Congressional Candidate Drops Out After Special Forces Fib (yet another rat lies about their past)

ABC ^ | July 10, 2012 | RANDY KREIDER

[tje]

A candidate for the United States Congress has dropped out of his race in the wake of reports that he lied about his military record, specifically that he was a soldier in the Army's Special Forces when he never completed the necessary training.

Ken Aden, the Democratic nominee to represent Arkansas' Third Congressional District, said in a statement Monday that the questions raised regarding his record created a "tremendous distraction" for his campaign and that he was withdrawing from the race.

Aden, whose military records show was active in the Army for more than 10 years before being honorably discharged in December 2010, campaigned as having been a member of the world-renown Green Berets, saying in one interview posted on YouTube in February, "I finished up my time, my tour of duty, with, um, you know, Green Berets, Special Forces."

[Chode]

a real piece of work that one...

[Ax]

I was on an operation at a Special Forces Camp near the Cambodian border in 1967. When telling “war stories” with my buds, I make it a point to emphasize that I was AT an SF base but was NOT in the SF. As if this old USAF guy could make it through SF training.

[Future Snake Eater]

"I, for one, condemn this man's actions. The nerve of that guy..."

[TheOldLady]

This is great! The SCOTUS may have deemed "stealing valor" constitutional, but now a database is
being put in place where anyone can search for the record of someone who claims military service.

Stolen Valor Database (USA Today)

[ops33]

Exactly. Any candidate for office who doesn’t know that everything he or she says can be verified is an idiot and doesn’t deserve high office.

[Chode]

the boy must be quite the accomplished liar to be able to say he's SF with a straight face...