You're going to wait a long time to find a candidate who's never told a lie. Kirk did serve and did so honorably. For me I'll credit his military service to his bad boy ledger for having lied about some of the details of that service. It's a shame he felt the need to exaggerate in that way, but in the end he apologized. Can't we allow for repentence?
It's certainly better than Giannoulis claiming he had nothing to do with making loans to mob figures when he was a chief loan officer at that bank, then explaining it all away by saying he didn't know "the full extent of their criminal activities" as if he knew some. Then he went on to lie about what years he even worked for the family bank and also appears to have dodged taxes. Yes, I know you're not advocating for Giannoulis, but the point I'm making is Kirk is guilty of some white lying we all have been guilty of as opposed to lying about frankly being an accesory to criminal mob activity. I think we should be much more troubled by a guy willing to wink at criminal activity just to get some business for his family bank than a guy who let his ego get the best of him. The latter indicates a much deeper degree of character dysfunction to my way of thinking.
Correction to my post above--I meant THE FORMER, meaning Giannoulis's lies.
Unbelievable, now we have shills defending Stolen Valor frauds on Free Republic. You guys are no more Conservative than your hero Mark Kirk.
If Kirk was a democrat would you accept his “repentence” or would you call him a piece of crap liar?