Friday, October 13th, 2006...5:32 pm
Maybe After the Events of the Last Couple of Weeks, You May Want to Take That Down
When I was putting together my last post featuring my response to a complaint posted on Espresso Pundit, I remembered that Al Melvin puts “Captain” on his signs. His website, which prominently features a picture of him in uniform, has a list of veterans who have endorsed him with, you guessed it, rank and branch of service.
I was getting ready to write a post saying “Hey, why aren’t you guys raising a stink about that!” when one particular name caught my eye:
Former Randy Graf campaign manager Steve Aiken.
For those of you who need to be reminded, Aiken had to be removed as campaign manager a few months back when it turned out that he had previously been convicted of sexual impropriety with a teenage girl when he lived in Pennsylvania. This was enough for Graf to cut the ties, but apparently, this isn’t a problem for Capt. Melvin.
With everything that is going on, I think we ought to go back to Mr. Aiken and ask him about this incident again. He still has time to blame Jack Daniels and George Soros.
4 Comments
October 13th, 2006 at 9:54 pm
Ted, if you look real hard you will notice that Al Melvin is wearing a Naval uniform. There are not a lot of Colonels in the Navy. The proper term is Captain Al Melvin.
October 13th, 2006 at 11:58 pm
Actually its not even a Naval uniform. Its a Merchant Marine uniform. Get it right Phx Kid… drastic difference.
October 14th, 2006 at 7:27 am
Still an O6…I don’t know what the heck I was thinking.
It’s fixed.
October 14th, 2006 at 2:33 pm
Anonymous, I had trouble telling from the photo if it was a Naval or Merchant Marine uniform so I asked the Captain in person today.
It is a U.S. Navy Officer’s uniform. Al served in the U.S. Naval Reserves for many years and was wearing his Naval uniform in the photo posted by Tedski.
You might want to check your facts before getting all snarky.
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