Admiral Mark Fitzgerald, USM, (Ret.)
        General Ronald R. Fogleman, USAF, (Ret)
        General Tommy Franks, USA, (Ret)
        General Alfred Hansen, USAF, (Ret)
        Admiral Ronald Jackson Hays, USN, (Ret)
        Admiral Thomas Bibb Hayward, USN, (Ret)
        General Chuck Albert Horner, USAF, (Ret)
        Admiral Jerome LaMarr Johnson, USN, (Ret)
        Admiral Timothy J. Keating, USN, (Ret)
        General Paul X. Kelley, USMC, (Ret)
        General William Kernan, USA, (Ret)
        Admiral George E.R. Kinnear II, USN, (Ret)
        General William L. Kirk, USAF, (Ret)
        General James J. Lindsay, USA, (Ret)
        General William R. Looney III, USAF, (Ret)
        Admiral Hank Mauz, USN, (Ret)
        General Robert Magnus, USMC, (Ret)
        Admiral Paul David Miller, USN, (Ret)
        General Henry Hugh Shelton, USA, (Ret)
        General Lance Smith, USAF, (Ret)
        Admiral Leighton Smith, Jr., USN, (Ret)
        General Ronald W. Yates, USAF, (Ret)
        Admiral Ronald J. Zlatoper, USN, (Ret)
        Lieutenant General James Abrahamson, USAF, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Edgar Anderson, Jr., USAF, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Marcus A. Anderson, USAF, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Buck Bedard, USMC, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral A. Bruce Beran, USCG, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral Lyle Bien, USN, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Harold Blot, USMC, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General H. Steven Blum, USA, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral Mike Bowman III, USN, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral Mike Bucchi, USN, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Walter E. Buchanan III, USAF, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Richard A. Burpee, USAF, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General William Campbell, USAF, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General James E. Chambers, USAF, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral Edward W. Clexton, Jr., USN, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General John B. Conaway, USAF, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Marvin Covault, USA, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral Terry M. Cross, USCG, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral William Adam Dougherty, USN, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Brett Dula, USAF, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Gordon E. Fornell, USAF, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral David Frost, USN, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral Henry C. Giffin III, USN, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral Peter M. Hekman, USN, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral Richard D. Herr, USCG, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Thomas J Hickey, USAF, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Walter S. Hogle, Jr., USAF, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Ronald W. Iverson, USAF, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Donald W. Jones, USA, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral Douglas J. Katz, USN, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Jay W. Kelley, USAF, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral Tom Kilcline, USN, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Timothy A. Kinnan, USAF, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral Harold Koenig, M.D., USN, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral Albert H. Konetzni, USN, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Buford Derald Lary, USAF, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Frank Libutti, USMC, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral Stephen Loftus, USN, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral Michael Malone, USN, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral Edward H. Martin, USN, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral John J. Mazach, USN, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral Justin D. McCarthy, USN, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral William McCauley, USN, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Fred McCorkle, USMC, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Thomas G. McInerney, USAF, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral Joseph S. Mobley, USN, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Carol Mutter, USMC, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Dave R. Palmer, USA, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral John Theodore “Ted” Parker, USN, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Garry L. Parks, USMC, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Charles Henry “Chuck” Pitman, USMC, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Steven R. Polk, USAF, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral William E. Ramsey, USN, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Joseph J. Redden, USAF, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Clifford H. “Ted” Rees, Jr., USAF, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Edward Rowny, USA (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral Dutch Schultz, USN, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Charles J. Searock, Jr., USAF, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General E. G. “Buck” Shuler, USAF, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Alexander M. “Rusty” Sloan, USAF, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral Edward M. Straw, USN, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General David J. Teal, USAF, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Billy M. Thomas, USA, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral Donald C. “Deese” Thompson, USCG, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral Alan S. Thompson, USN, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Herman O. “Tommy” Thomson, USAF, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral Howard B. Thorsen, USCG, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General William Thurman, USAF, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Robert Allen “R.A.” Tiebout, USMC, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral John B. Totushek, USNR, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General George J. Trautman, USMC, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Garry R. Trexler, USAF, (Ret.)
        Vice Admiral Jerry O. Tuttle, USN, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Claudius “Bud” Watts, USAF, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General William “Bill” Welser, USAF, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Thad A. Wolfe, USAF, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General C. Norman Wood, USAF, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Michael W. Wooley, USAF, (Ret.)
        Lieutenant General Richard “Rick” Zilmer, USMC, (Ret.)
        Major General Chris Adams, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Henry Amos, USN (Ret.)
        Major General Nora Alice Astefan, USAF, (Ret.)
        Major General Almon Bowen Ballard, USAF, (Ret.)
        Major General James F. Barnette, USAF, (Ret.)
        Major General Robert W. Barrow, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral John R. Batlzer, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Jon W. Bayless, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General John E. Bianchi, USA, (Ret.)
        Major General David F. Bice, USMC, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Linda J. Bird, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral James H. Black, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Peter A. Bondi, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General John L. Borling, USMC, (Ret.)
        Major General Tom Braaten, USA, (Ret.)
        Major General Robert J. Brandt, USA, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Jerry C. Breast, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Bruce B. Bremner, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Thomas F. Brown III, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General David P. Burford, USA, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral John F. Calvert, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Jay A. Campbell, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Henry Canterbury, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral James J. Carey, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Nevin Carr, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Stephen K. Chadwick, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral W. Lewis Chatham, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Jeffrey G. Cliver, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Casey Coane, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Isaiah C. Cole, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Stephen Condon, USAF, (Ret.)
        Major General Richard C. Cosgrave, USANG, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Robert Cowley, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General J.T. Coyne, USMC, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Robert C. Crates, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Tommy F. Crawford, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral James P. Davidson, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Kevin F. Delaney, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General James D. Delk, USA, (Ret.)
        Major General Robert E. Dempsey, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Jay Ronald Denney, USNR, (Ret.)
        Major General Robert S. Dickman, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral James C. Doebler, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Douglas O. Dollar, USA, (Ret.)
        Major General Hunt Downer, USA, (Ret.)
        Major General Thomas A. Dyches, USAF, (Ret.)
        Major General Jay T. Edwards, USAF, (Ret.)
        Major General John R. Farrington, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Francis L. Filipiak, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral James H. Flatley III, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Charles Fletcher, USA, (Ret.)
        Major General Bobby O. Floyd, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Veronica Froman, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Vance H. Fry, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral R. Byron Fuller, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral George M. Furlong, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Frank Gallo, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Ben F. Gaumer, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Harry E. Gerhard Jr., USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Daniel J. Gibson, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Andrew A. Giordano, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Richard N. Goddard, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Fred Golove, USCGR, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Harold Eric Grant, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Jeff Grime, USAF, (Ret.)
        Major General Robert Kent Guest, USA, (Ret.)
        Major General Tim Haake, USAR, (Ret.)
        Major General Otto K. Habedank, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Thomas F. Hall, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Donald P. Harvey, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Leonard W. Hegland, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral John Hekman, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General John A. Hemphill, USA, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Larry Hereth, USCG, (Ret.)
        Major General Wilfred Hessert, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Don Hickman, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Geoffrey Higginbotham, USMC, (Ret.)
        Major General Jerry D. Holmes, USAF, (Ret.)
        Major General Weldon F. Honeycutt, USA, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Steve Israel, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General James T. Jackson, USA, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral John S. Jenkins, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Tim Jenkins, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Ron Jesberg, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Pierce J. Johnson, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Steven B. Kantrowitz, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral John T. Kavanaugh, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Dennis M. Kenneally, USA, (Ret.)
        Major General Michael Kerby, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral David Kunkel, USCG, (Ret.)
        Major General Geoffrey C. Lambert, USA, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Arthur Langston, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Thomas G. Lilly, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General James E. Livingston, USAF, (Ret.)
        Major General Al Logan, USAF, (Ret.)
        Major General John D. Logeman Jr., USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Noah H. Long Jr, USNR, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Don Loren, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Andy Love, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Thomas C. Lynch, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Steven Wells Maas, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Robert M. Marquette, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Larry Marsh, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Clark W. Martin, USAF, (Ret.)
        Major General William M. Matz, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Gerard Mauer, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral William J. McDaniel, MD, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral E.S. McGinley II, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Henry C. McKinney, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Robert Messerli, USAF, (Ret.)
        Major General Douglas S. Metcalf, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral John W. Miller, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Patrick David Moneymaker, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Mario Montero, USA, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Douglas M. Moore, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Walter Bruce Moore, USA, (Ret.)
        Major General William Moore, USA, (Ret.)
        Major General Burton R. Moore, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral James A. Morgart, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Stanton R. Musser, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral John T. Natter, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Robert George Nester, USAF, (Ret.)
        Major General George W. Norwood, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Robert C. Olson, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Raymund E. O’Mara, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Robert S. Owens, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral John F. Paddock, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Robert W. Paret, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Robert O. Passmore, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Earl G. Peck, USAF, (Ret.)
        Major General Richard E. Perraut Jr., USAF, (Ret.)
        Major General Gerald F. Perryman, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral W.W. Pickavance, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral John J. Prendergast, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Fenton F. Priest, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General David C. Ralston, USA, (Ret.)
        Major General Bentley B. Rayburn, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Harold Rich, USN , (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Roland Rieve, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Tommy F. Rinard, USN , (Ret.)
        Major General Richard H. Roellig, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Michael S. Roesner, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral William J. Ryan, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Loran C. Schnaidt, USAF, (Ret.)
        Major General Carl Schneider, USAF , (Ret.)
        Major General John P. Schoeppner, Jr., USAF, (Ret.)
        Major General Edison E. Scholes, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Robert H. Schumaker, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral William S. Schwob, USCG, (Ret.)
        Major General David J. Scott, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Hugh P. Scott, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Richard Secord, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral William H. Shawcross, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Joseph K. Simeone, USAF and ANG , (Ret.)
        Major General Darwin Simpson, ANG , (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Greg Slavonic, USN , (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral David Oliver “D.O.” Smart, USNR, (Ret.)
        Major General Richard D. Smith, USAF, (Ret.)
        Major General Donald Bruce Smith, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Paul O. Soderberg, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Robert H. “Bob” Spiro, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Henry B. Stelling, Jr., USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Daniel H. Stone, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General William A. Studer, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Hamlin Tallent, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Hugh Banks Tant III, USA, (Ret.)
        Major General Larry S. Taylor, USMC, (Ret.)
        Major General J.B. Taylor, USA, (Ret.)
        Major General Thomas R. Tempel, USA , (Ret.)
        Major General Richard L. Testa, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Jere Thompson, USN (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Byron E. Tobin, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General Larry Twitchell, USAF, (Ret.)
        Major General Russell L. Violett, USAF, (Ret.)
        Major General David E.B. “DEB” Ward, USAF, (Ret.)
        Major General Charles J. Wax, USAF, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Donald Weatherson, USN, (Ret.)
        Major General John Welde, USAF, (Ret.)
        Major General Gary Whipple, USA , (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral James B. Whittaker, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Charles Williams, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral H. Denny Wisely, USN, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral Theodore J. Wojnar, USCG, (Ret.)
        Rear Admiral George K. Worthington, USN, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General Arthur Abercrombie, USA, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General John R. Allen, USAF, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General Loring R. Astorino, USAF, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General Richard Averitt, USA, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General Garry S. Bahling, USANG, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General Donald E. Barnhart, USAF, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General Charles L. Bishop, USAF, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General Clayton Bridges, USAF, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General Jeremiah J. Brophy, USA, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General R. Thomas Browning, USAF, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General David A. Brubaker, USAF, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General Chalmers R. Carr, USAF, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General Fred F. Caste, USAFR, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General Robert V. Clements, USAF, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General Christopher T Cline, USA, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General George Peyton Cole, Jr., USAF, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General Richard A. Coleman, USAF, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General Mike Cushman, USAF, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General Peter Dawkins, USA, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General Sam. G. DeGeneres, USAF, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General George Demers, USAF, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General Howard G. DeWolf, USAF, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General Arthur F. Diehl, USAF, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General David Bob Edmonds, USAF, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General Anthony Farrington, USAF, (Ret.)
        Brigadier General Norm Gaddis, USAF, (Ret.)

Comments

Presidential Endorsements… — 33 Comments

  1. I see they left your name and mine off . . . . if I didn’t have such a huge frickin’ ego, I’d be suffering from “rank envy”!!! Just sayin’ . . . .

  2. Bob- 🙂 That was kinda my point…

    eia- Yeah,good point!

    Agirl- 🙂 AND a lot of us ‘other ranks’!!!

  3. Wow, Obama found all of those (political whores) retired flags to endorse him! I find that shocking.

  4. Really puts things in perspective. But…

    Endorsements are one thing. Votes are another. I wonder how many military absentee ballots were cast, and how many will actually get counted.

    Not that I’m cynical or anything…

  5. It looks like all the retired brass like Romney, they don’t have to suck up to him.

  6. I think BHO also got endorsements from Putin, Chavez and Ahmadinejad.

    Gerry

  7. And the ones on the Obama list…what they do in the voting booth may be different than answering to the CIC. Did you see where Barry said the military agrees with his cuts? That’s the ones in his column. Not the real military.

  8. I haven’t seen that many stars since my last visit to a planetarium. But it’s reassuring to note that most still have their heads on straight.

  9. I also suspect that if you gathered a list of retired senior NCOs (Master Chiefs, Chief Master Sergeants, Command Sergeant Majors), you’d see a very similar list.

    Those who achieve through merit and hard work respect men like Romney. Those who rose via government mandated programs, like Federal General Powell support more of the same ilk.

    Biggest mistake George W Bush made was in giving Powell the SOS job and thus a national platform.

    –AOA

  10. Are the Obama supporters retired? I noticed that you didn’t say so for them, but did for the Romney supporters. I seem to remember it was very bad juju to publicly endorse elected officials while still active.

  11. WSF- Ya think??? 🙂

    DT- Oh yeah… THAT will be thrown out there!

    Carteach- Point!

    LL- Concur… but they’re ALL dems…

    Alan- Just a ‘bit’…

    Tim- I’m wondering the same thing!

    Duke- True!!!

    Gerry- Snort… Yeah 🙁

    ADM- True!

    CP- yep…

    Rev- Concur!

    AOA- My ‘sense’ is the “Other Ranks” feel the same way, if not more strongly!!!

    Don- ALL are retired… You are correct, no support if AD.

  12. So ADM Nathan’s the one in charge of showing Soviet ships at the DNC? Actually pretty good Feudian slip…
    I’d expect Weasely Clark to “stay bought” even in “the voting booth”. He knows he’d be working as Jack O’ The Dust if it weren’t for Dhimmicrats.

  13. All this tells me is that if the Commies ever win, they’ll need a hell of a big Gulag.

    But the main question I have is, how many of the ACTIVE Brass will just sit and “Follow Orders?”

  14. BoatGuy- Yep…

    Les- That they will, if they don’t want to be ‘retired’…

    gunsmoke- You’re welcome

    PH- Ain’t it though…

    Rick- yes it does!!!

  15. Okak. Now I really feel old. Bumping into names of Generals on that list that I knew back when…

  16. Holy crap!!! Can I say I’m loving me some general officers today? Usually I only want to strangle them!

  17. Wow, that IS quite a list! And while I agree with all, +1 to Les’ comment about the gulag.

  18. Six- Interesting isn’t it… And notice the originator of the article? ARMY Times…

    Joey- Yep!