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This was written by a disabled Veteran... (Original Post) babylonsister Oct 2016 OP
Trump says General Patton was one of his favorite generals Shankapotomus Oct 2016 #1
Trump is a weasle Doreen Oct 2016 #2
I agree but a few small points... debsy Oct 2016 #7
This is what Trump sounds like when he is trying to empathize major debacle Oct 2016 #3
One must remember and fully respect Island Deac Oct 2016 #4
"I feel like a great and very brave soldier" Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #5
I wonder if the names Donald Trump, Dick Cheney, Rudy Giuliani... Purrfessor Oct 2016 #6
why are you shaming the women? niyad Oct 2016 #9
Women with NO MORALS? MoonRiver Oct 2016 #19
Someone who has never been in combat PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2016 #8
combat?? the man never served, period. draft-dodger, remember? niyad Oct 2016 #10
I know. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2016 #16
you are correct, I do understand. and drumpfy not only cannot/will not understand, he niyad Oct 2016 #20
What I don't understand is how ANYONE who served in the Military... Raster Oct 2016 #11
Because the vast majority of my peers are morons. VulgarPoet Oct 2016 #17
I wish I understood that, as well. I remember the screaming because pres clinton had never niyad Oct 2016 #22
k and r..thanks for posting. Stuart G Oct 2016 #12
How much more disgusting does this man have to be? mcar Oct 2016 #13
Unfit to be president. ffr Oct 2016 #14
Wow! n/t ScienceIsGood Oct 2016 #15
Trashpot's many meanings Cakes488 Oct 2016 #18
"trashpot"--like that. welcome to du. niyad Oct 2016 #21
I mix it up between Trashpot, Trashbag and Trashheap....must recycle and keep the trash fresh lol Cakes488 Oct 2016 #23

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)
1. Trump says General Patton was one of his favorite generals
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 05:15 PM
Oct 2016

But Patton at least had served before he slapped two soldiers in the face. And Patton was disciplined for that and rightly so.

How should people judge a lifetime civilian vying for the presidency when he metaphorically slaps every vet with PTSD in the face?

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
2. Trump is a weasle
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 05:25 PM
Oct 2016

This man served his country to protect us and Trump and the one who refuses to pay him with taxes like everybody else is the one claiming he is not strong. If you served for peoples rights our taxes are what paid you and Trump says he is smart not to pay you for your service which most likely meant risking your life. If a fire started at Trumps home and he is unwilling to pay the fire personnel do they have to put out the fire?

debsy

(530 posts)
7. I agree but a few small points...
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 07:19 PM
Oct 2016

Tax payers are still paying for veterans who have returned from wars (WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Panama, etc...) in the form of pensions, disability, and medical care for life (TriCare). Also, Donald Drumpf is receiving the free, "socialist" services that we taxpayers also pay in the form of fire and police protection. He gets to keep all the money that he steals off the backs of less fortunate individuals (i.e. those who were born into the lower "classes" and not given a fortune to play with) and receives all the services for absolutely nothing. Many of the power elite (which includes Donald Drumpf, BTW) do the same thing: they hire the best accountants to wind their way through all the tax loopholes that were created by the power elite to begin with. This right here should be the beginning of the revolution of we, the people, against the rich and powerful. If we boycott goods and services of companies that do not pay any taxes, who knows what kind of impact we could have?? I imagine it would be quite large, since we 5% of the global population consume 25% of everything.

Island Deac

(104 posts)
4. One must remember and fully respect
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 06:23 PM
Oct 2016

that this clown has a Purple Heart and his Vietnam was working his way through women with no morals bedrooms in New York in the Eighties and not contracting a STD.

Purrfessor

(1,188 posts)
6. I wonder if the names Donald Trump, Dick Cheney, Rudy Giuliani...
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 06:54 PM
Oct 2016

Mitt Romney, Ted Nugent and Newt Gingrich appear on the "Personal Vietnam Wall."

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
19. Women with NO MORALS?
Tue Oct 4, 2016, 11:35 AM
Oct 2016

And what kind of morals do you think Deplorable had/has? Please delete your sexist post.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,861 posts)
16. I know.
Tue Oct 4, 2016, 12:54 AM
Oct 2016

I'm attempting to address the underlying issue about understanding serving in combat. Trump, despite his pitiful, bullshit attempts at connecting worrying about STDs to serving in combat, deserves to be totally treated with contempt.

And I'm also trying to say that those of us who never served, can't even begin to understand what it was like. Okay, so I can try to understand, but it's a bit like men trying to understand the experience of childbirth. Have you seen those videos where they hook men up to something that gives them something like the physical experience of labor? And how almost immediately they are screaming and begging to be set free? Similarly, those of us who were never in combat can only say, "We know it was tough" and we can try to understand, but in the end, we weren't there.

Of course, I rather expect that you fully understand what I said above. The Donald hasn't a clue. Never had, never will.

niyad

(113,323 posts)
20. you are correct, I do understand. and drumpfy not only cannot/will not understand, he
Wed Oct 5, 2016, 11:07 AM
Oct 2016

sees no reason to even bother.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
11. What I don't understand is how ANYONE who served in the Military...
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 07:48 PM
Oct 2016

...would consider voting for such a slimeball. How could ANYONE consider tRump qualified to be Commander-in-Chief, and ESPECIALLY former and current members of the U.S. Military?

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)
17. Because the vast majority of my peers are morons.
Tue Oct 4, 2016, 08:11 AM
Oct 2016

I'm not kidding here-- this place is high school with rifles and uniforms. These people are either morons, hateful morons, or people who believe that another ground war will tickle the rectum of our economy.

niyad

(113,323 posts)
22. I wish I understood that, as well. I remember the screaming because pres clinton had never
Wed Oct 5, 2016, 11:12 AM
Oct 2016

served. same with pres obama. yet, these same yahoos would, apparently, follow drumpfy into hell.

 

Cakes488

(874 posts)
18. Trashpot's many meanings
Tue Oct 4, 2016, 08:42 AM
Oct 2016

Oh he's taken out of context....he meant this...he didn't mean that. We should not need surrogate translators every time this skank speaks. SILENCE THE SKANK!!!

 

Cakes488

(874 posts)
23. I mix it up between Trashpot, Trashbag and Trashheap....must recycle and keep the trash fresh lol
Wed Oct 5, 2016, 11:20 AM
Oct 2016

liberal site or a republican..everybody knows exactly who I'm referring to.

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