As someone who served, I know just how stupid service members can be. Most were single-issue voters and it was who would give them the bigger raise 99% of the time.
I was in a long time ago. I don’t think any of the enlisted people I knew (none above the age of 30) understood why we were even deployed. They are young, uninformed, and most likely brainwashed. They certainly didn’t respect any context or nuance that I tried to provide.
It turns out that unlike the police, soldiers in the US are not wanting to overthrow the government. They actually support the chain of command, etc.
Soldiers was always a symbol. It’s like being pro-life. In neither case do they actually care about the people involved. They just want to feel like they are being tough on something.
We should always draw a distinction between republican politicians and republican voters. The former are concerned only with their careers and are often not true believers in conservative rhetoric.
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As someone who served, I know just how stupid service members can be. Most were single-issue voters and it was who would give them the bigger raise 99% of the time.
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I was in a long time ago. I don’t think any of the enlisted people I knew (none above the age of 30) understood why we were even deployed. They are young, uninformed, and most likely brainwashed. They certainly didn’t respect any context or nuance that I tried to provide.
Two things:
Because like you said the military is ruby red.
People see the R, they pull the lever.
Literally nothing DJT does will cost him votes from people for whom being a Republican is an identity.
It’s all about turning out people who prefer left policies but don’t vote.
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They will speak against him, but odds are the number of votes for him will be comparable to his last two outings.
Yeah people say “hold up”, then a week later they’re endorsing him again.
McCarthy, McConnell, Graham, Cruz, Vance, it goes on and on.
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We should always draw a distinction between republican politicians and republican voters. The former are concerned only with their careers and are often not true believers in conservative rhetoric.