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2016 Postmortem

In reply to the discussion: I'm a 22 year old Airman. [View all]
I'm a 22 year old Airman. [View all] VulgarPoet Feb 2016 OP
Thank you for your service to our country. floriduck Feb 2016 #1
Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, hell, as much as we shit on 'em VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #14
Thank you. JonathanRackham Feb 2016 #2
As an old airman, 55, to a young one.... daleanime Feb 2016 #3
Excellence in All We Do? NobodyHere Feb 2016 #4
Excellent attempt at a deflection, but VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #10
Just FYI lancer78 Feb 2016 #25
To be fair, it was a bit of a knee-jerk. VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #26
No problem lancer78 Feb 2016 #32
+1000000. Thank you for this. SammyWinstonJack Feb 2016 #28
I think that is precisely WHY the OP cannot vote for someone who is FOR all those 'wars' that have sabrina 1 Feb 2016 #38
Never have been, never will be. n/t VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #43
Good for you, neither have I. And couldn't agree more with your OP which is excellent. sabrina 1 Feb 2016 #45
I was once a 22 year old enlisted USAF person, too. MineralMan Feb 2016 #5
Some have called Hillary, "Nixon in a pantsuit." spin Feb 2016 #37
I refered to her years ago as "Bush in a skirt". Fuddnik Feb 2016 #58
My vote will go to Bernie in the Florida Democratic primary. ... spin Feb 2016 #65
Yay! for the Yippies!... GReedDiamond Feb 2016 #66
Hey, MM--my dad was a 19-year-old enlisted airman at a little base called Pearl Harbor, tblue37 Feb 2016 #67
Powerful. H2O Man Feb 2016 #6
Great post! nt Logical Feb 2016 #7
This veteran thanks you for your service. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #8
No offense taken, after all VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #11
We had a Chief of the Boat who used to break out that same Kilgore Feb 2016 #35
Not an airman Depaysement Feb 2016 #9
Brian Williams... freddyt Feb 2016 #13
Exactly. VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #15
She's not getting our families' votes either. azmom Feb 2016 #12
You're no farleftlib Feb 2016 #16
You've seen how I get when I'm properly nettled. VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #20
Yes !!! You nailed it. Stolen Valor! farleftlib Feb 2016 #36
Thank you. K&R nt TBF Feb 2016 #17
thanks for posting! amborin Feb 2016 #18
Thank you for your service. And for those 3 phrases. Good jwirr Feb 2016 #19
Thank you!!! Liberal Jesus Freak Feb 2016 #21
i like it w0nderer Feb 2016 #22
"You mean wipe it with a cloth?" Well fuck us for giving a shit what you do with public property. whereisjustice Feb 2016 #23
Navy Here. K&R she gets nothing from me. Katashi_itto Feb 2016 #24
I've seen you take some shit here. bunnies Feb 2016 #27
To be fair, I invite it on myself. VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #59
As one former GI to another, it's not the oversized DI or slights about mom nolabels Feb 2016 #84
kick kgnu_fan Feb 2016 #29
Me, too DrBulldog Feb 2016 #30
In Other Words... Cheviteau Feb 2016 #77
I don't see Clinton getting a lot of the military support. n/t Skwmom Feb 2016 #31
Bernie has the Veterans, they are in fact a big part of the driving of his campaign. Repubs, Dems, sabrina 1 Feb 2016 #40
You sound like my son!!! erlewyne Feb 2016 #33
Air Force is a great choice Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #34
At 22, you zentrum Feb 2016 #39
"throwing lives away to pad pockets" tokenlib Feb 2016 #41
Thank you for your service... very glad you see things so clearly! AzDar Feb 2016 #42
We also thank you for your service to this country! WishfulThinker Feb 2016 #44
So if HRC prevails and is the democratic nominee GP6971 Feb 2016 #47
That is actually none of your business. It's a private vote. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2016 #50
..... jillan Feb 2016 #54
Aw, thanks, jillian! CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2016 #55
Beat me to it. malthaussen Feb 2016 #68
+a million. VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #80
Thank you for your service democrank Feb 2016 #46
Another one from the USAF, 1972-1984. SeattleVet Feb 2016 #48
Thanks for the link! VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #53
Yeah, Lowry is long gone... SeattleVet Feb 2016 #62
Biloxi was my tech school VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #63
Sembach reopened as an HQ/admin location for Army Installation Mgt Command bigbrother05 Feb 2016 #69
A kick and thanks from a former Marine. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #49
Hoooahh Tiggeroshii Feb 2016 #51
One way I try to make up for the "bad mission" war I was in . . FairWinds Feb 2016 #52
Thank you HassleCat Feb 2016 #56
Hillary gets this Navy vet's vote. hack89 Feb 2016 #57
Hooah! LP2K12 Feb 2016 #60
Thank you Airman....from a Squid! Docreed2003 Feb 2016 #61
Wow! Powerful. coyote Feb 2016 #64
Clear-eyed intelligence. senz Feb 2016 #70
Well spoken! Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2016 #71
If she is the nominee JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #72
Excellent red-bait. VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #82
Bye JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #83
K&R! I'm pleased to see this post has hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Feb 2016 #73
Thank you for your service. dchill Feb 2016 #74
Hand salute Airman sarge43 Feb 2016 #75
Bravo! Thank you for your service, and your message of truth. Avalux Feb 2016 #76
Semper Fi Fumesucker Feb 2016 #78
The Bosnia thing didn't win this vet's love either. noamnety Feb 2016 #79
The problem with military sloganeering is it doesn't apply all that well even in the military Major Nikon Feb 2016 #81
You don't know if yet, but there is no one Hortensis Feb 2016 #85
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