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Cary

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16. Here it is. I am inept with Twitter

Reply to Cary (Original post)

Wed Feb 7, 2018, 04:42 PM

Feb 2018

Trump's parade is stupid, but the opposition is also stupid. The military does parades all the time. I bet the total cost is a nontrivial percentage of the DoD budget. A few million dollars for a parade in a $700 billion budget is not worth arguing about.

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I can't find it now but Bruce Bartlett said people who speak out against the military parade are [View all] Cary Feb 2018 OP

"If only Leni Riefenstahl had spoken out." - she didn't have to "speak out", she could just not have PoliticAverse Feb 2018 #1

You missed my point Cary Feb 2018 #2

Good try, Cary. nt brer cat Feb 2018 #4

Leni Riefenstahl was a willing collaborator. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #3

Whoosh. LanternWaste Feb 2018 #7

I thought Bartlett was a pretty sound Never-Trumper/critic. salin Feb 2018 #5

He is. On twitter he responded to it by saying "just like may day in moscow" JI7 Feb 2018 #8

thx for verifying my impression. salin Feb 2018 #10

Do you have a link ? JI7 Feb 2018 #6

He seems to have deleted the tweet. Cary Feb 2018 #9

Maybe it was someone else because he composted it to moscow JI7 Feb 2018 #11

Here you go Cary Feb 2018 #17

Because the last one was under GHW Bush - malaise Feb 2018 #12

I am disappointed that my point was lost Cary Feb 2018 #13

His tweet compared it to moscow. I would need to see what he actually tweeted JI7 Feb 2018 #14

Ugh. You don't need to see the tweet to grasp my point here Cary Feb 2018 #15

Here it is. I am inept with Twitter Cary Feb 2018 #16

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