What is wrong with these politicians who lie about their military service or lack thereof? This is simply the most ridiculous thing to lie about. Anyone can do a paper trail on a military record. We can tap into the service records of people who served 150 years ago, and further back than that. What makes these guys think they are something special and won’t get caught?
If you are running for or are in office, there’s a good chance you have at least one political enemy. That’s all it really takes. Assume you live in a gold fish bowl. That means no running around, no womanizing, no tawdry little affairs, no love children, no videos, no lying about service records.
To date, we have 2 service liars: Illinois Senate hopeful Mark Kirk and Connecticut Senate hopeful Richard Blumenthal. One republican and one democrat. Why? What part of these men’s psyches allow them to lie about such a thing. Desert Storm and Vietnam aren’t that far in the past.
Voters will have to ask themselves if they want a senator who would lie about his military record. It might seem unimportant now, but in the long run, it seems like a real barometer of one’s general character.
