[fieldmarshaldj]

A great pick-up opportunity for us with the right candidate. Harkin has been in Congress continuously since 1974, elected as a "Watergate Baby."

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Dungheap Harkin...that POS?

[Mouton]

and don’t let the door hit you in the backside on the way out, comrade.

[hinckley buzzard]

Excellent news. One of the more obtuse and ignorant men ever to disgrace the Senate.

[originalbuckeye]

Right age to retire and I suspect he wants to vote for the Gun Control Bill when it comes up. Dems who have to stand again in 2014 do not want to jeopardize their reelection chances by voting for a Bill that they do want to see proceed.

[reagan_fanatic]

Good. I can’t stand that smug prick.

[PghBaldy]

August 18, 2004

TOM HARKIN, FAKE WAR HERO

http://www.instapundit.com/archives/017246.php

It is short and has some details about lies bout being a pilot.

[fieldmarshaldj]

*Harkin to retire ping*

[oh8eleven]

Harkin Lied About Vietnam War Record

"In 1979, Mr. Harkin, then a congressman, participated in a round-table discussion arranged by the Congressional Vietnam Veterans' Caucus.
'I spent five years as a Navy pilot, starting in November of 1962,' Mr. Harkin said at that meeting, in words that were later quoted in a book, Changing of the Guard, by Washington Post political writer David Broder.
'One year was in Vietnam. I was flying F-4s and F-8s on combat air patrols and photo-reconnaissance support missions. I did no bombing.'"

The Journal continues:
"That clearly is not an accurate picture of his Navy service. ... Mr. Harkin's Navy record shows his only decoration is the National Defense Service Medal, awarded to everyone on active service during those years.
He did not receive either the Vietnam Service medal or the Vietnam Campaign medal, the decorations given to everyone who served in the Southeast Asia theater."
"It turned out Mr. Harkin had not seen combat and was stationed in Japan."

Harkin - little more than a feckin' wannabee.

[elhombrelibre]

He is one of the biggest disgraces and dumbest men to ever serve in the Senate.

[fieldmarshaldj]

I expect the GOP establishment may try to persuade Gov. Branstad to run (which means he won’t run for another term as Governor), but he will be 68 and should’ve run against Harkin back in 1990 after he finished his first two terms as Governor. Conservatives will want Congressman Steve King, fresh off a difficult reelection.

Dem side could be a bloodbath, with perhaps both Dem Congressmembers, ex-Govs. Vilsack and Culver all getting in, though I expect there will be pressure to unify behind a single candidate (if I had to guess, probably Vilsack). Still, this should be an excellent pick-up opportunity for us in what should be a good GOP year in 2014.

[Bellagio]

"...Harkin said it would also allow a new generation of Democrats to seek higher office."

Higher office? This idiot along with the rest of his commie comrades truly think that being elected elevates or exalts them into positions of autocracy. They don’t get that being elected into public service degrades you into a servant for the people. It is not a higher office but a position of humble servitude, honor and respect for the office they represent and the PEOPLE who own that office!

[csmusaret]

Please take Little Dick Durbin with you.

[Dick Bachert]

Like the “men” who snuck into the lifeboats as the Titanic sank, these clowns are bailing before the shit hits the fan.

My Titanic reference breaks down when we understand that, unlike the cowards aboard Titanic, our current cowards steered our sinking ship of state straight into the iceberg at full speed, laughing all the way.

And, in a classic example that no bad deed goes unrewarded, instead of arriving back on land excoriated by others for their shameful behavior, these clowns now shuffle off to a cushy taxpayer funded retirement! THAT is something we really must fix by returning “service” to public service and rotating these clowns every few years with TERM LIMITS and seiously reduced retirement benes.

[Exit148]

Best news today!

[QualityMan]

Hot damn....about time

arrogant POS

[staytrue]

“A great pick-up opportunity for us with the right candidate.”

That is what we said about Missouri, North Dakota, and Montana last year, all red states won easily by Romney.

[Bluestocking]

According to the latest figures I could find — for 2011 — 75 members of the Senate in that year had American Conservative Union lifetime ratings lower than 90 percent.

Since the Senate hasn’t changed much in the past two years, Conservatives will have an opportunity to pick up 75 more seats in the Senate over the next three election cycles. During that time, many old Democratic and RINO geezers will be calling it a day for one reason or another.

If the Conservative cause is alive and well, many young Conservatives will be enlisting to fight the enemy by becoming candidates for the U.S. Senate in the next few years. Conservative organizations should be aggressively recruiting such candidates, since the RNC is in the grip of moderates, then training them in how to conduct winning campaigns.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Old Dung Heap is headed for the dung heap at last.

[bmwcyle]

Good news, now I will look for the announcement of his last day on Earth.

[exit82]

Daniel Ortega is saddened by the news.

Good riddance to Harkin—an old Commie traitor from way, way back.