the most incredible military service of anybody who's ever ducked military service.

That piece of shit was able to avoid service just as well as any of the chickenhawk fucks like GWB or Dick Cheney or Paul Wolfowitz. He deserves a medal for the amount of bobbing and weaving he did to avoid actually having to do any kind of military work.

Denis 11

(280 posts)

2. 4 deferments.

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Original post)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 10:21 PM

Jul 2015

3 for school 1 medical.

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)

3. Trump's Own Secret: Vietnam Draft Records

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Original post)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 10:24 PM

Jul 2015

Trump's Own Secret: Vietnam Draft Records

MiniMe

(21,716 posts)

4. Non-existant

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Original post)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 10:24 PM

Jul 2015

Similar to Rush Limbaughs.

hughee99

(16,113 posts)

6. Or Hillary Clinton's, or Bernie Sander's

Reply to MiniMe (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 10:42 PM

Jul 2015

Or Joe Biden's, or President Obama's, or Bill Clinton's, or Martin O'malley, or Scott walker's, or Romney's... If you're looking to make any hay from "he didn't serve" you're going to spend a lot of time to little effect. If you're hoping to find some sort of scandal on how he got out of it, I can't imagine that hasn't been sufficiently scrubbed to the point it's just speculation by now

MiniMe

(21,716 posts)

8. True, but they aren't criticizing McCain

Reply to hughee99 (Reply #6)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 10:58 PM

Jul 2015

I don't like McCain, but i give him credit for serving in the military.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

10. Pretty sure none of those folks would disparage McCain's time as a POW

Reply to hughee99 (Reply #6)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 11:02 PM

Jul 2015

As Trump is currently doing.

hughee99

(16,113 posts)

13. There's a hundred reasons why Trump is a shitty

Reply to oberliner (Reply #10)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 11:11 PM

Jul 2015

Candidate. Everyone says they care about military service, but when it comes time to vote, recent history shows people don't really care. Last time the candidate with more military experience won was, what, 1988?

The issue, like trump himself is, IMHO, a waste of time.

840high

(17,196 posts)

14. I'm one of those that

Reply to hughee99 (Reply #13)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 11:30 PM

Jul 2015

doesn't care. I did not care that Obama had no military experience. Not important to me.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

16. This is in the top five - if not, number one

Reply to hughee99 (Reply #13)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 11:55 PM

Jul 2015

You can't say a POW is not heroic when you yourself got deferments to avoid serving.

It is the dumbest thing he could have possibly said as a candidate - and that is saying something.

I think it will mean the end of his candidacy.

hughee99

(16,113 posts)

17. I agree it's incredibly stupid, but I think it's still an

Reply to oberliner (Reply #16)

Sun Jul 19, 2015, 12:01 AM

Jul 2015

Issue people SAY they care about a lot more than they really do. In any case, the trump campaign never stood a chance. It's 18 months, and most republicans are happy to let trump shoot his mouth off this far out.

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)

5. Need you ask??!! He is a repub.

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Original post)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 10:30 PM

Jul 2015

Deferment Deferment Deferment in school and then,
drum roll,
problem feet.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

11. Rick Perry is the only R candidate who served in the military

Reply to oldandhappy (Reply #5)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 11:08 PM

Jul 2015

Unless you count Lindsey Graham (currently polling at 0 percent).

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

7. Did you miss Borowitz on Trump's Vietnam heroism?

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Original post)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 10:49 PM

Jul 2015

Trump Says He Heroically Avoided Capture in Vietnam by Staying in U.S.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6986531

Puzzledtraveller

(5,937 posts)

9. Does it matter?

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Original post)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 11:00 PM

Jul 2015

Why are we focused on this?

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

12. Did you see what he said about McCain?

Reply to Puzzledtraveller (Reply #9)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 11:09 PM

Jul 2015

It is another of a series of ridiculous childish comments of his disparaging McCain's time as a POW.

Algernon Moncrieff

(5,790 posts)

15. Because if you are going to run smack about John McCain, you'd better be able to back it up.

Reply to Puzzledtraveller (Reply #9)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 11:30 PM

Jul 2015

I'm no fan of McCain's politics, but I would never disparage his service to our nation -- nor would any sensible candidate of either party.

..of course, it didn't prevent Republicans from accusing John Kerry of exaggerating his wounds in 2004. That was equally if not more despicable.

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