re: #486 lawhawk

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area.

A question to the masses. Why do candidates think that they can get away with lying/exaggerating about their military service. Do they really think that they can get away with the lies and not be called out for their lies?

Do they hold such disdain for their constituents? Paladino is the latest in a line of candidates this year that have lied about their military service. In Paladino’s case, he claimed to have commanded 250 troops at Fort Bliss over a period of six months. Turns out that he did no such thing. He was at Fort Bliss for 3 months, and commanded some number of troops upon his return to Buffalo.

Why exaggerate about your military service? If you lie/exaggerate about that, what else are you willing to lie about. Moreover, you dishonor those troops who do serve honorably in the Armed Services.

It is odd. You would think that in a big-time (as in statewide) campaign, somebody would flyspeck the resume.

On another NYC note, we have zombies today:

nytimes.com