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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 06:40 PM Original message |
Why democratic presidents are disrespected within the military |
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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Since our tax dollars pay for Armed Forces Radio, Rush should not |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Exactly.. and for those who say he should be there, but be counterbalanced, I say no way. |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. Let the soldiers decide what they want to listen to. The least we can do |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. K & Effing R |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. the military has been politicized for generations |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. true, but with the instant-world-wide media 24/7 of today, it's more dangerous |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. Because they're autocrats. They have an elitest attitude |
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PacerLJ35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. If you wear your tinfoil hat, things will seem to appear less fuzzy...try it out |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I live among lots of ex-military and active Air Force. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. When I was in the military, there was plenty of healthy dissent. We were DRAFTEES |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. same here. The draft had a humanizing effect on the soldiers. |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. As you said. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Actually |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. To be fair, given the attitude of many on the left regarding soldiers |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I was raised in the military (air force) and the armed forces radio was music & sports |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. to be fair, its the right wing that craps on the military, not the left. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Generally, yes. |
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PacerLJ35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I agree with you |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. It was especially rampant during the first Gulf war |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:35 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. I can't speak for all the Armed Forces |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
11. A-Men to that! |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. Hm. I'm willing to bet that the military personnel that enjoy rush |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. the most clueless wingnut morans I've ever heard |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. K&R in every way. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. Why this is still happening is very disturbing. |
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PacerLJ35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
19. So you're saying I was left out of society, and the military was my only way to make a living? |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
23. Maybe it's because Democratic war Presidents are so afraid of being seen as hawks |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
25. Good Op-Ed on this in the L.A. Times today: |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
28. Limpteabags |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
29. How do you explain the brass's attitude to Kennedy, decades before Rush Limbaugh? |
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volvoblue (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
30. It has to do with LBJ and Vietnam. Not limpbaugh |
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onpatrol98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
31. Plenty of democrats in the military |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
32. When I was in the military, it was Paul Harvey on the radio. |
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OregonBi (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
34. Ahem....calling Admin Skinner whom recently posted... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
35. K&R |
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