Veterans for Trump
The Trump campaign issued a press release the other day announcing the formation of the “Veterans for Trump” coalition in New Hampshire made up of veterans who will campaign for Donald Trump during the primaries. There is a list of 52 folks on the press release, but it seems that at least three of them never gave their permission to the campaign to use their names, according to The Guardian;
“I don’t know anything about it,” said Ernie Fusi, an 88-year-old second world war veteran from Atkinson, New Hampshire. His name was among 51 “Veterans for Trump” whose details were sent out to the media and listed on Trump’s website.
“I haven’t told anyone I want to get in on that,” Fusi said. “I’m not going to do any campaigning.”
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
I get the sense that this probably wasn’t intentional. Someone in the campaign asked some veterans for some names to put on the list and someone figured that these people would support what this thing says that Trump will do for veterans. It’s a rookie mistake, and I’m pretty sure that it happens all of the time. However, the Trump campaign should have vetted the list before they published it, because every Republican campaign will be scrutinized by the media – unlike the other side. Since Trump is getting out in front of the other candidates, he is, and his campaign is, going to make mistakes that will stand as examples for the other candidates.
I’ve seen polls that say veterans support Trump in numbers greater than the other candidates, so that makes Trump a target. But, I’m pretty sure that no one at The Guardian or the Gawker are going to be pulling levers for Trump, or any other Republican, any time soon, so take it all with a grain of salt.
Thanks to Chief Tango for the link.
Category: Veterans in politics
Didn’t check his 6, huh?
I like how the media can’t even refer properly to World War II. Functional and historical illiteracy may become the trademarks of this election.
Or their reference to a North Vietnamese jail.
I guess they must think McCain got pulled over for speeding and couldn’t make bail.
Yes, the VC police were really, really mean to bad drivers, weren’t they?
Geez!
Drivers? Maybe, but remember, Lt. McCain crashed an airplane in one of their parks in the middle their capital city. That’s got to piss them off. At least he didn’t run out of gas, that would have been irresponsible.
Those commies take jaywalking seriously, don’t they?
Forget about the speeding and instead insert “He was jailed for boosting Uncle Ho’s favorite water buffalo.”
The media makes it sound like McCain only went to the local lock-up where he got three hots and a cot every day for the duration of his stay.
I don’t know anything about NH politics, so I’ll just keep quiet about access to VSO rosters and “Spin the Wheel” dartboard selection.
But I am stocking up on lots of extra sacks of Orville Reddenbacher’s main cash crop as we kick off the election season.
I will be laying in ample supplies of stuff like pizzas and supplies to make into cookies, cupcakes, cornbread, beef pot pies, chicken pot pies, frittatas, Italian wedding soup… well, bother! Now I’m hungry.
I’m not getting a TV to replace the dead TVs until next year. Lots of other things to do before then. This should prove to be interesting, at the very least.
Trust me, you don’t want to know.
But the GOP in NH is about as shaky as a 3-legged Chihuahua with Parkinson’s.
Silentium Est Aureum…”is about as shaky as a 3-legged Chihuahua with Parkinson’s.” May I please use that one? LMAO!
They call this “the silly season” for a reason.
You’ll know The Donald has mainstream traction when you see his campaign touting a list of Hair Stylists for Trump.
I hope his campaign vetted that list for any Veterans that received the Purple Heart Medal. The Donald prefers people that didn’t get captured… surely he prefers those that didn’t get injured also.
Interesting observation.
Both sides are scrutinzed. And neither are scrutinized enough.
You mean all that scrutiny they gave to Obama?
Or holding Hillary’s feet to the fire? That kind of scrutiny?
Lars. You need to check your facts only one gets scrutiny and that would be the republicans
LMAO !!!!
Lars, would you PLEASE restrain yourself from huffing paint and then posting here!
All those PSA’s about lead paint and you still ate the chips.
Hey Larsie, you’re an idiot. As always, fuck off and die.
Larsie-parsie the Rudy-poo, we NEVER have to wonder about how big of a shit-for-brains you are, you come here and prove it time after time. How’s your girlfriend’s job search going along, has that PhD of hers in Chinese politics gotten her anything other than Burger King, McDonald’s or Starbucks?
Dishwasher at the Chinese Buffet???
Head slavedriver in a cigarette factory in Macao?
Lars as always, you bring the dumbass in the thread.
Call me a sick puppy, but anytime the Guardian and Gawker are mentioned in the same sentence, I get a disgusting mental image of Alan Rusbridger and Nick Denton in a three-way with Hillary involving lots of nudity, bulk-grade olive oil, and a chimpanzee named Boo Boo. With a special guest appearance by Hulk Hogan.
There have been suggestions I should seek professional help…
Must you make me gag before dinner???
Now I’ll never enjoy my mashed potatoes.
Well, I do have 15 lbs left to lose for my goal, and now that I have no appetite at all…
Thanks Perry, really appreciate it. Really.
Perry…Now I will have nightmares. Thank you!
Speaking of debates, I think I could reduce shrillary to tears in about 15 minutes.
Any odds on that?
I think her head would explode ten minutes into the debate and the MSNBC monkey that is the moderator would be jumping in to defend her long before that.
Oh, Instinct, that MSNBC cow would find herself on the receiving end of ‘know your place or get off the stage’ from me.
Snakes have no tears. This is someone who in a taped interview in 80s laughed/chuckled (or cackled more than a few times) about a rape of a little girl in 1975 (as the defense attorney she successfully got leniency for the rape suspect at trial).
Hillary got the cocksucker to cop a plea…
I went digging, like any good archaeologist, and found this CBS News article about it. The comments are interesting.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-stands-by-her-defense-of-1975-rape-suspect/
This is from ABC: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/06/hillary-clinton-dogged-by-1975-rape-case/
There is also the Daily Beast 2014 interview with the victim, who is now an adult. We need to keep this stuff in front of people. Feminist, pro-woman, my fat Aunt Harriet!!
Ex-PH2, I don’t think that Das Hildebeast is capable of shedding even one tear, that creature has NO heart or soul.
Some of that stuff needs to be found more easily in the media. Back pedaling by snakes in an election season is always fun to watch. If she can’t be pried loose about Benghazi, what else can be turned into a shark in the pool? Hmm….
I agree with API – she’s as coldblooded as the villainous reptilian species she emulates. Did you ever see ‘V’? I swear, if the toasters from Battlestar Galactica, or the Skaerren from Farscape, really existed, she’d suck up to them, as would every other politician on the planet.
Gah!
Here is the Daily Beast article.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/16/why-was-hillary-clinton-laughing-about-helping-suspected-child-rapist.html
I’m more disgusted than ever with this warthog from Hell.
I am sure that when she is confronted she will say
“what does it matter”.
It matters because that ‘child’ is now an adult and will probably be dug up to be interviewed and shrillary’s behavior then will matter.
Is the world big enough for a double dose of Donald Trump? Not a joke…there is another Donald folks (not related).
https://www.roswellpark.org/donald-trump
Well, the name ‘Donald’ does mean ‘world saver’.
I’m going to see Trump speak on the 11th. I’ll post an AAR.
Yikes!
Just checked, dodged that bullet.