Your 2024 Presidential Election Thread

[AWP]

Bro. Those are fighting words. When I was with the 160th, I was UNSTOPPABLE at old school CoD on a desktop. In Afghanistan all we did was lift, eat, watch... movies, do ops, and play CoD.

I was so good, West Point's Modern War Institute published an article about it. I would have pwned you back in the day.

Competition, Call of Duty, and “Naked Chicks with Guns”: Lessons on Teambuilding from an Elite Special Operations Unit - Modern War Institute

Not to get all political, you were called to serve, but instead retired back to Camp Alpha. I could run any gun, any map, and top frag 90+ percent of the time. I killed more contractors and Air Force than Boeing. I have more kills with a shotgun than the quiet goth kid in math class, deadlier with a Remington than Kurt Cobain. More machine gun kills than an M-60 gunner at My Lai. More headshots than Riley Reid.

You were right to run.

 

[Marauder06]

Not to get all political, you were called to serve, but instead retired back to Camp Alpha. I could run any gun, any map, and top frag 90+ percent of the time. I killed more contractors and Air Force than Boeing. I have more kills with a shotgun than the quiet goth kid in math class, deadlier with a Remington than Kurt Cobain. More machine gun kills than an M-60 gunner at My Lai. More headshots than Riley Reid.

You were right to run.

this... this was beautiful.

 

[Marauder06]

I don't have an issue with tax- free tips.
My experience is people who rely on tips typically earn a lower wage. I tip based on performance, and usually tell the recipient that it is a gift, not a tip ( tax free then ).
We give all sorts of tax breaks to companies, individuals, why not service workers?

related:

 

[amlove21]

OMG is this real?

It’s real.

I had 1724 days OCONUS. Tim Walz had 864 total days in service over 24 years and no deployments.

I get that basically all vet bros are firing at this with both cannons; the counter narrative now is sort of shifting to ‘the veterans are so toxic to each other’ (completely true) and ‘why are we comparing service?’

I actually think this is a much easier explanation. Tim Walz *is a the archetypical military douchebag.’

Guard officer coasts through entire life on 1 weekend a month 2 weeks a year, spend 870 days grifting, war heats up and he runs off rail between his legs.

We all know “this guy”. There are a couple at every unit. Always getting out of basic mandatory shit, not really a problem but never an asset. Nice enough but weird. Takes feedback shitty. Petty. And then that guy plays the attrition game and somehow makes a rank too high for you to punch him in his dopey ass face. And he wears that like a safety blanket and adds a smug condescension for effect. We hate this guy for all he is.

And now he’s using *that service* to try and limit your free speech. Take your guns. Trans your kids. Violate your fourth and fifth amendments. Let your cities burn. Kneel to the woke mob. Define your police.

So yeah his service is on the table. Tim Walz should never hold office. Anywhere.

Edits cause phone.

 

[amlove21]

If single source reporting is good enough to spark a 20 year war, with thousands of lives lost, and trillions in the shitter, it's good enough for 90 days of election season.

This comment absolutely fucks hahahah

 

[Devildoc]

Gov. Tim Walz remarks at the Minnesota 9/11 20th Anniversary Commemoration:

"I had the privilege of serving in this state's national guard. I stood one night in the dark of night on the tarmac at Bagram Air Base in Iraq and watched a military ramp ceremony..."

Yes, those were his words.

 

[Marauder06]

Gov. Tim Walz remarks at the Minnesota 9/11 20th Anniversary Commemoration:

"I had the privilege of serving in this state's national guard. I stood one night in the dark of night on the tarmac at Bagram Air Base in Iraq and watched a military ramp ceremony..."

Yes, those were his words.

I really want this to be a real statement, but all I'm finding is either posts that got deleted or quotes that anyone could have made up. Is there a link to the record?

 

[Florida173]

I really want this to be a real statement, but all I'm finding is either posts that got deleted or quotes that anyone could have made up. Is there a link to the record?

About the 1:38:00 mark

 

[Devildoc]

I really want this to be a real statement, but all I'm finding is either posts that got deleted or quotes that anyone could have made up. Is there a link to the record?

This is where I saw it:

 

[AWP]

Page 374:
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/2023/mandated/231447.pdf

 

[Marauder06]

OK. It appears he definitely said it. Is it possible it's true because he went to AFG as a member of Congress?

 

[Marauder06]

GOV Walz sure has been trying hard to make everyone think he "went to war."

 

[Florida173]

OK. It appears he definitely said it. Is it possible it's true because he went to AFG as a member of Congress?

That's the thing. Watch him on the video. It's almost like he is intentionally blending experiences to deceive the listener

 

[Box]

I never realized that there was a Bagram Air Base in Irag...
...again, maybe its because of my low number of "deployments"




P.S.
Walz is a lying asshole

 

[Cookie_]

If I was part of the Harris/Walz strategy team, this focus on Walz' military service is the exact thing I'd want to keep the conservative news cycle focused on.

Why? Because the #normies don't give a shit about it. This isn't 2004 when the country was still riding the 9/11 Patriotism and OIF invasion trains. There's not going to be a "Swift Boat Veterans" event that harms Walz.

The undecided, nonmilitary voter isn't going to look at the intricacies of his rank, or understand his 24 years equates to less than 1k days like @amlove21 mathed out.

They'll just be between the conservative "Walz abandoned his unit" and the liberal "Bone spurs" or "Attacking war hero John McCain" (irony in the making).

The longer spent on Walz and his record is less time spent on policies. Again using @amlove21, I think he's the only person I've seen in this thread so far specifically bring up the MN abortion laws.
I might not agree with his take, but it's a least a policy point you could actually move voters with. The less time conservatives spend on that increase the chances the DNC sneaks out another win.

 

[Marauder06]

I never realized that there was a Bagram Air Base in Irag...
...again, maybe its because of my low number of "deployments"




P.S.
Walz is a lying asshole

lol

You know what, I didn't even notice that. I served at Balad three times and Bagram four times (cue AWP: "those are rookie numbers" ;) ) and regularly mix them up in my head and when I talk about them.

 

[AWP]

lol

You know what, I didn't even notice that. I served at Balad three times and Bagram four times (cue AWP: "those are rookie numbers" ;) ) and regularly mix them up in my head and when I talk about them.

Pfftt...you think I'll forget where my To Go trays came from?
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I still love my man and the North DFAC while IDF and C-RAMs were kicking off...Fucking Surf n Turf night did dumb shit to people.

 

[Devildoc]

If I was part of the Harris/Walz strategy team, this focus on Walz' military service is the exact thing I'd want to keep the conservative news cycle focused on.

Why? Because the #normies don't give a shit about it. This isn't 2004 when the country was still riding the 9/11 Patriotism and OIF invasion trains. There's not going to be a "Swift Boat Veterans" event that harms Walz.

The undecided, nonmilitary voter isn't going to look at the intricacies of his rank, or understand his 24 years equates to less than 1k days like @amlove21 mathed out.

They'll just be between the conservative "Walz abandoned his unit" and the liberal "Bone spurs" or "Attacking war hero John McCain" (irony in the making).

The longer spent on Walz and his record is less time spent on policies. Again using @amlove21, I think he's the only person I've seen in this thread so far specifically bring up the MN abortion laws.
I might not agree with his take, but it's a least a policy point you could actually move voters with. The less time conservatives spend on that increase the chances the DNC sneaks out another win.

I largely agree. If I was on Team Trump/Vance, I wouldn't get into the weeds of his service, but rather point out the numerous lies, and connect the dots with his lies to his horrible policies.

 

[Box]

For a piece of shit asshole liar that thinks AND CHAMPIONS the idea that MISinformation should be a legally binding and punishable offense that is NOT covered by our inalienable rights granted to us by our creators - he sure does seem to be comfortable spouting "MISspoken" shit out of his pie hole...

 

[Devildoc]

I read something earlier regarding polling, a pretty good and unbiased pollster said to not buy the claim of the significantly higher polling by Harris. He went into all sorts of math and statistics showing how a lot of those polls are cooking the books. If I can find it I will post it.