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MattBaggins

(7,944 posts) Wed Aug 7, 2024, 09:54 AM Aug 2024

So they are already swiftboating him [View all]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://nypost.com/2024/08/06/us-news/veep-pick-tim-walz-is-a-traitor-to-national-guard-source/&ved=2ahUKEwjb8oeDg-OHAxVKFFkFHQzVANIQFnoECBYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw37nee2EJcyPWuwrcW5MeBa

Claiming he abandoned his guard unit when they were going to deploy to Iraq

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So they are already swiftboating him [View all] MattBaggins Aug 2024 OP

We have to rebut this kind of shit at every turn. They're getting a lot of mileage out of tampons in boys rooms. Walleye Aug 2024 #1

Rebut it or ignore it or turn it into a positive? Ocelot II Aug 2024 #2

Rebutting puts us on the defensive, orthoclad Aug 2024 #5

yes bone spurs BoRaGard Aug 2024 #11

Agree that it's important to quickly release correct information, but wnylib Aug 2024 #46

Trump's grandfather had to leave Germany because he was to be arrested for desertion. Lonestarblue Aug 2024 #47

I disagree, NO to the same strategy that lost us the LAST swift boat skirmish! tableturner Aug 2024 #56

Yeah, start calling Trump Kotex ear Walleye Aug 2024 #69

You are so right PlanetBev Aug 2024 #71

Read my post orthoclad Aug 2024 #78

Bingo. Right or wrong, Americans want to see someone who is a fighter misanthrope Aug 2024 #81

+1, illusionary effect can take on fast uponit7771 Aug 2024 #84

ok..a couple of things.. agingdem Aug 2024 #67

I think we should issue one rebuttal, orthoclad Aug 2024 #79

Yah, this one is just pathetic, but it goes so well with men in women sports.... a kennedy Aug 2024 #7

I think them bringing this tampon thing up displacedvermoter Aug 2024 #13

Tim is a champion of women rights Sunsky Aug 2024 #33

I guess they don't want girls to have periods at all, they want them to stay pregnant all the time Walleye Aug 2024 #68

Again, the tampon thing only plays to their base. Elessar Zappa Aug 2024 #22

No they're not BannonsLiver Aug 2024 #23

My daughters school DeepWinter Aug 2024 #27

" Boys being boys" obamanut2012 Aug 2024 #59

"Boys being boys?" mcar Aug 2024 #64

theycre only getting milage from it among themselves. Think. Again. Aug 2024 #30

Agreed MattBaggins Aug 2024 #37

Or talk about the differences in successful governing. Think. Again. Aug 2024 #40

Mileage? MorbidButterflyTat Aug 2024 #49

They really aren't getting a lot of mileage from the Tampon thing, at all obamanut2012 Aug 2024 #57

But are they really? kcr Aug 2024 #80

This was tried during the Governor race Nanjeanne Aug 2024 #3

I hope Trump is dumb enough to try MattBaggins Aug 2024 #39

Hilarious. Read the title: he retired prior to unit going to Iraq! So did my ex-father-in-law. He served 24 years. sinkingfeeling Aug 2024 #4

Repeat a lie MattBaggins Aug 2024 #17

yeah so we should stop repeating it. Think. Again. Aug 2024 #31

Honest question: Then why are you repeating it? obamanut2012 Aug 2024 #60

Yep, it's called the Illusionary Effect uponit7771 Aug 2024 #82

My Dad retired when he was told that he'd go to Viet Nam. Happy Hoosier Aug 2024 #74

This is why trump "hired" Chris LaCivita .. the original creator of the swiftboaters. BUT we already have a come-back BComplex Aug 2024 #6

LaCivita came on long before mcar Aug 2024 #66

I wasn't suggesting that trump has "seers". I was suggesting that trump was going to use the swiftboater BComplex Aug 2024 #77

It's the NY Post. It's to be expected. TwilightZone Aug 2024 #8

NY Post is a right-wing publication. Emile Aug 2024 #9

You should Self Delete this propaganda Emile Aug 2024 #10

No I shouldn't MattBaggins Aug 2024 #18

"I intend to discuss it..." BannonsLiver Aug 2024 #26

Post removed Post removed Aug 2024 #28

You really should delete rightwing talking pionts from rightwing sources though. Think. Again. Aug 2024 #34

As a veteran you are not feeling my fear, you are witnessing my disgust! Emile Aug 2024 #41

Same take MattBaggins Aug 2024 #48

Then quit spreading it! Emile Aug 2024 #51

Agreed. MorbidButterflyTat Aug 2024 #52

Won't Work displacedvermoter Aug 2024 #12

Yea & it's a weak smear attempt & i wouldn't call it swiftboating onetexan Aug 2024 #15

I like using swiftboating MattBaggins Aug 2024 #24

How about "Slowboating"? displacedvermoter Aug 2024 #36

Swiftboating was largely successful last time. TwilightZone Aug 2024 #55

It did surface in the last Governor's race geardaddy Aug 2024 #50

They did not have the months (years) to create smears this time karynnj Aug 2024 #62

Yeah, the "stolen valor" thing is hot on SM Cosmocat Aug 2024 #14

"Give in"? MorbidButterflyTat Aug 2024 #54

Joe, Hillary, Kerry, Dean Cosmocat Aug 2024 #73

You don't just put in your two weeks and "quit" the Guards. haele Aug 2024 #16

This is the part to get out MattBaggins Aug 2024 #21

This pisses me off to no end, Vance et al are cowards not deserving uponit7771 Aug 2024 #83

Ignoring all their BS. Brainfodder Aug 2024 #19

It's the New York Post. Elessar Zappa Aug 2024 #20

It's not just the NY Post MattBaggins Aug 2024 #32

I doubt the Harris/Walz campaign needs to go on the defensive. Think. Again. Aug 2024 #35

Except I'm talking about going MattBaggins Aug 2024 #42

No, you are literally suggesting we defend against idiotic B.S. Think. Again. Aug 2024 #45

No, you are saying to defend it obamanut2012 Aug 2024 #61

Second attempt and pushed by the guy who didn't get the promotion Walz got Maeve Aug 2024 #25

This geardaddy Aug 2024 #53

Eff them malaise Aug 2024 #29

I checked the records. He served 24 years longer than Trump and Vance combined. CincyDem Aug 2024 #38

Wait... Republicans are anti-tampon now? Bucky Aug 2024 #43

He retired as a Command Sergeant Major SARose Aug 2024 #44

Is that all those fuckos got? Blue Owl Aug 2024 #58

Yup, that and tampons obamanut2012 Aug 2024 #63

And the 30 yo DUI. Mosby Aug 2024 #65

38 count felon with bone spurs says what Tribetime Aug 2024 #70

So in another thread you say Vance's military record is above scrutiny BannonsLiver Aug 2024 #72

Won't stick this time around. Torchlight Aug 2024 #75

Two Key Points Metaphorical Aug 2024 #76