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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 04:42 PM Original message |
Hey Donald, Show us your draft card! |
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CurtEastPoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. oh, SNAP! He just got pwned! n/t |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. Typical rich kid medical deferment like Limbaugh. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I knew a few in boot that being in the Navy was a step up for them, not a step down |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:54 PM Original message |
This dumb draftee shared time with quite a few affluent dudes in Basic Training and AIT |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
29. Now that you mention it, there were a couple of NGs in basic training. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. Point well taken. What's up, Donald? |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. I swear I read a while back that combover wasn't even born in America |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. He was born in Jamaica, Queens, NY...n/t |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
54. Where's my hug? |
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SalviaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #54 |
73. No, I heard it too. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. k&r... |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. Did Obama serve? |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. He is currently. |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. No, but |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. But both got us in to wars |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Sickening |
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SteveG (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #19 |
71. Beg to differ |
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groundloop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Your incorrect. There were quite a few years when you never had to register |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #74 |
89. 1957-1959 |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #71 |
87. I never registered for the draft |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Not really relevant |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Thanks for a good explanation. |
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brewens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
70. There were also a lot of people that just took their chances and |
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SaveAmerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
43. Why, were they looking for 6 year old African boys to send to Nam? |
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blackbart99 (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 04:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
49. he was too young to be drafted... |
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BlueMTexpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
52. There wasn't a draft by the time he was old enough. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #52 |
75. I'm with you |
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BlueMTexpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Thanks! |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
55. No Draft when Obama came of age. |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
60. He and I are roughly the same age |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
85. Obama was seven in 1968 |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
90. still bitter? |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. Did Bill Clinton serve? nt |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Yes, |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Please read your Consstitution. |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. I have |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I guessed I missed it because the OP was focusing in on the draft. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Now, that is a stretch and you know it. But cute, anyway. nt |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. No, it is not. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. So then bush served as well |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. And he was (ostensibly) a member of the ANG, and flew jets. nt |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. So I guess he wasn't a chickenhawk then |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Oh yes he was. |
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era veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #40 |
56. That is a perfect explanation. |
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Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:49 AM Response to Reply #40 |
58. Would the other term be |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 07:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Well, |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
46. No, but what's your point? nm |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #46 |
78. The point is this: Trump is looked on with disfavor regarding his |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #78 |
84. More power to all those that avoided the draft. I think the problem here is that |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. The draft is a dead issue in American politics. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 05:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
51. Depends on the generation. |
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maddiemom (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:44 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Viet Nam generation |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #53 |
82. Many people who opposed the war served anyway because they |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:39 AM Response to Reply #51 |
65. +1 |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #51 |
79. Yes I made a general statement. |
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road2000 (995 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
80. Not quite. |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
16. He hasn't submitted an official NYC Birth certificate |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yeah, they didn't draft Canadians. |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
18. That's just.... |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
22. The draft lottery began in December of 1969. What was Trump's number? |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Had to be earlier than '69 |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Seems it was 1969. |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Conscription Act of 1917 |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 09:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. I think we're talking about two different things. I'm referring to the 69 draft "lottery" in which |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
67. That's the lottery, not the draft itself. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
26. His mother is foreign! |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. For all this, that just might be the key |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 06:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. More: |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Was she a naturalized citizen at his birth? |
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SaveAmerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
44. Is that an example of 'projection'? If a republican is yelling from the rooftops about a wrong a dem |
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EmmettKelly (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
39. Looks like Trump pulled a high lottery number |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. And so did Clinton, right after maneuvering enough so that he knew he |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. He was against the Vietnam War. He organized anti-war protests. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #42 |
68. Your point? I knew someone who pulled #1: 9/14/1949---and his doctor kept him out. |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 03:22 AM Response to Original message |
47. Now that you mention it..... |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #47 |
62. Lottery was not until 1970 |
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SteveG (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #62 |
72. I remember it well, Dec 1, 1969 |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #72 |
88. I was born in the 1960s, and all I remember is brothers of my friends talking about "the lottery" |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
48. He probably had a boil on his ass. . . |
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divvy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #48 |
83. Hey, that is serious .... See Limbaugh's deferment. |
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Firebrand Gary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 05:21 AM Response to Original message |
50. This is fantastic! |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
57. Kicked. A question that the media apparently won't ask. |
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Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
59. The Prima Donald |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
61. I also want to see the immunization certificates for that creature on his head n/t |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:09 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Well, we know the Thing is opposed to the draft, the breeze and the gust. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:10 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. *snort* |
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Zambero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
66. It's obvious. Trump fled to Canada to avoid the draft. |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #66 |
69. In retrospect, having been in Vietnam and having seen what I saw, |
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W T F (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
76. Stop picking on Donald. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
81. He would have joined but the Army refused to issue him dog-tags that said "The Donald" and hairspray |
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padruig (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
86. Great Question for Mr. Trump |
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