Fucker has the nerve to call Walz a traitor for retiring after 24 years of service when his runningmate incited an actual goddamn insurrection and he, himself, is a fucking turncoat…
Don’t get mad. That’s what they want.
Get weirded out.
Because that’s what they deserve. Said by Mr. Walz himself.
Calling a serviceman a traitor? Fucking weird. It makes no sense, man. Where do they get that weird logic from? Buncha weirdos.
Calling a serviceman a traitor? Fucking weird.
I mean, Michael Flynn exists.
And yet completely avoiding service because of “bone spurs” is totally acceptable.
It’s really really difficult to take any attacks on Walz’s service seriously while captain bone spurs leads the party.
He’s just butthurt that Walz said he wouldn’t get off the couch to debate him.
He’s trying. For reference, Vance did 4 years active duty in the USMC in Public Affairs.
Walz, on the other hand, served for 24 years and reached the highest possible rank of NCO, which is basically the most badass thing you can be in the regular sectors of the military (and in the aggregate the most critical for its good operation.)
TLDR: Tim Walz’s record trumps Vance’s any fucking day of the week.
NCO isn’t considered bad ass but is absolutely given all due respect. You’ll salute NCO’s just like any other officer, but you know he’s less likely to give you shit about uniform reqs. My favorite grey beards were always the Short TImer NCO’s that didn’t have 2 fucks to rub together about protocol.
Another thing is Tim should whip out his Rack and slap Vance with his silver oak clusters.Vance didn’t even get a GWOT! Vance only has a couple participation trophies. Walz has a bonafied 3" rack.
What? You two both are talking like you don’t have a clue what you’re talking about. Tim Walz was a Command Sergeant Major, which makes him an E9. This is no longer an NCO, this is a SNCO or Senior Non Commissioned Officer. You also don’t salute any enlisted members; E1 or E9, it doesn’t matter, you don’t salute them. Becoming E9 is quite prestigious though as it is the only enlisted rank to get DV status at bases (at least Air Force bases which I can attest to having spent 10 years in the Air Force myself).
You missed the part where he reached SGM but retired as MSG because he didn’t complete a course. I don’t think many people would drop rank.
Also, I think CSM is technically higher rank?
You have it one too low - he reached CSM but retired as an SGM because of coursework.
There is actually one rank higher, E-9, which is the singular final boss of all the NCOs, which I guess is a significant asterisk I should put to that “highest rank.” He reached the highest rank there is more than one of allowed to exist at a time.
I saw that and immediately thought of Tom Cruise’s character in the beginning of Edge of Tomorrow.
Vance was a combat correspondent, yes. We’ll see how much he tries to press this issue, he has previously stated [1] he was lucky to escape any major fighting, but he was definitely in Iraq.
I don’t think Walz has ever claimed to have seen active combat, so the stolen valor accusation falls a little flat - not that that’s going to stop republicans.
I give it a week before Republicans start building conspiracy theories about Walz’s time in China and facilitating student trips to China.
Since I had to look it up:
Since the 2004 election, the term [Swiftboating] has come to commonly refer to a political attack that is dishonest, personal, and unfair.
