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mahatmakanejeeves

(56,890 posts)
Sun May 29, 2016, 07:12 PM May 2016

Rolling Thunder Tribute to US Military Turns into a Trump Rally

Last edited Mon May 30, 2016, 10:22 AM - Edit history (2)

Source: VOA, Voice of America

Rolling Thunder Tribute to US Military Turns into a Trump Rally
Voice of America - ?3 hours ago?

The Rolling Thunder caravan of motorcycles rolled into Washington Sunday, to support the U.S. military on the country's Memorial Day weekend, but it turned into a political rally for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, real estate titan ...

Read more: http://www.voanews.com/content/rolling-thunder-washington-vietnam-memorial/3350590.html



That's enough. I just ate.

In the words of another hustler, who similarly showed up at the Rolling Thunder noisefest a few years back to advance her political cause, "suck it up, cupcake."

‘Rolling Thunder’ Bikers Welcome Trump to Washington – Mostly

Donald Trump to address annual Rolling Thunder gather on National Mall
By Ryan Tracy
May 29, 2016 1:18 pm ET

By Emily Schultheis CBS News May 29, 2016, 3:12 PM

Trump: 600,000 people tried to attend my D.C. rally

Last Updated May 29, 2016 4:28 PM EDT

Donald Trump asserted that more than half a million people attempted to attend his speech to the Rolling Thunder bikers DC Sunday.

"We have the biggest rallies by far, far bigger than Bernie Sanders,'" he told a crowd in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall. "Far bigger. I mean, look at today. They say you have 600,000 people here trying to get in."

"That's not gonna happen," he added. "But they say you have 600,000 people." ... A crowd count wasn't immediately available, but the space in front of the Lincoln Memorial was far from filled up.

Trump said he expected his speech would be reminiscent of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., referring to King's 1963 "I Have A Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, but that crowd restrictions kept it from being as big.

"I thought this would be like Dr. Martin Luther King where people were lined up from here all the way to the Washington Monument," he said. "But unfortunately they aren't allowed to come in."

Me, me, me. It's all about me.

Donald Trump and Bikers Share Affection at Rolling Thunder Rally

By THOMAS KAPLAN MAY 29, 2016

WASHINGTON — Donald J. Trump, the Manhattan real estate mogul who boasts about his wealth, maintains a fleet of aircraft and sells his own brand of neckties, paid respects on Sunday to an incongruous constituency. ... “Look at all these bikers,” Mr. Trump, standing before a crowd in front of the Lincoln Memorial, said with admiration. “Do we love the bikers? Yes. We love the bikers.”
....

The warm embrace from the crowd gave no hint of the controversy that Mr. Trump incited last year when he denigrated the military service of Senator John McCain of Arizona, a former prisoner of war in North Vietnam. Mr. Trump said Mr. McCain, a fellow Republican, was not a war hero, saying, “I like people that weren’t captured, O.K.?”

Mr. Trump is the latest political figure, but not the only one, to pay attention to bikers. Wearing a black Harley-Davidson helmet, Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska, appeared at Rolling Thunder in 2011, months before saying she would not run for president in 2012.

And one of Mr. Trump’s former Republican rivals, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, a proud Harley-Davidson owner, campaigned at Harley dealerships and wore motorcycle boots on the campaign trail. Asked during a debate what he wanted his Secret Service code name to be, he suggested Harley.
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Rolling Thunder Tribute to US Military Turns into a Trump Rally (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 OP
showing their true colors: white, white and white. mountain grammy May 2016 #1
The draft evader doesn't like GIs who get taken alive, and he thinks that his will can braddy May 2016 #2
Ugh. 47of74 May 2016 #3
He despises those people. They are 'the help'. Kingofalldems May 2016 #4
Seems like a lot of these folks are into authority. jalan48 May 2016 #5
That is supposedly why some evangelicals went for Trump TexasBushwhacker May 2016 #12
rolling blunder hourglass1 May 2016 #6
+1 n/t jaysunb May 2016 #26
+1 Enthusiast May 2016 #33
disgusting Skittles May 2016 #7
K&R red dog 1 May 2016 #8
Protesters BlueNoMatterWho May 2016 #9
I just lost all respect for Rolling Thunder perdita9 May 2016 #10
Yep, a president Trump will give us many more fallen soldiers to commemorate retrowire May 2016 #11
Unsure BlueNoMatterWho May 2016 #15
Trump: All smart people know the Iraq War was a huge mistake IronLionZion May 2016 #17
Bernie Bros are fiction. Trump Bros are all too real. LibDemAlways May 2016 #13
He still hasn't kept his promise to donate to veterans groups IronLionZion May 2016 #14
It's mostly bullshit. HassleCat May 2016 #16
I personally know a poser JohnnyRingo May 2016 #28
Trump has expressed his disgust of POWs keithbvadu2 May 2016 #18
Until Trump apologizes for that, no veterans' group should support him. (nt) Paladin May 2016 #31
Trump is a male Sarah Palin Fast Walker 52 May 2016 #19
Why aren't these more conservative elements bucolic_frolic May 2016 #20
"these more conservative elements" are political Christians keithbvadu2 May 2016 #21
Please elaborate bucolic_frolic May 2016 #22
It was not sarcasm. keithbvadu2 May 2016 #23
When I saw this I was embarrassed as a Nam vet............................. Old Vet May 2016 #24
They're a fucked up group of fake vets jaysunb May 2016 #27
Had not heard of First Shirt before. keithbvadu2 May 2016 #32
First Sargent E/8 or E/9 n/t jaysunb May 2016 #34
this vietnam vet thinks ww3 is just a rigged Trump victory away from happening. olddad56 May 2016 #25
Saw a biker being interviewed. Said Trump has allowed him to express applegrove May 2016 #29
uga uga riversedge May 2016 #30
I guess they don't really care about Trump's words Kingofalldems May 2016 #35
Trump’s tragic, rolling bluster mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 #36
 

braddy

(3,585 posts)
2. The draft evader doesn't like GIs who get taken alive, and he thinks that his will can
Sun May 29, 2016, 07:17 PM
May 2016

overcome theirs when it comes to committing war crimes and murdering the wives, children and parents of the bad guys.

 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
3. Ugh.
Sun May 29, 2016, 07:18 PM
May 2016

This leaves a sour taste in my mouth about the Memorial Day. It's being turned from a day to honor Americans who served and who died for their country into a way to politically attack others.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,043 posts)
12. That is supposedly why some evangelicals went for Trump
Sun May 29, 2016, 07:39 PM
May 2016

Rather than Carson or Cruz. They like an authoritarian society where they get told what to do and they tell others what to do.

red dog 1

(27,647 posts)
8. K&R
Sun May 29, 2016, 07:33 PM
May 2016

Nice to know.

Maybe Trump can use those freaks to beat up anyone who dares to hold up a protest sign at his rallies.

perdita9

(1,142 posts)
10. I just lost all respect for Rolling Thunder
Sun May 29, 2016, 07:37 PM
May 2016

They should have known better than to let their rally turn into something political

 

BlueNoMatterWho

(880 posts)
15. Unsure
Sun May 29, 2016, 07:43 PM
May 2016

Not sure what to believe. I recall hearing this guy on the Stern show around the time of the Iraq war and shortly after always saying what a bad idea it was and how we never should have gone in. So I'm confused as to whether he would be an interventionist or not. These are conversations I recall him having with Howard as I was a daily listener at the time.

IronLionZion

(45,256 posts)
17. Trump: All smart people know the Iraq War was a huge mistake
Sun May 29, 2016, 07:52 PM
May 2016


Trump: We May Have To Fight A War With Iran For Saudi Arabia


Pretty much anything that bastard decides to do will be impulsive with no thought put into it at all.

LibDemAlways

(15,139 posts)
13. Bernie Bros are fiction. Trump Bros are all too real.
Sun May 29, 2016, 07:42 PM
May 2016

The Trump demographic -- working class white guys who admire Trump because he's wealthy as fuck, has a hot young wife, doesn't shy away from being racist and sexist, and who are willing to accept and cheer on a bunch of incoherant ramblings in lieu of policy proposals. And there doesn't seem to be any shortage of supporters of this gasbag sporting a bad combover. They're everywhere.

IronLionZion

(45,256 posts)
14. He still hasn't kept his promise to donate to veterans groups
Sun May 29, 2016, 07:43 PM
May 2016

and he's held some isolationist anti-war positions in the past where he wanted to reduce military spending.

and I strongly disagree with the association of patriotism with the republican party.

Twice recently I have said patriotic things to people who don't know me and they asked me if I support Trump. I'm like I support America and our veterans and I support Bernie Sanders. They look puzzled for some reason.

 

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
16. It's mostly bullshit.
Sun May 29, 2016, 07:51 PM
May 2016

Various groups use the event as a sounding board for whatever complaint they have. Many are veterans, including combat veterans, but there are all kinds of conspiracy theories going on. There are also many fake veterans, religious hucksters, etc.

JohnnyRingo

(18,581 posts)
28. I personally know a poser
Mon May 30, 2016, 01:57 AM
May 2016

He rides with Vietnam Vets MC and pretends to be a one of them, but he was a bigger draft dodger than me.

keithbvadu2

(36,362 posts)
18. Trump has expressed his disgust of POWs
Sun May 29, 2016, 07:56 PM
May 2016

Trump has expressed his disgust of POWs

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-john-mccain-war-hero-captured/

Immediately modifying his original remarks, Trump said, "He's a war hero 'cause he was captured. I like people that weren't captured, OK?"

bucolic_frolic

(42,663 posts)
20. Why aren't these more conservative elements
Sun May 29, 2016, 07:57 PM
May 2016

railing against the playboy Don?

Casinos ... evangelicals

Divorce ... Fundamentalists

Syphillis warrior ... veterans?

It's all inconsistent in my mind

keithbvadu2

(36,362 posts)
21. "these more conservative elements" are political Christians
Sun May 29, 2016, 09:29 PM
May 2016

which is different than Christians of faith.

bucolic_frolic

(42,663 posts)
22. Please elaborate
Sun May 29, 2016, 09:31 PM
May 2016

I really can't pinpoint what you are telling me

or if it's even a sarcastic comment on the shallowness of their faith

Old Vet

(2,001 posts)
24. When I saw this I was embarrassed as a Nam vet.............................
Sun May 29, 2016, 09:40 PM
May 2016
Rolling thunder fucked up period, Would of been different if he apologized publicly to Macain.

jaysunb

(11,856 posts)
27. They're a fucked up group of fake vets
Mon May 30, 2016, 01:42 AM
May 2016

and misfits with lots of time on their hands and an immediately sympathetic audience.

I met this gang at a hotel I was staying at in Meridian MS. a few years ago while they were on their annual caravan DC. Just a bunch of losers pretending to be Viet vets in support of MIA's and Vet causes.
I laughed when I saw them in the movie, " Bad Grandpa, " and they are even more stupid when encountered in real life. One dude tried to bullshit me about being in my company ( 7th Surgical MASH ) until he couldn't remember the name a single person in the unit, including the First Shirt..

applegrove

(118,014 posts)
29. Saw a biker being interviewed. Said Trump has allowed him to express
Mon May 30, 2016, 02:37 AM
May 2016

his racist views without being attacked for them. That is all it is about for them.

mahatmakanejeeves

(56,890 posts)
36. Trump’s tragic, rolling bluster
Tue May 31, 2016, 03:51 PM
May 2016
Opinions

Trump’s tragic, rolling bluster

By Eugene Robinson Opinion writer
@Eugene_Robinson

May 30 at 8:54 PM 

Donald Trump looked like a fool and a fraud on Sunday. But what else is new?

Even the most ardent Trumpistas would have to admit that Trump’s appearance at the annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally was, as spectacles go, pretty pathetic. It was supposed to be a vast, multitudinous gathering on the plaza in front of the Lincoln Memorial, one of the greatest and most historic public spaces in the nation. Instead, Trump drew a paltry crowd estimated by organizers at perhaps 5,000. ... As Trump might say in a late-night tweet: “Sad!”

The presumptive Republican nominee cut a ridiculous figure, sporting a red “Make America Great Again” baseball cap to guard against rogue breezes that might unhinge his comb-over. He lamented the attendance: “I thought this would be like Dr. Martin Luther King, where the people would be lined up from here all the way to the Washington Monument, right?”

Wrong. So very, very wrong. ... He claimed that the anticipated throng was out there, but “unfortunately, they don’t allow ’em to come in.” That was a lie; there were no hordes outside the security perimeter, pleading for admittance. Since everyone present could easily discern the truth, Trump must have been lying to himself — perhaps to ease the sting of what can only be seen as an awful week for his campaign.
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