After Iraq and Afghanistan, pioneering women in the military set sights on Congress

[longknife]

In Amy McGrath's pitch to voters in Kentucky, she wears a bomber jacket and stands next to an F/A-18, the fighter jet she flew as a Marine to drop bombs on Afghanistan.

In Mikie Sherrill's political ad in New Jersey, the camera lingers over a whirring Sea King helicopter, like the one she piloted on Navy missions.

And in Martha McSally's video announcing her run for Senate in Arizona, she is crouched in the cockpit of an Air Force fighter jet to underscore that she was the first woman to fly in combat.

Having women veterans run for office is great. In fact, I hope a lot more male veterans will run too. Get rid of a lot of professional hacks and replace them with those who have showed their love of this country. I honestly don't care whether they are Dims or Republicans.

Story @ After Iraq and Afghanistan, pioneering women in the military set sights on Congress

 

[Timmy]

Why do we kiss ass to veterans ? What makes them so special that they should be mainlined into congress ?

 

[Ricky LIbtardo]

Why do we kiss ass to veterans ? What makes them so special that they should be mainlined into congress ?

But the libtardos kiss illegal alien's ass every day. Why not have a patriot instead of a straight up political hack?

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Why do we kiss ass to veterans ? What makes them so special that they should be mainlined into congress ?

Ask the same question of your own party but change the targets to minorities or women.

People should be elected based on their strengths and what they have to offer. No one group is better than the other. But you know, identity politics is all the rage right now.

It's like BLACK HISTORY MONTH. Something so mind numbingly stupid it defies logic. Blacks didn't go through history isolated from every other race. It is HUMAN HISTORY. We already celebrate some individuals with noted holidays and blacks should be the first to have an entire race celebrated for an entire month? It is beyond patronizing

 

[Timmy]

Why do we kiss ass to veterans ? What makes them so special that they should be mainlined into congress ?

Ask the same question of your own party but change the targets to minorities or women.

People should be elected based on their strengths and what they have to offer. No one group is better than the other. But you know, identity politics is all the rage right now.

It's like BLACK HISTORY MONTH. Something so mind numbingly stupid it defies logic. Blacks didn't go through history isolated from every other race. It is HUMAN HISTORY. We already celebrate some individuals with noted holidays and blacks should be the first to have an entire race celebrated for an entire month? It is beyond patronizing

Please . History depends on who’s telling the tale .

Back to the topic. Why is military experience accepted as some sort of pinicle of public service?

We haven’t had a draft in 40 years . Anyone on the service joined on their own and received the benefits of doing so .

We mock a “community originizer” but praise some vet who did what for his fellow Americans?

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Why do we kiss ass to veterans ? What makes them so special that they should be mainlined into congress ?

Ask the same question of your own party but change the targets to minorities or women.

People should be elected based on their strengths and what they have to offer. No one group is better than the other. But you know, identity politics is all the rage right now.

It's like BLACK HISTORY MONTH. Something so mind numbingly stupid it defies logic. Blacks didn't go through history isolated from every other race. It is HUMAN HISTORY. We already celebrate some individuals with noted holidays and blacks should be the first to have an entire race celebrated for an entire month? It is beyond patronizing

Please . History depends on who’s telling the tale .

Back to the topic. Why is military experience accepted as some sort of pinicle of public service?

We haven’t had a draft in 40 years . Anyone on the service joined on their own and received the benefits of doing so .

We mock a “community originizer” but praise some vet who did what for his fellow Americans?

Put his/her life on the line freely ya moron.

 

[Timmy]

Why do we kiss ass to veterans ? What makes them so special that they should be mainlined into congress ?

Ask the same question of your own party but change the targets to minorities or women.

People should be elected based on their strengths and what they have to offer. No one group is better than the other. But you know, identity politics is all the rage right now.

It's like BLACK HISTORY MONTH. Something so mind numbingly stupid it defies logic. Blacks didn't go through history isolated from every other race. It is HUMAN HISTORY. We already celebrate some individuals with noted holidays and blacks should be the first to have an entire race celebrated for an entire month? It is beyond patronizing

Please . History depends on who’s telling the tale .

Back to the topic. Why is military experience accepted as some sort of pinicle of public service?

We haven’t had a draft in 40 years . Anyone on the service joined on their own and received the benefits of doing so .

We mock a “community originizer” but praise some vet who did what for his fellow Americans?

Put his/her life on the line freely ya moron.

How so? 90%of the military ain’t even in a war zone . And the other in a war zone aren’t protecting us from nothing .

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Why do we kiss ass to veterans ? What makes them so special that they should be mainlined into congress ?

Ask the same question of your own party but change the targets to minorities or women.

People should be elected based on their strengths and what they have to offer. No one group is better than the other. But you know, identity politics is all the rage right now.

It's like BLACK HISTORY MONTH. Something so mind numbingly stupid it defies logic. Blacks didn't go through history isolated from every other race. It is HUMAN HISTORY. We already celebrate some individuals with noted holidays and blacks should be the first to have an entire race celebrated for an entire month? It is beyond patronizing

Please . History depends on who’s telling the tale .

Back to the topic. Why is military experience accepted as some sort of pinicle of public service?

We haven’t had a draft in 40 years . Anyone on the service joined on their own and received the benefits of doing so .

We mock a “community originizer” but praise some vet who did what for his fellow Americans?

Put his/her life on the line freely ya moron.

How so? 90%of the military ain’t even in a war zone . And the other in a war zone aren’t protecting us from nothing .

When you sign up you are putting your life on the line because at any moment you can be shipped off and dead within the week.
The fact that you don't understand this risk doesn't surprise me.

 

[jasonnfree]

Why do we kiss ass to veterans ? What makes them so special that they should be mainlined into congress ?

Ask the same question of your own party but change the targets to minorities or women.

People should be elected based on their strengths and what they have to offer. No one group is better than the other. But you know, identity politics is all the rage right now.

It's like BLACK HISTORY MONTH. Something so mind numbingly stupid it defies logic. Blacks didn't go through history isolated from every other race. It is HUMAN HISTORY. We already celebrate some individuals with noted holidays and blacks should be the first to have an entire race celebrated for an entire month? It is beyond patronizing

Please . History depends on who’s telling the tale .

Back to the topic. Why is military experience accepted as some sort of pinicle of public service?

We haven’t had a draft in 40 years . Anyone on the service joined on their own and received the benefits of doing so .

We mock a “community originizer” but praise some vet who did what for his fellow Americans?

Put his/her life on the line freely ya moron.

How so? 90%of the military ain’t even in a war zone . And the other in a war zone aren’t protecting us from nothing .

Mostly a brainwashed public who believes that America is in danger all the time. War is a business and business is always good for the 'defense' industries.

 

[Timmy]

Why do we kiss ass to veterans ? What makes them so special that they should be mainlined into congress ?

Ask the same question of your own party but change the targets to minorities or women.

People should be elected based on their strengths and what they have to offer. No one group is better than the other. But you know, identity politics is all the rage right now.

It's like BLACK HISTORY MONTH. Something so mind numbingly stupid it defies logic. Blacks didn't go through history isolated from every other race. It is HUMAN HISTORY. We already celebrate some individuals with noted holidays and blacks should be the first to have an entire race celebrated for an entire month? It is beyond patronizing

Please . History depends on who’s telling the tale .

Back to the topic. Why is military experience accepted as some sort of pinicle of public service?

We haven’t had a draft in 40 years . Anyone on the service joined on their own and received the benefits of doing so .

We mock a “community originizer” but praise some vet who did what for his fellow Americans?

Put his/her life on the line freely ya moron.

How so? 90%of the military ain’t even in a war zone . And the other in a war zone aren’t protecting us from nothing .

When you sign up you are putting your life on the line because at any moment you can be shipped off and dead within the week.
The fact that you don't understand this risk doesn't surprise me.

Who asked them?

Put down the coolaid . People aren’t joining the military for altruistic reasons . They do it to benefit their own lives .

Which is totally fine . But spare me the leacture that I owe them somthing.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Ask the same question of your own party but change the targets to minorities or women.

People should be elected based on their strengths and what they have to offer. No one group is better than the other. But you know, identity politics is all the rage right now.

It's like BLACK HISTORY MONTH. Something so mind numbingly stupid it defies logic. Blacks didn't go through history isolated from every other race. It is HUMAN HISTORY. We already celebrate some individuals with noted holidays and blacks should be the first to have an entire race celebrated for an entire month? It is beyond patronizing

Please . History depends on who’s telling the tale .

Back to the topic. Why is military experience accepted as some sort of pinicle of public service?

We haven’t had a draft in 40 years . Anyone on the service joined on their own and received the benefits of doing so .

We mock a “community originizer” but praise some vet who did what for his fellow Americans?

Put his/her life on the line freely ya moron.

How so? 90%of the military ain’t even in a war zone . And the other in a war zone aren’t protecting us from nothing .

When you sign up you are putting your life on the line because at any moment you can be shipped off and dead within the week.
The fact that you don't understand this risk doesn't surprise me.

Who asked them?

Put down the coolaid . People aren’t joining the military for altruistic reasons . They do it to benefit their own lives .

Which is totally fine . But spare me the leacture that I owe them somthing.

What is it with you leftists always trying to judge the thoughts and motives of others? Why they do it is not important. If someone saves your life in a house fire or by giving you CPR are you going to question their motives or thank them?

 

[Issa]

Why do we kiss ass to veterans ? What makes them so special that they should be mainlined into congress ?

But the libtardos kiss illegal alien's ass every day. Why not have a patriot instead of a straight up political hack?

Trump likes the ones who weren't captured.

 

[The Original Tree]

Why are you an effeminate coward?

Why do we kiss ass to veterans ? What makes them so special that they should be mainlined into congress ?

 

[The Original Tree]

Dying ain’t much of a benefit dumbass Commie coward puke.

When you get some balls and show some courage some day then you’ll be a man instead a fuckiimg scared snowlflake child stuck in Permanent Prepubescence!

Cowards die a thousand deaths and we get to watch you die in here every day. It’s good entertainment if you like watching sniveling cowards crying about every fucking thing Like they got a permanent PMS!

Damn soap opera with a bunch of tissues. Pathetic!

Ask the same question of your own party but change the targets to minorities or women.

People should be elected based on their strengths and what they have to offer. No one group is better than the other. But you know, identity politics is all the rage right now.

It's like BLACK HISTORY MONTH. Something so mind numbingly stupid it defies logic. Blacks didn't go through history isolated from every other race. It is HUMAN HISTORY. We already celebrate some individuals with noted holidays and blacks should be the first to have an entire race celebrated for an entire month? It is beyond patronizing

Please . History depends on who’s telling the tale .

Back to the topic. Why is military experience accepted as some sort of pinicle of public service?

We haven’t had a draft in 40 years . Anyone on the service joined on their own and received the benefits of doing so .

We mock a “community originizer” but praise some vet who did what for his fellow Americans?

Put his/her life on the line freely ya moron.

How so? 90%of the military ain’t even in a war zone . And the other in a war zone aren’t protecting us from nothing .

When you sign up you are putting your life on the line because at any moment you can be shipped off and dead within the week.
The fact that you don't understand this risk doesn't surprise me.

Who asked them?

Put down the coolaid . People aren’t joining the military for altruistic reasons . They do it to benefit their own lives .

Which is totally fine . But spare me the leacture that I owe them somthing.

 

[Timmy]

Dying ain’t much of a benefit dumbass Commie coward puke.

When you get some balls and show some courage some day then you’ll be a man instead a fuckiimg scared snowlflake child stuck in Permanent Prepubescence!

Cowards die a thousand deaths and we get to watch you die in here every day. It’s good entertainment if you like watching sniveling cowards crying about every fucking thing Like they got a permanent PMS!

Damn soap opera with a bunch of tissues. Pathetic!

Please . History depends on who’s telling the tale .

Back to the topic. Why is military experience accepted as some sort of pinicle of public service?

We haven’t had a draft in 40 years . Anyone on the service joined on their own and received the benefits of doing so .

We mock a “community originizer” but praise some vet who did what for his fellow Americans?

Put his/her life on the line freely ya moron.

How so? 90%of the military ain’t even in a war zone . And the other in a war zone aren’t protecting us from nothing .

When you sign up you are putting your life on the line because at any moment you can be shipped off and dead within the week.
The fact that you don't understand this risk doesn't surprise me.

Who asked them?

Put down the coolaid . People aren’t joining the military for altruistic reasons . They do it to benefit their own lives .

Which is totally fine . But spare me the leacture that I owe them somthing.

That’s part of the job. We don’t have the draft anymore ( they should be mandatory wheneever we go to war).

Pols create this mistique around the military in order to ensure people volunteer so that lil Jr won’t have to go .

They’ve turned our country into Klingons . We are war obsessed.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Dying ain’t much of a benefit dumbass Commie coward puke.

When you get some balls and show some courage some day then you’ll be a man instead a fuckiimg scared snowlflake child stuck in Permanent Prepubescence!

Cowards die a thousand deaths and we get to watch you die in here every day. It’s good entertainment if you like watching sniveling cowards crying about every fucking thing Like they got a permanent PMS!

Damn soap opera with a bunch of tissues. Pathetic!

Put his/her life on the line freely ya moron.

How so? 90%of the military ain’t even in a war zone . And the other in a war zone aren’t protecting us from nothing .

When you sign up you are putting your life on the line because at any moment you can be shipped off and dead within the week.
The fact that you don't understand this risk doesn't surprise me.

Who asked them?

Put down the coolaid . People aren’t joining the military for altruistic reasons . They do it to benefit their own lives .

Which is totally fine . But spare me the leacture that I owe them somthing.

That’s part of the job. We don’t have the draft anymore ( they should be mandatory wheneever we go to war).

Pols create this mistique around the military in order to ensure people volunteer so that lil Jr won’t have to go .

They’ve turned our country into Klingons . We are war obsessed.

I encouraged my daughter to join before she went about 10 years ago. Not everyone is a coward. And the draft has nothing to do with them risking their lives. And our governments thirst for war has nothing to do with diminishing what are men & women in service do for us.
You are incredibly clueless, selfish & naive.

 

[DJT for Life]

Dying ain’t much of a benefit dumbass Commie coward puke.

When you get some balls and show some courage some day then you’ll be a man instead a fuckiimg scared snowlflake child stuck in Permanent Prepubescence!

Cowards die a thousand deaths and we get to watch you die in here every day. It’s good entertainment if you like watching sniveling cowards crying about every fucking thing Like they got a permanent PMS!

Damn soap opera with a bunch of tissues. Pathetic!

Put his/her life on the line freely ya moron.

How so? 90%of the military ain’t even in a war zone . And the other in a war zone aren’t protecting us from nothing .

When you sign up you are putting your life on the line because at any moment you can be shipped off and dead within the week.
The fact that you don't understand this risk doesn't surprise me.

Who asked them?

Put down the coolaid . People aren’t joining the military for altruistic reasons . They do it to benefit their own lives .

Which is totally fine . But spare me the leacture that I owe them somthing.

That’s part of the job. We don’t have the draft anymore ( they should be mandatory wheneever we go to war).

Pols create this mistique around the military in order to ensure people volunteer so that lil Jr won’t have to go .

They’ve turned our country into Klingons . We are war obsessed.

Timmy you seemed scared with your ranting. That's ok though...Somebody
will watch out for you. You omitted one item in one of your sentences.

Where you are discussing creating a mystique (I went ahead and spelled It
correctly) to ensure people would volunteer so that lil Jr won't have to
go. You left out..."Little Timmy wouldn't have to serve."

Don't worry...we'll do your fighting for you. btw, who does your fucking
for you?

 

[longknife]

Why do we kiss ass to veterans ? What makes them so special that they should be mainlined into congress ?

If you don't know, no amount of explaining will do any good.

 

[bodecea]

Waiting for those women to be attacked by the RW if they are Democrats. Women veterans know that there's a lot of lip service paid to us along with the "dyke or whore" stereotypes.

 

[bodecea]

Only four of the 535 members of Congress are female veterans, two Republicans and two Democrats. But at least 32 more women who served in the military are now campaigning for the House and Senate - 25 Democrats and seven Republicans, said Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.

Let's see how that goes over with the GOP.