Kaloogian clams up. More questions about his truthfulness emerge

[BurtWorm]

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000217.php

Kaloogian Campaign Goes to Ground
By Justin Rood - March 29, 2006, 2:40 PM

The Kaloogian for Congress campaign is no longer making the candidate available for interviews or making comments on the Iraq photo fiasco.

Which is too bad, because we have a few questions. For instance, the page featuring the photo includes text by Kaloogian beginning, "I just got back from Iraq." Yet he appears to have gone there in July 2005 -- several months before he entered the House race, or created the Web site. Was this an oversight akin to the bad Baghdad pic?

And who exactly snapped the photo, anyway? And who approved its use?

We may yet find out, but not from the Kaloogian campaign. Calvin Collins, campaign manager for Howard Kaloogian's bid for Randy "Duke" Cunningham's old House seat, said that the Kaloogian was not available to be interviewed, and no one else was speaking on his behalf. "No one is giving any comments," Collins told me.

It's pretty clear there wasn't just one wrong step here, but a series of doozies. Coming in the middle of a highly-charged debate over what the ground truth in Iraq is, Kaloogian's already facing accusations he's deliberately making this stuff up to support his argument that Baghdad is calm. Why won't he come clean and explain how it all happened?

[wicket]

1. Oh, this is just getting better by the minute!

:rofl :rofl: :rofl:

[enigmatic]

2. This is hilarious

and oh so typical. I suspect we're going to see alot more of his "truthiness" in the coming days..

[FormerRepublican]

3. Lordie! This is supposed to be an improvement over Cunningham?

:rofl: :rofl:

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. Kaloogian seems to have serious psychiatric problems.

He he the best guy they can find to run for office?

[SoCalDem]

5. His "just got back from" trip was JULY 2005.. He even lied back then

He's just recycling the same lie.. only with FAKE pictures this time:..Not even his OWN pics..

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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Wed Mar-29-06 04:54 AM
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17. Not the FIRST time Kaloogian "got lost"
http://www.haloscan.com/comments.php?user=crooks&commen...


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Right! I thought that rang a bell. The GOP slimeball who ran the CA Republican Assembly races refered to this organization a while back. I'll paste it here because Matt "bin Ladin (D)" is famous for, er, editing his work:


Where was it actually?

Howard Kaloogian was nice enough to e-mail me from Athens to let me know that I "had my facts wrong again". The facts came right from his press release.

He claims to be in his hotel room in Kuwait City but the press release clearly states that he was 'en route from Baghdad , Iraq to Kuwait City, Kuwait". See his own press release below.

Which is it? I can tell you that the highway from Baghdad to Kuwait City is a very different place than the nice hotels that are in Kuwait City.



The Honorable Howard Kaloogian

(State Assemblyman 1994 - 2000, 74th Assembly District)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Thursday, July 14, 2005

Contact: Sal Russo - [phone] or [email protected]

Kaloogian to Announce For 50th Congressional Seat



Upon learning of the decision of Congressman Duke Cunningham not to seek re-election, the Honorable Howard Kaloogian, who served as State Assemblyman for northern San Diego County from 1994-2000, will soon formally announce his candidacy for the 50th Congressional district.

"I will be officially announcing my candidacy once I have returned from my mission of supporting our troops in Iraq," Kaloogian said.

Kaloogian is currently traveling from Baghdad, Iraq to Kuwait City, Kuwait in his capacity as Chairman of Move America Forward

(www.MoveAmericaForward.org ) - a non-profit organization that supports American troops and their mission to fight the forces of terrorism.
posted on Monday, July 18, 2005 8:12 AM

Note, this front organization lays astroturf for congressional candidate Kaloogian. It seems to be fully integrated with RMR consultants.
Pacific John | Homepage | 08.25.05 - 12:56 am | #

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Got Tamiflu?..

[MADem]

6. You know what LEAPT out at me??

This Koolaidian clown has the Armenian -ian suffix, so I'm thinking that's his heritage. We all know what the history is between the Turks and the Armenians, and if he doesn't know it, he should. How he could confuse Turkey for Iraq is completely beyond me!

But the best part of it all, is that he called his little jaunt the TRUTH TOUR!! His TRUTH was to show how the 'librul' media was ignoring all the wonderful news, and he used a FALSE picture to punch home his little TRUTH!!

You couldn't make this shit up!

[BuyingThyme]

7. Gratuitous :rofl:

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