does donald trump even know what purple hearts are awarded FOR?

[mopinko]

i can see someone wishing they could earn a silver star. but a purple heart?
he doesnt even know.

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. And shooting his mouth off doesn't count. n/t

[3catwoman3]

6. If it did, he surely...

...would qualify.

[liberal N proud]

2. He just likes the color purple

[MineralMan]

3. It may be impossible to know exactly what

Trump doesn't know. There may be too much he doesn't know for the human imagination to comprehend.

[mopinko]

11. agreed. unfathomable.

[tonyt53]

4. When the asshole stated that he had made sacrifices too, he removed any doubt of how ignorant he is.

Nope, has has no idea what it is for. To him it is just a medal. I cannot begin to comprehend what my dad went through to receive two of them. He never spoke about it.

[mopinko]

12. it's a pity that he doesnt have to get wounded now that he

"has been given" a purple heart.
i would be satisfied w a serious case of red-ass at this point.

[pinboy3niner]

5. I NEVER wanted to get hit in Vietnam to get a Purple Heart

But as it turned out, I nearly died to merit the award. Bad for me, and also for my mom and brothers who got the telegram from the Army...

[pinboy3niner]

8. Forgot to mention that my Purple Heart injuries led to 18 months hospitalization

My floor in the hospital was half facial casualties and half amputees.

[lonestarnot]

9. K & R Pinnerboy!

I am sorry that happened to you.

[pinboy3niner]

10. I'm still here with my sense of humor intact

Perhaps even improved with a greater sense of irony. Don't be sorry for me now, think of those currenty in harm's way.

[lonestarnot]

34. I do. Every day! Sense of humor all that matters, that and keep step'n.

[mopinko]

13. glad you made it through.

yeah, it is a medal nobody wants.

[pinboy3niner]

16. Thanks. I just heard Tamron Hall say on MSNBC that when you get hit it's not a good day.

I'd call that an understatement.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. Wow...that is very heavy ! Guess you didn't have bone spurs to get you

out of service like Trump. Did you get drafted?

[pinboy3niner]

18. I was a draftee, but I volunteered for that

I called up my draft board and asked if they could take me, and they were very happy to oblige.

My dad and all my uncles served in WWII. I grew up with the idea that when your country needed you, you stepped up and served. Then JFK told us to "Ask not..."

I chose the draft because I could get out in only 2 years in case I didn't like being in the military.

My draftee service number was US56704333.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

21. Wow - you are brave. Kind of vague memory - the guys I knew in school who would

have done anything not to go - and lots joined the National Guard just in case. But, also remember at that point in time, going was like a death sentence. (1969?) and we all were doing the anti-war candlelight vigils every night.

How did the lottery work - did everyone get a letter? I want to say I remember a specific night when everyone was watching TV and some people were incredibly happy and some incredible unhappy which doesn't make sense if they already knew.

You are a great and admirable person P3N !!!! P.S. My 94 year old dad was in the Navy - So Pacific in WW2 - not knowing any better, I recently bought him a Navy cap - but he refused to wear it because it said "Retired" on it and he wasn't retired. Lots of honor in that generation !!

[pinboy3niner]

24. I wouldn't call it bravery so much as a sense of responsibility

Even at the young age of 18 I felt that when your country goes to war, you serve.

It was only later that I felt lied to and betrayed by my country and turned decidedly antiwar.

And as it turned out, the lottery would have gotten me 2 years later in any case. I finally looked it up and discovered my very low number.

[pinboy3niner]

20. Oh, and in my frame of mind then, at 18, serving meant going all out

I volunteered for Infantry, for Infantry Officer Candidate School, for Vietnam, and for combat assignment. I served as an Infantry rifle platoon leader in the 101st Airborne Division, and my little brother served with me in Vietnam until I got hit.

Why didn't I think of that bone spur dodge?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

22. P.S. I can not think of many things in my life as moving

and utterly and completely overwhelming than standing at the Vietnam Wall and seeing all the 50,000+ names - all my generation - gone.

[MyNameGoesHere]

7. He confuses rewarded with awarded.

He thinks it is a prize.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

15. I think you are right. I could tell from watching he had no clue. I suspect

he thought it was a cool prize for being brave (no blood, wounds, etc involved - and not really his concern anyway).

[mopinko]

26. yeah, ya know john kerry didnt bleed.

rush limpballs told me so.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

30. :)...If I have learned one thing during this election cycle - it's how

effective a "screw you" response to criticism is. So many politicians cower, spend days formulating responses. It all makes them look weak. A little outrage and turn the tables works like a charm. Although with Trump - he's taken it to an absurd nth degree. I know I am the only one here - but wish Hillary would show a little outrage about the personal emails she deleted. "hey, a team of attorneys determined what was personal - I challenge anyone, public figure or private citizen to release all their personal emails. Nope, didn't think so."

[tblue37]

32. This was one of her most effective moments:

Of course, the whole 11 hours were an effective performance!

[mopinko]

33. no shit.

god knows i wouldnt want them out there. i got a divorce recently, and boy howdy there are some hot ones in there.
and my drafts? wooooooah.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

17. OK something just hit me. Since they just this minute replayed this

If the recipient hadn't mentioned it was a copy....Trump wouldn't have even had that (real/fake) idea in his head. No one would have. This PROVES he was purposely lying.

Of course, everyone else probably figured this out hours ago..LOL

[Ptah]

19. Frank Burns particularly coveted the Purple Heart.

Frank Burns particularly coveted the Purple Heart. He first applied for one when he threw out his back in "Sometimes Your Hear the Bullet", but Hawkeye stole it and presented it to the underaged soldier Private Wendell who was being sent home but who badly needed something to impress his girlfriend. in "The Kids", Burns again applied for a Purple Heart on the grounds that his eye was injured by "shell fragments" during an enemy sniper attack. Hawkeye and B.J. was aghast at this, since the injury was caused by egg-shell fragments!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

25. great reference. At first, I thought you were talking about

the vet and the Trump deal - like his name is Frank Burns.

Miss Mash....never re-run on TV ???

[mopinko]

27. endlessly rerun.

not sure about it anymore, tho i recently binge watched it on netflix.
it ran in syndication here for years, every night. had a friend that stopped everything at 6 pm so she could watch.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

28. I'll catch on Netflix. thanks. speaking of old TV - Guess we didn't have the

channel growing up - but never saw Andy Griffith. But stopped in Mt Airy NC on vacation ( "Mayberry&quot . Now I am hooked on all those shows. funny and so wholesome. As far as I know - there's nothing like that on TV anymore.

[mopinko]

29. nope, there is not.

such a different time. sigh.

[Captain_New_York]

23. Not an award to be sought after

One of the moving pictures I saw was last year when my son was in a wedding for a USMA Class of 2011 classmate and every one of the groom's wedding party (with the exception of my son) had a purple heart on their dress blues, they were all around 25 years old. The groom earned his purple heart by protecting his unit from an IED at the cost of losing 1 leg and damaging the other.

[tblue37]

31. Probably not. He doesn't have a clue about how the US government

functions or what the job of president entails--not its responsibilities, not the limitations on the president's powers.

He doesn't understand why we can't just use our nuclear arsenal, asking repeatedly why we build them if we aren't planning to use them: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512339658

He thinks the Purple Heart is just another accolade to hang on his wall, which he has turned into a shrine to all his awards and prizes.