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Well, forget it -- Tim Mahoney loves the troops, and don't you dare think otherwise. "Mahoney loves the troops so much that neither he nor his staff could tell the difference between an American veteran and a former soldier in Stalin's Red Army." He loves them so much that he wants every person in his district to know how much he loves, and honors, the efforts, dedication, and sacrifices of those who defend our freedom.
Ignore, for a moment, the possibility that picture of the troops shown in uniform was taken in Iraq -- something that would be quite the faux pas on a Democrat's mailer "Honoring Those Who Defend Our Freedom," since we've all been told for quite some time now that Iraq is the wrong war, in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and that it has nothing to do with "defending our freedom," or anything else besides getting cheap-as-free oil and acting on Israel's subliminal directives.
As any American veteran can tell you, it's as easy to spot the fact that those aren't American medals as it is to tell the difference between, say, an M4 and an AK-47. In particular, take a look at the top right medal in the gentleman's array.
Freshman "Blue Dog" Democrat Congressman Tim Mahoney, FL-16, loves the troops so much that neither he nor his staff could tell the difference between an American veteran and a former soldier in Iron Joe Stalin's Red Army.
pathological need to be a part of history led him to place his uncle in Stalin's Red Army at the time of its liberation of Auschwitz. Now, it's Tim Mahoney who "honors" our troops by including a photograph of a Soviet veteran on a mailpiece meant to reinforce just how much he loves America's troops. If that doesn't show true love for the troops, then I don't know what does. After all, taking three minutes to grab a Defense Fellow from another office (Mahoney declined to employ such a Fellow himself, for whatever reason) and get a quick accuracy check on the taxpayer-funded mailer was clearly too great an effort to make for those brave men and women Mahoney and his staff are so passionately supportive of.
We deeply apologize to those who were offended and we will take steps to ensure that this mistake doesn't happen in the future." Kudos to them for being willing to "take steps to ensure that this mistake doesn't happen in the future." After all, getting it right the first time -- which could have been ensured had one single US military veteran been shown the mailpiece supposedly "honoring" veterans before it was sent out. Sometimes it takes a massive screw-up to teach folks to kick the laziness habit and reinforce attention to detail, I suppose.
Printer-friendly version Author: Richard Romano (not verified) Mon, 06/30/2008 - 5:04pm Unbelievable -- the sorry Dems are completely pathetic, but what does that say about the electorate?
reply Author: Oscar Meyer (not verified) Mon, 06/30/2008 - 9:05pm Just FYI. Dad was in the US Army stationed in Iran during WWII (Persian Gulf Command). In the early 1990s, Russia gave the same medal to US, British and other soldiers that helped with their war effort. Basically the Persian Gulf Command was set up to transport supplies to Russia during WWII. I do concur that the medals are Russian, but you may have picked the wrong medal to blow up.
reply Author: Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 07/01/2008 - 4:03pm This is the same Tim Mahoney who won't endorse Barack Obama because he's that afraid of being seen as a Democrat, huh? He's in favor of the Iraq war and warrantless wiretapping because he's afraid people will think he's too liberal.
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