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displacedvermoter

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3. Unfortunately a lot of them are hunkered down

Reply to FeelingBlue (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2024, 10:46 PM

Oct 24

at the bar at the Legion or VFW watching Fox and bitching about how the Corps or SAC went to shit when they started letting women in.

Wish it were different, and intuitively it should be. But lots of folks vote against their own best interests, and veterans are among the worst of these.

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Veterans! If you're listening... [View all] FeelingBlue Oct 24 OP

If "suckers and losers" and similar revelations have not turned a trumpster vet, what will? Silent Type Oct 24 #1

I'm a vet Ananda62 Oct 24 #2

Unfortunately a lot of them are hunkered down displacedvermoter Oct 24 #3

Or more likely SeanHG Oct 24 #4

Agreed, many of us still adhere to notions of loyalty displacedvermoter Oct 24 #5

I'm thinking about my mom n dad as both served WWII Deuxcents Oct 25 #6

Veterans 4 Harris! Blue Streak Science Oct 25 #7