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lunasun

(21,646 posts)
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 03:12 PM Oct 2016

Kirk thought there was nothing outrageous on questioning an opponent's military history in a debate

Because he assumes everyone is lying all the time about their military history or record just like his own history of misrepresenting his military career.
In 2010 he accepted responsibility for misstatements about his Navy Reserve career, including that he served in the Gulf War, that he once commanded the Pentagon war room and that he came under fire while flying intelligence missions over Iraq.

Kirk also revealed that a letter he sent to his congressional district in 2009 described him as a veteran of Operation Desert Storm — the first Gulf War to chase Iraq out of Kuwait in the early 1990s — although he did not participate in that war.

Kirk said his congressional staff erred years ago when they claimed he was the only member of Congress to "serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom," the invasion of Iraq after 9/11, when in fact he served stateside.

And he told these whoppers before his stroke so don't even go there

And in 2016, Kirk falsely asserted on his campaign website that he was a veteran of the Iraq War. He actually stayed in the United States during the Iraq War when he served in the Navy Reserves. !!!!

In the past, Duckworth's opponents have faced criticism over their attacks on her.

In 2012 then-Rep. Joe Walsh -- who is facing criticism this week after saying he's going to pick up a musket if Donald Trump loses the 2016 election -- attacked Duckworth over her war record, saying she talks too much about her war record.

Some of these are mentioned in this link and had me thinking that is why he did not find it outrageous or odd to question her statement about her family's military history in a debate.
It was another rude out of place you lie moment from the pukes

I mean who would make that up - I am a Daughter of the American Revolution - who does that ? Oh yes Mark Kirk might
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/27/politics/tammy-duckworth-mark-kirk-military-illinois-debate-senate/

She beat Walsh and will take this liar Kirk next but he seems to have a lot of money for dirty ads here in Illinois. Still I will be surprised if this uncoded comment doesn't put him out of the race for good.

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Kirk thought there was nothing outrageous on questioning an opponent's military history in a debate (Original Post) lunasun Oct 2016 OP
He's a Republican so he probably thinks he can say or do anything with impunity. LonePirate Oct 2016 #1
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