re: So damn proud of my country and military today!

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Trump flirted with that and clearly backed away. Obama and the Clintons abused government power in faking the Steele Dossier and using it to persecute, and spy upon, the Republican nominee, and then to undermine the sitting US President.

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We already handed it to him. His capacity for weilding that power has only about 30 months left. The question is where do we go from here? Trump’s weaponization of the government is coming to an end. The weaponization by the Obamas and Clintons are in the past. What now? Are you in favor of packing SCOTUS? Further revocation of the Senate filibuster? This is what your party is screaming for. And these actions would end our constitutional republic.

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I’m not defending weaponization by Obama, Clinton, Biden, Trump, or anybody else. If the FBI abused FISA, if people misled courts, or if government power got used against political opponents, condemn it. I’ve got no problem saying that.

But that doesn’t make Trump disappear.

He didn’t just “flirt” with overturning an election. He pressured state officials, pushed false claims, leaned on Pence, and then watched it all boil over on January 6. That ain’t flirting with the line. That’s putting your boot across it and then acting surprised somebody noticed the footprint.

And this is where the standard seems to change. When Democrats abuse power, it’s the end of the republic. When Trump does it, suddenly it’s just Trump being Trump, or it’s already winding down, or everybody needs to move on.

I can’t ride with that.

On court packing and the filibuster, I’m not signing off on every bad idea some Democrat throws over the fence just because I’m criticizing Trump. If court packing is a power grab, call it one. If gutting the filibuster damages the Senate, say that too. I’ll sit right there with you.

But none of that changes what Trump did. You can point at Obama and Clinton all day, and I may even agree with you on some of it. But it still doesn’t turn Trump into a defender of constitutional order bubba.

That’s the part I can’t get past. You don’t fix one side playing with matches by handing the other side a gas can and calling it peace.

looks like 9 communist have voted so far against America.

You are so narrow in your view of waste.

I didnt hear you mention once the State of Minnesota fraud and California fraud or every other Blue State that has been frauding this country for 12 years under Obama and Illiterate Biden.

What about the Harris Waltz States that are 2 of the biggest fraudsters that ever lived.

You chose to criticize our President for wanting to Celebrate Freedom and the 250 years of Freedom.

Ill gaurantee you what was spent to celebrate 250 was less than 1% of 1% of what corruption is found in your blue controlled States.

You were in the Military so what. My dad and many other family members were too. That doesn't mean you are an expert on anything. It means you served your country just like Republicans have.

Let me hear what you disagreed with on your Presidents. I want to hear your praise of that incoherant Biden and that Communist Obama.

Those “”whining libs” you describe are
a distinct minority, thank God. Unless you are suggesting that anyone who disagrees with Trump must be a “whining lib”,,,

Former Viper pilot here, frankly I think you need to change your tampon with all due respect. You can cry about fuel and maintenance all you want but have you ever been on an active flight line, especially at war? You wouldn’t be complaining about the flyovers yesterday. Lastly though, if you’re truly a vet then wouldn’t you want to see your country’s power on display for its 250th birthday? Our enemies do shite like this all the time just make themselves look strong and tough to the United States. Not NATO, the United States. It’s ok to let the dog off the chain for the cameras to let the people get a fantastic show but also to remind those enemies who daddy still is and always will be. We could have driven a few hundred tanks down Pennsylvania Ave too if we wanted so count yourself lucky, I have no idea if you could have survived such a show thinking about fuel consumption you might have had a heart attack. Something tells me if Kamala Harris did this you’d call it a great geopolitical move.

Closest CrystalMeth has been to a Viper is driving past Shaw AFB wondering what all the noise is.

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The left has been shaming America for as long as I’ve been alive (I 64 next month). That is counterproductive.

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Sounds like you are equating honest dissent with "shaming"
I'm even older, and I've seen it all...

In a healthy, free democracy we will always hear some dissent from some citizens.

Your complaining on the money spent to Celebrate 250 years of Freedom because all you do is complain. You don't Like Trump so every dollar he spends offends you.

Using our Military as scenery . You pompous malcontent it was a show of force to the world. And pride for our Country.

It was to make America proud and celebrate our defense of freedom all over the world.

Sounds to me like your military views are clouding your judgement.

I could give a rats tail if you like or don't like Trump. Your words show a lack of pride in the country and maybe your vanity is bigger than the President.

I loved the Celebration and thought when the President brought out hero's from all the wars was Patriotic. Not vain.

Ill clap like a trained Seal any time my country is celebrating a milestone like 250 years of Freedom. I was there in D.C for 200 years and enjoyed it immensely. I didn't care about who was President then and it wasn't about President Trump this time. It was about America.

An at the age of 65 i would volunteer to serve if needed now.

You can complain that's your right but this trained seal will love America and want to celebrate its milestones till the day i die no matter who is President .

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What I said was the military belongs to the country, not to one politician’s vanity show.

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Most politicians, like Hollywood celebrities and top professional athletes, have big egos. It’s part and parcel. From the moment Trump took office in 2016 he was attacked non-stop by a dishonest partisan media. Falsely accused and investigated by dishonest democrats to gum up his first term, and had the justice department weaponized against him to try to prevent him from being elected again. Multiple assassination attempts egged on by leftist politicians. All because he was an outsider threatening to disrupt the corruption, identity politics, and globalist rot that had entrenched itself in DC.
Trump isn’t perfect but he’s not what the liberal media mis-characterizes him out to be and he 100% loves the United States of America. You can go back to his early days as a young New Yorker and he’s been saying the same things for nearly 50 years and espousing his love for America. The man knows and loves American history.

I’ll listen to criticism of his policy or ideas but the moment someone starts off clamoring about his “ego” lets me know that this is the emotional lens they process everything through. This condition is called TDS. And so I just summarily dismiss it.

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