How the fuck were we dumb enough to pick W over Kerry? Jesus.

I don’t think this is about criticizing Trump for deciding to do it. I think this is about criticizing the reaction, as if giving a grieving widow positive attention is the greatest moment in presidential speech history. More to your point, very few people who are praising Trump praised Clinton for bringing out a…

Trump didn’t “let it be,” he ended it by crowing about what a long ovation he got (even though it was actually for the grieving widow he was using as a prop).

It’s amazing how there is always money for the military until the men and women come home.

As a vet myself this is something everyone needs to understand: sometimes American Soldiers die for no good reason. They die in accidents, in blue-on-blue attacks, from improper medical care, in stupid wars, in badly planned missions. It happens. “Soldiers have died” is not a reason to keep fighting in and of itself.

Trotting out the military as props is like Politics 101. Their families are inherently sympathetic, and Soldiers get virtually no say in what they are told to do (if someone tells them to go stand next to the President and have him pin on an award, that’s what they do). Plus politicians can funnel all sorts of money…

Ah, the hypocrisy is thick. Remember when he went after the Khan family and accused HRC of using them as a political prop? Fun times, man. Fun times.