(Well, they said he's liberal) Rep & Active Duty Naval Reserve, Mark Kirk, Latest "Military Embellisher"

This is MY congressman now this morning, joining the military 'embellishment of military record' brigade, although 'embellishing' is far less egregious than 'outright lying' as just about 'every single liberal candidate for any office anywhere' has done at one time or another.

Sadly this tune sounds way too familiar today.

Kirk now says that his unit – not just him – received a different citation from a professional organization called the National Military Intelligence Association. That citation – the Vice Admiral Rufus L. Taylor Award – was given to his unit while it was based in Italy.

Kirk by the way, is still an active duty soldier. Enough said although I can always say more. ;)

These dems caught with their 'medals down' haven't been in a war theater since Vietnam, but there's a 121 throughout the halls that have or are in the military which isn't too bad, not as bad as I thought when I looked it up.

A number of members of Congress have served in the United States armed forces; some are combat veterans.

There were 167 veterans in the 107th Congress, 153 in the 108th Congress, 126 in the 110th Congress, and 121 in the current 111th Congress.^[25][26]

Some are currently still serving as reservists. (KIRK)

Among the most notable combat veterans include Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI), who served in World War II as a in the 442nd Infantry Regiment and is the only current member of Congress to have been awarded the Medal of Honor. Inouye and fellow Hawaii Senator Daniel Akaka are the last remaining World War II veterans in Congress. [source]

At least once for most the present cabal in DC I'd be more than willing to bet and more will surface now, and frankly that's another reason why most are getting the boot in November, as some are even 'multiple egregious offenders', like the king of Fraud, Jean Fraud 'Live Shot' Kerry, who's entire Vietnam war record is a well known and PROVEN "crock of shit" sham.

Eisenhower didn't even get 4 purple hearts. (if you're still undecided on Kerry's war claims or unfamiliar this WSJ piece lays it out well but ultimately comes down on Kerry's side, which I can't figure out.)

What a joke, rice shrapnel in his ass.(even the 'lib loved FactCheck can't approve it)

Thank the 'good lord above' the hated, reviled by the left, yet the actual 'War heroes' in the entire episode were John O'Neill and the Swiftboat Veterans, heroes again as they saved us from that fraud.

In fact, were he elected in 2ooo we'd be speaking Arabic today after he and the rest of that tribe surrendered the country to Al Queda on 9/12 like they dodge every every conflict that comes their way, being the blue blooded, bleeding heart appeasers they all invariably turn out to be once actually elected to any office, usually mistakenly with much much regret.


Secondly, the man he is running against pictured to the left (photoshop haji-jacked from WT Huston) is the biggest piece of walking and talking scum this state has ever even allowed to run for office and symbolic of the accepted 'culture of corruption' that this Obama regime has brought to a level that makes Richard M. Nixon and Watergate look like the Tooth Fairy.

Can you say BP GATE?

I knew you could. It's coming just like the millions of gallons of crude swirling around in the Gulf.

Another post another time for that one. Like lunchtime perhaps, when they come out to tell everyone from Obama's 19th hole press conference here this morning wherever he's undoubtedly playing golf, that he is still in charge as the Gulf is dying more and more by the second.

Regardless, Kirk's Italian based unit got it (the award in question) and frankly, he could rob a convenience store and still be a 'cleaner' candidate than 'Broadway Bank Giannoulias, the Bank Heisting, old school Dem Fat Cat."

70 million dollars pillaged from his family bank that just went 'belly up' here in Chicago proper, and Illinoisans even think about electing that guy?

Right now the guy is the freaking state treasurer if that alone isn't enough of a joke. An owner of a bankrupt bank running for Senator while sitting as a state treasurer being payed with our money to get a better job stealing even more of our money!!!!!

It would take a monumental scandal to get me to vote for that crook, and I don't mean Mark Kirk.

CLOUT STREET: Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, who has highly publicized his position as a Naval Reserve intelligence officer in his bid for the U.S. Senate, has acknowledged he erroneously boasted he was named Intelligence Officer of the Year more than a decade ago.

In a posting on his campaign’s blog, Kirk said he recently reviewed his records and biography and made the change late this week, though he apparently made the changes amid questions from the press.

“I found that an award listed in my official biography was misidentified as ‘Intelligence Officer of the Year,’ Kirk said on the blog posting.

For years, Kirk has said he was named intelligence officer of the year for his role in the U.S. Navy’s actions during the war in Kosovo, known as Operation Allied Force.


When he first ran for Congress, he submitted a resume to the Tribune stating among his military decorations that he had earned the honor of intelligence officer of the year.

Commander Danny Hernandez, a Navy spokesman, said Thursday the individual 1999 Naval Reserve Intelligence Officer of the Year was given to another reservist and not to Kirk. He said, however, the intelligence community gives out unit awards at the local and regional levels.

Kirk now says that his unit – not just him – received a different citation from a professional organization called the National Military Intelligence Association. That citation – the Vice Admiral Rufus L. Taylor Award – was given to his unit while it was based in Italy.

“It was one of the honors of my life to lead the Intelligence Division Electronic Attack Wing Aviano, Italy – and I am very proud of this award,” Kirk stated on the blog. “My official biography will reflect this updated information.” [source]

I got a news flash for everyone out there, there's not a man or woman on earth over 50 in this country or elsewhere who didn't lie on their resume's before the internet came into use.

It's not an excuse but it's a reality. Only people my age, 45 and younger, seem to have to adhere to this new aged 'every thing ever done by you' is chronicled somewhere on the internet.

Yet we hire affirmative action hires all the time who don't even have to lie because everyone knows they're not the most qualified people for the jobs, forcing many people to try to embellish their resume's or even outright lie just to get hired if you're a white male in this country today.

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