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Trump Exploits Memorial Day
Donald Trump uses a solemn day of remembrance of war dead to give his standard stump speech.
Is this appropriate?
Trump’s Memorial Day Message: ‘We Don’t Win With Military’
Under the stony eye of President Abraham Lincoln, down the marble steps from where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, and over the rumbling of thousands of bikers gathered to honor those who serve in the military, Donald Trump on Sunday told a crowd of veterans and their families: “We don’t win with military.”
In a red ballcap with his trademark “Mark America Great Again,” the presumptive Republican presidential nominee told a biker gear-clad crowd, many sporting military patches, that Memorial Day is “our day.” Trump has claimed that attending a military academy during his high school years was essentially the same as serving. He also effectively dodged the draft during the Vietnam War with claims of bone spurs, educational deferments, and a high draft number.
Last edited by Goose (6/01/2016 7:50 am)
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Re: Trump Exploits Memorial Day
Yeah, "essentially the same as serving" .... let's go with that ! 
"Do not confuse motion and progress, A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress"