Offthemat

So Walz is calling the National Guard “19 year olds that are cooks.” While the dimocrat ticket is puerile kooks.

No, you’re on target. Any peace-time warrior who denigrates a Marine combat correspondent (they carry rifles) who served in combat deserves doubt. They also make the kind of NCOs that discourage the retention of the good guys. He is correct in that the personnel run the gamut of morality, though in my experience there were only a few bad ones. The Army being so large, they variably offer lower commitment enlistments and higher bonuses. I was told all enlistments are for six years, but can consist of two years active, two years active reserve, and two years inactive reserve, or; three years active and three years inactive reserve, or; four years active and two years inactive reserve.

Yes.

That’s like intentionally cutting out the ‘expert’ middleman. Hmmm.

He was in the Nebraska NG before he moved and transferred to Minnesota, but I haven’t seen which unit he was originally in.

Six years huh? Better check your math.

I haven’t found anything on what Walz’ MOS (military occupational specialty) was. I know the National Guard is different from the Army, but with his rank being Master Sergeant instead of First Sergeant,, it’s very possible that he wasn’t trained combat arms. His main career was as a teacher, so it’s unlikely his MOS was mechanic or computer repair or engineer (heavy equipment operator), so maybe a clerk or supply or something. Funny, he was born at West Point. West Point, Nebraska.

I don’t hear anybody criticizing Walz’ military record, apart from going backchannel to get his retirement in under the wire. It’s his embellishment, his lies, that are of concern.

I’m going for some popcorn.

I misspoke above, Vance was a Marine combat correspondent.

What did you do? It’s obvious you don’t know what a Marine correspondent does.

O’Bama responded to Trump saying he would increase the GDP and improve the economy, saying “What’s he gonna do, wave his magic wand?” Then Trump did it, with a less than cooperative congress. Tell me you’re not a communist without telling me you’re a communist.

The last thirty seconds are pure gold. Story at: https://www.uncoverdc.com/2024/08/09/tenacious-citizens-force-election-integrity-investigation-in-georgia

Revisionist history. Prior to covid hitting, blue collar wage increases were outpacing white collar increases. Trump turned over a fast recovering economy that Biden then proceeded to shut down. If tariffs on China were bad for Americans, is that why Biden has kept them in place?

He certainly brings the detail. It probably won’t affect a scourge, though.

He praised the National Guard for how they stopped the mayhem, he congratulated Walz for finally calling them in. He didn’t commend Walz for delaying calling them in for several days, allowing the rioters to burn the city.

Nothing. He is waving his genetically modified federally controlled data thinking you’ll believe it rather than your own eyes. I guess he thinks that credit card balances going sky high and savings accounts dwindling means all is well. Anybody who thinks Kamela Harris, who has never won a single delegate in an election, is the person best qualified to run our government, should not be left unsupervised.

Only chumbolones believe that trash. There are too many instances of him showing his affection for the military to believe that. If you want to recognize the kind of guy that has those feelings, he’ll be the guy who says he’s with you while he’s secretly going through back channels to avoid going, he’ll be the guy that claims he was a higher rank than he was, he’ll be the guy that wears the crest of an elite unit that he was never part of, he’ll be the guy who ran like a coward but claims he went to war. That’s the kind of guy who’ll think combat soldiers are suckers and losers, because of everything that’s in it for him.

For those who are interested in what JD Vance’s duty was in Iraq. To be chosen for this role he had to score very high on the aptitude test. “But Cullen Tiernan, who served alongside JD Vance in Iraq as a fellow combat correspondent, told The Independent the role was not without danger. “When we first landed, we got mortar and rockets from Baghdadi, the neighboring town. That was definitely a shock,” he said. “It’s odd to me that people would try to negate or put down what combat correspondents do. When you’re walking in patrol, or when you’re flying in a helicopter that goes into the sandstorm, or when you come upon an IED, and see people who have been blown up, you’re having the same exact experience. You just also have a camera and an obligation to document it.”” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jd-vance-iraq-military-stolen-valor-b2594155.html

CinnaCity?

This is the point. It doesn’t matter what the football players think of him, they can be wrong, but it’s easily proven that he lied on many occasions about important matters. His accomplishments as governor are just as nefarious. The real problem is the top of the ticket.