Isn't it about time that Bill Clinton gets a ship named after him?

[cynatnite]

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	Absolutely! H.W. Bush has a carrier named after him.
	6 (60%)
	Not enough time has passed.
	1 (10%)
	Getting a bj disqualifies him.
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	He just doesn't deserve it.
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	He's not dead.
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[jmowreader]

1. Isn't it about time we quit naming ships for live people?

But when the time comes to name a ship for Bill Clinton, I'd like it to be a Lewis and Clark class supply ship--something that is usable in both war and peace, just like Clinton was.

[MADem]

12. It's the new fashion--they're not gonna stop doing it.

Jimmy Carter has a sub named after him, and they are going to name a vessel after Gabby Giffords as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Jimmy_Carter_(SSN-23)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Gabrielle_Giffords_(LCS-10)

[jmowreader]

25. You know about the other two...

USS Ronald Reagan, an aircraft carrier (CVN-76)

USS George H.W. Bush, another aircraft carrier (CVN-77)

And if you've been here long enough, you might remember my post on the USS George W. Bush. In it, the Navy decided to rechristen an existing ship for Shrub because they could not afford to build a new one. They asked the fleet to choose a ship, and a sailor suggested rechristening the USS Oriskany to honor Dubya. The Oriskany had been scuttled for use as an artificial reef three years before I wrote the post, and the sailor knew that.

[SoutherDem]

2. Yes it i time

but, I thought we didn't name them after living persons so that if they are sunk you save the embarrassment.

[Xipe Totec]

3. The USS Clenis?

The (cough) HEADlines write themselves...

That's a good enough reason...

[cherokeeprogressive]

15. God forbid it should ever sink... the headline would be 6,000 Sailors AND Monica go down

on the Clenis.

[Xipe Totec]

28. 6,000 Seamen.. nt

[pinboy3niner]

29. LOL!

[Spider Jerusalem]

4. I think that naming things after living people is kind of creepy and strange really.

Even the Royal Navy doesn't name ships after a reigning monarch (one of the aircraft carriers currently under construction will be HMS Queen Elizabeth, but she's named after Elizabeth I).

[MADem]

13. Cunard Lines, though, used to have a QE2!

Nice vessel--I did a crossing in her once!

[TheMightyFavog]

19. I always liked Royal Navy Ship names...

Illustrious, Invincible, Warspite, Revenge, Repulse, Valiant, Deradnought, Trafalgar, Conqueror. Names that carry a certain gravitas. names that make you think "These are not ships I want to ever fuck with."

[unkachuck]

5. we could indirectly honor Bill....

....by naming a ship, the USS Triangulator.

[bluestateguy]

6. I'd replace the USS John Stennis as the USS Bill Clinton

No more naming things after segregationist senators.

[moriah]

17. +1

Just rename old ships, no need for new ones.

[stevedeshazer]

7. No.

He should have a hot-air balloon loaded with U.S. jobs headed off shore named after him.

[NYC Liberal]

8. If the Republicans insist on naming everything after Reagan, I say

we should start naming more things after Dems and liberals.

Bring on the USS Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter National Airport, and whatever else you can think of.

[Erose999]

33. Jimmy Carter already has a nuclear sub named after him. He's the only president to have serverved on

a submarine.

[NYC Liberal]

34. Yup, and he deserves it too.

Like you said, he actually served on a sub.

[cherokeeprogressive]

9. $4 billion for another aircraft carrier? Sure! Why the FUCK not? Make ya feel better?

So you're all about wasting tax dollars because you want a warship named after a guy who put cigars into a young lady's vagina in the Oval Office?

Fuck yeah... I'm all OVER that! THEY do it, right? Only fair that WE do it too!

And on the day I was born... someone owned property that should have been OURS, ALL of ours... Just think about that.

[nevergiveup]

10. Nothing against naming a ship after Clinton but

personally I think ships should be named after fish. The USS Walleye has a nice sound to it.

[TheMightyFavog]

18. Didn't submarines used to be named after fish?

Parche, Skipjack, Cobia, etc...

[rppper]

20. The SSN637 class....

Commonly called the "sturgeon" class, was the last Group Of subs to be named after fish, although 3 were named for people. They were built in the mid 60's thru the mid 70's. The 688's(Los Angeles class) and the Ohio class adopted the cities and states monikers(the missile subs are named for states)from WWII cruisers and battleships...cruisers and destroyers are now named for battles and people, like carriers in WWII used to Be named after....it's very confusing....I served on the USS Woodrow Wilson, a converted missile sub....SSBN 624 to SSN 624....we lovingly called her the "woodfish" because of the SSN tab....

[pa28]

11. Ooops.

I scanned the thread and somebody else beat me to the joke.

[GeorgeGist]

14. Ship of Fools?

[moriah]

16. Submarine maybe?

I'm still more of the opinion that we really are doing okay with most of the vessels we have and don't have to build more just yet.

[WI_DEM]

21. I'd rather have a $4 billion jobs program named after me than a $4 billion (or whatever) ship.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

22. It wouild have to be a ship that never turns left and is crewed by interns.

[MadHound]

23. What sort of ship?

A cargo ship that carries our jobs to Asia, and ships back shitty goods for the return trip would be highly appropriate in my opinion.

[Beacool]

24. Why not?

Bill deserves it far more than Bush.

Although, he and Hillary now have an airport named after them. The airport in Little Rock, AR was renamed the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (soon to be international). That's the only airport named for a woman (other than a small regional airport in KS named for Amelia Earhart).

[Bombero1956]

26. USS Big Dog

all woman crew?

[zappaman]

27. "The U.S.S. Wet Cigar" has a nice ring to it... n/t

[hedgehog]

30. The Love Boat?

[jpljr77]

31. H.W. Bush is a pretty special case.

Maybe he would have already had some other ship in the Navy fleet named for him, but I have no doubt that his role as a Naval aviator in WWII directly impacted the decision to give him the highest-profile namesake.

He was in the Navy for basically the entire war and fairly highly decorated. So I'm not sure using him as a precedent for Clinton in this matter is very fair.

[IDemo]

32. The Lollipop n/t

[ibegurpard]

35. Anything if he promises to keep his mouth shut between now and November

surrogates who give ammo to their opponents are not helpful.
Especially those whose policies helped get us into the messes we are currently dealing with (telecomm dereg anyone?)

[Fire Walk With Me]

36. NAFTA Glass-Steagall is a little long.