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Clinton's Phony WWII 'Hero' --Dem. Campaign Donor, Ambassador, Phony Soldier
Newsbusters.org ^ | 10/06/07 | Warner Todd Huston

Posted on 10/06/2007 12:19:53 PM PDT by Mobile Vulgus

It's an avalanche of Democrats and their supporters who are turning out to be liars about their military service, lately. This time it's the late M. Larry Lawrence, a long time Bill Clinton donor who was such a heavy contributor that Clinton paid him off with the ambassadorship to Switzerland (1993 to 1996). Even The New York Times can't hide this one because now that his false service has been confirmed, his body has been removed from Arlington Cemetery, an honor that Clinton had strings pulled to bestow upon him after his passing from cancer in 1996 -- an Arlington burial being just another payoff for his huge donations to Clinton's campaign fund.

"Confronted with mounting evidence that M. Larry Lawrence, the late Ambassador to Switzerland, had fabricated a heroic World War II record, his widow decided today to have his remains exhumed from Arlington National Cemetery, where he was granted burial under an unusual waiver."
So what was the story? How was his military service a sham?
"Mr. Lawrence said he had been serving in the United States merchant marine. He said he was thrown overboard into the icy Arctic Ocean after a German torpedo hit his ship as it headed for the Russian port of Murmansk."
Well... not so much.

Turns out Mr. Lawrence was attending Wilbur Wright College in Chicago during March of 1945, the same time period he claimed he was under fire as a Merchant Marine.

"But Congressional investigators with the House Veterans Affairs subcommittee on oversight and investigations found that Mr. Lawrence's name did not appear in the Coast Guard's records of merchant seamen. His name also did not appear in any official documents related to the 1945 voyage of the Horace Bushnell, including the ship's list of passengers."
Ooops.

But it's even worse than a mere little white lie. Lawrence was given all sorts of honors during his lifetime for his supposed bravery in WWII. The Russian Federation even gave him the Medal of Valor in 1994. Then Clinton bent the rules to allow him to be buried in Arlington upon Lawrence's death in 1996.

Why did Clinton do this?

The money.

"The story of Mr. Lawrence and his spectacular, self-made war record began as yet another campaign finance allegation, in this case, that wealthy Democratic donors traded campaign contributions for Arlington burial plots."
Yes it was all "Because Mr. Lawrence was a generous contributor to Mr. Clinton's 1992 Presidential campaign."

Say it isn't so! Bill Clinton selling influence and giving gifts for campaign cash? Next thing you'll tell me is he sold the Lincoln Bedroom!

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KEYWORDS: billclinton; clinton; democratparty; democrats; hillary; larrylawrence; phoneysoldiers; phonysoldier
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Man, for being so concerned with the integrity of "our troops" there sure are a lot of fake Democrat soldiers!!
1 posted on 10/06/2007 12:19:55 PM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
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To: Mobile Vulgus

It’s utterly beyond me how anyone can lie not only about having served, but about having served as a hero...and beyond that, accept being treated with honors and respect based upon that lie.

What kind of a twisted sociopath does one need to be to receive such undeserved respect?


2 posted on 10/06/2007 12:26:12 PM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Liberals are blind. They are the dupes of Leftists who know exactly what they're doing.)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

Rush must have made it up. Can’t be true.


3 posted on 10/06/2007 12:28:04 PM PDT by beelzepug ("One should never ascribe to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.")
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To: Mobile Vulgus
Man, for being so concerned with the integrity of "our troops" there sure are a lot of fake Democrat soldiers!!

I got to find the co-president's exact words...

What were they?

Something about "... the most ethical administration in our country's history?"

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4 posted on 10/06/2007 12:30:33 PM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
What kind of a twisted sociopath does one need to be to receive such undeserved respect?

A liberal Democrat!!

5 posted on 10/06/2007 12:31:17 PM PDT by PISANO
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To: Mobile Vulgus

Mr. Huston, does this mean that every serviceman against the war in Iraq is a “phony soldier”?


6 posted on 10/06/2007 12:31:27 PM PDT by Dionysius (Jingoism is no vice.)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

I thought he was dug up a long time ago and replanted somewere else.

Will someone help me out here please?


7 posted on 10/06/2007 12:36:09 PM PDT by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: Dionysius

I don’t think the word Iraq came up in the original story, there!

(Or was that sarcasm on your part?)


8 posted on 10/06/2007 12:36:10 PM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
"What kind of a twisted sociopath does one need to be to receive such undeserved respect?"

A democrat.

9 posted on 10/06/2007 12:36:18 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: Mobile Vulgus
"Confronted with mounting evidence that M. Larry Lawrence, the late Ambassador to Switzerland, had fabricated a heroic World War II record, his widow decided today to have his remains exhumed from Arlington National Cemetery, where he was granted burial under an unusual waiver QUID PRO QUO."
10 posted on 10/06/2007 12:37:01 PM PDT by umgud (Axis of Propaganda; lib academia, lib media, lib entertainment)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

Yes, 1997. I think they just brought up this story because of all the mess with Rush.


11 posted on 10/06/2007 12:37:10 PM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
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To: Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)

Sorry, meant to send this to you...

Yes, 1997. I think they just brought up this story because of all the mess with Rush.


12 posted on 10/06/2007 12:45:07 PM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
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To: Mobile Vulgus; All

See my tagline- I coined it for the Clinton’s and their enablers...


13 posted on 10/06/2007 12:55:13 PM PDT by backhoe (The 1990's? "The Decade of Fraud(s)...")
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To: Mobile Vulgus

Ah, thank you. I thought I had missed something along the way.

I remember it was a big scandal at the time.

I am glad it was brought up and shoved in their faces once again, especially this case since it was the Clintons’ doing.


14 posted on 10/06/2007 12:55:14 PM PDT by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

Somebody needs to check this woman's military record. I don't think she was a real general.

15 posted on 10/06/2007 12:58:33 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: PISANO

“A liberal Democrat!!”

A liberal Dem with an inferiority complex.


16 posted on 10/06/2007 1:05:17 PM PDT by 353FMG (Government is the opiate of the people.)
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To: Mobile Vulgus
At 10:30 on Thursday morning at Arlington National Cemetery, a team of gravediggers quietly dug up the remains of Larry Lawrence and carted away his granite tombstone, which was engraved with lies. 

Chiseled in stone were claims that Lawrence, the late millionaire businessman who became an ambassador, had served in the U.S. merchant marine and had earned the designation of "S1C," the Navy abbreviation for seaman, first class, which would not have been given to a merchant mariner anyway. 

Neither claim was true. 


17 posted on 10/06/2007 1:09:44 PM PDT by Wolverine (A Concerned Citizen)
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To: Publius6961

Lawrence probably would have stayed at Arlington forever if it were not for a group of congressional Republicans led by Rep. Terry Everett of Alabama, who last summer began investigating whether the Clinton White House had sold burial plots to generous campaign contributors.


18 posted on 10/06/2007 1:16:39 PM PDT by Wolverine (A Concerned Citizen)
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To: Mobile Vulgus; doug from upland
Does anyone in the press have a photo of Lawrence's casket being dug up at Arlington? That should be coupled with an accounting of how much money Lawrence gave to the Clintons (him and her). That leads to the question of whether the Clintons will return that money, as well.

And, while we're at it, do we have canceled checks to see whether Hillary! has returned all of the money associated with Norman Hsu? I don't know why it is -- a nagging doubt, maybe -- but I don't trust Hillary's word alone when she says she's returned the money.

Congressman Billybob

Latest article, "A Toe-Tapping Good Time"

Heads up -- my announcement of running for Congress in 2008 will appear here, Monday afternoon.

19 posted on 10/06/2007 1:20:50 PM PDT by Congressman Billybob (www.ArmorforCongress.com)
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To: Mobile Vulgus
Man, for being so concerned with the integrity of "our troops" there sure are a lot of fake Democrat soldiers!!

Democrats are so big-hearted and caring... They not only support our troops, they support our fake troops as well!

20 posted on 10/06/2007 1:25:49 PM PDT by gridlock (C'mon people now / Smile on your Brother / Everybody get together / Try to love one anoth-kaBOOM!)
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