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RandySF

(58,786 posts)
Wed Mar 8, 2023, 12:45 AM Mar 2023

Navy document debunks DeSantis' "Top Gun" image.


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@TommasinaResist FOIA request by @JimLaPorta produces this Navy document showing DeSantis was an assistant urinalysis coordinator in the Navy. Not a fighter pilot, as he claimed.

An ASSISTANT coordinator. Not even the top urine analyzer.

Yes indeed.
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Navy document debunks DeSantis' "Top Gun" image. (Original Post) RandySF Mar 2023 OP
I don't think he ever claimed to be a fighter pilot; he was a JAG Ocelot II Mar 2023 #1
Omg! SheltieLover Mar 2023 #16
Or a urinanalyst for that matter... Takket Mar 2023 #21
"assistant urinalysis coordinator" --He handed out the little jars and watched to make sure panader0 Mar 2023 #27
Absolutely, Ocelot. A "general attorney," AND now proven to be Hortensis Mar 2023 #32
A coordinator, isn't that somerthing like a community organizer? TheBlackAdder Mar 2023 #38
can these assholes ever NOT lie? bahboo Mar 2023 #2
No. Vdizzle Mar 2023 #11
+1 n/t area51 Mar 2023 #28
I wonder if he was trying to inspect genitalia back then Skittles Mar 2023 #3
Probably volunteered to hold the penises of the sailors so they wouldn't miss the cup. TheBlackAdder Mar 2023 #39
Aint that a pisser. lpbk2713 Mar 2023 #4
So, if DeSantis ever says he enjoys Watersports, we now know what he means by it. TheBlackAdder Mar 2023 #40
K & Big R#5! UTUSN Mar 2023 #5
Bwah! deSantos.. no wonder Cha Mar 2023 #6
Further explanation for the white boots. Can't be too careful in that job. littlemissmartypants Mar 2023 #7
This job may well explain the white boots LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2023 #29
So he was a piss tester? calimary Mar 2023 #8
You win! Bluesaph Mar 2023 #10
DUzy malaise Mar 2023 #20
AUC!!! KPN Mar 2023 #9
Please, please NJCher Mar 2023 #13
"Highway to the Urinal" rubbersole Mar 2023 #12
"Your majesty! You look like the Piss Boy!!" Grokenstein Mar 2023 #14
Oh piss boy! icymist Mar 2023 #15
He's a qpuke, lips moving, it's a lie. SheltieLover Mar 2023 #17
Oh Ron.... North Shore Chicago Mar 2023 #18
Weak Stream DeSantis PuraVidaDreamin Mar 2023 #19
He should team up with George Santos. Emile Mar 2023 #22
Has he ever claimed to have been a fighter pilot? Kaleva Mar 2023 #23
He did a commercial for his re-election:Helmet on heading to jet. You draw the obvious conclusion scarletlib Mar 2023 #24
+1. At least George W Bush was a real pilot dalton99a Mar 2023 #30
Pffft... RobinA Mar 2023 #37
That's like saying many people thought Dukakis claimed to be a tank commander Kaleva Mar 2023 #33
Dukakis payed a Yuge price for that. So, let DeSanPiss pay as well lame54 Mar 2023 #47
Do you think that the price Dukakis paid was fair? Kaleva Mar 2023 #48
Ron DeSantis, fearless U.S. Navy assistant urinalysis coordinator dalton99a Mar 2023 #25
Was the "Facilities Coordinator"... Sancho Mar 2023 #42
TFG is searching for a nickname for DeathSantis LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2023 #26
A countdown has started. LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2023 #34
LOL - that must be one step up from turd counter. Vinca Mar 2023 #31
So, Trump loves golden showers, and Ron De Santis tests urine. Baitball Blogger Mar 2023 #35
Trump ought to go with l'il P. boston bean Mar 2023 #36
Former Guantnamo detainee alleges DeSantis tortured him, others during hunger strike WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2023 #41
Why am I not surprised? !!! Everything is a SHAM with these people! liberalla Mar 2023 #43
Maybe his idea of a "top gun" is he keeps wrapped in underwear calimary Mar 2023 #44
Typical Navy officer collateral duty hack89 Mar 2023 #45
Make sure the Top is on Gun lame54 Mar 2023 #46

Ocelot II

(115,681 posts)
1. I don't think he ever claimed to be a fighter pilot; he was a JAG
Wed Mar 8, 2023, 12:52 AM
Mar 2023

and he had direct contact with detainees at Guantanamo. There are reports that he personally supervised torture of the detainees there, which if true is a whole lot worse than claiming to be a fighter pilot. https://www.floridabulldog.org/2023/01/ron-desantis-accused-torture-at-guantanamo-when-he-was-navy-jag/

panader0

(25,816 posts)
27. "assistant urinalysis coordinator" --He handed out the little jars and watched to make sure
Wed Mar 8, 2023, 08:34 AM
Mar 2023

the pee-ers didn't cheat.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
32. Absolutely, Ocelot. A "general attorney," AND now proven to be
Wed Mar 8, 2023, 08:46 AM
Mar 2023

a person who shouldn't be trusted with authority over anyone, much less prisoners at Guantanamo.

AND we now know he was also an assistant urinalysis coordinator.

NJCher

(35,660 posts)
13. Please, please
Wed Mar 8, 2023, 02:46 AM
Mar 2023

Some reporter, ask him about this at a press conference.

Could even have some fun with it by asking, “in your analysis, sir….”

Kaleva

(36,294 posts)
33. That's like saying many people thought Dukakis claimed to be a tank commander
Wed Mar 8, 2023, 08:53 AM
Mar 2023

Because that campaign ad inferred that he was was.

Confirmation bias just doesn't affect Fox viewers and this is an example

hack89

(39,171 posts)
45. Typical Navy officer collateral duty
Wed Mar 8, 2023, 06:32 PM
Mar 2023

When I was on active duty, that was one of my collateral duties. By regulation it had to be an officer or senior petty officer.

Not a big deal.

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