What kind of person embellishes their military service? Part 2. Al Gore edition.

[Fasglas]

Al Gore? Sure, we all remember the "Father of the Internet" and champion of Global Warming.

Was surfing around and found this, among many other interesting little tidbits.

AlGorisms: the REAL Al Gore quotes (http://freedomkeys.com/gore.htm)

“And I was shot at. . . . I spent most of my time in the field.” (Al Gore, The Washington Post, 2/3/88) ... “I carried an M-16 . . . I pulled my turn on the perimeter at night and walked through the elephant grass, and I was fired upon.” (Al Gore, Los Angeles Times, 10/15/99) Actually, Gore had bodyguards assigned to keep him out of harm’s way in Vietnam. “In Vietnam, Alan Leo, a photographer in the press brigade office where Gore worked as a reporter, said he was summoned by Brig. Gen. K.B. Cooper, the 20th Engineer Brigade’s Commander, who asked Leo, the most experienced member of the press unit, to make sure that nothing happened to Gore. ‘He requested that “Gore not get into situations that were dangerous,’” said Leo, who did what he could to carry out Cooper’s directive. He described his half-dozen or so trips into the field with Gore as situations where ‘I could have worn a tuxedo.’” (Newsweek, 12/6/99)


http://peoplesfortheamericanway.org/images/Gore_Gun_Safety.jpg

[NavyC5]

Him and Hilary would make a great team, they could sit around a campfire lying to each other.

[Stangkiller]

If gore was in the press why would he have an m16?

[69camfrk]

If gore was in the press why would he have an m16?

Easy, he had to stare down the barrel of something when he was F'ing off. What a POS.

[Burro (He/Haw)]

Comment like this, while they're incredibly stupid, are made every day by every one. No harm no foul whatsoever. We've all misspoke.
"We all know the leopard can’t change his stripes."

"A zebra does not change its spots."

A little more serious because it's a lie.
"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the internet."

Unforgivable if it's true. The article does not reject his claim he was shot at however. Only that he was assigned bodyguards.
And I was shot at. . . . I spent most of my time in the field.” ... “I carried an M-16 . . . I pulled my turn on the perimeter at night and walked through the elephant grass, and I was fired upon.”

Regardless. Gore is a fuking buffoon.

[Lakota]

He joined voluntarily and never asked for special favors. The military knew his father was in Congress and THEY didn't want anything to happen to him.

Much like they did with Clark Gable in WWII who enlisted as a tail gunner. Hilter put a bounty of $25,000 for his capture.

Gore served honorably. One of two in his Harvard Class to serve in the military.

[VITE1]

He joined voluntarily and never asked for special favors. The military knew his father was in Congress and THEY didn't want anything to happen to him.

Much like they did with Clark Gable in WWII who enlisted as a tail gunner. Hilter put a bounty of $25,000 for his capture.

Gore served honorably. One of two in his Harvard Class to serve in the military.

Tell that to Jimmy Stewart's Step son or Chesty Pullers son.

[Loco Vette]

He joined voluntarily and never asked for special favors. The military knew his father was in Congress and THEY didn't want anything to happen to him.

Much like they did with Clark Gable in WWII who enlisted as a tail gunner. Hilter put a bounty of $25,000 for his capture.

Gore served honorably. One of two in his Harvard Class to serve in the military.

And his comments about walking the perimeter and getting shot at are justified how?

[Burro (He/Haw)]

And his comments about walking the perimeter and getting shot at are justified how?

Because the article the OP posted as a source doesn't say he didn't get shot at. It also doesn't dispute the fact Gore walked the perimeter.

It's says the person assigned to keep Gore safe 'did what he could' to keep him out of harms way and that bodyguard 'could have worn a tuxedo.'

There's not much doubt in my mind Gore's intent was to paint the picture he was just another one of the boys. He leaves a few things out but that doesn't mean his claims are false do they? The internet claim is a flat out lie. This may not be, although it's a ruse.

Gore is still a buffoon.

[Lakota]

If gore was in the press why would he have an m16?

Rent the move, "Full Metal Jacket". Private Joker was a combat journalist in the Marine Corp.

[Lakota]

Tell that to Jimmy Stewart's Step son or Chesty Pullers son.
There father's were not in Congress with voting powers. President LBJ didn't call the National Guard or Reserves out during the Vietnam War since he claimed it would be over in 6 months. People in power had they're sons in the mentioned to meet their military duty and wanted Other Peoples Children to fight, not theirs.

The war ended in 1975 when Congress refused to fund it anymore.

[VITE1]

There father's were not in Congress with voting powers. President LBJ didn't call the National Guard or Reserves out during the Vietnam War since he claimed it would be over in 6 months. People in power had they're sons in the mentioned to meet their military duty and wanted Other Peoples Children to fight, not theirs.

The war ended in 1975 when Congress refused to fund it anymore.

I don't believe Al Gores dad did not pull any strings. I do respect Al Jr for at least volunteering. And he could have gotten a much safer job.

I am 100% positive the Good and cowardly reverend Pat Robinson had his daddy pull strings to get him out of combat in Korea.

[LATB]

President LBJ didn't call the National Guard or Reserves out during the Vietnam War since he claimed it would be over in 6 months.

He also claimed the war on poverty could be won by throwing trillions of dollars at it. He was wrong on both accounts.

[Fasglas]

Here's the REAL story of that "Old Warhorse," Al Gore...

snopes.com: Al Gore in Vietnam (http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/gorevietnam.asp)

During his 1988 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, Gore issued brochures containing a photo of himself with an M-16 rifle, which created the false impression that he had served as an infantryman, even though his only real combat experience was interviewing other GIs who had been in combat.

Also, it should be noted, KHE SAHN of 1971 was NOT KHE SAHN of 1968.