And yet another flashback of a phony Democrat soldier. Here is World Net Daily's exploration of the lie Al Gore told about his "gassed Uncle in WWI" during his doomed run for president in 2000... turns out Gore didn't HAVE any family that served in WWI.
Oct. 6, 2000: When Vice President Al Gore claimed, during the first presidential debate of the 2000 campaign, his uncle had been gassed in World War I while serving in Bosnia, skeptical fact checkers went to work – and they, like the campaign itself, came up empty. "And when the conflict came up in Bosnia," said Gore, "I saw a genocide in the heart of Europe, with the most violent war on the continent of Europe since World War II. Look, that's where World War I started, in the Balkans. My uncle was a victim of poison gas there. Millions of Americans saw the results of that conflict." World War I started in the Balkans, true. Millions of Americans saw the results of that conflict, true. But if anyone was gassed in the Balkans, it wasn't any of our American troops, who served in Western Europe, and it certainly wasn't Al Gore's uncle. An exhaustive records search raised doubts he even served in the military during the "Great War." The National Archives had no record of Gore's uncle in the service and the best the campaign could do was provide a 1959 newspaper obituary saying he had been gassed as a soldier in France, information most likely provided by the family. Mr. Gore, it's Mr. Limbaugh on line 1 ...
Here is a longer treatment of the Gore lie by Charles C. Thompson and Tony Hays from Oct. 6th, 2000. Here's the key graph:
According to an Associated Press report, the uncle Gore referred to in the debate was his late uncle, Reginald. After the debate, the Gore campaign contacted the National Archives seeking any World War I records to support Gore's assertion. Apparently it came up empty-handed in the quest for confirmation from official sources, since, as the Associated Press story reports, the campaign fell back on the uncle's 1959 newspaper obituary. It said he had been treated for illness caused by being gassed as a soldier in France (not in the Balkans). Newspaper obituaries are typically based on information provided by the family, with no effort made by the newspaper to verify its accuracy.
Yeah, tis a veritable cornucopia of phony soldiers on the Democrat side of the aisle. I wonder if these stories will be reiterated by the MSM during this current flap? (Hat tip Newsbuster Linda)
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Not another one!
October 6, 2007 - 16:35 ET by Sergeant ROCKUgh!
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I'm sorry but ...
October 6, 2007 - 16:44 ET by drillanwrROFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The only thing real about Al Gore is ...
He IS Walter Mitty !!!
LOL!!!
There he goes inventing
October 6, 2007 - 16:53 ET by bigtimerThere he goes inventing things again...
He can't help himself...a lot of dem's seem to have that problem.
Liar Liar...Pants on Fire.
Gore = Edison?
October 6, 2007 - 16:58 ET by Sergeant ROCKIs Algore the modern day Thomas Edison??
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Lots of Dems
October 8, 2007 - 17:49 ET by deerjerkydaveExactly what I was thinking. Hillary made up stories about the origin of her name. The now missing democrat mayor in Atlantic city made up his military credentials (no he is not a Navy Seal), and Algore with his numerous stories.
Wait a second, I thought only Republicans experience scandals!
Are you reading this Matt Lauer?
The thing that annoys me
October 6, 2007 - 17:05 ET by gopsteveThe thing that annoys me the most about this is that Gore, as a (D) will get away with it. Had a (R) done this...lights out for him (politically speaking).
Equally annoying is that the (R) people never stand up to the (D) people. The (D) folks know this, and with the msm on their side, they can get away with about anything.
I think...the only time I ever remember a media feeding frenzy over a (D) was with Gary Condit, and it took a missing body to make it a story.
Again?
October 6, 2007 - 17:06 ET by BufordAlgore embelish the truth?......... say it ain't so. But surely the thing about the internet is true? I'm sooooooo confused!
The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program...........Ronald Reagan
Bosnia? Is he also going to
October 6, 2007 - 17:10 ET by danboBosnia? Is he also going to tell us his uncle was arch duke Ferdinand?
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Ha! Ha! Ha!
October 6, 2007 - 17:24 ET by Sergeant ROCKEOM
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Al the Warrior
October 6, 2007 - 17:12 ET by scamoramaYep, he comes from warrior stock.
Which explains how he was able to go out on patrol every night when he was in Viet Nam!
I wonder who carried the weapon: him or his bodyguard.
His only weapon
October 6, 2007 - 21:07 ET by Cape Conservativewas his typewriter! Then he had to return to the states a few months later to attend divinity school - oops...that stay lasted just long enough to CHA for leaving Vietnam on short notice!
These "real soldiers" like Gore & JF Kerry, who left the service as quickly as they could, really put "serving one's country" in a new light.
Hahahahahahahahah
October 6, 2007 - 19:09 ET by c5thenHow typical of the liberals and Al Gore. The truth is not as important as the message they want to convey.
Invented the Internet - voted for a bill to fund DARPA...same thing
Bosnia - France....same thing
Man is irrevocably changing the climate - variable climate is always changing....same thing
And so it goes on and on and on....
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Fred08.com
Gore
October 6, 2007 - 22:14 ET by pbthinkerHow does this habitual liar have any credibility with the MSM on Gorebal Warming? It appears his film is the same as his campaign, filled with distortions and lies, yet the press is willing to give him credibility.
Oh Well, an Oscar and a Nobel Prize, based on lies and distortions, what else is new?
Democrats: Specializing in "high tech lynching" since 1987.
Maybe Sandy Burglar stole
October 7, 2007 - 01:34 ET by skeptic1Maybe Sandy Burglar stole his uncle's sh*t.
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October 7, 2007 - 15:50 ET by dahliatraversThis is a lead which definitely merits investigation.
You're taking Pettiness to a new level.
October 7, 2007 - 01:38 ET by KeithAs much as I despise Al Gore and believe me, I do. I don't see how you can blame a guy for relying on his families understanding of events surrounding his uncles death! If the obituary exists what do you expect Gore to do, start his own investigation as a teenager in order to prove his family wrong? Huh? Is this where we're heading? Stop the world, I wanna get off.
Down with gore. The Rocky
October 7, 2007 - 01:49 ET by wiwfDown with gore.
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Keith, Dude... he was
October 7, 2007 - 07:16 ET by Warner Todd HustonKeith,
Dude... he was running for PRESIDENT! If he wasn't smart enough to verify a simple family story (one EASILY verified) how was he going to be smart enough to lead the country!?
Bull. If the man's
October 7, 2007 - 07:37 ET by danboBull. If the man's knowledge of America and history is so shallow as to say Bosnia. You want to listen to this man?
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
yeah... you're right.
October 7, 2007 - 21:52 ET by bktIt's not like he has a habit of making such statements.
Good grief.
Let's assume he was gassed
October 7, 2007 - 22:31 ET by pbthinkerLet's assume Gore's uncle survived a gas attack, during WWI. If he did, it was in France not Bosnia. Once again, Gore lies, or stretches the truth.
Here is an interesting item on his movie, where it's dealt with piece by piece, if you're interested in looking at some lies. It one of themore comprehensive critiques of AN Inconvenient Truth, I've seen:
http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/detailed-comments-on-an-inconvenient-truth/
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Gore WAS telling the truth
October 7, 2007 - 04:18 ET by old croHis uncle had to leave the service after being gassed in Bosnia! What he omits is that he was sitting around a campfire after beans were served..........
I feel that with all the phony democrat soldiers coming into light lately, it is just a matter of time until a Republican one turns up. It will be plastered throughout the MSM and headlined for weeks.
"True, all Democrats in the military are not phony soldiers, but all phony soldiers seem to be Democrats."
-Ann Coulter
Disclaimer - I do not mean to impunge the reputation of democrat soldiers, I thank them for thier service and I hope that somehow in thier misguided political choosing they may see the light.
If we had an honset media,
October 7, 2007 - 21:01 ET by Chris NormanIf we had an honset media, this bore would have been exposed as the charlatan he is, years ago.