Mark Kirk's Campaign Website Said He Was An Iraq War Vet: He Wasn't

[Stuart G]

Source: Talking Points Memo

A new report from CNN reveals that Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL)'s campaign website falsely listed Kirk as an Iraq War veteran even though the senator served stateside in the Navy Reserves during the conflict. Kirk's inflated military record nearly cost him his Senate seat before.

According to CNN, "a once public, now private webpage" included the information, which brought back memories of Kirk's 2010 race when he exaggerated his military service. Kirk's current campaign told CNN that the website was not supposed to be public and was still in edits.

In 2010 during the campaign, Kirk had claimed he was the only member in Congress to serve "in" the Iraq war. Eventually, because he had actually served stateside, Kirk modified his position to say he served "during" the war. He also had to clarify that an award he said he had won was actually given to his entire unit.

"Campaign officials said a third-party vendor had drafted the language that they said had not been vetted or reviewed by the senator's staff," CNN reported.


Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/mark-kirks-campaign-website-listed-him-as-a-iraq-veteran-he-is-not

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note the words.. "a once public, now private webpage" ...

Look closely at the third paragraph of what he did in 2010. He is bad news...Vote for Tammy Duckworth. She was injured and lost her legs in the Iraq War ....not some made up crap..

http://tammyduckworth.com/

[Angry Dragon]

1. ISOTLIYAAR

[groundloop]

12. Lying is what GOPers do.... Remember Paul Ryan's marathon claim

While campaigning for VP he claimed he'd run a marathon in under 3 hours (his words were "....two hours and fifty something" (which would put him in a pretty select group of marathoners). Runner's World Magazine did some checking and found that the time from the one and only marathon he ran was over 4 hours.

[turbinetree]

2. Hey Kirk, its a real simple item, that "all" combat veterans have on there left breast, your combat

ribbon for being in country, where do you have yours, (put on your uniform and stand up there on a podium with that combat ribbon on) and then show the letter signed by the commander, prove it.

if you did not go, you got neither, and it should be on your DD-214 paperwork----------looks like your a LIAR, and continued republican fraud


Vote Tammy Duckworth

[bucolic_frolic]

3. I think I read Donald served 'in' something

during his personal Vietnam, but I really didn't understand
what he was inside.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

4. Eastern European supermodels.

[groundloop]

6. True.... I bet it was a harrowing experience

[Spitfire of ATJ]

10. The horror,....the horror....

[Yallow]

8. He Served In The Semen Brigade

Trying to avoid STD's, just like serving in Vietnam.

His own statement.

[shadowmayor]

5. It's another form of

Stolen Valor - as a veteran of OIF3, I'd like to punch him in his pie-hole!

[branford]

13. See my post #11.

Do you also want to punch liberal Democratic Senator Blumenthal in the mouth?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/nyregion/18blumenthal.html?pagewanted=all

If not, I'd love to hear how you distinguish his lies from Kirk's.

As for me, I think they're both shameful, and Blumenthal doesn't get a pass because he's a Democrat.

[shadowmayor]

14. As a matter of fact I'd be glad to

This is an issue that doesn't get a pass - Ever!!!! Any turd who claims to be "more" of a soldier than they really are is lower than whale shit in my book.

[branford]

15. I'm truly glad to hear it.

Unfortunately, I get the impression that many here are expressing very selective outrage.

[sarisataka]

7. Funny, we were told to support Sen. Kirk

Very recently, along with Sen. Toomey (R-PA) by our gun control activist group.

Several posts where made seconding Gabby Giffords endorsement of these two Republicans. One example-

Don't vote party, vote gun violence. That's why Gabby Gifford's has endorsed two Republicans for senate. The two have consistently voted against the NRA and for her that's the most important issue for the short term.

Even if it is for only one or two election cycles, if the NRA's mythological omnipotence can be defeated and shown for being a mile deep and an inch wide it is worth it.

[Stuart G]

9. Well.......my guess is that Tammy Duckworth will also be against the NRA..

also...Hillary will push for more gun control too. Yes, Kirk is correct on a couple of votes, but he is a Republican...we need a democratic senate majority.!!!!!!!!!!

[branford]

11. For everyone expressing their righteous indignation,

where were you in 2010 and how do you feel about Richard Blumenthal, our very liberal, Democratic Senator from Connecticut, and his near identical and repeated lies about service in Vietnam.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/nyregion/18blumenthal.html?pagewanted=all

I'm certainly no fan of Mark Kirk (or any Republican holding that Senate seat), but I also don't respect hypocrisy, so just make sure you judge him by the same standards as Blumenthal. Lying and exaggerations of military service are not acceptable ever, and just because a candidate has a "-D" after their name does not excuse it.