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Paladin

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33. It happened with a fair amount of frequency.

Wed Dec 26, 2018, 11:26 AM

Dec 2018

People tend to forget just how unpopular that fucking war was, back then. And what steps families were willing to take, to keep their offspring from dying for nothing. Doesn't look too good on a present-day political resume, but there you are. I had a high-enough draft number that a doctor's input wasn't needed. But I had a cousin who went over there, came back with a raging case of PTSD, and ended up blowing his brains out. All for nothing.

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WHAT?!?! I'M SHOCKED!!!! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2018 #1

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I'm gobsmocked! YessirAtsaFact Dec 2018 #6

Duh. TNNurse Dec 2018 #3

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IOW Botany Dec 2018 #5

Or it was payment "in kind" FakeNoose Dec 2018 #27

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You're being way too nice to the poor boytard! erronis Dec 2018 #30

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MY doctor wouldn't write me a letter that claimed illness prevented me from traveling no_hypocrisy Dec 2018 #8

I'll bet it wasn't just as a favor.... probably a threat involved groundloop Dec 2018 #12

This right here AllyCat Dec 2018 #17

ding ding ding!!! eom LittleGirl Dec 2018 #37

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Cadet Bogus Bonespurs trusty elf Dec 2018 #13

He got a 'Neatness and Order' medal at his military academy. keithbvadu2 Dec 2018 #14

That had to have also been bought and/or extorted. Dave Starsky Dec 2018 #16

Avoiding STDs was Trump's personal Vietnam. Freethinker65 Dec 2018 #15

Which is an insult to those of us who went there. n/t Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2018 #72

Why didn't we hear about this before he was elected?? SHRED Dec 2018 #18

That, friend, is the $64,000 question. Nt raccoon Dec 2018 #21

Exactly. LisaM Dec 2018 #24

Well this would certainly explain how he AllyCat Dec 2018 #19

Don't forget his spectacular tennis skills! Judi Lynn Dec 2018 #44

Hmmm. A comparison of his Draft Registration physical examination report NCjack Dec 2018 #20

You didn't get a physical when you registered with SSS. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2018 #22

You are correct. generalbetrayus Dec 2018 #36

I'm like Trump. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2018 #38

Just like everything else trump claims duforsure Dec 2018 #23

Of course this too is a lie. LiberalBrooke Dec 2018 #25

You know PatSeg Dec 2018 #26

It happened with a fair amount of frequency. Paladin Dec 2018 #33

Yeah I don't hold it against anyone, draft dodging was the national sport at the time. EX500rider Dec 2018 #43

But we're talking about people who supported the war in Vietnam ducking it. LisaM Dec 2018 #47

A bit of personal history geralmar Dec 2018 #57

Goodness. LisaM Dec 2018 #60

Yes PatSeg Dec 2018 #45

I hope you're not suggesting that I'm giving GWB or trump a pass on their post-war activities. Paladin Dec 2018 #46

Oh no, of course not PatSeg Dec 2018 #50

The Drs probably saved lives. trump would... Whiskeytide Dec 2018 #67

That's a really good point PatSeg Dec 2018 #69

So, if that doctor had not lied, Trump might have been killed in action, instead of a good man, and Doodley Dec 2018 #28

Yep. volstork Dec 2018 #39

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Nah; he'd have been 'in the rear; with the gear...' EarthFirst Dec 2018 #73

K&R Scurrilous Dec 2018 #29

Everything about this putrid hose-beast is a lie Politicub Dec 2018 #31

Veterans always knew it was a lie. pwb Dec 2018 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Dec 2018 #59

Not exactly a surprise radical noodle Dec 2018 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Dec 2018 #61

That sounds like Cheney radical noodle Dec 2018 #65

He's been con-ning all his life. Raised to be "THE BEST LIAR AND CONMAN EVER"! The Wielding Truth Dec 2018 #40

The Flim Flam President elmac Dec 2018 #41

This proves canetoad Dec 2018 #42

Do bone spurs go away? Would they be listed on his physical by Adm Ronny Jackson? keithbvadu2 Dec 2018 #48

Now if we could just find a proctologist who will label him as contagious peekaloo Dec 2018 #49

We all know where his tweet inspiration comes from RainCaster Dec 2018 #70

So, 3 docs have lied so far that we know to help the #trumpCrimeFamily riversedge Dec 2018 #51

There are so many things to call him. ginnyinWI Dec 2018 #52

Coward Pepsidog Dec 2018 #53

Yeah! Rush Limbaugh got out of the draft because of a butt cyst. KWR65 Dec 2018 #54

Too late. The time to confess this knowledge was during his campaign. Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #55

Not a big surprise - his entire life is full of lies Rhiannon12866 Dec 2018 #56

Did anyone buy the 'bone-spur' excuse in the first place? YOHABLO Dec 2018 #58

Everything about Trump is a lie MrScorpio Dec 2018 #63

ASS HOLE COWARD trueblue2007 Dec 2018 #64

K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Dec 2018 #66

Trump tried to show off his bone spur to his biographer: 'I didn't see anything' Judi Lynn Dec 2018 #68

My reaction to this Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2018 #71