latest CMoH winner avoids SotU

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:27 pm

Post by **thibodeaux** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 2:22 pm

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. I don't think it's a snub; I think he genuinely wanted to be somewhere else. It's not clear whether or not he's still active duty, but I have a feeling that even the most strident Obama-hater in uniform would have a difficult time making this call.

I mean, maybe, I dunno. Maybe not.

Post by **Leisher** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 2:25 pm

I'm with Thib.

Despite who's in charge at any given time, it's about your country, not the person. So any service man or woman would probably attend despite their politics.

I would have attended any event that Bush Sr. or Clinton wanted me to attend.

It would have been more fun with Clinton because we could have gone skirt chasing after the event.

Post by **TPRJones** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 2:34 pm

To admit that there may be some thing more important in life than going to the State of the Union - regardless of who is President - is not a snub. It's just true.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 2:42 pm

I'll say it again: the U.S. gov't takes care of its troops until they come home. Then fuck them, the VA hospitals can deal with them.

Post by **GORDON** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 2:43 pm

Malcolm wrote:I'll say it again: the U.S. gov't takes care of its troops until they come home. Then fuck them, the VA hospitals can deal with them.

The pinnacle of government-run health care.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 2:53 pm

GORDON wrote:
Malcolm wrote:I'll say it again: the U.S. gov't takes care of its troops until they come home. Then fuck them, the VA hospitals can deal with them.
The pinnacle of government-run health care.

It's not even just the substandard health care they receive when they get back. It's pretty much everything.