The story of the Marine who wasn't

[Joe]

pencil me in wrote:

Didn't President Bush claim to be in the military? Not one soldier has come forward claiming they so much as bumped into him in the barracks or bathroom.

Dan Rather lost his job as anchorman at CBS news for falsely reporting on President Bush's military record. So don't try to dig up this old story again.

[Pointing out the Obvious]

allstarz77 wrote:

I agree with leaving him in a room full of Marines. I AM a Marine and it disgusts me that someone claims to have earned the E.G.A. that other Marines and I have rightfully earned. This is worse than the Naval Officer that was wearing ribbons he didn't rate. To all the all the real Marines out there...I guess it just shows the extent someone would go to be one of us. Semper Fi.

I assume you mean Admiral Boorda (fmr. Chief of Naval Operations) who committed suicide not long after a reporter's story prompted a inquest whether or not Boorda was entitled to wear the valour device on his acheivement and commendation medal. His former CO said he believed that Boorda was entitled, the review board said he did not years after his death. In their finding, the specifically called it a good faith error. In that he genuinely believed it was authorized and did not willfully commit fraud. The medals were deserved, the device was not.

[dalmatian847]

eddie wrote:

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Dan Rather had some bogus documents, yet that still doesn't explain why Bush couldn't fly because he didn't bother to get a physical or why not a SINGLE person ever saw him on base--come on now, the son of a prominent family with a famous dad and grandfather and NOBODY remembers him serving?

Nice try, try harder next time. If a blatant liberal tool like Rather had to resort to putting b.s documents on t.v, risking his career, then you know there is nothing to it.

But then again, the LACK of evidence for conspiracy theorists like yourself, only PROVES the conspiracy.

Go back into the closet and put on your tin foil hat.

[ejo]

well, he was against the war and that's good enough for the media to anoint him (at least the Bush version of the war-not a one of the "peace" activists seem to be too upset about the George W. Obama version).

[LTD]

At least the guy has a legitimate birth certificate.

[dalmatian847]

ejo wrote:

well, he was against the war and that's good enough for the media to anoint him (at least the Bush version of the war-not a one of the "peace" activists seem to be too upset about the George W. Obama version).

Good point. Only a guy why has the audacity to ask "the One" if he's going to raise his taxes, while standing on his front lawn gets his whole life investigated.

[ejo]

yep, getting the 0 to tell the truth about his goals makes you a target. parroting the media's views on Iraq and being anti-bush makes you a hero.

[Jim]

Another case of people wanting desperately to believe a story that they agree with. The Left has been made fools of time and again by phony "war heroes" who are anti-war, or claim to have seen war crimes.

[Kevin]

Tom wrote:

<quoted text>Don't you think you liberals have bashed Bush enough already. How much more are you going to blame on him. He won't be here forever to be used as Obama's scapegoat.

Bush does not need anybody to bash him his presidency and what he did are testimony of his incompetence. You republicans are a bunch of sad losers

[ejo]

but, Kevin, if George W. Bush was a failure, what about George W. Obama, your hero? or can I call him 4xGWB on fiscal irresponsibilty? are all obamabots as stu pid as you?

[ChgoSaint]

Screw the "Stolen Valor Act" any person who impersonates a serviceman or lies about service in the military has stolen valor. I don't care if a marine was decorated or not, he served his country and that is valor enough.

[ChgoSaint]

Joe wrote:

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Dan Rather lost his job as anchorman at CBS news for falsely reporting on President Bush's military record. So don't try to dig up this old story again.

No Rather did not lose hid job for that -- he had multiple producers fired, even though he was the person who insisted on the false story and CBS had to pay out millions in lawsuits to the producers who were fired with these false charges. Rather was just pushed to the side and forced to go away in shame, never being remembered as more than a lying hack.(And I don't like Bush, but what Rather did was just sad.)

[say what]

Bipolar disorder. It sounds much less threatening than manic depressive.

[Tom]

pencil me in wrote:

Didn't President Bush claim to be in the military? Not one soldier has come forward claiming they so much as bumped into him in the barracks or bathroom.

"Pencil" is very likely a good discreption of a part of your anatomy. You know, as in Pencil D---.

[dalmatian847]

ejo wrote:

yep, getting the 0 to tell the truth about his goals makes you a target. parroting the media's views on Iraq and being anti-bush makes you a hero.

I'd say you about covered it!

[dalmatian847]

Tom wrote:

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"Pencil" is very likely a good discreption of a part of your anatomy. You know, as in Pencil D---.

Add s--- for brains and you have the perfect liberal.

[dalmatian847]

Kevin wrote:

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Bush does not need anybody to bash him his presidency and what he did are testimony of his incompetence. You republicans are a bunch of sad losers

So if the unemployment rate being less than 6% or less for 6 of 8 years and the stock market at 14,000 represents incompetance....

What does a 9.5% unemployment rate and a market under 9,000 represent? Success???

Oh, and this after $800 billion in "stimulus" to create 3-4 million jobs.

Now we're $800 billion more in the hole and we lost $2 million jobs. What's that represent, brilliance?

[dalmatian847]

Jim wrote:

Another case of people wanting desperately to believe a story that they agree with. The Left has been made fools of time and again by phony "war heroes" who are anti-war, or claim to have seen war crimes.

You had us with "the Left have made fools of time and again" no need to elaborate.

[PJH]

I love how this so quickly devolves to simplistic liberal Vs conservative BS as usual. Get over yourselves people.

I am a little amused by how threatening this guy’s fraud is to some veterans. I know it’s a brotherhood thing guys, but you know the service you gave and that can’t be taken from you.