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rsexaminer

(321 posts) Fri Aug 28, 2015, 06:32 PM Aug 2015

Obama orders pay raise for the military, Republicans remain silent

President Obama has ordered an across the board pay raise for military members, and Republicans have yet to comment.

http://www.examiner.com/article/republicans-silent-as-obama-orders-pay-raise-for-the-military

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Obama orders pay raise for the military, Republicans remain silent (Original Post) rsexaminer Aug 2015 OP

Of course they won't say anything nice Ilsa Aug 2015 #1

To be fair, republicans hate soldiers and sailors. Like they hate teachers. randys1 Aug 2015 #2

Just sent this to my goofy R sister Go Vols Aug 2015 #3

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)

1. Of course they won't say anything nice

Reply to rsexaminer (Original post)

Fri Aug 28, 2015, 06:34 PM

Aug 2015

about that president. They'd rather chew their own tongues than say anything decent or draw attention to it.

randys1

(16,286 posts)

2. To be fair, republicans hate soldiers and sailors. Like they hate teachers.

Reply to Ilsa (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 28, 2015, 06:36 PM

Aug 2015

THey must hate soldiers and sailors or they would not blindly send them to Iraq to die for a lie.

And continue to defend that even now when the lie is proven completely.

So they MUST hate them.

Otherwise

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Go Vols

(5,902 posts)

3. Just sent this to my goofy R sister

Reply to rsexaminer (Original post)

Fri Aug 28, 2015, 06:53 PM

Aug 2015

that has a son in the Air Force.

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