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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPat Robertson: Marine training was easy for me, ‘but I’m not a lady’
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/18/pat-robertson-marine-training-was-easy-for-me-but-im-not-a-lady/"but Im not a lady"
Apparently he wasn't much of of a Marine either!
"While the televangelist and former Republican presidential candidate served in the Corps from 1950 to 1952, questions have been raised surrounding his service. The Los Angeles Times reported in 1986 that a fellow former Marine, California state Sen. Pete McCloskey Jr. (R) accused him of ducking combat during the Korean War with the help of his father, late Sen. A. Willis Robertson (D-VA)."
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Pat Robertson: Marine training was easy for me, ‘but I’m not a lady’ (Original Post)
Ernesto
Jun 2013
OP
This son of a Senator ducked combat but got to be called a Marine by being a liquor officer.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2013
#8
sarisataka
(18,197 posts)1. The overall failure rate is 10-15%
and as I'm sure you heard- there is that 10% who do pass
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)2. Kiss my ass you old bastard
You & the rest of the sexist idiots need to go climb in a cave so we can seal the opening.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)3. Semper Stupidi
Robertson I mean.
MindPilot
(12,693 posts)4. Anyone who says boot camp is "easy" is lying.
Especially when they say it about Marine boot camp.
Just Saying
(1,799 posts)5. Whatever Rev. Chickenhawk
I am a lady and I'm guessing I could kick your pampered ass everyday and twice on Sundays.
But I won't because I'm a lady.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,267 posts)6. He's not a gentleman, either.
reformist2
(9,841 posts)7. I didn't know he was the son of a senator....
I know Dems have their share of "legacies", but it seems like more than half of all prominent Repugs are the children of wealthy and/or politically prominent fathers. :/
AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)8. This son of a Senator ducked combat but got to be called a Marine by being a liquor officer.
frylock
(34,825 posts)9. this asshole is long overdue for a blanket party
Initech
(99,909 posts)10. Doesn't make him any less of a jackass mysoginist though.
FLyellowdog
(4,276 posts)11. His father was a Democrat? What happened?nt