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The ceremony was in 2008 and I guess the guy's defense is that he "misspoke" and that he has a record of thousands of times giving an accurate portrayal of his record (or lack thereof). I don't really buy it and am boggled that someone would make such a stupid and easily disproven lie for really no gain. Just say "Support the troops!" and leave off the "I learned as a soldier..." stuff. Not to excuse the remarks but at least maybe 20 years ago or something you could get away with it. These days, pawing through military records looking for dirt is a national past time. And 2008 was well after the "Let's try to smear Senator Kerry's records!" movement so it's not as though it was new.

Lordie, what an idiot.

Lol, this is not just politician numbskulledness, this guy is the AG.

Of course, some people can't stop themselves from lying. I'm pretty sure it's a genetic thing.

"You served in Vietnam?"
"Yessiree. I was a waiter in a Shrimp and Vodka bar in Da Nang"

Abstinence only is for school children. When they get older the safest bet is to put it in the butt.

Erm... yeah.

You know, not that anyone expects you to read words and understand what they mean, but he made the remarks in 2008. During the crest of the Democratic wave. I'm sure he was scared as the ********

Jophed,

Actually he's had the liberal media carry his water for him;

Jophed,

I have an argument?


No arguing about it; the democrat lied about being in the military and the liberal media covered up his lie. Even the NY Times article refrains from calling him a liar merely saying his words differ from his history.

Varass, as a rule, lacks an argument.

Jophed,



Only to Democrat apologists.

The only reason the NY Times is bringing this up now is to protect him against this being used as a October surprise. He lied. You know he lied, just own up to it then we can move on.

Politicians are like the singularity of humanity: the point at which you have infinite ego and zero intelligence converge.

Meh.
Politicians forever live in the gray areas of life. You tell the same story over and over to people at cocktail parties, fund raisers, and receiving lines you eventually embellish it, add some colorful details for the entertainment of your listeners, and slowly it becomes part of the dashing persona and past you used to wish you had. Only now you do because that gilded fish story of when you were bravely facing the enemy in a combat zone has taken on a life of its' own, and hey, nobody has ever twigged onto it, so what's the harm? Thus it slowly morphs into one of those little white lies that you tell knowing deep down that it isn't the truth, but maybe it's close enough if for no other reason than you so badly want it to be true that that makes it kinda sorta almost real.

Besides the admiration or adoration from others is *so* appealing.

This kind of lie is tailor made for a politician's psychological makeup and why so many of them get caught in telling these fibs. They've simply lived in life's gray areas for so long that they don't really recognise a white lie for being the lie that it is.

Totem

So you think they should have sat on the story until late October?

That's interesting. Not especially surprising but interesting.