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rumdude

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15. Here's the rub

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 04:21 PM

Jan 2017

They want us to shut up. Did they shut up after O's win in 2008? Joe Wilson screamed out "you lie" during O's first SOTU speech. Mitch Turtle had already resolved to try to make O a one-termer before the 2010 elections. And let's go back to look at the magnitude of O's win in 2008 ( remember the Dems increased their majorities in Congess in that election). Go - look it up. O swamped Trump by every metric in both 08 and 12. More pop vote, more EC. So, I would tell your relatives to shut their fucking pie holes. Seriously, tell them to pound grass.

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My ex-military RW relatives response to all of this... [View all] SHRED Jan 2017 OP

I would ask them to describe their suffering. ret5hd Jan 2017 #1

Exactly! dhol82 Jan 2017 #3

My RW relatives are entirely convinced (brainwashed) that during Obama's Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #18

It's so frustrating. Mass hypnosis. yardwork Jan 2017 #27

How did they suffer? madaboutharry Jan 2017 #2

Their white supremacist... 3catwoman3 Jan 2017 #14

Yea. Ask them how they suffered. Smoke and mirrors. There was no there there. The Wielding Truth Jan 2017 #30

They want to privatize the VA. cynatnite Jan 2017 #4

There was a great post not too long ago about how to respond to this very statement sdfernando Jan 2017 #5

Here it is: demmiblue Jan 2017 #7

Yep thats it! Thanks for finding it! bookmarking for later. /NT sdfernando Jan 2017 #9

Thanks SHRED Jan 2017 #10

Yes, thank you!!!! First thing I thought of too but couldn't remember where I saw it. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2017 #31

What do they mean, suffered? LisaM Jan 2017 #6

My 84 yo mother summed it up for me... Canoe52 Jan 2017 #17

What "suffering" might that be? Ask them. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2017 #8

Could it be... wcmagumba Jan 2017 #11

What they suffered through ... lpbk2713 Jan 2017 #12

and just what did they suffer? n/t delisen Jan 2017 #13

Here's the rub rumdude Jan 2017 #15

And they formed the Tea Party movement as soon as Obama took office... JaneQPublic Jan 2017 #16

I suggest you send them this. It was posted on DU before but is worth repeating Augiedog Jan 2017 #19

They didn't suffer shit, except for their racist feelings were hurt... Raster Jan 2017 #20

So they are immune to polluted air and water. logosoco Jan 2017 #21

Too often right wingers I've met act like professional victims eleny Jan 2017 #22

So true SHRED Jan 2017 #25

No I have to wish it because that is the only thing that will get through...I could understand if TrekLuver Jan 2017 #23

Sorry but... 404usernamenotfound Jan 2017 #24

Pro Millitary Afromania Jan 2017 #26

Remember bush the dumber, so pro-troops, but wouldn't budget for protective gear, BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2017 #35

Right wingers are bullies -- all of them FiveGoodMen Jan 2017 #28

What do they think they suffered? Being pulled out of the worst recession pnwmom Jan 2017 #29

Ask why these 'ex-military RW relatives' ridicule POWs simply because the POWs were captured. keithbvadu2 Jan 2017 #32

It will come back to bite them one day. lancelyons Jan 2017 #33

One can only imagine The Sand Reckoner Jan 2017 #34