There just seems to be this incredibly long line of people from Walz’s past that come forward unprompted and motivated by a genuine desire to tell others what a good guy he is.
It’s gonna be real hard to paint him as the bad guy.
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It’s the definition of being poor.
But havent you heard? Every single person Walz served with in the military has come forward to call him a coward and say he has stolen valor. Every single one!
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I have not. Are they going to try and swift boat him?
One of the things I have been thinking about is that Waltz is one of the very few national candidates I can think of that has actually had a real job. The kind where you actually do something and have to work productively with colleagues and stuff (to say nothing of students). And so far there somehow still isn’t anyone who has anything bad to say about him? Pretty wild imo.
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oh they’re already yelling about stolen valor for the stupidest non-reason.
So, the military requires 20 years active duty in order to “retire” with full benefits. A second requirement they have is that in order to retire at a certain rank, you have to serve in that rank for a certain amount of time (I think it’s 18 months but I’m not sure). If You reach a certain rank but then retire before that minimum time, then your rank at retirement is the one lower.
So they are yelling about people saying Tim Walz reached the rand of Command Sergeant Major in the army, when his title is “Sergeant Major, Ret.” He DID reach the rank of CSM, just didn’t serve long enough at that rank before he retired, so he retired as a Sergeant Major.
Same thing happened to my uncle. He was promoted to Major General, then retired after about 8 months at that rank, so he was officially a retired Brigadier General.
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I’m not so knowledgeable about the military but the criticism “bloke serves 20+ years, reaches a certain rank but retires at a lower one” doesn’t seem like it has much gas in the tank.
Edit: Ok, I dived into the NY Post mud-bath. Seems like they want to paint him as a coward for the timing of his retirement (before his battalion was deployed to Iraq). Classic swift-boating then.
Of course it doesn’t.
Why are they not focusing on “your cities and towns will burn like Minneapolis if you elect this guy”? I feel like that would at least have a little traction - I know plenty of dem voters who think the jackboots should’ve been harder on the protestors.
That was my expectance as well. I’ve seen a bit of it, but also this nonsense and “Tampon Tim”. I think we’re still in the trial balloon stage of the Republican response. Searching to see what fuels the outrage machine most efficiently then moving forward with that.
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Ah yes, the side that has rallied behind Donald “bone spurs” Trump, a guy who is afraid to walk on a slight incline, is going to play the “your guy is a coward” card. Let’s see how that plays out.
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I disagree that is “the conservative view.” (Which, of course, doesn’t necessarily mean that explanation isn’t true.)
Teacher isn’t a real job. That just means he found a place to groom children for gender transition. Do your research!
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Duh!!!
I think protesting is a wonderful thing and a cherished right. On the other hand, looting and burning down family businesses is certainly another matter in my opinion.
I guess we’re at an impasse. Welfare mothers and Obama phones were just misunderstood praise of the poor then?. There are probably lots of examples you can give of conservative programs designed to help the poor without denigrating them and forcing them to go to church or take drug tests?
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I don’t know of a single “conservative program” that forces anyone to go to church. Could you please document one for me?
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I don’t see anything problematic with a drug test as a condition of government assistance as long as it applies to every applicant equally.
How do you miss a sotfball question that badly
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If we are going to do something like this we should start with the use of public roads. I don’t really care if someone on drugs uses an Obama phone, but I don’t want people driving around like that. Also, taking a drug test every time you want to use a street will disincentivize driving which will have a wealth of positive externalities.
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