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Remember how they ridiculed Dukakis for wearing the tank (Original Post) doc03 Apr 2017 OP
But Dukakis was a Democrat DavidDvorkin Apr 2017 #1
Thanks for the reminder! InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2017 #2
I never knew that, I just assumed he had never been in the military. But yet the doc03 Apr 2017 #3
God Damn Lorretta Lynn Dawson Leery Apr 2017 #4
in the past 50 years or so every Democrat that was nominated would have made a good president JI7 Apr 2017 #5
Republicans are allowed to pretend to be tough guys DavidDvorkin Apr 2017 #6

DavidDvorkin

(20,683 posts)
1. But Dukakis was a Democrat
Sun Apr 2, 2017, 08:46 PM
Apr 2017

That makes all the difference.

Oh, and of course the other difference is that Dukakis actually wore a military uniform for real. From Wikipedia:

Although Dukakis had been accepted into Harvard Law School, he chose to enlist in the United States Army. After basic training at Fort Dix and advanced individual training at Camp Gordon, he was assigned as radio operator to the 8020th Administrative Unit in Munsan, South Korea. The unit was a support group to the United Nations delegation of the Military Armistice Commission. Dukakis served from 1955 to 1957.

doc03

(39,178 posts)
3. I never knew that, I just assumed he had never been in the military. But yet the
Sun Apr 2, 2017, 10:32 PM
Apr 2017

MSM picked it up and ran with it. Meanwhile nobody ever saw GWB in the ANG.

Dawson Leery

(19,580 posts)
4. God Damn Lorretta Lynn
Sun Apr 2, 2017, 11:04 PM
Apr 2017

made fun of his name and his pic in the tank. Fucking Trump lover.
Peggy Lee made her own albums a decade before anyone knew who that inbred piece of dog shit was.

JI7

(93,900 posts)
5. in the past 50 years or so every Democrat that was nominated would have made a good president
Sun Apr 2, 2017, 11:07 PM
Apr 2017

and every single one of them were good decent people .

DavidDvorkin

(20,683 posts)
6. Republicans are allowed to pretend to be tough guys
Sun Apr 2, 2017, 11:48 PM
Apr 2017

no matter what the truth is. Democrats who really were physically brave are sneered at -- or, as with Kerry, even worse.

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