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In reply to the discussion: "I am a former Republican and a military veteran." [View all]skepticscott
(13,029 posts)12. What, and they just started noticing those things in 2008?
Sorry, but you'd have to have been in a coma for the 8 years of the Clinton administration and the 8 years of GWB not to have seen all of the shit they're talking about going on every day. I don't buy for one second that they suddenly experienced "enlightenment" over what the Republican Party is about. I strongly suspect that as long as the Republicans were screwing other people, their attitude was "fuck the welfare queens", and that their attitude only changed when they took the punch in the gut personally.
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People can come to the same location by different paths, some are longer than others.
Uncle Joe
Jul 2015
#13
I don't view the OP as a statement of pride so much as a confessional or epiphany.
Uncle Joe
Jul 2015
#15
I believe he wants to send a message to other veterans and republicans who might be reachable.
MH1
Jul 2015
#18