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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHey, let's use the good ol' phrase ... LOCK HIM UP. Draft Dodger ??
Why didn't he serve? Why wasn't there an outcry to draft Donnie?
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Hey, let's use the good ol' phrase ... LOCK HIM UP. Draft Dodger ?? (Original Post)
trueblue2007
Jul 2018
OP
When I was growing up in the 60s, draft dodger was a term of honor with many of us
stopbush
Jul 2018
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DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)1. Jail to the Chief
If it was good enough for Nixon...
malaise
(268,997 posts)2. Good one
DUZy.
stopbush
(24,396 posts)3. When I was growing up in the 60s, draft dodger was a term of honor with many of us
who were against the Vietnam War. It was term hurled at liberals by conservatives who backed that war.
Of course, that was before it became out-of-bounds to criticize the military and the troops, when we could still voice an opinion that wouldnt be called unpatriotic.
Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)4. Trump's reasons were selfish and not ideological
He could have cared less how many of our boys were dying in an unjust war. His only concern was that he wasn't one of them.
trueblue2007
(17,218 posts)5. All he wanted to do was screw around. EVIL pig of a man.