Why are my posts disappearing right away?

I made three posts in the political forum within a week or two and all three disappeared within the first day of posting. I can understand were one may have been off topic a bit but the other two appeared to meet the criteria. If removed by management please let me know the reasons so I can correct something I may be doing wrong. I have been a member here for a long time and never before had I had any of my posts removed. Please advise, Ray

PS hope this post remains and doesn't disappear also. :icon_rolleyes:

Oops, disregard, just looked again and found the last post and one of the other ones now, Ray