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Senator Says He Had PTSD When He Wrote Thesis
ABC News ^ | July 23, 2014

Posted on 07/23/2014 4:12:18 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Montana Sen. John Walsh's thesis written to earn a master's degree from the U.S. Army War College contains unattributed passages taken word-for-word from previously published papers.

The Democrat said Wednesday he was on medication and being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder from his service in Iraq when he wrote the paper. He said he also was dealing with the stress of a fellow veteran's recent suicide.

Walsh said he made an unintentional mistake and did not intend to plagiarize.

"I don't want to blame my mistake on PTSD, but I do want to say it may have been a factor," Walsh told The Associated Press. "My head was not in a place very conducive to a classroom and an academic environment."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election2014
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1 posted on 07/23/2014 4:12:19 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

BS. He discredits himself even more. More so all the real people who suffer such a fate.


2 posted on 07/23/2014 4:13:16 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
PTSD?

Guess the "my computer crashed" excuse was all used up.

3 posted on 07/23/2014 4:14:05 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (I never thought anyone could make Jimmy Carter look good in comparisons)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I have PTSD whenever I hear a leftist on TV spew their idiocy, can I plagiarize papers and get away with it too


4 posted on 07/23/2014 4:16:43 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"I don't want to blame my mistake on PTSD..."

Oh yes you do.

5 posted on 07/23/2014 4:16:56 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

BS. Take responsibility for your actions. The feckless fool on the hill has taught you well.


6 posted on 07/23/2014 4:17:29 PM PDT by Fungi (Nothing to see here.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It takes concentration and a pattern of dedicated behaviors to transcript, copy plagerize that much data, on different dates and different topics. Is he saying his PSTD could be effecting him for hours at a time, where he cannot account for his actions? I’ve heard of this with Ambien. He should be careful using that excuse. It could cause others to see him as unfit for any office.


7 posted on 07/23/2014 4:18:24 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"I don't want to blame my mistake on PTSD, but I do want to say it may have been a factor," Walsh told The Associated Press. "My head was not in a place very conducive to a classroom and an academic environment."

But I'll keep the degree nonetheless, thank you very much.

-PJ

8 posted on 07/23/2014 4:18:34 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Entirely possible. Perhaps he was subjected to an enemy full frontal verbal assault and constant barrage of insults. It can be unnerving.


9 posted on 07/23/2014 4:20:14 PM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
yeah, right... feh

10 posted on 07/23/2014 4:20:14 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It was PTSD alright: Plagarists’ Thesis-Shamming Disorder


11 posted on 07/23/2014 4:20:19 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Oh, Horsesh@#!

I did my coursework for the Sergeants Major Academy right after coming out of Iraq (322 days of combat for my company) and I never had the urge to steal someone else’s work.

Man Up, General!


12 posted on 07/23/2014 4:20:59 PM PDT by AbnSarge
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To: lee martell

At the Army War College he displayed the character traits necessary to be a US Senator.


13 posted on 07/23/2014 4:21:06 PM PDT by Jacquerie (Article V. If not now, when?)
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To: Political Junkie Too

What a lying sack of crap!! He dishonors all warriors that truly suffer and yet.....are capable of NOT lying!!!!!!!!!
Damned disgusting liberal puke!


14 posted on 07/23/2014 4:21:11 PM PDT by MagUSNRET
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Holy crap! Another demo manages to smear veterans with their own scandal.

We need to be taking lessons from this muldoon.


15 posted on 07/23/2014 4:21:21 PM PDT by KitJ (Shall not be infringed)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Jet - take a look at this.


16 posted on 07/23/2014 4:22:58 PM PDT by KitJ (Shall not be infringed)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

His PTSD animal must be a rat.


17 posted on 07/23/2014 4:23:29 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Next he’ll be checking into some private mental hospital for “therapy.”


18 posted on 07/23/2014 4:23:42 PM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
i'm not saying it was PTSD, but it was PTSD...

19 posted on 07/23/2014 4:24:22 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wha?

PTSD didn’t stop you from making sure all of those words matched up.


20 posted on 07/23/2014 4:24:38 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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