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Bleacher Creature

(11,250 posts)
3. Sometimes he says and does all the right stuff. Sometimes he's inflicting Sarah Palin on is.
Sun Oct 22, 2017, 09:31 PM
Oct 2017

This clip is an example of the good stuff. And yes, the bone spur reference just has to be directed at the Orange freakshow.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
8. A person with any decency or sense of shame would not tweet a word.
Sun Oct 22, 2017, 10:01 PM
Oct 2017

Unfortunately, tRump has neither. So don’t be surprised if he comes up with beaut.

Brother Buzz

(36,364 posts)
11. This dumb draftee had a different observation
Sun Oct 22, 2017, 10:30 PM
Oct 2017

Actual genuine draftees (AUS) were overwhelmingly middle class. And while the upper-middle class managed to join the Army Reserves (AR) and National Guard (NG) units, the blue collar working class generally joined the Regular Army (RA).

riversedge

(70,047 posts)
9. Tweet about this............
Sun Oct 22, 2017, 10:08 PM
Oct 2017




Ed Krassenstein‏ @EdKrassen 1h1 hour ago

John McCain on the Trump's draft dodging, “we drafted lowest income level. Highest income found a doctor to say they had a bone spur.”








Paige Love‏ @PaigeLoveQA 1h1 hour ago
Replying to @EdKrassen

But those were TALENTED bone spurs; they kept changing feet and were invisible on x-rays. Takes an “artful dodger” to come up with that.
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bruce studtmann‏ @floydskers 1h1 hour ago

Replying to @EdKrassen

One good thing that came out of that was the military didn't get a MORON.
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Stallion

(6,473 posts)
16. If They Drafted Every American-There Wouldn't Be Enough Public Support for a War
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 12:10 AM
Oct 2017

at least for wars like Vietnam, Korea, Iraq and Afghanistan

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