David Meier; lying politician

David Meier is a candidate for mayor of Flint, Michigan. He decided that his resume needed some pizzazz, so he added the claim of earning a Medal of Honor, probably not knowing that’s the easiest medal to check on in the age of Al Gore’s internet, seein’s how the Congressional Medal of Honor Society maintains a searchable list that goes all the way back to the Civil War.

But that didn’t deter Mr Meier, according to the East Village Magazine;

Meier claimed that he received his Medal of Honor from President Richard Nixon in 1973 for actions at An Loc, Vietnam, in May of 1969. In fact, that is the story of Medal of Honor recipient Army Master Sergeant James Leroy Bondsteel of Jackson, MI. Bondsteel had been a Marine in Korea and then joined the Army, serving from 1965 to 1985. Bondsteel died in a freak traffic accident in Alaska in 1987. His Medal of Honor citation is available on numerous online sites.

So, it was time for Mr Meier to double down and go secret squirrel with his tale;

In a response to questions from East Village Magazine about his claims, Meier wrote that he had been a “CIA soldier” covertly embedded in Vietnam between 1965 and 1975, starting when he was 15 years old. He said his commanding officer would come into his home in Linden in the middle of the night, “stick a needle in my arm and when I woke up I would be in Vietnam.” He further stated, “I usually wasn’t gone very long at the beginning and my parents hardly missed me and didn’t care. Many times when I came home the CIA would make me submit to electromagnetic convulsive shock therapy so I couldn’t remember anything.”

Asked about the parallels between the Bondsteel story and his own as offered to East Village Magazine, Meier sent the following explanation: “SGT Bondsteel was the platoon leader of the unit that I was assigned to. I was a CIA soldier sent to assist in finding a lost platoon along with Bondsteel’s platoon. Bondsteel was told where to go to link up with that platoon and sent off. After surveying the area I requested permission to recon an old overgrown trench-line because I was fearful that it was an ambush. Sure enough it was an L shaped ambush and when I entered it I encountered encountered the enemy and the rest of the story is written up in SGT Bondsteel’s citation.

“If you replace SGT Bondsteel name with David Meier you will have the truth,” Meier wrote.

Here is Staff Sergeant James Leroy Bondsteel’s citation.

You would think Meier was finished, but, no he continues;

“I have faithfully and loyally served my country in Vietnam and every war that America has been in since then. I am a CIA soldier and advisor. President Nixon awarded me the Medal of Honor in 1973 for my actions in An Loc, Vietnam May 24 1969. I have also attained the rank of brigadier general.”

In case you’re wondering, he doesn’t appear on DoD’s flag officer roster.

Yeah, if this fellow isn’t mentally deficient, they need to take him to court and charge him with violations of the stolen valor act since, obviously, he intends to profit from his lies.

Category: Dumbass Bullshit, Phony soldiers, Valor Vultures