• MagicShel@programming.dev
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    If you’re going to swiftboat someone, you have to set up the swiftboaters, too, not just expect them to be with you.

    Trump has done nothing to ingratiate himself with the military, and they’ve been a much softer right wing block for him after 2016.

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      Yup. I guess referring to veterans as “suckers” and “losers” didn’t sit too well with many of them. Imagine that!

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        Let’s be fair, the “suckers” and “losers” he referred to were only those who died

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          … or got captured or won a Medal of Honor or didn’t vote for him (probably).

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      They still have the New York Times. Rest assured that they’ll be banging the drum, making insinuations about Walz’ service record until November 7.

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        Do the republicans run hit ads in the NYT? I would figure they consider that a liberal rag, and that anyone reading it would already be a decided voter.

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        I mean he is the biggest asshole narcissistic windbag I’ve ever seen, and he lies more too