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Decaffeinated

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2. Military leans strongly conservative...

Reply to dhol82 (Original post)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 12:03 AM

Oct 2013

... but has the full political spectrum from left to right. It's been like that for as long as I've been in (Bush Jr days) and from what I understand it's been that way for a while based on the experiences of the previous military generations of my family.

I hear way more Obama jokes/hate today from Soldiers than I did Bush jokes/hate during his Presidency.

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Question for any military here re Obama [View all] dhol82 Oct 2013 OP

There are Democrats, Republicans, and Independents in the military... Tx4obama Oct 2013 #1

Military leans strongly conservative... Decaffeinated Oct 2013 #2

I just don't understand it dhol82 Oct 2013 #3