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angrychair

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59. My point is this

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 07:46 PM

9 hrs ago

We can longer afford a unlimited military budget.
We can longer afford to be gaslighted by people that we cannot afford Medicare for all or early childhood education or support our injured veterans but have all the budget in the world for a $100 billion dollar aircraft carrier.

What we are doing now can never happen again.

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I'm done with this [View all] angrychair 13 hrs ago OP

Make their voting records public and easy to find for anyone. They need shamed Deuxcents 13 hrs ago #1

Vote D over R... lame54 13 hrs ago #2

No more trillion dollar military budgets angrychair 12 hrs ago #5

No.more R's lame54 12 hrs ago #7

No more warmongers. angrychair 12 hrs ago #8

The warmonger in chief... lame54 12 hrs ago #9

I didn't vote for him angrychair 12 hrs ago #10

I understand your polnt and mostly agree. wnylib 10 hrs ago #46

Not true Cirsium 11 hrs ago #17

Disagree... lame54 9 hrs ago #62

What has happened? Cirsium 8 hrs ago #70

Republicans thank you for your service. W_HAMILTON 11 hrs ago #12

Both Sides Warmongers message aimed at potential Democratic voters in 2028 to discourage participating. betsuni 3 hrs ago #84

Unless it's Fetterman. 56miSSie 7 hrs ago #74

Post removed Post removed 13 hrs ago #3

Staying for pizza? Totally Tunsie 13 hrs ago #4

Irony is not their strong suit, is it? n/t ok_cpu 12 hrs ago #6

agree. Maru Kitteh 12 hrs ago #11

The circular firing squad forms RetiredParatrooper 11 hrs ago #13

Not binary thinking angrychair 11 hrs ago #15

don't vote for Kamala because she supported "Genocide Joe" lapfog_1 10 hrs ago #31

It very much is RetiredParatrooper 9 hrs ago #60

No angrychair 9 hrs ago #66

I don't care for either endless war, or endless budgets RetiredParatrooper 4 hrs ago #82

binary thinking? rampartd 9 hrs ago #61

we Skittles 6 hrs ago #77

It's amazing Orrex 4 hrs ago #83

If the choice is between a Dem that supports military funding ... Zelda_Orchid 11 hrs ago #14

Then this cycle will continue angrychair 11 hrs ago #19

And the fascists will use their propaganda machine to make you believe that. Zelda_Orchid 11 hrs ago #22

If you are Democrat angrychair 11 hrs ago #23

If you're a Democrat, you support getting rid of the fascists. Zelda_Orchid 10 hrs ago #33

What is arbitrary angrychair 10 hrs ago #37

The Democratic Party is a coalition. With different factions uniting for the common good. Zelda_Orchid 10 hrs ago #41

I'm confused angrychair 10 hrs ago #52

Post removed Post removed 10 hrs ago #54

Ok angrychair 9 hrs ago #57

It's much easier to have a real conversation about military funding with someone who isn't trying to kill you. Zelda_Orchid 9 hrs ago #58

One would argue angrychair 9 hrs ago #64

Have fun living in a dictatorship Wiz Imp 10 hrs ago #36

Why? angrychair 10 hrs ago #38

🙄 Wiz Imp 10 hrs ago #42

All due respect angrychair 10 hrs ago #44

🙂 Wiz Imp 7 hrs ago #75

and so you are STILL saying - that you fully intend to 'sit out' (withhold your vote/support) stopdiggin 6 hrs ago #79

No, that's not what I said angrychair 2 hrs ago #85

Then how can we expect anything to change? angrychair 9 hrs ago #67

Unless something has changed very recently Quiet Em 11 hrs ago #16

Phew! That's one Dem bullet dodged! MorbidButterflyTat 10 hrs ago #55

Thank you! Summarizing it quite nicely. stopdiggin 5 hrs ago #80

Funny how they always seem to have juuuust enough votes orangecrush 11 hrs ago #18

Funny how Putin popsdenver 4 hrs ago #81

Careful you'll upset the obnoxiously self righteous people SunImp 11 hrs ago #20

Exactly angrychair 11 hrs ago #21

Then you won't be voting this year? paleotn 10 hrs ago #29

I will happily angrychair 10 hrs ago #34

It seems you're moving the goal posts. paleotn 10 hrs ago #47

My point is this angrychair 9 hrs ago #59

Got it. I agree. paleotn 8 hrs ago #71

Well the USS Ford angrychair 8 hrs ago #73

And rightfully so. paleotn 10 hrs ago #28

Talking down to people is never a winning strategy SunImp 10 hrs ago #35

"Talking down to people" is exactly what #OP is doing, innit? Zelda_Orchid 10 hrs ago #45

.. SunImp 10 hrs ago #53

Sometimes you simply can't help yourself. paleotn 10 hrs ago #48

Here we go again. Same old arguments just before an election. Some folks never learn. sop 11 hrs ago #24

Not the same angrychair 10 hrs ago #26

Thing is, I agree with your position of not supporting war funding, endless wars and trillion dollar military budgets. sop 10 hrs ago #39

How so? angrychair 10 hrs ago #43

If elections were only about stopping endless war funding and trillion dollar military budgets, I would agree with you, sop 10 hrs ago #50

Those are all that matter angrychair 9 hrs ago #56

Recommended. H2O Man 10 hrs ago #25

I hear you angrychair 10 hrs ago #30

Baby meet bathwater. paleotn 10 hrs ago #27

Why? angrychair 10 hrs ago #40

See 47 above. Your argument may not have been clear. At least to me. paleotn 10 hrs ago #49

Admittedly angrychair 9 hrs ago #68

DURec leftstreet 10 hrs ago #32

I agree LetMyPeopleVote 10 hrs ago #51

Everyone should keep an eye on their own Senators. Quiet Em 9 hrs ago #63

Wow. The people in this thread who are arguing with you are actually insisting that we mustn't have Scrivener7 9 hrs ago #65

We are faced with 2 candidates NH Ethylene 9 hrs ago #69

One, I would never vote for a Republican angrychair 8 hrs ago #72

If the Democratic candidate also voted for military funding, you would vote for a third party candidate instead? MichMan 6 hrs ago #76

"another penny of military funding .." (that would include paying service members ..?) stopdiggin 6 hrs ago #78

I am kinda confused here with your post. sheshe2 1 hr ago #86