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hughee99

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5. I think where you're going to lose people is when you say,

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Mon Oct 29, 2012, 12:29 PM

Oct 2012

"they couldn't get a job anywhere else, they were drafted or they were a psychopath in the waiting wanting an excuse to kill people". Some people may not even get to the "I will not support the troops" part.

Our previous two presidential candidates (Kerry and Gore) both enlisted in the military and, with their education and connections, would have easily been able to get a good job elsewhere. That must mean they were both psychopaths in the waiting. Thank god we didn't elect either one of them!

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m'...ok Schema Thing Oct 2012 #1

LOL. I understand. Whovian Oct 2012 #2

Fighting endless wars of choice is not "supporting the troops" ... phantom power Oct 2012 #3

+1 nt Whovian Oct 2012 #4

Supporting them also means you don't call them psychopaths looking for a way to kill. DonRedwood Oct 2012 #6

If you read the OP Whovian Oct 2012 #9

My sentiments exactly. Makes me discount the entire post. And wonder at his motives. Squinch Oct 2012 #10

I think where you're going to lose people is when you say, hughee99 Oct 2012 #5

Ooooh, you're soooo edgy, man (n/m) ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2012 #7

Yah, and there's a reason that opinion is unpopular, too. MineralMan Oct 2012 #8

As a military brat and a wife of a Veteran, txdemsftw Oct 2012 #11