Politics Official 2024 Presidential Election Thread

The second Iraq war was two years old when Walz retired. It was well advertised troops needed to be rotated. Reserve units were being called up. Walz was in a position to know where his unit stood in the call up order. Which is probably why so many soldiers in his unit felt betrayed by him. Plus....

Walz was promoted from E8 to E9 with the condition he complete a 2 year course for command segeant major. Walz failed to complete his two year commitment before he retired. Therefore, when he retired, he was dropped in rank back to E8.

 

I don't think trying to swiftboat a man that served a quarter century in the guard is the win you think it is, but, by all means, this hill is yours.

 

Just going to leave this here. Anyone else want to research Joe Eustice is welcomed to. He's definitely not a fan of Walz politically, but he has a lot more ground to speak than General Bonespurs and Captain Satonthecouch.

 

It’s crazy a dude who was a correspondent in the military is really trying to discredit another former military guy.

Such a desperate attack

 

Your guy JV Vance did 4 years and out as a correspondent.

 

This guy is so cringy he’ll fall into obscurity just like Palin did

 

As a war vet I'll be the first to tell you that no enlisted personnel ever feel betrayed by someone regardless of rank, getting out and rejoining the world or retiring as they say.I guarantee you his unit threw him a hell of a party. I was offered E5 to reup and do a second tour in Vietnam and I took the 6 month early out instead and stayed an E3...like Walz, got out and went to college, bought land with my GI bill. Nothing wrong with that and nothing wrong with choosing to stay out of harms way in the military if possible. It's a false dig at a 24 year military career to say he bailed instead of doing 26 years...we disagree about this topic...most career military guys do 20 years and call it a day...he did 24...a hell of a stretch. Vance is a coward to call out his military service or anyone's for that matter.

 

I do not have a guy, or gal, in this election. We are fucked.

 

Who would you like?

 

The only person, in either party, that is a resonable answer to your question, is Amy Klobuchar.

I do not agree with all of her views. But, Amy is the only one that has the qualities needed to bring us all back together. Everyone else is
dividing us.

So, all of us must compromise, and give up the cult agendas and actions, in both partys.

 

Citing the crowd size of your insurrection as an accomplishment is weird.

 

These soldiers who felt betrayed seem to exist in Republican imagination.

Old fisherman keeps trying to justify supporting Trump eventually. Harris lacked foreign policy experience. Then she lacked executive experience. She had both. Then her VP retired after 24 years.

 

Yeah. I'm done talking about the subject anymore.

It's the current GOP tactic of not wanting anyone to eye the gaping holes in their side so they making a topic of a specious issue on the other.

With all the important stuff to talk about, it's insulting to spend any more oxygen on this. Walz doesn't need to defend himself nor to be defended.

 

WRONG, ON ALL COUNTS!!!

 

Unless you served your country…..your opinoin on it doesn’t mean shit.
ALSO, I’ll ask you for the 5th time….why the hell is every single tweet you post on this forum BLURRY as hell!

 

There is a difference between master Sargent and CSM. He probably shouldn't say he retired as one if it was really the other. I don't think it swings the election, so I understand people wanting to just move on.

There is an alternate universe where my dad takes the same path at the same time as Walz did (my dad was promoted in 2003 and completed the CSM academy during his first combat tour) and is the conservative democratic governor of Idaho and VP candidate. My life would certainly be different had he continued to teach at my high school while I attended and also decided to go into politics. There have many people through the years that have told him he should. In this alternate universe it isn't Hunter's laptop on Fox news, it's mine.

The election season has really been a rollercoaster the past couple months. This added a nice little personal touch.