After Top NFL Legend Lawrence Taylor Endorses Trump – He Says Family Will ‘Never Vote Democrat Again’

@Lila15 Like that football hero kindly old joe biden?

@Lila15 Seems that you are the one that got their bell rung too many times.

@ron122 Joe Biden’s claim of playing college football at the University of Delaware has sparked controversy.

Biden said, “If I had you running in front of me when I was playing at Delaware, I could’ve been All-American, man,” to a man at the barber shop.

While he did play with the freshman team, he did not play varsity football due to academic struggles.

Conflicting reports and Biden’s own memoir indicate that he quit after his first semester due to his grades.

Biden wrote in his book, “Promises to Keep”, “In almost every huddle I was the leader.”

“I was the leading scorer on our soccer team, undefeated and undefeated, my senior year, and I did not lack confidence on the field,” he continued.

“As much as I lacked confidence in my ability to communicate verbally, I always had confidence in my athletic ability. Sports were as natural to me as talking wasn’t. And sports turned out to be my ticket to acceptance – and more. I wasn’t easily intimidated in a game, so even when I stuttered, I was always the guy who said, ‘Give me the ball,’” claimed the President.
Despite some misleading articles, records and university sources confirm that he did not play varsity football.

@Lila15 And you are a prime reason women are to be seen, not heard. I much prefer girls and ladies, neither of which you qualify as

@sunsporter1649 As if you've ever been with one.

Ouch @Lila15

@sunsporter1649 Biden played high school and college sports but somehow got out of going to Vietnam because of "asthma." Healthy enough for the ballfield but not the battlefield. Funny how that works. We hear almost nothing about Biden's draft-dodging but never hear the end about Trump and "bone spurs." Democrats have the news media as their loyal servants.

More like lap dogs and water carriers and flunkies and propaganda spreaders. @graphite

@graphite Nobody cares about military service anymore. Look at the elections over the last 30 years, and when it was between a candidate with a military record and one without, the one with no (or less) military service won. John McCain would have won in a landslide if military service meant anything.

@Lila15 Every president after WWII vet G Bush I has dodged the draft, except Obama, who was only 11 or 12 years old when the Vietnam War ended.

@graphite Pretty much. The last election between a veteran and a civilian was 2008 between Obama and McCain.

2004: Bush (stateside service) vs. Kerry (saw action); Bush wins
2000: Bush (stateside service) vs. Gore (in country); Bush wins
1996: Clinton (civilian) vs. Dole (wounded in action); Clinton wins
1992: Clinton (civilian) vs. Bush (saw action); Clinton wins
1988: Bush (saw action) vs. Dukakis (civilian): Bush wins
1984: Reagan vs. Mondale (both civilians)
1980: Reagan (civilian) vs. Carter (veteran); Reagan wins
1976: Ford vs. Carter (both veterans)

I could go on but the pattern is clear. I'm not counting contests where both candidates are civilians or both have equivalent military service. With a few exceptions, the civilian, or the veteran with less "intense" service, wins. So if Trump were running against Pete Buttigieg or Tammy Duckworth, according to this pattern, he'd win.

Definitely a pattern worth keeping an eye on going forward. @Lila15

@Lila15 Reagan actually had some military service but all stateside, I think. He was probably too old for WWII service and had poor eyesight (although I never saw him wearing glasses).

@graphite Mondale was a Korean War veteran, so the pattern still holds.

Technically he was in the army during the Korean War however didn’t ever go to Korea so he is NOT a Korean War veteran although he was a retired army veteran. @Lila15

@jackjjackson There are official dates and if you served anytime between them, you get that designation. Anyone who served between 6/27/50 and 1/31/55 is a Korean Era veteran, if you were in Vietnam anytime between 11/1/55 and 5/7/75, or in the military but not in Vietnam between 8/5/64 to 5/7/75 you're a Vietnam Era veteran.

The last Civil War widow died in 2020 if you can believe it. Helena Jackson was 101 and had married a 93 year old Union soldier in 1936 when she was 17. The last Confederate widow died in 2008. Think about that the next time someone says "the Civil War was a long time ago."

Fine. Korean War “ERA”. that civil war stuff is amazing. A reminder about how time seems to fly but doesn’t. @Lila15

@jackjjackson I mean, that widow could have been on SW and we could have talked to her. Not that she would have told us anything. I'm sure back then old veterans didn't discuss their war experiences with their young wives. Those marriages were more where the old guy had a young woman there to take care of him, and the woman had a place to live and security. I'd be very surprised if they even slept together.

Speaking of which, the grandson of President John Tyler is still alive. Tyler was born in 1790 and was the 10th president, serving from 1841 to 1845, decades before the Civil War. He became president when William Henry Harrison (Tippecanoe and Tyler too) died after only one month in office, the first vice-president to become president on the president's death. His son Lyon was born in 1853, and Lyon's son Harrison was born in 1828 and lives in Virginia.

I don’t mean to be critical this is very interesting. Using your dates and my math (suspect) Lyion was 75 when Harrison was born? I must be missing something. Where does he live? Has he written anything? @Lila15

@jackjjackson Your math is correct. Two generations of old men marrying young women.

Harrison has purchased several historic properties to preserve them, and donated over 22,000 books that were in his family to the College of William and Mary. He is also a descendant of Pocahontas and has conducted research on the history of Fort Pocahontas, which he also owns. Unfortunately he had several strokes a few years ago and is in a nursing home, so you probably can't talk to him now. His brother Lyon Tyler Jr. died in 2020.

Wow. How did you uncover this? It seems like a story that everyone should have been sharing for years. @Lila15

@jackjjackson I saw an article a few years ago about how the two grandsons of John Tyler were still alive. One of those "hey, can you believe this" stories.

Thank you very much. It is interesting. I’m definitely going to read more about it. @Lila15