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In reply to the discussion: McConnell's Court Martial for sodomy in 67 will be huge [View all]leveymg
(36,418 posts)8. They said that about Dubya's TANG AWOL, also. But, that
it was initially dismissed, or glanced over, as "gossip" doesn't make it untrue.
Personally, whether Turtle was busted for sodomy doesn't really matter, except it shows how politically-connected useful idiots are often given a pass.
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Do they all have skeletons like this? One point: he wasn't Court Martialled if he was granted a
leveymg
Feb 2013
#1
Beating the Turtle in an election they would otherwise rig isn't the same
liberal N proud
Feb 2013
#65
Circumstantially, a medical discharge for preexisting eye condition in '67 seems quite unlikely.
leveymg
Feb 2013
#10
Maybe, but back in 67, having flat feet also disqualified you from being a ground pounder.
Cork
Feb 2013
#11
We have to ask, what credibility does Mike Rogers have, and what happened to Proud of Who We Are?
leveymg
Feb 2013
#12
Rogers co-produced a film, "Outrage" released in 2011, and was interviewed on "The View"
leveymg
Feb 2013
#17
A "preexisting eye condition" would have been discovered at the AFEES--Armed Forces Entrance and
MADem
Feb 2013
#54
McConnell's long known to be in the closet. He knows Dems won't attack on that basis
blm
Feb 2013
#27
Republicans NEVER get held to the same standard. They can push manufactured stories against any Dem
blm
Feb 2013
#44
Everyone DOES attack him for his hypocrisy, not for BEING gay. Sheesh - you build a straw man
blm
Feb 2013
#48
You were quick to claim we were attacking him for BEING gay and quick to lecture us based on
blm
Feb 2013
#56
The only trouble is McConnell steadfastly refuses to allow anyone to see his discharge documents.
Ikonoklast
Feb 2013
#18
Well, they'd have to have concrete evidence to really even consider using it...
joeybee12
Feb 2013
#40
It's not for that, it's for his ability to pull strings because he was politically connected
Ikonoklast
Feb 2013
#29
He wasn't, he avoided it, his patrons made certain of it; that is the allegation.
Ikonoklast
Feb 2013
#45
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TAlk about a skeleton in the closet, and this is a timebomb in
mfcorey1
Feb 2013
#47
WHAT "court-martial"?? Da*n, another DU thread title that can't follow its own article.
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#50