{"id":80923,"date":"2018-08-01T09:01:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T13:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=80923"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:34:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:34:51","slug":"bentivolio-vs-raczkowski-dumb-and-more-dumber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=80923","title":{"rendered":"Bentivolio vs Raczkowski; “Dumb and more Dumber”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If an individual is going to use their military service to promote themselves or their business in any way; they should be prepared to back up their claims.\u00a0 This is a case where two Army veterans are posturing and\u00a0\u00a0bloviating over their military careers.\u00a0 There are reports that Bentivolio made statements about having Bronze Stars, Purple Hearts and a Silver Star from his service in the Viet of Nam.\u00a0 \u00a0So the\u00a0petulant acting Raczkowski decides to question the veracity of Bentivolio’s claims.<\/p>\n

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Bentivolio\u00a0sued Raczkowski<\/a>\u00a0in May seeking $10 million in damages, alleging that Raczkowski conducted\u00a0a \u201cmalicious defamation campaign\u201d about his military record, including questioning his medals.<\/p>\n

Raczkowski has called the lawsuit frivolous, while maintaining there are credibility issues regarding some of the Vietnam-era medals that Bentivolio has claimed in political campaigns\u00a0and which Raczkowski investigated.<\/p>\n

Both men are U.S. Army veterans seeking the\u00a0Republican nomination in next week’s primary election for the in the 11th District<\/a>, where U.S. Rep. Dave Trott is retiring.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I checked our email, nobody by the name of Raczkowski has asked us to verify the service of a Bentivolio.\u00a0 It’s really not all that hard to submit a request.\u00a0 \u00a0We could have saved Rocky a whole lot of energy and produced a professionally conducted investigation that\u00a0 would have stood up in any court.\u00a0 Why use professional Private Investigators that verify military service every day when you can call someone at\u00a0Fort Benning and make an ass of yourself.\u00a0 \u00a0It does not seem like Rocky Raczkowski is much of a protracted thinker.<\/p>\n

Oh but wait, there is more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Detroit News obtained a partial recording of the 2012 meeting.<\/p>\n

In the recording, Raczkowski tells Bentivolio that he inquired with the Combat Infantryman Badge command office at Fort Benning\u00a0and was told they had no record of Bentivolio’s Combat Infantryman Badge award.<\/p>\n

Bentivolio says, “My records for my awards for a Silver Star and three Purple Hearts disappeared, too.” Bentivolio adds, “There\u2019s no proof.”<\/p>\n

In the recording, Raczkowski points out that Bentivolio should still have his medical record\u00a0to show he was wounded,\u00a0but Bentivolio says that was lost, too.<\/p>\n

Raczkowski later presses him: “So, what happened to the Silver Star?”<\/p>\n

“I never read it. I just know that I was put in for it,” Bentivolio replies in the recording.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I have some advice for Bentivolio, if an award or in his case three separate Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star and a Silver Star are not in his records how about he STFU about having them.\u00a0 Bentivolio says he never made any claims to having Purple Hearts and a Silver Star.\u00a0 Ya, I guess he is attempting to say he was “Put In for Them”.\u00a0 The great thing about going to Civil Court is the Discovery Process.\u00a0 In Court you will have to provide your entire Service Record which can be held to the scrutiny of an “Expert” in the field.\u00a0 It is easy to find a copy of Bentivolio’s DD214, he posted it on his web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I got lots of questions, but I will just point out the low hanging fruit.\u00a0 Kerry here is going to have to explain how long he was in Iraq.\u00a0 I am no math wizard but according to his foreign service,\u00a0 8 months and 6 days minus how long he was in Iraq does not give our boy much time to get 3 Purple Hearts, a Bronze and Silver Star while in the Viet of the Nam.\u00a0 \u00a0I am going out on a limb here, but I am guessing Kerry\u00a0Bentivolio’s records can be used to prove beyond a doubt he was never even considered for all of those awards nor could have he been.<\/p>\n

That’s my opinion and I am sticking to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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