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2010-06-09 Home Front: Culture Wars

Illinois Congressman Phil Hare (D) Puffs Military Resume, Turns Mean When Exposed

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Posted by Anonymoose 2010-06-09 12:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 What a LOSER.....why do these asshats think they have to this? it's wrong and makes them look oh so stupid. I tried to get to his website but no luck to leave him a note.

Posted by armyguy 2010-06-09 13:11|| 2010-06-09 13:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Sounds to me like a clear case of voter intimidation. We really should bring back dueling, and make sure congress critters are not only not immune, but can't weasel out without automatically being disbarred from office and paying huge fines for the rest of their lives.

Posted by Silentbrick 2010-06-09 14:22|| 2010-06-09 14:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Lest we forget, Mr. Hare is the one who exclaimed at a town hall mean that he doesn't care about the Constitution.

Posted by Grenter, Protector of the Geats 2010-06-09 14:56|| 2010-06-09 14:56|| Front Page Top

#4 This thing with definitions of service is getting a little extreme. I served 4 years in the Navy. Vietnam era volunteer. A true volunteer, I would never have been drafted. Never deployed to VN as I worked with ASW. Never fired a shot except on the range. My big overseas deployment was Canada LOL!
I consider myself a veteran. I never call myself a combat vet but I am a veteran and as things turned out, it was as safe as serving in a reserve unit that was never activated. As far as I am concerned, you take the oath, you do your time honorably, reserve or active, then you are a vet. In this day and age, with call ups effecting reserve units left and right, the distinction being made here is pernicious. Do we really want to reserve the term Vet to combat veterans? To exclude reservists? To exclude the guy who obays orders and ends up pushing paper in some office.
To paraphrise Patton on duty in war, "Somebody ends up shoveling shit in Louisiana".

Posted by Dogsbody 2010-06-09 17:24|| 2010-06-09 17:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Dogsbody,
Notice what it says: "In fact, he joined the reserves during the Vietnam era and was never called to active service."
In other words, he probably never served on active duty, other than his annual two weeks for training (what we used to call ACDUTRA).
I, too, was a Naval Reservist. I enlisted in 1969, and served three years active duty between 1970 and 1973. I was lucky - I was on an East coast ship and we never got sent to 'Nam.
I am a veteran. But I served three years active duty. I never claim that I was a combat veteran, but I am a Viet Nam era veteran.
The congress critter apparently never served on active duty. There is a difference.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2010-06-09 18:08|| 2010-06-09 18:08|| Front Page Top

#6 I'd be inclined to cut him a little teeny tiny bit of slack if he weren't such an arrogant asshole. He's the one who said about Obamacare's unconstitutionality: "I don't care about the constitution"
see this youtube

f*ck him. I just lost my slack-giving-ability

Posted by Frank G 2010-06-09 18:57|| 2010-06-09 18:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Do we really want to reserve the term Vet to combat veterans?

My answer is: depends. If you're a politician, using the words "I served during Vietnam" (when your total military experience was at 'Toy Dri Ve')is puffery at the very least.

Don't forget the field-day certain parties had over G.W. Bush's service.

Posted by Pappy 2010-06-09 22:31|| 2010-06-09 22:31|| Front Page Top

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