Posted on 10/03/2007 9:17:32 AM PDT by Tirian
Senator Tom Harkin has joined the Democratic left's attack on Rush Limbaugh for calling a phony soldier a phony soldier. Here is Harkin's charming contribution, which he saw fit to offer on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
Well, I don’t know. Maybe [Limbaugh] was just high on his drugs again. I don’t know whether he was or not. If so, he ought to let us know. But that shouldn’t be an excuse.
As Michelle Malkin points out, Harkin knows a thing or two about phony claims regarding military service. During his 1992 presidential campaign, Harkin claimed he served as a pilot in Vietnam. And when he ran for the Senate in 1984, Harkin said he had flown combat missions in Vietnam. But after changing his story several times, Harkin eventually admitted he had not flown combat missions in Vietnam, and he began describing himself as a Vietnam-era veteran. Not only had he not flown combat missions in Vietnam, he had not served there.
Glenn Reynolds had the details back in 2004. As he put it then, "Harkin seems a rather odd choice for the Democrats as an attack dog." He seems ever more odd now, but I guess Moveon.org has to take whatever it could get.
But after changing his story several times, Harkin eventually admitted he had not flown combat missions in Vietnam, and he began describing himself as a Vietnam-era veteran. Not only had he not flown combat missions in Vietnam, he had not served there.
Isn’t he called Tom “Dung Heap” Harkin ?
Tom Harkin talking about phony soldiers is like Ted Kennedy talking about water torture.
Hypocracy from a Democrat? Say it isnt so!!
The lack of integrity amongst certain U.S. senators is absolutely frightening.
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