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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI think this parade things is a way to bait democrats
He will say that we hate vets, hate the military and are soft on terrorists because of our lack of support for this stupid charade. He will use it, he i already planning it out.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)I meant uniform.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)One of my 2 Senators.
MurrayDelph
(5,301 posts)from "Sheriff" David Clarke.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Does it come in white? White is Trump's favorite color.
The Blue Flower
(5,444 posts)I wish we could stop analyzing every turd the shitgibbon flings at us. What matters is why it is doing that.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)put a fire under the idea of a military parade..it was ..well, blazing..an earlier DU thread....
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)a uniform or service.
Just like Hannity, Limbaugh, McConnell, Ryan, Nunes and the rest, military service is NEVER in the offing ...Now usually I google someone before I declare them chickenhawks, but I didnt this time and I am willing to bet NONE of these I mentioned served.
EarlG
(21,966 posts)Just remember: this isn't a parade to honor the military. It's a military parade to honor Trump. Trump wants to waste taxpayer dollars on a military parade to honor himself.
bluestarone
(17,030 posts)100% agree
writerJT
(190 posts)nuance. It also assumes they give a shit about intellectual honesty.
Im with you, dont get me wrong. I just have zero faith that anyone even slightly leaning in favor of Trump will care about facts.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)100 year anniversary of WWI
And 3 days after the midterms
It's a complete set up
Voltaire2
(13,155 posts)When they do something as nakedly stupid as this, we need to stop worrying about appearances and loudly proclaim the obvious: this is some massively stupid clown shit.
Initech
(100,102 posts)We have much more important things to focus on than his stupid parade, like winning elections!
C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)But his tactic is so transparent, gimmicky and hamfisted.
It's blowing back all over himself. USA USA USA.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Force him to explain why over and over. Let vets like Duckworth take the lead in criticizing him, Senator Duckworth has done an amazing job so far.
bigtree
(86,005 posts)...or set the terms for me.
I also don't think there's ANYTHING Democrats can do to avoid their bull.
Most Americans know the difference between patriotism and a communist-style military parade.
Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)Imagine 40-50 anarchists attacking the parade? He would use it for more division. The whole thing is meant to be a trap.
Paladin
(28,272 posts)I don't think he has that much capacity for strategic political strategy. He's essentially a spoiled 7 year-old boy, and he just wants to see a bunch of soldiers and military hardware parade past him and salute.
I also think that the peeps around him really hate him, or they would show him photos of W's 'Mission Accomplished' - and then snippets of all of the mocking that followed that single moment - mocking that went on for years.
Iggo
(47,565 posts)spanone
(135,873 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)But instead of taking a tack that looks like Democrats hate the military or something, we can put this all on President Trump and denounce him as a banana republic dictator wannabe. We don't have to engage the parade or the military or anything else Trump wants to make the nontroversy about; we can set our own terms for decrying a spectacularly bad idea.
Most of the popular media actually seem to be on our side on this one.
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)NT
Freelancer
(2,107 posts)Freelancer
(2,107 posts)Tarc
(10,476 posts)in that exact amount for VA benefits, job training and tuition waivers for those coming out of the military, and so on. Put it side by side and make the case to the public "do we spend this on a one day parade, or years worth of tangible benefit to veterans?"
Thedemby
(49 posts)A few hundred thousand of us loyal American patriots could go down and watch the parade. We could maybe join our military neighbors and brethren, show our gratitude to them by marching with them. Then we too could salute the president as we go by.
It would be grand!
Freethinker65
(10,048 posts)We can show our support to those that have previously fought, died, and that are currently enlisted without partaking in Trump's propaganda ego-boosting dick-measuring parade. Attend your local hometown Memorial parade.
We just need to show up and be easily recognized as a somewhat cohesive group supporting the troops (something like the pink hat marchers, easy to recognize). The Democratic Party fights for the troops healthcare, education, housing assistance, military pay, consumer protection, etc. The GOP fights for the $$$$ for the weapons and MIC. The GOP believes like Rumsfeld, that people/troops are merely "fungible".
Thedemby
(49 posts)I want to go to the d.c. parade and salute prez my own special way though.
GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)on our lame ass media.
lastlib
(23,286 posts)This guy stopped one:
June 5, 1989. Unidentified man stops a column of Chinese Army tanks after a massive protest was violently crushed in Tienanmen Square, Beijing.
BlueDog22
(366 posts)That would make him capable of thought.