FL Election Commission rejects complaint against Steve Cushman
The Florida Election Commission thinks it fine that a candidate can completely fabricate a military career like Steve Cushman did to influence voters in the Wakulla County Commissioner elections according to the Wakulla News;
The elections commission found the complaint, filed in July by citizen Larry Roberts, was legally insufficient.
“This is a personal attack which I will be glad to extend evidence which would not shine favorable upon the credibility of all those in witness here if needed,” Cushman said of the complaint.
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In a response letter to the Florida Election Commission, Cushman wrote: “Mr. Roberts seems to have taken issue with the fact that a newspaper article stating I was an ‘Air Force Pilot’ even exists. Regardless of his belief, I piloted many planes owned by the United States Air Force. He supplied a Facebook screenshot of me standing beside a T-38 trainer which I flew as well. I would not assert the U.S. Air Force has a habit of letting civilians onto cases to conduct photo ops next to 18 million dollar aircraft, I will simply let the picture stand on its own merit.”
Steve Cushman is a smarmy little prick. I’ll bet we can find a hundred pictures of our readers standing next to aircraft and not one of them will try so hard to convince you that they are pilots as this weasel. In his emails to me, he tried to make it sound like I’m illiterate and can’t read military records. I don’t what was to misread – the Air Force said that he had never served in that branch, as a pilot or head bottle-washer.
Funny how when I wrote back that I was turning his complaint over to our lawyers, since he threatened legal restitution, he shut right the f*ck up.
Larry Roberts who filed the complaint with the Florida Election Commission said;
“I flew hundreds of missions in Southeast Asia as a Marine Corps pilot during the Vietnam War with men who fought for our country,” Roberts said. “For Cushman to try to put himself in a league with my comrades makes me very upset.”
Cushman isn’t in the same league with whale shit. He’s an idiot, a liar and a coward. Anyone who votes for him in the Wakulla County Election should be barred from ever voting again.
Thanks to Green Thumb for the link.
Category: Phony soldiers
I have a picture of myself standing beside a Predator drone. Does that make me a UAV Pilot?
I have a picture of me (and two of my friends) standing in front of Memphis Belle. Does hat make us WWII B-17 crewmen?
This guy is a crapweasely crapweasel of the genus Jackwagon.
Yay! I’m an A-10 Hog Driver! All I need is the picture of me next to it and that makes it true, right? I also have the patch, so do I get extra credit?
/s
I guess that makes me a Thunderbird/Blue Angel pilot, when I’m not a B-17/B-24 pilot? Got pics of me next to all of them.
This colossal ass hat gives other ass hats a bad name
If I add a space shuttle to my fleet of RC planes….Can be a real space shuttle door gunner just like numbnuts above?
Semper Fi
For emphasis
“Steve Cushman is a smarmy little prick.”
I want to punch my monitor every time I see that photo.
FUCK. HIM.
I agree.
Florida…..wow.
Maybe Commander Monkress at All-Points Logistics should run for office.
I have a challenge coin from GEN Gordon Sullivan. Does that make me Army Chief of Staff?
did you get your coin at fort riley say 87-91.
Nope, Karlsruhe Germany in 94.
I had Gen. Hugh Shelton’s coin. Put an M1 Garand’s 30.06 round right in the center at 25 yds. Then I tossed it in the Mississippi River to kill all thinking and living organisms with a spine…just like Clinton’s Shelton did.
I have his coin laying right here on my living room table!
He gave it to me when he visited the United States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home (since, renamed, “Armed Forces Retirement Home”) in Washington, D.C.
Beretverde — As the mother of a beret, I thank you for your service but at least I finally know why the river down here in Vicksburg MS is so crappy! LOL — thank for the laugh.
Yeah, well, I spent a few minutes this morning standing in the garage – and nobody thinks that makes me a car, nor have I ever claimed to be one.
Sure would like to see that list of civilians the USAF has allowed to fly their aircraft. His claims just become more outrageous with each utterance. What next? Maybe he was a test pilot. Or an astronaut.
Does he realize that a lot of the contractors use civilians to test pilot their aircraft before they go operational and they ARE pilots.
Well shit, since we rate to be what we stood next to in pictures, I’m now a US Navy captain and had command of my own ship!
*rewrites resume*
What a shitlord.
I have a picture of me standing next to General Patton’s grave, so I outrank all of you MFers.
I HAVE pictures of me in front of President Eisenhower’s burial place in Abilene, KS and the statue of him as GOA, SO NYEEEEHHHHHH, GOTCHA!!!
Since we are measuring pee pees I have a picture of me next to a phot of the Sistine Chapel Cieling.
Aaaaawwww, SHIT!!
You painted the Sistine Chapel Ceiling? wow, you really are an Old Dog…
Good comeback Eric, I’m jealous as hell that I didn’t think of that!!
Thank you, I’ll be here all week. Don’t forget to tip your waitresses.
And try the veal!
ROFLOL ! ! !
You guys are grrrrrREAT !
Oh, yeah?
Well, I have pictures of me with LT Uhura and CDR Montgomery Scott from the USS Enterprise, so that makes me part of Starfleet and the Enterprise crew.
And you’re not! So there!
Yeah, well Norm Van Lier once bought me a beer at my local watering hole in Chicago, so I guess that makes me Johnny “Red” Kerr!
Upon reflection, it seems to me that a case for fraud COULD be made against this jackwagon. He is passing off lies in order to gain something of value, an elected office. Indeed, he attempting to defraud the electorate of their hard-won votes in order to gain a position of influence, thus disenfranchising them.
I’m thinking that this story needs to be dropped in the lap of the state AG and see how it plays out.
I have a photo of me standing next to Ray Benson. I just added “former member of Asleep At The Wheel” to my resume.
Apparently, I flew an F14 at the age of 5, and a little bird at the age of 7. Goddamn, I’m awesome.
HEY, I just remembered that i have a flight simulator program on my laptop. Will being experienced on that qualify me to call myself a fixed AND rotary wing pilot? Hell, it even has a blimp as one of the aircraft!!
Shit, that means that I’m a genuine Spitfire pilot since I have Battle of Britain on my computer!
Oh, and I got to sit in a C130 at the age of 6 at Charlotte douglas.
Well shit, in that case I’ve been all of the following:
Pilot of a B-52, B-1, F-117, F-4, A-4, A-6, A-7, F-14, F-15, F-16, F-18, A-3D, P-3, S-3, E-6 (TACAMO B-707), C-141, C-130, C-5, C-17, UH-1, CH-46, H-60
Oh and Commanding Officer of several Aircraft Carriers, Cruisers, Destroyers, Frigates, and a Los Angeles Class Submarine.
Meanwhile, back in reality….
For the tiebreaker, I flew the Battlestar Galactica in Microsoft Flight Simulator It’s big enough that it completely covered Lindbergh Field in San Diego. The takeoff plowed a trench through Pt Loma.
My bad, I forgot to add the C-2, MH-65, and A-Star (AS350 Helicopter).
Come to think of it, I’ve also stood on the Bridges of the USS Yorktown II, the USS Ingham, USS Laffey, USS Clamagore, and the USS Missouri. I’ve been Army my entire Military Career, but since I’ve been on those vessels, I ought to be able to call myself “SKIPPER”?!
Well sit right down
And I’ll tell a tale
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from a tropic port
Aboard this tiny ship…..
The amount of awesome displayed in this thread is…well… awesome!
The state of Florida held primary elections this past Tuesday.
The results for Wakulla County are here: http://wakulla.electionsfl.org/Portals/Wakulla/2014%20Primary%20Wakulla%20County%20Summary%20.pdf
Unfortunately, Cushman was not defeated as he is running with “no party affiliation, so he is still on the ballot for the November election in what now appears to be three person race:
http://wakulla.electionsfl.org/Candidates/2014-Candidate-Information-Local-State.aspx
We need to bring pressure.
Despite that I still say HEY CUSHMAN, FUCK UP YOUR SNIVELING LYING ASS SIDEWAYS WITH 100 FROZEN PORCUPINES AND A PILE OF BROKEN GLASS, YOU LYING PIECE OF SHIT!!!!
Here is yet another consequence of an all-volunteer force: the people from the FL election commission who reviewed this have obviously never served. Otherwise they would have shamed this toad Cushman. Or they were simply bribe d.
The FEC rules on sections 104, 105, and 106 of the Florida statutes. That is the breadth of their charter and responsibility.
I have no idea what the complaint against Cushman was other than he lied. Fortunately (and unfortunately) the statutes don’t cover “lying” as a candidate.
I rely on the FEC to rule on the basis of law. Not what they want. Not on their own personnel history and bias. The issue should be whether the candidate broke Florida law on elections.
It is up to the voters to determine the truthfulness of a candidate and vote accordingly.
I, for one, don’t want the government saying “this is a lie – you’re out of the election” or “this is not a lie – you can stay in” as there is too much political maneuvering that can take place.
I can’t find anything in the statutes that covers what Cushman has done that would warrant a fine, penalty or removal from the ballot. If you have a statute, I would like to see it.
Otherwise, to me the better course of action is to make Cushman’s lies known to the electorate and let the people decide if they want him on the County Commission.
The court of public opinion.
Already on it.
Actually, the government is beginning to create their “that is a lie, you can’t say that because we say its a lie” systems. The latest one is called “Truthy” and being funded with a million taxpayer dollars.
I once saw an aircraft does that mean I am a pilot?
I once lived on a SAC base, and I’ve been next to (and on) a BUFF. So, that makes me this guy, right? (smile)
I’ve also physically touched the oldest surviving operational A-12 (article 127, SN 60-6930). So I guess I must have worked for the CIA as a pilot while I was very young – then been “flashed” by the MIB to make me forget ever having done that.
Sheesh. As the French might say about this guy’s bogus claims: quelle merde!
I have pics of your’s truly actually flying the Navy’s P-3C Orion in the left seat, and I would never claim to be a pilot!
I just couldn’t lower myself like that.
I have a picture of myself sitting in the cockpit seat of one of Saddam’s MIG-21’s. Saddam didn’t just let anybody do that. I think I’ll just let that picture speak for itself.
“I would not assert the U.S. Air Force has a habit of letting civilians onto cases [sic] to conduct photo ops next to 18 million dollar aircraft…”
Actually Cushman, they do. They’re called AIR SHOWS.
The rejection is actually good, as it is a certification that the board that review the complaint and the candidate are complete morons of a biblical proporshun!
Nothing Further!
Shit… I’ve touched all of the Space Shuttles, except for Challanger. Also, most of the parts of the International Space Station. Lastly, every US rocket from 1992-2013 launched from CCAFS. SpaceX is privately owned, so I wasn’t involved with that.
I’m an astronaut. Or a space cadet. Your choice…
I drove through hollywood a time or two, so I’m a famous actor.
I guarded Air Force One in Bosnia when the President at the time (Hillary) was in town dodging Snipers. So I must be one of those select few AF-1 Pilots. Mind, Blown…
I drove through hollywood a time or two, so I’m a famous actor.
I guarded Air Force One in Bosnia when the President at the time (Hillary) was in town dodging Snipers. So I must be one of those select few AF-1 Pilots. Mind, Blown…
From all the bullshit coming out of that place and posted here, Florida must be pretty fucked up.
There are photos of me standing under the nose of a B-24, inside a B-17, next to an A-10, AC-130, C-130, F-18, F-4, a Russian MIG etc… etc… I never piloted a damned one of them.
I think there are photos of me on the deck of a Battleship… I must be f’ing Admiral.
Should read “A f’ing admiral”… damn grammar mistakes will get me every time.
There might be a picture of me straddling a MOAB, so I might be Slim Pickens.
I bet there are very few people that have straddled a MOAB. That’s awesome. I’d vote for ya.
Those of you who are my Facebook friends on here can see a photo of me and all my fellow pilots standing in front of one the B-2 Stealth Bombers that we flew. Just disregard the caption that says 509th Dental Operations Flight, since only pilots pose in front of planes.
At this point, the best thing that can be done is to make this assclown famous.
After all sunlight is the best disinfectant.
I wonder if he had claimed to be a former judge or FBI Agent… what the outcome of the Florida Election Commission’s ruling would be?
We veterans need to put an end to this shiite.
I am not defending this guy, but the answer to your question is “nothing.”
There is no statute in Florida that prohibits one making the claim that they are a law enforcement officer, a judge, a wildlife officer, a correctional guard, etc. It is not a crime or anything punishable.
It is not until the person acts as a judge or LEO that the manure hits the fan. So a person can claim all they want to their neighbors that they are in the FBI as a sniper and have gone on secret missions, but until they do something such as arresting or detaining someone, stopping someone, etc, then they have committed a crime.
Git- you are 100% correct. I was specifically wondering the outcry from the FBI or judges on how the FEC would handle it. It seems that if anyone remotely step on their toes…things happen. Today’s vets are second class citizens in so many ways…I don’t trust the feel good lip service towards today’s vets…show me some action. The phonies are ruining the hard earned honor.
All he needs to do is show his Pilot’s Log Book showing the days and years he flew for uncle sugar. I started flying in 1969 and I still have my first log book. While some pilots quit logging when they get five or six thousand hours, you can damn well bet that they lig every minute during the first thousand or more. If you depend on an Airman’s Certificate for your livelihood you log the last hour of your flying career. Produce the log book or shut the fuck up.
I have a picture of my daughter and I standing at the eastern viewpoint on Masada in southern Israel. I guess this means we can claim we were there in 70 AD and took part in the rebellion against the Romans!
No way I can top any of this. And, sadly, I’ve never even stayed in a Holiday Express. Fate has been so unkind.
That smug look though,,,,
I recently downloaded and read GoAs Pershing’s official obituary from the Army off of APD (couldn’t believe that was on there and stumbled upon it completely by accident). Does that make me a General of the Armies too?
I think its a 4 way race,,,, anyway there is a good chance he wont win. His shitbaggery as a business owner and him being an out of stater dont help
Wait so you mean to tell me that even though I’m sitting on a Merkava, I wasn’t an IDF tanker when I was 7 years old?
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Back in the day, I was a CL pilot; the term “CL” refers to “Control-line model airplanes.”
Of the CL series flown were: PT-19s, P-40 Warhawk, F4U, P-38, Messerschmidt BF-109 & a AD-4 Skyraider… Guess these make me one hellova pilot…
Considering I’ve crashed some ’19s, the Warhawk & the Skyraider, I’ve made some piles of plastic and rubber bands.
Does flying the above aircraft make me an honest-to-goodness pilot… nah, just a funlovin’ modeler.
On a side note, back in the early 60s, I touched the Liberty Bell before the Philadelphia Historical Committee/Foundation put the ‘Bell behind ‘brick & glass’ to preserve it idiots/vandals/terrorists… Maybe I’m old enough to be a Founding Father… ;D
We’ve helped make him #3 on the results for his name. He’s getting mighty popular.?
I think there might be a picture somewhere of me standing helmsman/planesman. Does that make me a submarine pilot?
Actually, scratch that. Bad example. I actually DID qualify that. Try again, Steve, ya lying sack of shit.