kenjay wrote:
Well Slatten I will v**e for him and take my chances. I know what I get with Hillary. Who are you v****g for if it is not to much too ask?
I cannot stomach the thought of v****g for either Trump or Clinton. With regard to Mr. Trump, I choose to re-post my remarks from another thread about Trump's glib comments regarding his "own personal VietNam." Again, those and other incidents regarding Trump's stances towards Veterans can be found by Googling: draftdodgingdondaldtrumpsaidsleepingaroundwasmypersonalvietnam
"I feel further explanation is due from me about Donald Trumps' comments on the Howard Stern Show nearly 20 years ago. In the field, especially, but also on the hospital ship U.S.S. Sanctuary in 1968, I saw kids my age whose bodies were ripped apart by gunfire from rifles or automatic weapons, artillery rounds, mortar rounds and booby traps from the enemy in Viet Nam. My lesser wounds allowed me, at times, to walk through the wards visiting those who were left without arms, legs, g*****lia and various body parts, to include their facial structure and features. Many had also lost all sense of who they were before incurring such wounds...from psychological and emotional damage. I had a kid younger than I die in the bed next to me. He died, basically, of a broken heart. He had received a 'Dear John' letter from his fiancee' from back home. That letter destroyed his will to live. This, after he had struggled mightily to achieve a certain degree of recovery...enough to have sent him on to Japan for better treatment and surgery necessary to guarantee survival.
For Trump, in any way, to compare the 'dangers' of dating from STDs, etc. to the experiences of young men who sacrificed their lives and body parts in combat service to their country in Viet Nam or any war was/is abominable to me. When I first became aware of his comments, I was livid with anger. This many years later, I am reminded of the callousness and obvious disregard for the feelings of friends or families who lost loved ones in that or any war shown by Mr. Trump. Whether one chooses to call his tone "mocking," "sarcastic," or just down-right thoughtless, I cannot forgive him. Neither could I tolerate his belittling of John McCain's service or the associated belittling of all POWs for 'getting captured.' I won't listen to anybody who tells me he didn't belittle all of them with his all-encompassing remarks. I watched and heard his own words with my own two ears. I personally know two living POWs and knew a survivor of the Bataan death march of American POWs in WWII. The last died a number of years ago, but the two others survived tortuous treatment by their captors and remain with us today. By surviving, they each were able to return and have families that, no doubt, help each forget the months and years of their imprisonments.
Trump's statements exceeded stupid, especially since he was playing to an audience and being recorded, both for radio and TV...and, for posterity. He was also around the age of fifty at the time...an age most would have shown some maturity and empathy for those who did not have his good fortune in escaping service before, during and after college, but instead served their nation. Again, the families and friends who either didn't return from that horrific war, or, returned physically and/or psychologically maimed did/do not need to be hearing of Mr. Trump's bravery and courage in the dating game being equated to other's service to country."
In answer to your question, Kenjay, I am writing in a protest v**e for former Virginia senator Jim Webb. I have always admired Mr. Webb. His record of service is commendable in all aspects of his life. Unfortunately for our country he is neither a gifted or natural politician, and does not play well the game of politics. One may Google his biography/life's work.