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Exploiting the Military Dead
We’ve reached the place in America where people can believe Trump taking a photo is more disgraceful than the Biden-Harris administration getting a son killed on a badly conceived final day in Saigon.
It began when Donald Trump was invited to attend a wreath-laying ceremony in honor of the 13 American service members who were killed as a result of the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan three years ago August. During the visit, the former president was asked to take pictures with the family of Staff Sergeant Darin Taylor Hoover—one of the service members killed in the 2021 suicide bombing at Abbey Gate outside the Kabul airport in Afghanistan—at his gravesite. Democrats then used that photo to attack Trump, with some claiming he broke federal law simply by being present, and that he had disrespected the dead simply by his presence.
Kamala Harris led the hand-wringing, saying “As Vice President, I have had the privilege of visiting Arlington National Cemetery several times. It is a solemn place; a place where we come together to honor American heroes who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service of this nation. It is not a place for politics. And yet, as was reported this week, Donald Trump’s team chose to film a video there, resulting in an altercation with cemetery staff. Let me be clear: the former president disrespected sacred ground, all for the sake of a political stunt.”
As for exploitation, turn next to pearl-clutching The New York Times, who sent a reporter to record the names of those buried near where the Trump photo alongside the 13 Gold Star families was taken and then find their families to seek an anti-Trump quote. As their way of honoring the dead, the Times called out Master Sgt. Andrew Marckesano, an eight-tour combat vet who died by suicide in 2020, and whose headstone inadvertently appeared in the photos of Trump with the Gold Star families. The Times tracked down sister Michele who said only “We hope that those visiting this sacred site understand that these were real people who sacrificed for our freedom and that they are honored and respected accordingly.” So much for reptilian journalism.
“When you take a photo of your loved one then other headstones are gonna be present as well,” Senator and veteran Tom Cotton (R-AR) said. “Frankly, I think it’s very disappointing that The New York Times went and found a family whose headstone was featured in that photograph of another Gold Star family and then went to them to try to embarrass the Gold Star families who wanted President Trump there.”
We’re sure the family was honored to have Master Sgt. Andrew Marckesano brought into all this by the Times, and was pleased the Times did not bother to talk about the epidemic of solder suicides which plague our best. Nope, Marckesano was only worth exploiting to the point where one of his relatives might backhandedly criticize Trump. He was used again by a heartless media strung out on TDS. Bonus: The New York Times scolding not just Trump, but all those who appeared in the picture taken in Section 60. That included several Gold Star family members.
Yet here is a photo of Joe Biden at Arlington with a grieving Gold Star relative, in Section 60, with plenty of names visible on adjacent headstones. No evidence The New York Times contacted any of their relatives. Is it no less exploitive and political? What was its intent if not to add to the propaganda and political noise that Joe Biden cares about the troops’ deaths? Joe Biden also used shots of Arlington National Cemetery and flag-draped caskets in a recent political ad. You can even see the names on the gravestones in the video with the caption reading “Donald Trump doesn’t know a damn thing about service to his country.” Most of the ad text is Biden “quoting” President Trump degrading military service based on unknown sources from debunked reporting by liberal tabloids. Here’s another. FYI: Joe Biden depended on the same kind of medical deferments Trump did to stay out of the military during the Vietnam war. Harris never served and her running mate misrepresented his National Guard experience.
Arlington National Cemetery is a difficult place to visit. On the one hand signs admonish visitors to show respect to the dead of so many wars while on the other hand hordes of sweat-drippy tourists race from one famous grave site to another to the Tomb of the Unknowns as if the place was the Disneyworld of Death. It is all solemn as a cheerleader, and yes, many photos are taken of headstones with names visible, the fallen men and women treated as props for selfies to show back home. And here we are outside the Tomb! Looks just like on the tee vee! is the next shot.
All this drives home the point Arlington exists for many purposes, many ends. But here is one rarely spoken of: it is a place for Commanders-in-Chief to confront the results of their decisions. They all made the pilgrimage at some point, the warmongers Bush and Obama, game faces on. This stands in for neither man ever sweating in body armor in the Iraqi summer sun, or wincing when a bullet flew too close, or watching someone now in Section 60 die in their lap.
Biden and Harris were not at Arlington to meet the 13 Gold Star families because they were afraid. They stood aside from those men and women as they stood aside from their decision to use those men and women in a terrible war which they now want us to forget. Biden in particular bears a heavy burden, having sponsored the war for eight years as Obama’s vice president and then continuing to do so under his own administration. Now, for Harris to rake Trump over the coals for posing for some photos instead of taking responsibility for the dead in the those photos tells you much about the woman, crying exploitation while shirking the responsibility of her own exploitation of those young lives.
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Rich Bauer said...
1Love the photo of Mr. Bonespurs thumbs up, celebrating over the graves of “Suckers and Losers.” The grifter even exploits the military dead.
09/20/24 9:06 AM | Comment Link
John Poole said...
2Bauer will disagree but in my opinion the stupid Kamala will be a very dangerous POTUS. She doesn’t know how stupid she is. Trump’s self awareness may be flawed but he still has moments of clarity and he wants business to be a source of wealth not war (so far).
Looked at THE DEER HUNTER last night while grandchildren sitting (I don’t have cable). I typed in today: Were the Vietcong sadists(Cimino certainly portrayed them as such)? The film was still troubling- clueless uneducated reckless studs in a steel town thinking going off to war would be cool. The “Fuck it!” scene with the Green Beret in wedding bar scene was a warning beacon of sanity but ignored by cocky guys.
09/20/24 11:23 AM | Comment Link
Rich Bauer said...
3“Arlington National Cemetery is a difficult place to visit”…for a demented clown who called these heroes suckers and losers.
Donnie Dementia probably feared one of them would have grabbed him by the bonespur heels and pulled him down.
09/20/24 11:45 AM | Comment Link
Rich Bauer said...
4Speaking of the dead, DJT is now trading at 14!!!! Peter, sell your Donnie Truthhaha Social stock before it hits zero.
09/20/24 1:33 PM | Comment Link
Rich Bauer said...
5The End of Donnie Dementia
No, it ain’t because DJT stock just crashed below $14. No, it ain’t because of DD’s association with the Black Nazi. DD has lost THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE and Joe Rogan.
Articles are now appearing on the Dreher Orban site that herald the end of DD. Just as LBJ reportedly said when he lost Walter Cronkite support for the Vietnam War that he had lost Mr. Average Citizen, losing Rogan and Am Con’s blind allegiance to DD means the end is nigh. The end will finally come when DD is airlifted off Maralongo to a country without extradition. He could join the Nazis in Argentina. Saudi don’t want him if they can’t use him anymore. Russia? Putin will be looking for asylum in some shit hole country. No, DD will not leave. He will make a deal….Call it the ART OF THE SQUEAL.
09/20/24 5:58 PM | Comment Link
Rich Bauer said...
6JP,
Trump has no awareness of himself or others, and he has no ability to feel sympathy for anyone. That he told his mob to attack the Capital shows the guy would burn the world if he thought it could help him. So cool the “great peacekeeper” jive.
Trump has a broken psyche stemming from abandonment by his mother. Mary Trump knows he is totally unfit for any office. I had the misfortune of standing next to this broken man waiting an hour for Gorby to arrive at State. Trump was rude and humiliated his wife Ivana who was standing next to him. I am sorry I didn’t kick him in the balls at the time.
The world is a dangerous place. Letting this lunatic back in the White House is like Christopher Walken in the Deer Hunter playing Russian Roulette with 5 of the 6 chambers loaded. He eventually turned the gun on himself, but he killed lots of people before then.
09/20/24 11:29 PM | Comment Link
John Poole said...
7Bauer: Trump is no exception to males who seek to be POTUS. Barack is a pretty sketchy guy. JFK? Johnson? Bush?, Geez, they are all pretty weird. What do we know about the 20 or so also ran POTUSes like Polk, Tyler?
Kamala marries for the first time at age 48 and to a white Jewish adulterer who impregnated a nanny. Her advisers probably said it might indeed be time for a mixed race female to run for POTUS but only if married or widowed (a widow -even childless- who is dating of course would be fantastic). There could be a White House wedding for Madame President! The press would go wild.
09/21/24 10:21 AM | Comment Link
Rich Bauer said...
8DEATH OF A CONMAN
Fitting that Donnie the Conman made a visit to a cemetery, as his campaign is in grave condition. The conman knows he is sinking and the sharks of his nightmares are circling. Desperate to save himself he is tossing overboard fiscal conservatism, as if he was ever one. The conman now promises to abolish taxes on tips, overtime pay and Social Security; make in-vitro fertilization free to patients; cap credit card interest rates; cut car insurance rates and restore the state and local tax deduction in addition to the campaign agenda he already outlined. Of course, it is all a big con.
While he rots in some Florida prison, he will have time to accept the truth:
“I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been.”
― Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
09/21/24 3:19 PM | Comment Link
John Poole said...
9Bauer: I find it highly implausible that you own no firearm considering your former career line of work. Are you disallowed from owning one due to some legal infraction? Be honest. I’ll answer honestly any question you put forth to me.
09/21/24 3:34 PM | Comment Link
Rich Bauer said...
10JP,
1. Oh, now you want to answer honestly. You have swallowed Putin’s lies for so long that you can’t tell what is real. This is similar to MAGA. IT SWALLOWED FAUX NEWS LIES FOR TOO LONG.
2. I never carried a weapon. My goal was to expose the fascists in DS and the other rotten sections of State. Just gave them enough rope and they hung themselves, Similar to the tactics Harris uses to hang the fascists in the Trump-Vance cult. Donnie Dementia finally figured that out and now he has refused to debate. Too late.
3. Xploiting the dead: While the rich Republican grifters are jumping ship like rats, DD sees the sharks are circling and he is going down with Project 2025 and a fat Black Nazi. What will the grifters do? Like parasites attached to a dying whale, they have to find another host. Well, if they are like Peter, they can always write a book denouncing the whole sordid affair, not mentioning they were only in it for the money. You see, the Nazis paid so well.
The End.
09/23/24 10:26 AM | Comment Link
Rich Bauer said...
11How low can DD and his dumbass stock go?
Donnie Dementia’s vulgar downfall is only exceeded by the downfall of his dumbass Truthhaha Social stock, which is headed to 11. At this level the longs who bought on margin have left the stage and are living in their cars. The shorts who bought put options at 65 are likely closing out their Trading Places positions. The stock is approaching worthless penny-stock levels. No wonder DD is pushing crypto fraud and Melania is selling her porn photos. There won’t be any value in anything these grifters are selling when DD goes to prison.
09/23/24 12:11 PM | Comment Link
Rich Bauer said...
12Exploiting the military dead
“Vermin, poisoning our bodily fluids, blame the Jews, Unified Reich.”
Lots of American heroes died in a war to defeat this virus.
MAGA has been infected by Trump, who was the Coronavirus biggest enabler.
09/24/24 8:48 AM | Comment Link
Rich Bauer said...
13Donnie Dementia finishing dead
In memory of Truthhaha Social, the biggest financial failure since Elon was forced to buy Twitter, let US also pause to celebrate the death of the Donnie Dementia 2024 campaign. DD gave up the ghost when he refused to debate Harris again, saying it was too late as voting had already begun. Following this “logic”, DD will stop holding rallies and his group therapy sessions on Faux News for this reason.
DD is dead like PD. Maybe they can share a cell and have Freak Offs together.
09/24/24 9:21 AM | Comment Link
Rich Bauer said...
14Trump Civil War has the Reich Stuff
Imagine on Jan 6, 2025, DD and his dimwits try to start another insurrection, Georgia will feature prominently. It could mean the difference in the EC, as the North has far greater number of voters. Of course, DD won’t be gone with the windmills. He will hold court while Judge Cannon shoots herself in the foot. DD is already blaming the Jews. The neo-Nazi cast includes: Stephen Discount Goebbels Miller, Elon Albert Speer Musk, Steve Goering Cheung, Lara Eva Braun Loomer, and Donnie, who could play the role of Stupid Hitler. But the real stars will be the Men in Black on the Supreme Court.
09/24/24 4:11 PM | Comment Link
John Poole said...
15Bauer: I thought you were assigned protection detail for various dignitaries. You should have been concealing a M4. What was your government employment? I assumed you were DS.
09/24/24 8:15 PM | Comment Link
John Poole said...
16Bauer: I’ll repeat. You own no firearm whatsoever? I find that preposterous! Under what branch did you serve? I’ll assume you were a DS agent and if so you needed to be armed while serving certain details.
09/24/24 10:34 PM | Comment Link
Rich Bauer said...
17JP,
DS knows who I am. I worked with their current director to take out several international terrorist rings.
09/25/24 9:22 AM | Comment Link
Rich Bauer said...
18JP,
And if you really thought Donnie Dementia was some antiwar candidate, here is something for you to swallow:
Trump: But if I were the president, I would inform the threatening country — in this case, Iran — that if you do anything to harm this person, we are going to blow your largest cities and the country itself to smithereens. We are going to blow it to smithereens.
09/25/24 11:21 PM | Comment Link