Meet the US Army's 1st 4 star Female General

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by pbear19

I'm surprised no one has mentioned (or did I miss it?) that PhiGam's basic premise is ridiculous in and of itself, regardless of whether it is demeaning or not. To be effective, a political ploy needs to make people more likely to vote for a certain candidate. Does anyone honestly think there are women out there who will decide to vote for McCain simply because the Army decided to promote a deserving woman to 4 star General? None of the women I know are quite that fickle, nor are they quite that illogical as to surmise that A has anything to do with B. If this is a political move intended to benefit McCain, the PR person in charge of it needs to be fired asap.

I didn't miss it...that is what I was trying (and obviously failed) to point out....pbear...thank you for catching that also...

PG....get a clue.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

Nobody else thinks that this might have happened because the military wants to appear like they aren't sexist? (even though they are)
I think it may be an attempt to bring woman voters into the McCain camp following the defeat of Hillary.

Oh...this makes more sense than your first attempt. LOL.

The military has been doing the nonsexist (and nonracist) PR thing for years. It isn't safe to assume that this is about that, though. It also isn't safe to assume that the military has pledged allegiance to McCain's campaign. Not impossible but conspiracy theories like that are impossible to prove.

And we all know that the military culture is the way it is regardless of anything else. So opinions shouldn't change because of the existence of this female general.

Congrats to her.