Judge Roy Bean Founder
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| Subject: Dems Red-Faced Over Veteran Imposter Fri May 15, 2009 4:46 pm | |
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- He spoke at a Barack Obama veterans rally in front of the Capitol in July, co-hosted several events with then- congressional candidate Jared Polis and attacked Republican Senate candidate Bob Schaffer in a TV ad paid for by the national group Votevets.org.
And the mostly Democratic candidates he supported — looking for credibility on veterans issues and the war — lapped it up appreciatively.
Now, politicians are dealing with news that the man they believed to be a former Marine and war veteran wounded in Iraq by a roadside bomb, in fact, never served in the military — but did spend time in a mental hospital. Democrats are incensed over how a man duped the party and veterans during the '08 campaign. | |
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gringaloca Trail Boss
Location : Firmly planted in reality Posts : 1139 Age : 50 Join date : 2009-04-18
| Subject: Re: Dems Red-Faced Over Veteran Imposter Sat May 16, 2009 12:51 am | |
| - Judge Roy Bean wrote:
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- He spoke at a Barack Obama veterans rally in front of the Capitol in July, co-hosted several events with then- congressional candidate Jared Polis and attacked Republican Senate candidate Bob Schaffer in a TV ad paid for by the national group Votevets.org.
And the mostly Democratic candidates he supported — looking for credibility on veterans issues and the war — lapped it up appreciatively.
Now, politicians are dealing with news that the man they believed to be a former Marine and war veteran wounded in Iraq by a roadside bomb, in fact, never served in the military — but did spend time in a mental hospital.
Democrats are incensed over how a man duped the party and veterans during the '08 campaign. They should have checked him out a little better but the world is full of mentally disturbed people. Sorta like Joe the Plumber. | |
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