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In reply to the discussion: I just received a donation request from my Senator, Tom Cotton. Here's my reply: [View all]marble falls
(56,359 posts)62. Another vet here who agrees 100% with you, the only change I'd make is adding how McCain ...
took 2nd and 3rd degree burns rescuing single handedly another flyer on the Forrestal whose plane was bburning when an air to air missile went off on deck. the fires killed 134 and injured 161.
Actual footage. I first saw footage of this during a fire fighting class in boot camp in 1972.
McCain was a hero long before he became a POW. He was a Republican, but more importantly he was Navy.
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I just received a donation request from my Senator, Tom Cotton. Here's my reply: [View all]
Arkansas Granny
Apr 2019
OP
Me, too. I'll even get my wife let out my class A and press it. My white cap still fits!
marble falls
Apr 2019
#79
I've received the generic responses from him in the past. They never address my concerns.
Arkansas Granny
Apr 2019
#21
It could be done, but it would take a lot of money. Arkansas could be a liberal state again
LiberalArkie
Apr 2019
#35
He (his staffers) just send me answers that raise my blood pressure. Did you
sinkingfeeling
Apr 2019
#8
Figures. He won't be going quietly. I suspect he wants to be president someday.
calimary
Apr 2019
#66
"seeing red": rage hurts the rager & blunts their weapons. Replace it w cold calculating loathing.
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2019
#9
Lots. It requires a deep realization that rage doesn't work. And I mean deep.
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2019
#53
I live in Florida and all I have is Republican representatives. I write respectable emails and ...
PeeJ52
Apr 2019
#15
When I get a donation solicitation from a Republican - I donate to a Democratic candidate
csziggy
Apr 2019
#18
Another vet here who agrees 100% with you, the only change I'd make is adding how McCain ...
marble falls
Apr 2019
#62
Hey you got stay mostly clean! I was a nuclear machinist mate: no chiping and scraping, ...
marble falls
Apr 2019
#77
That sounds like no fun at all. Worst I had to do was crawl into a condensor and chip ...
marble falls
Apr 2019
#82