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To: boop

Regarding Kristofferson, from wiki

“Military career[edit]

Kris, under pressure from his family, ultimately joined the U.S. Army and achieved the rank of Captain. He became a helicopter pilot after receiving flight training at Fort Rucker, Alabama. He also completed Ranger School. During the early 1960s, he was stationed in West Germany as a member of the 8th Infantry Division.[10] It was during this time that he resumed his music career and formed a band. In 1965, when his tour of duty ended, Kristofferson was given an assignment to teach English Literature at West Point.[11] Instead, he decided to leave the Army and pursue songwriting. His family disowned him because of this decision and they never reconciled with him.[citation needed] They saw it as a rejection of everything they stood for, in spite of the fact that Kristofferson has said he is proud of his time in the military, and received the AVA (American Veterans Awards) “Veteran of the Year Award” in 2003.[12][13]”

That makes him a “hard core leftist?”


21 posted on 04/11/2014 10:53:24 PM PDT by truth_seeker
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To: truth_seeker
I thank Kristofferson for his honorable service.

But do you have any idea what he stands for?

He's been a total pinko since the late 60s.

Yeesh.

Look up his political stands.

And YES, he doesn't "seem" like the kind of guy who would go full leftist, but he did.

25 posted on 04/11/2014 11:57:10 PM PDT by boop (I just wanted a President. But I got a rock.)
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To: truth_seeker

Wow. Thanks for the info on KK - interesting. I never would have guessed.


50 posted on 04/12/2014 5:40:49 AM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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