Ron Dickey: What? Me? Lie?
Ron Dickey, that “Green Beret” food service specialist went to the media, the Clarion Ledger, to tell everyone that he didn’t lie, nor did he attempt to mislead the voting public in regards to his military service;
“This happened over 21 years ago. At that time the Army had different standards, the Department of the Army issued me a green beret. Not only did they issue the Green Berets to those who choose to go through the training course to become a green beret,” he said. “It’s like the difference between a certified teacher and an uncertified teacher.”
Dickey, of Horn Lake, said the campaign workers who wrote his biography information didn’t understand the difference, but owned up to being the last say on what’s published.
Yeah, well, it’s always the staff who screws it all up, isn’t it? And the difference between a qualified special forces soldier and a food service specialist is a little more broad than being qualified and unqualified. Dickey did nothing related to special forces operations besides handing out MREs. Someone said last night in the comments, the difference between the two is like between a teacher and the lunch lady.
As one of his platform issues is veterans’ rights, Dickey said he certainly never meant to be misleading or divisive.
“I never said that I was Q School qualified. I said that back then I was issued a beret by the Department of the Army, just like everyone in the Army,” he said. “I’m out here for the vets so I don’t want to have divisive issues with the vets. The centerpiece of my platform is vets’ rights.”
GFY, Dickey – we don’t need a lying sack of feces to do anything for us. if you compare being a food service specialist to being a special forces soldier…just GFY.
His website and social media accounts are “run by my campaign. But I’m the ultimate decider of what gets put on and what’s taken off.”
Since the controversy started, Dickey has edited and removed most of the language referring to his service with the Green Berets.
Yeah, he’s been editing, mostly your comments on his Facebook page.
Nowhere in his literature does Dickey claim to have completed or attempted the “Q” Course, a rigorous training course for the elite special forces unit, nor does he claim to have taken or passed an airborne course which would be a definite prerequisite, but in various places on social media he is listed as a Green Beret and a veteran of Desert Storm. Dickey did serve overseas in Korea during Desert Storm, according military records obtained by the Guardian of Valor website, guardianofvalor.com.
Yeah, Korea…Desert Storm, same thing.
He went on to say that he wouldn’t have deliberately set out to deceive people knowing that he would be in the public eye.
“I was given the Good Conduct medal. I was honorably discharged,” he said. “I just want to keep down the controversy and confusion. I thought I could get that done. That’s all I want to do. I just want to deal with the issues.”
Why? Why would he want to talk issues when he had that “green beret” shit written across the internet. If he hadn’t planned on misleading people, he would have called himself a “veteran” like the rest of the world does. His intent was to mislead and he can’t explain that away by tearing the rest of us down for confronting him.
Category: Phony soldiers
Sack of shit
I am posting this here so it is seen at the top. Following is the contact information for the newspaper. Let them know (RESPECTFULLY please) what a lying sack of shit this candidate for public office is. Let them know the Army did not hand out green berets back then. Remember, no mention of his momma when you e-mail:
Letters to the Editor
(601) 961-7072
letters@jackson.gannett.com
Brian Tolley
Executive Editor/Director of Audience Engagement
(601) 961-7175
btolley@jackson.gannett.com
Twitter: @tolleybri
Take doing something about this phony one step further. His Republican Opponent is Congressman Nunlee, Send his campaign a few Yen,
https://co.clickandpledge.com/sp/d1/default.aspx?wid=33365
Actually, I’m the Libertarian candidate against Ron Dickey and Alan Nunnelee, and I am a retired navy diver to boot. I could use the yen more than Nunnelee.
The newspaper is complicit in this. They are deleting comments that show Dickey to be the liar and fraud that he is.
Dickey is a dick
Dickweed here has been sporting this special forces war veteran thing for a while now. The net is flooded with posts of his claims. Ronnie here was not in a barbers chair shooting the breeze or manning the BBQ with a Colt 45 malt liquor in hand. This bloated wind bag has willfully orchestrated this cazadero.
Tricky Dickey has his work cut out if he want to delete all of his bullshit.
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/233694668138425845/
Busted. Book’em Danno!
Lying sack of shit. Fat ass also claimed to have become “sick” as the result of his combat time in the Gulf with the SF… How does he f’ing explain that away?? he cannot do it, because he is a lying sack of crap, caught in his lies.
He can delete the truth all he wants from his facebook page, but he cannot eliminate it from the internet. It is all out there Dick(ey).
Shit ALWAYS comes back to haunt. And the Internet is forever.
Pants down. Caught. End of story.
….and he came up short.
Thank you…I’ll be in the area all day.
Much like this guy at the Oscars? (smile)
Didn’t SF start issuing non-SF qualified Soldiers maroon berets in the mid-eighties? He’s still lying.
509Trooper: I think so, but can’t say from personal knowledge (they were issuing green ones in the early 1980s). However, I think they started issuing everyone the green one again when the SF tab was approved. That might have been before or while Dickey was assigned to 3rd SFGA as a cook. Maybe Martinjmpr or one of our other commenters with a 1990s assignment to a SF unit can give us the definitive answer.
In any case: he’s obviously been caught misrepresenting his background – AKA baldfaced lying.
This next is for Dickey: in the early 1980s, I had the good fortune to be assigned to one of the SF groups – in one of their support units. I was not SF qualified.
I knew – and supported – bona fide Green Berets.
You, Dickey, are no Green Beret.
“You are no Jack Kennedy”
I love that beat down.
I always thought that Quayle had a perfect comeback he didn’t use:
“True – I’m not Jack Kennedy. And you are not Lyndon Johnson.
Now that we’re done talking about the obvious, would you like to discuss something that actually matters?”
I cannot remember for certain, as I was up the street in Division when it changed, but we have discussed this once or twice before, and always with some Support MOS who has tried claiming to be “be a Green Beret” because they got issued one. Legs wear Maroon Berets, (and that is just plain wrong also) and they are still Legs not Paratroopers.
I guess that makes me a “Blue Ball Cap”!
My name is MCPO and I approved this message!
Paid for by the “MCPO for US Congress … Just makin’ shcitz up in order to get elected campaign”.
“The centerpiece of my platform is vets’ rights.”
He needs to vacate that platform: It’s sagging under him.
He has confused a Green Beret with a Green Barrette.
Thank you. Thursday. Veal.
Are there any democrats that don’t lie constantly? Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Reid, Clinton, Walsh, this doofus? How can you tell a democrat is lying? Their lips are moving.
Well, at least he learned to throw his folks under the bus like his messiah Obama does.
He’s been lying for so long he needs to apologize for the apology. He was in Korea during Desert Storm, not assigned to 3rd Special forces.
I was in VII Corp Artillery in Augsburg 89 to 91. When Desert Shield started, we went to get ready and the Medics told me that I was non deployable. I had a profile (P-3) on my back. They couldn’t understand why I was in Germany. So I stayed and watched over Augsburg while they were deployed. Afterwards, they sent me back to the states for a medical retirement.
I served 21 years, all active. I am not and never said I was a Desert Storm Veteran. Don’t need to. I served honorable and am proud of what I did.
Mr Dickey, your claims are mute. You have NO pictures anywhere to show you wearing a beret or to that fact, no pictures in uniform anywhere. If you are going to claim you did something, you should at least show us something. Your words means nothing.
Reese Kaserne?
Why is it so fucking hard to tell the truth?!? I was in during Desert Storm…IN FUCKING GERMANY!!! Any time somebody suggests that I somehow am a Desert Storm vet, I straighten that shit out right now! Just tell the fucking truth!
This overgrown meat sack has taken it to the next level. This is the explanation phase where he tries to push cat litter over the shitty mess he has made.
I have seen numerous sites where he claims service as a Green Beret. And also service in Desert Storm. And injury from that service. Or some combination of all three. That is not a mistake. It is willful deception. But he knows that.
Give it up fat boy. You have been caught. Hopefully the voters of your district will know a lying shit bag when they see one and you will be sent home in disgrace.
It would appear that the Clarion Ledger has issues with allowing freedom of expression in their comments section. All but 3 comments are gone from below the article. When I posted there were 48 comments, now there are 3… All of the comments save one were coming down on our Pal Dick(ey)
I am not the definitive voice here but I seem to recall there was a period in Army Special Forces history where the Green Beret was actually issued to and worn by non grad’s of the Q course. I’m not taking this guys side, only that there was a weird period in history. See the website below:
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/rare-green-beret-flashes-candy-stripes
Otto,
I enjoy your reality show: Alaska, the Last Frontier.
Just sayin’!
Master Chief, I had no idea what you were talking about but I get it after googling. Sorry to disappoint!
I had nothin’ left for this thread, I am firing at will while home on sick leave.
I’m so friggin’ bored. I watched 6 hours of Rosie O’Donnell re-runs yesterday.
MCPO: Obviously, you have a desperate need to punish yourself. That much of Rosie O will cause permanent injury. STOP now! Go talk to a priest and stay away from Rosie.
Ewwww! She’s like Medusa, one glimpse causes permanent injury!
He has to stay away from Rosie, 2/17 Air Cav. He just had hand surgery – remember? (smile)
Dear God in heaven!! MCPO, grab your rosary and say a few’ Hail Mary’s.” Nothing you could have possibly done is cause for the punishment of watching that cow for even one minute.
Rosie O’Donut has a place in hell awaiting her for what she has said and done. It’s right next to the spot with a sign saying “RESERVED FOR JANE FONDA” and ditto for Ted Turdner!!
Otto: that is indeed correct. In the early 1980s, all personnel assigned to SF units were issued and wore a Green Beret – to include at least one individual who was a “leg” (I knew that individual personally). Those who were SF-qualified wore the full beret “flash” with either the SF unit crest (enlisted) or rank insignia (officer) centered on the flash. Those who were non-SF qualified wore the unit recognition bar (AKA “candy stripe”) on the beret with either the unit crest or rank insignia centered above it.
At some point, that practice ceased, and non-SF qualified soliders assigned to a SF group were issued (and wore) the maroon beret instead. I believe, but am not sure, that the policy reverted to issuing the green beret to all once the SF tab was instituted. However, I have no idea of the precise date of that happening – or what policy is today.
Bottom line: today, a “Green Beret” soldier is someone who’s been to the Q-course (e.g., “tabbed”) – not merely someone who’s wearing the hat. And that’s been the common understanding for over 30 years.
Dickey was assigned to a SF unit for a while, so he damn well knows that.
SF support personnel in the SFGs wear the maroon beret currently and have since I have been in (11years now). Only MOSQ’d SF personnel wear the green beret
True, but it did not make you a “Green Beret”, and as someone else has stated elsewhere there is a reason they changed to the marroon beret. Too many support types running about letting people believe that they were actually SF.
I have to ask a buddy of mine when he was down there, he was actually a cook assigned to one of the SF Groups. He never even tried saying otherwise to me. “Just a cook”… but he has integrity.
Remember, ladies and gents, he’s a Democrat. He didn’t really lie about his job in the Army, or where he was during Desert Storm, or being a bloated LSoS, it all just depends on what your definition of “is” is!
If I were his opponent I would have to make bumper stickers that say “Do we really need another lying dick in Washington”
Let’s start a bumper sticker contest, he is mine:
Green Beret, OPERATION DESERT STORM
Meant to say …
Green Sorbet, OPERATION Dessert Storm
Next!
Green jello; Operation Dumbo, task force Do you want fries with that?
It seems that when a Republican is caught cheating, lying, or displaying some other character defect, he resigns–voluntarily or under threat. That may or may not be true but it seems that way. On the other hand, when it’s a Democrat, such as the plagiarist Walsh or Massive MRE Man here, they pay lip service to oversight, error in judgment, or some such bullshit and then carry on. After all, they need to to do the important work of the people (vomit break) and can’t be sidetracked by insignificant matters.
FWIW: Dickey’s still “rockin’ the lie” in one respect. The Clarion-Ledger article Jonn linked says Dickey was assigned to 3rd SFGA during Desert Storm. I’m guessing Dickey was the source for that claim.
That claim is pure BS.
Desert Shield was from early Aug 1990 to 17 Jan 1991. Desert Storm (air campaign) began on 17 Jan and lasted thru 28 Feb. The ground campaign began on 24 Feb and ended on 28 Feb 1991.
Dickey’s records show he never deployed to the Persian Gulf. Further, he was cooking eggs and flipping burgers in Korea during ALL of Desert Storm, assigned to the 728th MP Bn. He arrived in Korea on 15 Oct 1990 and didn’t depart Korea for CONUS until 19 Nov 1991. He reported in at Fort Bragg on 30 Dec 1991 and wasn’t assigned to the 3rd SFGA until 6 Jan 1992.
Served in the 3rd SFGA during Desert Storm my azz.
Come on, we know that there are time traveling hackers retroactively editing this stuff all the time.
That’s a much more legit explanation than saying Dickey can’t keep all of his BS straight… 😉
Hell, I was stationed on the tropical paradise island of Guam during Desert Shield/Storm. I saw one of the B-52’s sitting at Andersen AFB that had taken some flak somewhere over Iraq. Does that mean I get to say I saw combat during Desert Storm? No? I didn’t think so either.
Or how about this? To this day they are still pulling unexploded ordnance from WWII out of the ground on Guam. When I was there, I found a artillery shell that was missing its projectile, but still had it’s primer intact. The EOD folks said that if the primer had gone off while I was holding it, then it could have made a mess of my hand if I had been holding it right. Does this mean I could claim to be a WWII vet? No? I didn’t think so either.
In summary, Ron Dickey can go find a nice quiet corner and molest himself with a rusty power tool, a flaming tree rodent, and a block of cheese that weighs 7 pounds.
Speaking of Guam and WWII UXO, some dipshit when I first got to the Proteus thought it would be cool to put this old hand grenade he found in the radio shack.
Since I was aboard when they called it away and we had to muster on the pier, does this mean we were forced to abandon ship?
Ahhh, the old Proteus. I was on Guam from 88-91. I seem to recall that the Proteus only got underway a couple of times, and that was to avoid typhoons. I could be wrong about that, it’s been a few years since then.
Man, now you got me thinking about Guam. Jeff’s Pirate Cove, Barney’s Beach house (when it was still on the beach), and the short stagger down the beach to Tahiti-Rama’s. Scuba diving in crystal clear water.
****DEEPSIGH****
Just to add some clarification…I was never stationed on the Proteus.
I know that plane that was sitting at Guam. It came from our base in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The one I saw (if I remember correctly) had some holes in its vertical stab/rudder area. Was that the same one?
We had several. One missing everything from the drag chute door back (ff with a anti-radiation missile is what we were told). That had a big square patch and the turret was missing.
Another had holes the entire length of the plane and wings (wing commander wanted to see bombs drop). Probably shouldn’t have dropped back so far to let the Iraqis fire there SAMS blind at you.
Those were the two big hits our planes took and I am pretty sure both went to Guam for repairs as that was the closest facility. We had other minor hits. I am unsure if the planes down at Diego Garcia had any damage.
So Ron, the standards were so low for for SF 21 years ago that you made it. That you and only you Got a Beret without being qualed?
I would love for some of the real SF from back then to play who do you know with your lying fat ass.
I dont seem to remember I line in the song about 100 men will test today and only three, and Ron, You know ron right? good guy didnt ever try but hell lets give him a Beret.
He is that fat to be three men.
No Green Beret would ever let himself sink to the physical appearance of this posing piece, piece of shit.
I’m going to guess, Mr. Wannabe, while he was in the Army, was on the verge of being out of specs. Even for a Cookie! He prob. Had to buy his uniforms at the local High and Mighty Store.
Demo politicians, no shame, no honor!
I was stationed with NSW Unit TWO as the N-4 Officer at RAF Machrihanish, Scotland during OP DESERT STORM.
A visiting French Fighter had a bird strike to one of its turbo jet engines that completely destroyed the turbo fan forward and combustion chamber aft. A bunch of us volunteered to assist in the quick swap of the jet engine.
So I guess that makes me a “French Air Force Fighter Pilot who participated in OP DESERT STORM”.
That where you first met Lt. COL. Dr. Fromage Le Twat? Awesome.
No, MCPO, that doesn’t make you a French pilot. But I guess you can tell everyone you once helped work on the internals of a French guy’s inoperative exhaust system. (smile)
As long as it didn’t require a toilet paper role and a gerbil….
This happened over 21 years ago. At that time the Army had different standards
But at no point were tubby food service specialists ever true Green Berets, thus placing the lie into the words this chubby fellow was an SF Green Beret.
I recently had the opportunity to attend a very cool day at the Kennedy space center and was allowed to sit at various control centers and take a seat in some cool spacecraft from my childhood, at no time did this experience, as enjoyable and profound as it was to me, lead me to consider posting the notion I’d become an astronaut onto my facebook page or my linkedin account….nor did any of my staff or subordinates take it upon themselves to do the same.
Lies are lies. Plain and simple. Chubby burger king mother fucker…
“Chubby burger king mother fucker…”
You are my hero.
Awesome.
I do what I can my friend, thank you.
Some of the confusion is over the “Veteran of the DS/DS ERA” designation. I am one of those, I was with Jonn making sure that no Iraqis were able to invade Vermont through Canada. I would not say that I was a Desert Storm Veteran if I was being water boarded.
These too-smart-for-their-own-good politicians use that subtle distinction as another excuse to lie to us.
Actually, Randy, I went to Desert Storm. I left UVM in Oct. ’90. I left you to hold back the Canook hordes by yourself.
Sorry, my CRS must have flared up.
Actually Dick(ey) made reference to having been in combat, not that he was just in during that time… That said, I was Guarding the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts from… umm well no one, but they still wouldn’t let me go over.
Hey you guys!
I think we all misssed something…There is a new POSer band called “All Man Big Tummy Band”
2 million Obamaphone minutes to whomever can guess who the members are 😈
I remember when I was a kid I took a flight on a TWA jet. The Flight Attendant said I am going to have something for you. Later the pilot came back and gave me a set of TWA pilot wings to wear. The little ones that were symbols for kids having flown TWA. It was cool. But, it didn’t make me a TWA pilot and they didn’t let me sit in the Captain’s seat and fly the plane. Nor did I ever tell anyone I was a TWA pilot. Same thing, different circumstance. In fact considering my home chores, I was closer to a assistant cook and bottle washer than a pilot and that made me closer to Dickless here in his Army service than his claim to being a Green Beret. He knows exactly what he did. If he was serving when the Army gave a green beret to all personnel serving in their units, cooks, clerks, what have you, okay. Then say you are a veteran who was a cook assigned to a SF unit and served in Korea while Desert Storm was happening. But Dickless took the low road and said I AM a Green Beret and serving “during” Desert Storm. Leading all the ill informed to believe he was a high speed operator. He knows what he did and he knows the intentions in his heart and mind all the years he has been doing it. To mislead for the purpose of looking like someone better than he believes he is. His self esteem was so low he wasn’t satisfied to have served honorably in a necessary field. No he had to lie and embellish his tour in the Army. Why? To feel bigger and better about himself that he does, to gain a status he didn’t earn and the merits that go with that status and to garner support for a worthless run for Congress. Problem is the dumb asses in Mississippi will probably elect him. My personal message to him. Dickless, don’t speak for me as a vet. I don’t consider you a… Read more »
What a turd factory this guy is. He obvious has the doubling down on his lies down solid, so perhaps he is in the right profession, democrat politician.
Desert Storm veteran my ass. More like Dessert Storm veteran at the table.
He resembles Rerun.
He is also so fat that that handkerchief looks like a campaign ribbon.
Proportional.
I’m actually kind of surprised I haven’t seen this here yet:
A few minutes ago I was at an Estate Sale in Dallas, TX. There were several WWII era uniform items for sale. One jacket had a ribbon rack (CPL US ARMY). Another Jacket had medals (Qty 3 medals, SSG USAF). I asked the person running the sale what would happen to the uniforms if they did not sale. He just shrugged his shoulders and said “I dunno”. I suggested to him that they be given to the VFW for proper retirement. He answered, “Hey that’s a good idea.” I have no idea if he will follow through. I have his business card, so I guess I can call him on Sunday afternoon. Any ideas from you guys other than “wait and see”? I hate the thought that some local jackass will buy them for his next years Halloween costume, with no respect for the uniform, what it represents, and the men that wore them.
If anyone has a good suggestion, I will try to act on it. Thank you. (Sorry to post here, but…)
Someone please help me gather my thoughts into a coherent idea. Thank you.
I wonder if there’s a way, and a dignified way, to get an industrial incinerator operator to burn old uniforms? I know it sounds disrespectful and wasteful; but, I grow so tired of phonies and people in old filthy uniforms asking me for spare change. The thought of uniforms being burned with trash is disgusting, so this idea may not fly with anybody.
I was thinking old uniforms could be treated the same way as old flags except some of us have so many uniforms the fire could get out of control.
I was thinking of making a quilt of my old BDU’s but they stunk of diesel fuel.
CAP, JROTC, etc might be able to use some or maybe they have enough already and mine are out dated anyway.
I just don’t know …
Here’s a newsflash, you fat turd – a Green Beret isn’t just a fucking hat!
Read the latest columns on your blog, lass. Took me back to a bad day roughly 14 years ago.
Sorry to hear about the loss.
Thanks, Hondo. It’s been a rough week, and I’m more volatile than normal. But I’m doing something good in her name, so… I guess something good will come out of it. I actually plan on posting an update later today.
But thank you. *hugs*
Returned, lady. Hang in there.
You have my email if you need to vent.
Sorry for your loss. Been there too. Never is easy.
@Nicki~
Just read your blog. I am so very sorry for your loss. Sending love and light and healing your way.
I could not find your gofundme link so if you would be so kind as to get my info from Jonn or Hondo and send it to me, I would like to help.
Blessed be sweet lady.
Thanks so much, you guys! It’s been a rough week, but it will get better. Knowing I have you guys out there makes it even better. Friends and readers have been absolutely incredible with words of encouragement and support!
The GoFundMe site is here, Toasty!
http://www.gofundme.com/bxky6o
Thanks so much for all the love and support!
I always marvel at people who say, “It’s just a cat/dog/whatever.” It’s a little creature to whom we make a commitment. The shit that people do to their animals makes me want to climb a tall tower with an AK!!
Hugs to all of you!
@Niki~
Thank you lassie….
I had 4 fur babies bourne under my staircase 3 years ago…hand raised them adopted out 3 and kept the tiniest one who has since blossomed into a whopping 12 pounds…mean ole girl she is too…named her Rosie and it fits lol..she is very thorny when she wants to be which is often. 😀
Donation on the way…again many blessings that your healing is swift and sweet memories replace the sense of loss ((hugs))
If I could hug you right now, I would. You’re making me want to cry. Again. Man – I’ve cried more this week than I have the whole year! You’re also making me want to run out and find a stray kitten to rescue! Thanks, Toasty. Thanks for the friendship and the story and a reminder that there are good folks out there. Sometimes I forget!
Words can’t properly express our gratitude, my friend!
Thank you so much – from me, the family and in Mac’s name!
Love,
Nicki
@Nicki~
Pay it forward by keep doing what you do 🙂
((hugs))
Toasty and Rosie
You bet! I can’t wait to surprise the folks at HART with a huge donation check! Just hope I can keep it going!
Hang in there Nicki, I have not found your blog yet, but I suspect we did the same thing this week. On Wednesday I said goodbye to my old lady. Had her for 15 years, ever since she was a little ball of gray fluff. I miss that fat drooling cat…
Click her Name, its a link to her blog.
Nikki, I read your blog last night and thought it was great. I am very sorry for your loss.
I dread the day that the wonder dog and I part ways.
It’s a heartbreaking thing, Enigma. I have lost so many over the years, but she was with me the entire time – outlived every animal we rescued. Three cats, a dog an a hedgehog. The furface we have left will hopefully be there for a long time. In time, we will save another kitty, but right now things are just too raw, so I’m doing all I can by raising money toward HART. These guys are amazing! They save animals who have been abandoned, abused, maimed, etc. They heal them, and they find them loving homes. They save them from certain death. I can’t think of a better cause!
Ours happened Wednesday too. I’m so sorry to hear about your loss. Hopefully they’re playing somewhere on that Rainbow Bridget together! 🙁
Three Retired Special Forces Soldiers set the record straight for spoon & fork Dickey ;
http://journalpolitics.com/2014/07/25/ron-dickey-green-beret/
Who is that in the BDUs shaking his hand in the picture in the story???
Nicki,
From their age and the lack of anything on the uniform Id wager it’s a High School ROTC Student
Hmmmm. Maybe. My daughter was in ROTC in high school, but they didn’t get issued BDUs. That’s why I was curious.
Dickey knows exactly what “Green Beret” means to civilians like me. He was stealing the reputation of SF soldiers to help him win votes from people who won’t know what Q Course is and what the difference between being SF and serving in a support role is. He knew what he was doing: He let his staff run with it. Where did they get his biography from?
For anyone who comes across stolen valor and thinks it’s just some weird thing cranky old vets complain about, and says, “so what’s the big deal?” This is the big deal. In pragmatic terms, we civilians are the victims of stolen valor. Stolen valor preys upon our regard for the military to provide these posers with all sorts of tangible benefits they never earned and certainly do not deserve. This guy is trying to throw an election his way by planting the lie that he was a badass SF soldier. An election for a Congressional seat. Making laws for the whole country.
And the pragmatic effect of stolen valor is nowhere near as important as the real reason all of you who’ve served get angry about it. It’s right there in the name of the crime.
“This we’ll defend”.
I’m sure he didn’t intend for anyone to make any inferences from the fact that the Army had issued him a Green Beret when he mentioned it to them.
Hey, hey, hey…..its Fat Albert!
I think he meant to say he was “Spatula Forces”…..Death from Within.
Death before margarine!
Saw this on another site. Special Forces cooking school is the hardest school in the military. No one has ever passed.
Passed what? A donut?
In this guy’s case, I don’t think he’s ever passed a plate without leaving it empty.
He reminds me of a “fat boy” in one of my AD Units who was nicknamed “Kool-Aid” because of the way his belly stuck out, he looked like the character in TV commercials sayin “OH YEEEEAAAHH!” Every time he barged in. Maybe folks ought to attend a few of his campaign events just to yell “HEY, KOOL-AID!!”, whadda y’all think?
I was AD Army during Somalia, but I don’t call myself a Veteran of that. I served another tour in Kuwait in support of OIF, but I don’t even think of calling myself a Veteran of that either (I’ve never even set foot in Iraq). However, I served in A-Stan as an 11B and did plenty of missions outside the wire, thus I feel I’m a legitimate OEF Vet!
looks like he also forgot to mention to the voters that he has a felony charge for Bad Checks and a bankruptcy filing…….Lying, embellishing, Bad Checks,Bankruptcy…Looks like he may be Congressional material after all…..
Fat boy here still took nearly 30% of the vote.
But he lost.
Shitbag.