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Kleveland

(1,257 posts)
3. Typical...
Mon Oct 16, 2017, 06:00 PM
Oct 2017

All he can do is to play with his little white dimpled balls, since he has none of his own!

madokie

(51,076 posts)
8. President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton
Mon Oct 16, 2017, 06:51 PM
Oct 2017

have more class in one fingernail clipping than the whole tRump clan. Simple as that

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
9. Disgraceful disrespect from the Republican DRAFT DODGER in chief
Mon Oct 16, 2017, 06:52 PM
Oct 2017

Disgraceful disrespect of our American troops.

mnmoderatedem

(3,728 posts)
10. well to be fair
Mon Oct 16, 2017, 06:53 PM
Oct 2017

Trump IS looking somewhere in that pic. Probably thinking he would find the families of those victims somewhere on the 8th green.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
20. that reminds me of something I heard about OJ
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 05:37 PM
Oct 2017

We golfed a lot and once he swore he "wouldn't rest until he found the real murderer". Someone added to that and said, "If I have to go to every Gold Course in the country".

malchickiwick

(1,474 posts)
12. For the Record: The 4 Americans killed in the Benghazi attack were NOT military, they were diplomats
Mon Oct 16, 2017, 06:58 PM
Oct 2017

or state department operatives. Yes we remember and honor them:

J. Christopher Stevens, U.S. Ambassador to Libya
Sean Smith, U.S. Foreign Service Information Management Officer
Glen Doherty, State Department contractor
Tyrone S. Woods, U.S. embassy security operative

But whenever I see them referred to as "soldiers" it makes me cringe because it plays DIRECTLY into the false narrative that was used against Hillary.

(Both Doherty and Woods had served in the military, but both had retired from their respective branches before the 2012 attack.)

LisaM

(27,808 posts)
14. Thanks for pointing that out; I wondered.
Mon Oct 16, 2017, 07:09 PM
Oct 2017

However - and not to denigrate their loss - they seem to have been the four most important people ever to give their lives in the service of their country, at least as far as being used for political fodder, so I'm glad that picture is out there.

And yes, the above was intended to be

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
19. Many republicans think of him* as their "god-emperor." Blasphemy.
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 01:47 PM
Oct 2017
* Comrade Casino, republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief
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