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Draft-Dodger Trump Said Sleeping Around Was My ‘Personal Vietnam’
The Daily Beast ^ | February 16, 2016 | Tim Mak

Posted on 02/17/2016 5:32:11 AM PST by katieanna

Draft-dodger Donald Trump once said that the danger he faced from getting sexually transmitted diseases was his own “personal Vietnam.” In a 1997 interview with shock jock Howard Stern, Trump talked about how he had been “lucky” not to have contracted diseases when he was sleeping around. “I’ve been so lucky in terms of that whole world. It is a dangerous world out there. It’s scary, like Vietnam. Sort of like the Vietnam-era,” Trump said in a video that resurfaced Tuesday on Buzzfeed, “It is my personal Vietnam. I feel like a great and very brave soldier.”


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To: katieanna

It doesn’t matter if they have it on video, if it comes from the Daily Beast, it’s not to be trusted! < /rabid trump supporter >


101 posted on 02/17/2016 6:12:25 AM PST by Washi (All lives matter, or none do.)
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To: Snark

Quoting Trump is unacceptable. It proves you’re a liar!


102 posted on 02/17/2016 6:12:28 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution. Go Cruz.)
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To: katieanna

King David wouldn’t have a chance around here.


103 posted on 02/17/2016 6:12:31 AM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Guenevere

Truth hurts doesn’t it. I’d rather “crawl out of the woodwork” than out of the sewer like you tRumpsters.


104 posted on 02/17/2016 6:12:50 AM PST by beandog (TrumperTantrum)
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To: Renegade
Libs forgot what Clintoon did!( and sleeping around was his personal Vietnam also)

Yeah, and Clinton got PTSD, or most of those letters in some order, anyway.
105 posted on 02/17/2016 6:13:18 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: katieanna

Your post was a TDS Drive-by. It should have been pulled as trash.


106 posted on 02/17/2016 6:13:29 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Rusty0604
Whether the war was a justified one or not, comparing himself avoiding getting STD because of numerous sexual conquests to fighting in Vietnam is insulting to the soldiers that actually went to Vietnam.

You nailed it. ( Yes I know , bad choice of words.)

107 posted on 02/17/2016 6:14:18 AM PST by Timocrat (Ingnorantia non excusat)
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To: taxcontrol

Tell me this. Why was Ted Cruz’s dad living and working in Canada during the high of the VN war when little Teddy was born. Was he afraid that if he lived here in the states that he might be drafted? And BTW, I am also a VN era veteran and DT deferment does not bother me in the least.


108 posted on 02/17/2016 6:14:27 AM PST by eastforker (The only time you can be satisfied is when your all Trump.)
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To: Gaffer

I didn’t write the article. I didn’t title it, and I didn’t post it.


109 posted on 02/17/2016 6:14:29 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: katieanna

Nothing burger #432,110.2


110 posted on 02/17/2016 6:15:08 AM PST by TheStickman
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To: katieanna

Clinton was a draft dodger. Thousands of others dodged by fleeing the country or by flat out refusing to serve.

Trump received some deferments as did many others.

Ultimately he received a favorable number in the Draft Lottery.

That was not draft dodging.


111 posted on 02/17/2016 6:17:23 AM PST by Radix (Natural Born Citizens have Citizen parents.)
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To: eastforker

It is my understanding (perhaps incorrect) that those who received political asylum from the US did not participate in the draft. They could volunteer if they wanted, but were not compelled to serve.


112 posted on 02/17/2016 6:18:10 AM PST by taxcontrol ( The GOPe treats the conservative base like slaves by taking their votes and refuses to pay)
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To: xzins

David the King repented. Trump has said he has nothing to be forgiven of. No compare.


113 posted on 02/17/2016 6:19:37 AM PST by katieanna
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To: BigEdLB

Speaking of grade school

With what my brother drew on “Peter Rabbit”, the family knows that now he’ll never be president

but maybe a democrat congressman?


114 posted on 02/17/2016 6:20:26 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: eastforker
Tell me this. Why was Ted Cruz’s dad living and working in Canada during the high of the VN war when little Teddy was born. Was he afraid that if he lived here in the states that he might be drafted?

Do the math. He'd have been almost 30 years old.

115 posted on 02/17/2016 6:21:18 AM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: JimSEA
we shouldn’t hold Trump accountable for his draft dodging
Being in college or having a legit 4-F status are not draft dodging.
Hiding in Canada, faking a medical issue, or doing what Bill Clinton did, is draft dodging.
116 posted on 02/17/2016 6:21:44 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Smokin' Joe; katieanna
Understand. Katieanna was only trying to be a public service /s. Her addendum to the OP/link:

Political and personal rancor aside: this is something every American should be aware of. Remember who we are and what is right and wrong. Be blessed everyone and make it a lovely day!

There is a difference between highlighting "right and wrong" so everyone can "just know and be aware" and using a a draft-dodger tag to do it.

The OP was posted under News/Activism - clearly not to me. There is a difference between ardent support and irrational agitation - to me, this ploy of a thread is clearly agitation and devious. It is TDS Drive-by trash, IMO

117 posted on 02/17/2016 6:22:26 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: mmichaels1970

Thank you for your service my son also served in Desert Storm.


118 posted on 02/17/2016 6:23:19 AM PST by nclaurel
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To: Manic_Episode; katieanna
Character matters.

Not anymore. Character doesn't matter just as conservative principals don't.

119 posted on 02/17/2016 6:23:32 AM PST by wmfights (a stranger in a hostile and foreign land that used to be my home)
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To: katieanna

What an uncouth slob of a man.


120 posted on 02/17/2016 6:25:17 AM PST by Velveeta
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