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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, no!  They weren't *booing*.  They were yelling, "Support the trooooooops!"

Anyway, the GOP has shat on the military for decades.  I mean, aside from placing little magnetic flags on their bumpers.  But they've been effective at playing "culture war" so the subset of the military that is very young, very southern, and very rural tends to just not think about it very much and pull the lever for the "Dixie/Country Music" party.[/quote]

Listen to the video. They are clearly booing. It's only a handful.  And then when Santorum esentially states he will reinstate DADT, there is huge applause.

The GOP, however, has given the military the best pay raises. Also, the GOP tends to fund the most number of defense projects.  This means better equipment to the troops.[img] http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/06/~/media/Images/Reports/2010/b2418_chart1_1.ashx?w=600&h=478&as=1 [/img][/quote]

Horseshit.  "Most number of defense projects" has no bearing whatsoever to "better equipment for the troops."  This is the sort of thing that only someone who knows *nothing* about the military would believe.  As far as "the gop...has given the military the best pay raises", that also smells like horseshit.  The fact that you've merely parroted it rather than providing any evidence leads to the conclusion it's a partisan article of faith rather than a rationally held belief.

Under the GOP, defense contractors do very well.  As do very rich people in general.  Generally speaking poor and lower middle class people get the shaft.  Most of the troops in the field are lower middle class.  You do the math.[/quote]

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