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okaawhatever

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8. No he didn't, wasn't a big hater and couldn't play guitar. My grandmother was of age, and despite

Reply to arely staircase (Reply #6)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 09:40 PM

Feb 2014

his occupation didn't have a fascination with guns. What he did was 28 yrs in the Army. WWII, Korea, and 3 tours in Viet Nam. 3 jumps into combat, and I don't know what else. His third tour in Nam he was in a jeep that hit a land mine. He retired as a Command Sargent Major shortly after that. He wasn't 100% after the land mine. But I don't think I ever saw him wear a flag banana and he wasn't on the board of the NRA so no, by current Republican standards he didn't defend anything.

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Texas Dems Slam Abbot for Campaigning with Pedophile [View all] arely staircase Feb 2014 OP

And a chickenhawk who crapped in his pants to avoid the draft. muntrv Feb 2014 #1

Abbott is a wheelchair bound man who sued the owners of the tree that fell on him. as he should have arely staircase Feb 2014 #2

No kidding. I want to vomit when I hear anyone say that Nugent defends the Constitution. Let me help okaawhatever Feb 2014 #4

Not out of conscience, but because it would have been inconvenient for Nugent pinboy3niner Feb 2014 #3

I read a bit on SNOPES about the whoe thing. It said he originally had a student deferrment then okaawhatever Feb 2014 #5

well your grandfather may have been in WWII but did he really fight for the constituion arely staircase Feb 2014 #6

No he didn't, wasn't a big hater and couldn't play guitar. My grandmother was of age, and despite okaawhatever Feb 2014 #8

see it is the bandana that counts arely staircase Feb 2014 #9

Command Sergeant Major is nothing to sneeze at pinboy3niner Feb 2014 #10

+ 1 nt arely staircase Feb 2014 #7

+1 n/t jaysunb Feb 2014 #15

Nugent calls Obama a "subhuman mongrel" Boomerproud Feb 2014 #11

oh yeah, and more arely staircase Feb 2014 #12

Proving there is no depth to which that slimeball will not sink pinboy3niner Feb 2014 #13

R#12 & K nt UTUSN Feb 2014 #14

What about that "patriot's" method for avoiding being called to serve tblue37 Feb 2014 #16