[cripplecreek]

Full Title: Exclusive–Military Leaders: Michigan Dem Senate Nominee Gary Peters Exaggerated, Misrepresented Military Record on Campaign Trail

Also from the article

And Semerad is not the only one speaking out. Former Rep. Allen West (R-FL), who served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army, is raising concerns about Peters’ record as are Retired Navy Captain Joseph John, the head of the group Combat Veterans For Congress, and the Republican National Committee (RNC) military expert.

It appears that Peters also made up "cooler" sounding firearms qualifications than actually exist. It appears that he was never trained as a Seabee as he claims. Instead he was a supply officer assigned to a Seabee unit for a short while.

[cripplecreek]

Gary Peters has good reason for running from a debate.

Also tonight, Mark Schauer dodged the post debate press conference for some reason.



Michigan legislative action thread

[Vigilanteman]

To some Democrats, lying is just a technicality. For others, it is resume enhancement.

[Viennacon]

Could be a boost for Land, the old stepping on the rake trick from Peters. Maybe he’s about to pull a John Walsh!

[Da Coyote]

Do da name Kerry mean any thin’ to ya?

[Blue Ink]

I read the whole article. There is NOTHING concrete to suggest he served less than honorably, which is what they’re implying.

It’s wonderful to have people who actually served in the armed forces running for office in this country. So he wasn’t a Navy SEAL. Few people are. Should he not run because of that? At least he served, which is more than you can say for most of our current government in this country.

What a nasty hit piece.

[Din Maker]

PLEASE tell me that the Land campaign has this info and is all over this thing. This could be worth 3 - 5 percentage points on Election Day.

[Taxman]

Ho-Hum!

Another LIEberal doing what LIEberals do best: LYING!

[Ace's Dad]

Michigan hunters and shooters:

Peters was never an “expert marksman” in either firearm category because there is no such category of qualification. In reality, according to military records, Peters was a “sharpshooter”—a lower military qualification than “expert” From Breitbart News

Michigan hunters and shooters: This report is accurate. I was a navy pistol expert - and I have the paperwork on file to prove it. It was one of my Michigan hunter father's greatest source of pride in my otherwise ordinary Navy career. Why didn't he just write "sharpshooter"?

[nhwingut]

I think a lot of the stuff mentioned, if told in a vacuum, would come across as political posturing and minor to the average voter (ie says he’s a “expert marksman” when he’s only a “marksman.”) But collectively its pretty damning. The guy is a serial BSer who has a habit of inflating credentials. Need a better way to succinct it, though.

[rrrod]

Democrats should be disqualified from serving in the US military!