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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRemember Florida in 2000 when Repubs were defending late arriving ballots....
.....from U.S. Military overseas? This because "Dubya" did well with the military vote. Won't be seeing that so much this year.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)Dubya (or "Shrub" to Molly Ivins) never went overseas, yet managed to go AWOL anyway.
His two opponents, Al Gore and John Kerry, went to Vietnam and Bush still got the military vote over them.
Also, tough-talking guys like Reagan and John Wayne never served one day (while the Allies were fighting fascism).
And then there's the picture on DU the other day of Fred Trump decked out in full military uniform. Was he a loser, a sucker, or both? Knowing Donnie, Fred was meeting a dominatrix who outranked him.
RussellCattle
(1,535 posts)....their convention still piss me off. Diminishing John Kerry's service and wounds.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)Dems were always considered the "Commie pinkos" throughout the Cold War, yet today's GOP (Government of Putin) has collected more rubles than dollars in their campaign war chests.
These are Fascist pinkos who have adopted red for their party's official color.
Walleye
(31,110 posts)They held protests and all
RussellCattle
(1,535 posts).....still dressed for Capitol Hill and told them to protest at the county offices.
Walleye
(31,110 posts)So we were paying their salaries while they did this. It was infuriating. But it mustve worked for them