Sunday, May 30, 2010

Who cares, he's already obtained the IOKIYAR Medal

Probably not be too over reported and shit:

The Republican candidate for President Obama's old Senate seat has admitted to inaccurately claiming he received the U.S. Navy's Intelligence Officer of the Year award for his service during NATO's conflict with Serbia in the late 1990s.

Rep. Mark Kirk, a Navy reservist who was elected to Congress in 2001, acknowledged the error in his official biography after The Washington Post began looking into whether he had received the prestigious award, which is given by top Navy officials to a single individual annually.

14 comments:

StonyPillow said...

Not much intelligence there, gentlemen.

Kirk tries to sell himself a a "moderate", but he will vote exactly as the Tom Delays and Dick Armeys tell him, just like all Republican senators. Illinois' vote in the Senate will belong to Dixie.

If he's such a nice guy, why the hell is he a Republican?

DrDick said...

Do you think Hatch will withdraw his stupid bill now?

Anonymous said...

Who hasn't added a Silver Star or two to his CV?

Anonymous said...

And the NY Times will be all over this in 5...4...3...2...

Privatize the Profits! Socialize the Costs! said...

This really pisses me off, because I received the U.S. Navy's Intelligence Officer of the Year award for my service during NATO's conflict with Serbia in the late 1990s.

This guy is a total fake!

StonyPillow said...

We are all Navy Intelligence Officers of the Year now.

sukabi said...

funny isn't it, that a republican can make outrageous claims about their military service and claim awards they never received and there's hardly a peep mentioned... but weeks are spent pouring over the unsourced press accounts from the last decade and a public flogging over a democrats' statements about their actual place of service.

Other repubs claiming service that they didn't actually do include, GWB: "I've been to war and I've raised twins."-- never left the states -- and Lindsay Graham: claims he was a JAG in Desert Storm.. never actually left the states.

pansypoo said...

believing makes IOKIYAR stronger.

Anonymous said...

Is there any award for protesting an unnecessary and atrocious war, promoted by lying cowards? Vox

Olives and Arrows said...

Vox,

The jihad has been going on for almost 1400 years and there's been plenty of protesting an unnecessary and atrocious war, promoted by lying cowards.

guessed said...

i'm waiting for someone to top reagan helping to liberate buchenwald.


nice patch
bush earned.

Mr. Hedley Bowes said...

Speaking of bigotry...

Rhode Island Rules said...

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY -ergo, vetted, approved, considered, proofread, double checked, passed along for approval....just saying...

Mr. Hedley Bowes said...

Max Cleland.