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In Attempt To Disprove Story Showing He Fabricated Military Record, Gary Peters Gives
Breitbart Big Government ^ | 13 Oct 2014 | Matthew Boyle

Posted on 10/13/2014 7:31:13 PM PDT by cripplecreek

Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Rep. Gary Peters (D-MI) accidentally proved to the Daily Beast he lied on his campaign website and on the campaign trail about his military record as part of an effort to disprove a Breitbart News investigation—and the Daily Beast’s Tim Mak fell hook, line and sinker for the Peters’ campaign’s spin despite being provided with evidence by Peters that Peters lied.

“To rebut the Breitbart story, the Peters campaign provided The Daily Beast with a document signed by a commanding officer showing that the candidate qualified as a Seabee Combat Warfare Specialist on August 5, 1998,” Mak wrote, referencing a nearly 4,000-word Breitbart News investigative article published Sunday evening. “Peters qualified as an ‘expert’ on the M16A1 in 1993 and the .38 revolver in 1995. He qualified as ‘sharpshooter’ on the M1911A1-45 ACP handgun in 1994.”


Interestingly, however, the documents that Mak was provided by Peters’ campaign prove that Peters and his campaign spokeswoman Haley Morris lied to local media—and that Peters lied on his campaign website.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Michigan; Campaign News; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: breitbartnews; dailybeast; garypeters; haleymorris; michigan; military; terriland; terrilynnland; timmak
Full title (In Attempt To Disprove Story Showing He Fabricated Military Record, Gary Peters Gives Documents To Daily Beast Proving He Lied)

The weapons thing seems relatively minor to me but I'm guessing Peters isn't too thrilled to have attracted the attention of Allen West.

Saying he was stationed in a war zone and building bridges while getting shot at is pretty ridiculous for a supply officer stationed in Dubai (Not to mention zero Seabee training)

Chipping away is causing him to start lashing out.
1 posted on 10/13/2014 7:31:13 PM PDT by cripplecreek
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To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
Peters is starting to get testy.

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2 posted on 10/13/2014 7:32:08 PM PDT by cripplecreek
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To: cripplecreek

I guess you have never been to some bars in Dubai...

Those can be war zones!!!


3 posted on 10/13/2014 7:33:48 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: cripplecreek

The dimoKKKRATS are so used to making things up and getting away with it, it comes as 2nd nature.


4 posted on 10/13/2014 7:40:35 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: cripplecreek

Has he thrown his medals and ribbons over the White House fence yet?


5 posted on 10/13/2014 7:41:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: cripplecreek

I agree that if you served with the Seabees you can call yourself a Seabee. I was in the Seabees and gunners mates and boatswains mates, etc. were all considered Seabees if they were assigned to our units, trained with us and went on deployment with us. But 30 days as a reservist with no Seabee training and working in supply does not qualify him as a Seabee.


6 posted on 10/13/2014 7:42:38 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Liberals were raised by women or wimps. And they're all stupid.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Even Chuck Woolery is getting in on the act.


7 posted on 10/13/2014 7:45:16 PM PDT by cripplecreek
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To: VerySadAmerican

But the claim that he learned to build bridges while getting shot at during his 30 day deployment in Dubai (as a supply officer) is laughable.


8 posted on 10/13/2014 7:47:04 PM PDT by cripplecreek
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To: cripplecreek

+1. I always liked him. Knew Chuck Barris back in the old days. What a nut!


9 posted on 10/13/2014 7:49:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: cripplecreek

Maybe he was with Hillary?


10 posted on 10/13/2014 7:49:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Chuck Woolery and Pat Sajak are fine conservatives. Pat is a board member at Hillsdale College. I'm guessing that pat got shot at a time or two even though he was in Vietnam as a broadcaster.

Pat is 3rd from the right on the top row.

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11 posted on 10/13/2014 7:56:57 PM PDT by cripplecreek
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To: cripplecreek

you should have been with me and Hillary when we got off that plane in wherever!


12 posted on 10/13/2014 7:58:28 PM PDT by M-cubed
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To: cripplecreek

Yep. I don’t understand why people lie like that. Especially someone who’s running for office. I guess ‘cause they get away with it. Clinton got away with lying about the National Guard. Kerry got away with claiming to be a hero.


13 posted on 10/13/2014 8:23:45 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Liberals were raised by women or wimps. And they're all stupid.)
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To: M-cubed

Exactly!


14 posted on 10/13/2014 10:00:14 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: M-cubed

WOW you dodged the bullets at Baghdad airport with Hillary?
Why I don’t believe you???


15 posted on 10/14/2014 5:57:28 PM PDT by entropy12 (Marxist, race baiter, community organizer Obummer is 10 times worse than any RINO)
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To: entropy12
‘cause i wasn't there...but i saw the film...she was in Bosnia!

(do you're own DD!)....*G*

16 posted on 10/15/2014 7:56:49 PM PDT by M-cubed
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To: M-cubed

I was just going by my 70 year old memory.

However, the exact location is not important,
the lies are what is important.


17 posted on 10/15/2014 11:38:51 PM PDT by entropy12 (Marxist, race baiter, community organizer Obummer is 10 times worse than any RINO)
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To: cripplecreek; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ...

> and the Daily Beast’s Tim Mak fell hook, line and sinker for the Peters’ campaign’s spin

No he didn’t — he merely shilled for Peters like it’s his effin’ job. Nothing new about partisan media shills, particularly at the Daily Beast.


18 posted on 10/17/2014 5:30:13 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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