2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: OK-I'll put it here-Hillary Lied about coming under fire... [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)We have a volunteer army, and Democrats don't like war, not the Viet Nam War, not the Iraq Wars. We like veterans, but not wars.
Which of the Republican candidates is a veteran?
If Joe Biden enters the race, he could draw some votes from veterans. But those votes will probably come from Hillary's account.
Bernie has stood up for veterans, and veterans know it.
This is a non-issue. If it were going to be an issue, it already would be.
Bernie is liked because of his proposals on the economy and especially his opposition to our trade policy.
That he is not a veteran is irrelevant to the voters who are turning to Bernie because he represents them.
This is a new economy and it is bitter. So many people have lost jobs. I don't think that those who have never lost a job know what a blow being fired or losing a job for any reason is to a person. Yet today, employees are just cast away like so many peanut shells. Over and over.
And then the foreclosures. Millions of families were directly or indirectly touched by the foreclosures.
Then the wages that have not risen.
Whether someone has served in the military is just not going to be a top issue this year.
People are very hurt, and Bernie is offering some real solutions. Like taxing the 1%. That is what Americans want to hear about, not about military service.