Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Tom Harkin, Phony Combat Pilot

Sen Tom Harkin has more in common with phony soldiers than at first known. This from Wikipedia
While running for his Senate seat in 1984, and again while running for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1992, Harkin has faced criticism for claiming that he had flown combat missions over North Vietnam. In a 1979 round table discussion with other Congressional Veterans, Harkin said of his service as a Navy pilot: “One year was in Vietnam. I was flying F-4s and F-8s on combat air patrols and photo-reconnaissance support missions”. These comments were later published in a 1981 book by David Broder. After subsequent inquiries by Barry Goldwater and The Wall Street Journal, Harkin clarified that that he had been stationed in Japan and sometimes flew recently repaired aircraft on test missions over Vietnam. His service flying F-4s and F-8s was later, while he was stationed in Cuba.

References to this controversy were deleted from Wikipedia by staffers from Harkin's senate office.
Tom Harkin's military record doesn't match his boasting does it. Isn't this what Rush was talking about?

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