[ASA Vet]

President Trump - it's like having your dad as President

I'm glad my dad was never President. He bought into the Union nonsense hook, line, and sinker.

I asked him more than once how a WW-II Combat Vet could support the CommiecRATs.

[Mears]

“He bought into the Union nonsense hook, line, and sinker.”

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So did many of his generation.

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[WashingtonFire]

The thing is, Trump is just saying (and now doing !) the kind of things my dad has been speaking about, round the kitchen table, for 30 years now.

As soon as my father saw Trump shoot down Megyn Kelly’s ridiculous PC attack on him in the primary debate, my dad said instantly that’s the kind of man we need as President.

He said no candidate has looked this presidential since the Gipper’s “ I am paying for this microphone” moment

[BBell]

I'm glad my dad was never President. He bought into the Union nonsense hook, line, and sinker. I asked him more than once how a WW-II Combat Vet could support the CommiecRATs.

That reminds me of the die hard Reagen hating yellow dog democrats I met during my brief stay in Pa. (84/85). Surprisingly they were a lot of WWII vets. Most of them got their knowledge from union propaganda.

[Hostage]

Unions were at one time full of patriots, America first, Flag respecting, but as the old guard retired, the newcomers tried to rig politics in their favor to keep the gravy train running, as American products became less competitive. The Unions became the problem rather than the solution.

So when you asked your Dad about his support for democrats, it really was a different time, a different context.

[robowombat]

Not hard to figure out. Lived in SE Michigan for several years back in the 60’s. Lots of WW2 and Korean War combat vets around. Really hated the anti-Viet Nam protesters. But most were loyal Demo voters. I asked a few why and it boiled down to memories of the Great Depression and the way industrial workers were treated before the New Deal. Strictly economics. GOP did nothing for the industrial worker, used labor injunctions to break strikes, and gave us the Great Depression. Some of these men had memories of never having enough to eat for years at a time. Their loyalty to the union and the Dems was similar to the intense loyalty to the Dems many lower middle class and lower end farm types in the Deep South. The Dems paid off. It might not have been paradise under FDR but it was a lot better than nearly starving under Hoover. Those lessons last a lifetime. These people were very socially conservative and patriotic but loyal Dem voters.