{"id":24074,"date":"2011-06-16T09:17:44","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T13:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=24074"},"modified":"2011-06-16T17:52:56","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T21:52:56","slug":"buffalo-republican-phony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=24074","title":{"rendered":"Buffalo Republican phony"},"content":{"rendered":"

I apologize for not doing my due diligence on this one. I thought by reading the number of articles from several sources (including the New York Post) in my search before hitting the “publish” button would be enough. Apparently I was wrong. But it will remain posted for the next bozo who believes the Buffalo News.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The BuffaloNews.com website<\/a> tells the tale of former candidate for governor in New York and Buffalo businessman, Carl Paladino;<\/p>\n

Carl Paladino says he served three years of active duty in the Army, but actually was on active duty for only three months.<\/p>\n

Official records, as reported by the New York Post, show he served only from Aug. 5, 1971, to Nov. 4, 1971. Yet when you search for Paladino on the Internet, Wikipedia pops up with his bio and says he spent three years on active duty in the Army. Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, has become one of the main sources of information on the Internet.<\/p>\n

The Post also reported that Paladino had claimed he commanded 250 men at Fort Bliss, Texas, but \u201ca former senior officer at Fort Bliss reviewed the Paladino military record and called claims that Paladino commanded anyone at Fort Bliss a fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paladino was, in fact, leading a civilian life and going to an occasional weekend drill. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, his Wikipedia entry<\/a> still says he’s been on active duty for three years. Even his campaign website<\/a> shows a video that relies heavily on his military experience;<\/p>\n

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There’s big difference between three months and three years. If you’re going to use your military service as reason for people to vote for you, you at least need to be truthful about it. And here we are more than a year since the campaign and after the admission by Paladino’s campaign staff<\/a> that his statements were false and nothing has changed;<\/p>\n

Paladino’s campaign manager, Michael Caputo, admitted the contentions were wrong after The Post obtained military records showing the Buffalo builder was on active duty for only three months, and was at Fort Bliss for training as a newly commissioned officer in the late summer of 1971, while the Vietnam War was raging.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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