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Dennis Donovan

(31,059 posts)
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 11:38 AM Aug 2024

Vance forgets which VFW post number he attends (and the acronym "VFW" itself)

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Vance: It’s great to be part of VF post Uhh *reaches in pocket and pulls out card* VFA— VFW Post 92

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Vance forgets which VFW post number he attends (and the acronym "VFW" itself) (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Aug 2024 OP
JD is a fake. MontanaMama Aug 2024 #1
how many times do his VFW buddies want to hear about his stapler mishap in his air conditioned office in Iraq? RAB910 Aug 2024 #2
I am a lifetime member of the VFW. atreides1 Aug 2024 #3
You Said It - You Found That Your VFW Post Was Too Right Wing Leaning For Your Liking........ global1 Aug 2024 #6
They are followers Zoomie1986 Aug 2024 #7
I don't know how they'd be today, but my former service member friends were liberal. mucholderthandirt Aug 2024 #8
Vance: "I support vets because American families love their dogs, and dogs get sick sometimes." unblock Aug 2024 #4
You big stupid. lpbk2713 Aug 2024 #5

RAB910

(4,030 posts)
2. how many times do his VFW buddies want to hear about his stapler mishap in his air conditioned office in Iraq?
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 11:46 AM
Aug 2024

atreides1

(16,799 posts)
3. I am a lifetime member of the VFW.
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 11:53 AM
Aug 2024

I don't have a VFW Post that I attend...I joined the VFW as a member at large...I tried attending a post but found that it was too right wing leaning for my liking...so went back to being a member at large.



global1

(26,507 posts)
6. You Said It - You Found That Your VFW Post Was Too Right Wing Leaning For Your Liking........
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 01:11 PM
Aug 2024

Please help me understand why this is so?

Recently - I've connected with former classmates of mine that are veterans and members of a VFW Post. We held a class reunion at the VFW hall.

I was shocked to hear the discussions and beliefs of my former classmates and the other members of the Post. They all were 'too right leaning' and I was shocked by this and couldn't believe that these Veterans (that Tr**p called 'suckers and losers' could even support such a person and do it so vehemently.

Now I thought I knew my former classmates. We grew up together during the 60's and 70's. They were very liberal thinkers back then. Products of the time. Free thinkers. Liberals. Free love. Hippy culture, etc.

What happened to them to change their beliefs? Did the military change them?
Did the Viet Nam war change them? Why have these people done such a 180?

I'm hoping you have some insight into this so as to enlighten me and maybe help me understand why I'm so shocked by their 'now beliefs' and 'behaviors'.

One would think that they'd be opposed to the 'right wing' leanings.

What happened?

 

Zoomie1986

(1,213 posts)
7. They are followers
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 06:58 PM
Aug 2024

And they go where others lead them.

Their leaders are no longer rock stars or their friends, but talk radio, Fox and preachers.

And that is why you no longer recognize them.

mucholderthandirt

(1,787 posts)
8. I don't know how they'd be today, but my former service member friends were liberal.
Fri Aug 16, 2024, 08:49 AM
Aug 2024

We all hated Ronald Reagan, and when he got elected I was told more than once that I was lucky I was "short" and wouldn't be serving under him (only about a week). We knew he'd done something underhanded about the hostages in Iran, that rat bastard.

I think I was born liberal and have been moving left ever since.

unblock

(56,199 posts)
4. Vance: "I support vets because American families love their dogs, and dogs get sick sometimes."
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 12:08 PM
Aug 2024
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