If you noticed me liking your comment and then unliking it, that's because Substack puts a big ol' "Liked by Mike Redmond" note by each comment in bold red when you're the author. Did not know that! I don't want to make things weird by liking some comments and not liking others, so like the main site, I will stick to quietly reading them and taking detailed notes in my journal made out of human skin.
Vance also supported an Ohio candidate in 2022 (J.R. Majewski) who claimed to have served in Afghanistan after 9/11 and made up stories about how dangerous it was and going 40 days without a shower, etc. Except....he was stationed in Qatar on an air base the whole time loading supplies onto planes.
So Vance doesn't seem to mind stolen valor so much on the right.
I saw where one of the advisors to the Lying Liars Who Lie Campaign is Chris LaCivita — who was a consultant to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth group that slandered John Kerry. #Make America Gaslight Again.
Also, I enjoy seeing the former Liar in Chief complaining about Joe Biden dropping out of the race. It only make sense that his obsession with looking at himself in the mirror has turned to focusing on the the rearview.
He's giving a "press conference" right now (in quotations as I doubt he is actually going to allow the press to ask him questions). He said he would rather be running against Biden and he “hasn’t recalibrated strategy at all.”
The hallmark of a truly winning strategy--don't adjust when a different candidate becomes the lead. Stellar political instincts.
"...because everyone knows only one person in the entire history of the United States ever saw combat, and it was that guy she’s always squawking about." Hilarious. LOL, Mike. I don't usually check the byline before reading Pajiba or Pajiba Substack, but will sometimes guess at the author based on the style. As soon I read this sentence, I scrolled up to confirm it was you.
Maybe I'm naive in thinking that enough has changed since false claims like this took down Kerry and I see the media has seized on it for now, but is this really gaining traction? I sorta thought it would fall to the wayside like Trump's 'is she Black' BS. I figure that Walz will address it in the same oblique but effective way that Harris did after Trumps interview with the NABJ. Better yet he'll tear a new one in to Vance is his affable but effective way.
I'm really surprised at the strategic misfire here, knowing it would bring unwanted attention to Trumps 'service' (dodging VD, I believe he said, correct?). It's like they can't stop stepping on rakes, and I love to watch it.
I'm really hoping this is the last election we ever have to discuss the Vietnam draft again. No one who was old enough to be drafted should be running.
These attacks are expected but what's really pissing me off is seeing Vance displayed as a "real" combat veteran, etc ad nauseam when in reality, he sat behind a desk and was only in Iraq for six months, seeing zero actual combat.
I've got a real hate-on for Vance and his mere existence pisses me off but this shit will not stand.
They are also trying to tag him as "financially illiterate" because he doesn't have any stocks, bonds, private equities, real estate, crypto, etc. holdings--just his pensions (military, teaching, and probably Congressional). Yes, make him seem more relatable to average Americans in your attacks, please do.
A republican that dodged the draft criticizing a vet's service? I'm SHOCKED, just SHOCKED. Other than all the other times he's disparaged veterans, from his griping about having to go to Arlington "Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers." To his shit talking McCain "I like soldiers that DON'T get caught." Or how about saying that the presence of maimed U.S. veterans would upset spectators at a military parade, commenting, “Nobody wants to see that.”
This is always who he has been. We can ignore it because it remains what it's been the entire time he's been flapping his anus-shaped mouth: bullshit.
It worked on Kerry! Bronze & silver stars, 3 purple hearts & he was painted as a weak traitor - and Mr. Texas Air National Guard & no deployments escaped clean.
The big difference is the convicted felon & his performing gimp don't have a surrogate (yet) to sling their shit.
The difference is they could show W in his flight suit from the era to be like "see he served" despite it being in the national guard to specifically avoid going to 'nam. All they can show of Trump is his dumb high school picture where he's wearing a military school uniform.
Military school for a problem child. The kind of problem child that prevented the other children in the family from having pets. The same problem child that got so enraged at a roommate that he tried to throw him out a window.
Welcome to my first Substack! It was fun.
If you noticed me liking your comment and then unliking it, that's because Substack puts a big ol' "Liked by Mike Redmond" note by each comment in bold red when you're the author. Did not know that! I don't want to make things weird by liking some comments and not liking others, so like the main site, I will stick to quietly reading them and taking detailed notes in my journal made out of human skin.
I mean, paper. Lol, just paper. Haha, what?
This piece was timely. Way to hold it to zero MY FATHERS!
I hope you'll do more as this parade marches toward Nov 5 [insert marching band pile up from Animal House.gif].
Well, welcome! I missed you here. I really did.
But, if I may, could you please cut on Meghan McCain content? She is just a giant, evil, weird baby.
So what you're saying is you hate all comments and everyone who posts comments?
That's how the internets taught me to interpret statements like this and the Internets is never wrong.
The fact that President Bone Spurs and his ilk would criticize anyone who actively served in the military is laughable.
This will shock you but Vance has a history of accusing other veterans of stolen valor. Also shocking: Project 2025 calls for gutting the VA.
https://www.rawstory.com/news/j-d-vance-2668920972/
Vance also supported an Ohio candidate in 2022 (J.R. Majewski) who claimed to have served in Afghanistan after 9/11 and made up stories about how dangerous it was and going 40 days without a shower, etc. Except....he was stationed in Qatar on an air base the whole time loading supplies onto planes.
So Vance doesn't seem to mind stolen valor so much on the right.
God that is as repulsive as it is expected.
edit: unexpected => expected, because the hypocrisy is expected.
Those Rs, always projecting and telling us exactly what they're guilty of.
So very, very shocking.
Both shocking revelations!
Attacking Walz's military service is nakedly desperate even by Republican standards. Especially when Captain Bone Spurs is at the top of your ticket.
JD Vance was a fucking press liaison! Trump was a draft dodger!!!
I saw where one of the advisors to the Lying Liars Who Lie Campaign is Chris LaCivita — who was a consultant to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth group that slandered John Kerry. #Make America Gaslight Again.
Also, I enjoy seeing the former Liar in Chief complaining about Joe Biden dropping out of the race. It only make sense that his obsession with looking at himself in the mirror has turned to focusing on the the rearview.
He's giving a "press conference" right now (in quotations as I doubt he is actually going to allow the press to ask him questions). He said he would rather be running against Biden and he “hasn’t recalibrated strategy at all.”
The hallmark of a truly winning strategy--don't adjust when a different candidate becomes the lead. Stellar political instincts.
Ah yes, a rally at his own resort hacienda. No doubt he's dead set on taking all of Mar-A-Lago's electoral votes.
I saw someone comment that the Harris campaign should hire Trump since he keeps making them look good by making himself look absolutely insane.
And he needs the money...
"...because everyone knows only one person in the entire history of the United States ever saw combat, and it was that guy she’s always squawking about." Hilarious. LOL, Mike. I don't usually check the byline before reading Pajiba or Pajiba Substack, but will sometimes guess at the author based on the style. As soon I read this sentence, I scrolled up to confirm it was you.
Maybe I'm naive in thinking that enough has changed since false claims like this took down Kerry and I see the media has seized on it for now, but is this really gaining traction? I sorta thought it would fall to the wayside like Trump's 'is she Black' BS. I figure that Walz will address it in the same oblique but effective way that Harris did after Trumps interview with the NABJ. Better yet he'll tear a new one in to Vance is his affable but effective way.
I'm not convinced 'is she black' is out of the picture.
He said it's disrespectful of her to celebrate both her mother and her father.
Don't ask me what that's supposed to mean.
Just more garble spewing from his Diet Coke hole.
I'm really surprised at the strategic misfire here, knowing it would bring unwanted attention to Trumps 'service' (dodging VD, I believe he said, correct?). It's like they can't stop stepping on rakes, and I love to watch it.
I'm really hoping this is the last election we ever have to discuss the Vietnam draft again. No one who was old enough to be drafted should be running.
I chuckled, but it's true. My dad served so it was easy to do the math. He's just young at heart now.
These attacks are expected but what's really pissing me off is seeing Vance displayed as a "real" combat veteran, etc ad nauseam when in reality, he sat behind a desk and was only in Iraq for six months, seeing zero actual combat.
I've got a real hate-on for Vance and his mere existence pisses me off but this shit will not stand.
Okay, JD Vance just stalked VP Kamala Harris like the creep he was and I really can´t with this guy anymore.
They are also trying to tag him as "financially illiterate" because he doesn't have any stocks, bonds, private equities, real estate, crypto, etc. holdings--just his pensions (military, teaching, and probably Congressional). Yes, make him seem more relatable to average Americans in your attacks, please do.
They are shooketh.
This is kind of off topic but it describes Vance so perfectly that I had to share it.
The Volatile Mermaid
@OhNoSheTwitnt
Walz is the guy I would ask to walk me home after a night class in college and Vance is the guy who’s the reason I would want an escort.
Imagine the outrage if the left made fun of a purple heart recipient
Imagine the outrage if the left mocked POWs
Imagine the outrage if the left tried to claim a veteran was a coward.
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The right doesn't support veterans. They support war.
A republican that dodged the draft criticizing a vet's service? I'm SHOCKED, just SHOCKED. Other than all the other times he's disparaged veterans, from his griping about having to go to Arlington "Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers." To his shit talking McCain "I like soldiers that DON'T get caught." Or how about saying that the presence of maimed U.S. veterans would upset spectators at a military parade, commenting, “Nobody wants to see that.”
This is always who he has been. We can ignore it because it remains what it's been the entire time he's been flapping his anus-shaped mouth: bullshit.
It worked on Kerry! Bronze & silver stars, 3 purple hearts & he was painted as a weak traitor - and Mr. Texas Air National Guard & no deployments escaped clean.
The big difference is the convicted felon & his performing gimp don't have a surrogate (yet) to sling their shit.
The difference is they could show W in his flight suit from the era to be like "see he served" despite it being in the national guard to specifically avoid going to 'nam. All they can show of Trump is his dumb high school picture where he's wearing a military school uniform.
Military school for a problem child. The kind of problem child that prevented the other children in the family from having pets. The same problem child that got so enraged at a roommate that he tried to throw him out a window.
It’s insane to me this a freaking talking point by the press.
They ran with "guy with stutter is probably senile", so why not run with "guy who retired to run for Congress is probably a coward"?