{"id":13573,"date":"2009-08-13T12:16:18","date_gmt":"2009-08-13T17:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=13573"},"modified":"2009-08-13T13:52:14","modified_gmt":"2009-08-13T18:52:14","slug":"things-are-getting-interesting-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=13573","title":{"rendered":"Things are Getting Interesting in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest polls <\/a>in the Keystone State are all the news today and it\u2019s all bad for slime ball Arlen Specter.<\/p>\n

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Pennsylvania voters shows 48% would vote for Toomey if the election were held today. Just 36% would vote for Specter while four percent (4%) prefer a third option, and 12% are not sure.
\nThese figures reflect a dramatic reversal since June. At that time, before the public health care debate began, Specter led Toomey by eleven.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The early betting has always pitted turncoat Specter against the conservative Toomey next November. But with Specter tanking this rapidly, perhaps we should look a little closer at Specter\u2019s primary challenger Rep. Joe Sestak.<\/p>\n

Sestak is a Naval Academy graduate who served 31 years in the surface fleet and has two advanced degrees from Harvard. So far so good I guess. But I found several articles referring to his military service and they sometimes called him a retired Vice Admiral (three star) and other times a Rear Admiral (two star).<\/p>\n

Here at TAH we pride ourselves on being as accurate as possible and I wanted to get the Admiral\u2019s rank correct. What I discovered is a very interesting story that will certainly become much bigger news if Sestak manages to upset Specter in the Primary.<\/p>\n

Louis Jacobson <\/a>did a bio of the good admiral for Real Clear Politics in June 2009.<\/p>\n

However, Sestak’s Navy career ended in a less-than-ideal fashion. In July 2005 – within a week of Adm. Michael Mullen’s swearing-in as chief of naval operations – Sestak was dismissed as deputy chief of naval operations due to a “poor command climate,” according to the Navy Times. (Mullen was later named chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, meaning that the two men now periodically face off in Congressional hearing rooms.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For those unfamiliar with how senior officers can get \u201creassigned\u201d, suffice it to say that this is a major bombshell headed for the deck of the USS Sestak!<\/p>\n

You see Sestak was a Vice Admiral and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations but got fired. Realizing his career was over he opted to retire. He retired prior to serving the minimum amount of time at the Vice Admiral rank and so was retired as a Rear Admiral.<\/p>\n

Back to the \u201cpoor command climate\u201d cited reason for being shit canned.<\/p>\n

As a rule being relieved for \u201cpoor command climate\u201d means you are grossly incompetent or a douche bag of biblical proportions. Given his education and experience it is unlikely that competence was the issue and believe me reaching that level of douche-baggery in the Pentagon is no small feat.<\/p>\n

Perhaps his first term in the House of Representatives gives us some insight.<\/p>\n

However, Sestak’s subsequent management of his Congressional office has only solidified the perception that he is a taskmaster with a prickly streak.<\/p>\n

According to Legistorm, a website that tracks Congressional staff salaries, Sestak has run through 61 staffers since he was sworn in. By comparison, three other Pennsylvania Democrats elected to the House in the same year – Reps. Chris Carney, Patrick Murphy and Jason Altmire – got by with just 25, 26 and 28 staffers, respectively, over that same period.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A relief for cause does require a special Officer Evaluation Report which Sestak will of course never release but damn, that would be some good reading.<\/p>\n

If you live in Pennsylvania and Sestak gets by Specter you can look forward to seeing way more about this story in a mailer next summer.<\/p>\n

Interesting times.<\/p>\n

UPDATE!
\n509th points out that CDR Salamander has a ton of good dirt on this particular scumbag.
\nRead it all here:
\nhttp:\/\/cdrsalamander.blogspot.com\/search?q=sestak<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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