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In reply to the discussion: McConnell's Court Martial for sodomy in 67 will be huge [View all]Skip Intro
(19,768 posts)22. But it's different when we do it...
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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