Are they doing special favors for this guy? He hasn’t had any relevancy in two decades.

he represents a "constituency" of MAGats, but in his case, the GenX ones (the oldest now becoming the "new seniors" ).

Wangotngoboy, is he dead yet?

Hopefully he is incapacitated if he is still wasting air.

I remember when he got COVID and whined about it on live-stream videos.

But then I know a bunch of progressive talk hosts also had count-downs each day for when he would be "dead or in jail" per his promise. Alas.

it's NOT like they can do any better, ya know?

Republicans are vile … stupid and childish

I won’t forget Baby Bush’s joyride that sank the Ehime Maru

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehime_Maru_and_USS_Greeneville_collision

On 9 February 2001, about nine nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) south of Oahu, Hawaii, in the Pacific Ocean, the United States Navy (USN) Los Angeles-class submarine USS Greeneville collided with the Japanese fishery high-school training ship Ehime Maru (えひめ丸 from Ehime Prefecture. In a demonstration for some VIP civilian visitors, Greeneville performed an emergency ballast blow surfacing maneuver. As the submarine shot to the surface, she struck Ehime Maru. Within ten minutes of the collision, Ehime Maru sank. Nine of the thirty-five people aboard were killed: four high school students, two teachers, and three crew members.

Kid Rock sucks, but find a better outrage.

Remember that phrase from somewhere?

ETA - jet fuel is scarce and at a premium due to the Iran war so right there you have unnecessary waste of resources. If he wants to do USO stuff, then he needs to go that route to "visit troops" and "perform" (or whatever the hell he thinks he is doing).

Hopefully the jet fuel supply is sufficient to prevent grounding the fleet. Most back seaters are there for little more than flight balance unless they are going to a live fire range. And recruiters like having famous people in photos with their hardware, and the publicity in general. There is ample precedent for this sort of activity, even for a jerk like Kid Rock. Of the two, Hegseth's joyride is harder to justify, lol.

There are multiple "active" (with live fire) military engagements underway, not just in the ME but in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, and after blowing their wad in a useless "show of bragging" in Iran, their stocks are low.

There might be "precedent" during "peace time" but we're not IN "peace time".

Send his ass on a USO tour (which is privately funded) and leave what we have left alone.

I had a coworker who was a Lt. Colonel and Reservist in the army who did her once a months, and once a year "summer camp" and she would complain that they never had enough ammunition to even train with.

Right now, you have troops in carrier groups out on the seas of the ME who have posted pics of their sparse meals. I.e., they apparently don't have enough rations to feed sailors on those 4000-person aircraft carriers and have halted package deliveries to them that are trying to supplement what little they have. THOSE pics become the NEGATIVE P.R. for any recruiting efforts.

And THAT is the kind of dysfunction that is going on in "real life".

thank you

. . . but it's behind a subscriber paywall.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/28/politics/hegseth-kid-rock-army-apache-helicopter-ride

I did!

I wanted to be an M1 Abrams tanker more than anything else in the world. So I enlisted. Age 17. Did three years reserve and four years active. Got my wish, but I did the work and paid my dues. New rule: you want a "joyride" on a military vehicle, you get to do the hours of maintenance required before and after your fun.

I was enlisted, but couldn't get a "joyride" on a fighter jet

“Why is Pete Hegseth spending your taxpayer dollars to give Kid Rock ‘joy rides’ on Apache helicopters?” one Democratic lawmaker asked.

Hegseth faces pushback after giving Kid Rock ‘joy rides’ on Apache helicopters
“Why is Pete Hegseth spending your taxpayer dollars to give Kid Rock ‘joy rides’ on Apache helicopters?” one Democratic lawmaker asked.
MS NOW: apple.news/A_zXw-8mITPq...
😡unbelievable, two drunks playing military guys

— CVJ (@enuffsaysv.bsky.social) 2026-04-28T21:23:22.643Z