and we should value and thank those who have served our country, putting their own lives at risk doing so.. As to unAmerican, chomping at the bit to use military force against American citizens is unAmerican. Not even sure they have any training for that sort of mission. Very good ad for stoking GOP base obsession with police and crime. Nobody's talking about the Sgt. He added that he, like Foley, was an Airborne Ranger with combat wounds: I served my country, I took a bullet for my country. When I was a child several decades ago, I had to get vaccinated to attend school. Help Illinois Colleges And Universities Go Green. Some of the so-called valor thieves busted by Shipley and others fit Tom Cottones descriptiontheir lies about their military service are part of a larger pattern of deception. Shipley is one of the most prominent figures in the field, the closest thing it has to an influencer. - Micky Finn - Friday, Jan 28, 22 @ 9:13 am: I used to think Rezin was a moderate. Well do a FOIA, and were very specific about the information we ask forwhat units they may have been in, what awards they couldve had, the time they served, what their discharge rank was, and their combat history., Ed Caffrey began following stolen-valor Web sites when he was on active duty in the Air Force. What he actually means: I think they are unRepublican.. I am pretty confident that Sullivan will carry Menard County. Joey Gibson. An agent at the Naval Criminal Investigative Service told me that most cases of stolen valor dont involve career criminals. And you look at the corrupt war zone that we have, a thousand murders in Cook County? For his work abroad, Sullivan received the Secretary of Defense Medal for the Global War on Terrorism, and the Department of the Army Commanders Award for Civilian Service. - vole - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 3:27 pm: unAmerican is getting to need some definition. As Justice Kennedy predicted, public shaming has become the de-facto response to suspected stolen valor. What would Sullivan do to get his agenda adopted in Illinois where Democrats are likely to still control the. - Arsenal - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 11:41 am: D. Dont continue to talk about your opponents attack. - Lincoln Lad - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 2:05 pm: The GOP pool of candidates will make this easy for JB. Its only early until its late. ==. - well - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:48 am: Its a decent message for the primary, but it loses a lot of points because of how illegal the ad is. On his campaign Facebook page, he displayed his medals: a Silver Star, for valor in combat, and a Purple Heart. His service, to my knowledge, has not been questioned, but his ire was raised by some of Jesse Sullivans campaign claims. We have to do something and have urgency. Ryan vibes from this guy. These are just as good as, if not better than, jelly beans., Dear Deborah, Ive lost my phone and we need to talk., Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History, Restoring Valor: One Couples Mission to Expose Fraudulent War Heroes and Protect Americas Military Awards System. I stand proudly with Pro Life voters. Albert Brum. So clueless, its offensive. /s. - Amalia - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 1:09 pm: - Carlos Danger - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 2:08 pm: Sorry, comments for this post are now closed. Spencer Sullivan. So, Sullivan has no control over that. This is awful. Thanks for telling us who you are Jesse. Cmon. - Steve - Tuesday, Jan 25, 22 @ 9:03 am: C-. He presented no ideas or solutions for the state of Illinois, which is more of the same for a campaign that seems to have no relationship whatsoever with the truth. No other GOP candidates were mentioned. - Ryan - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 12:16 pm: Campaigning in a publicly funded police car? Hes a young, handsome made-for-TV candidate and already has way more money than any of his opponents could ever likely hope to raise. Military Phonies was already looking into Jowerss background. Thursday, Jan 27, 2022 - Posted by Rich Miller, * WGN Radios John Williams interviewed Republican gubernatorial candidate Jesse Sullivan. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. Only five of them are still living, and hes not one of them, so this guys a phony. And he stuck his hand out and said, Glad to meet you, Im Tom Cottone with the F.B.I. And that started our friendship.. To the issue of calling out the National Guard to help fight crime - Ill take a hard pass on that one. The accused mumbles nonsensical answers before slinking off, exposed and humiliated. One evening, she mentioned Foleys military medals to her father, a retired colonel in the Air Force. After Leroy Foleys lies about his military service were exposed, Rick Jowers seemed certain to win the Republican primary and therefore become Callahan Countys next sheriff, since no one was running as a Democrat. If a candidate hedges, theyll lose evangelicals and a bunch more of the base and ultimately lose. My wife is a big fan of Fifty Shades of Grey, so I wrote some books in that vein for our fortieth anniversary, and they sell more than all my other books combined, he told me, sounding a little abashed. Got it. Also, ibid on the whole ethics of cops play-acting in uniform in a political ad. He often points to his business background as an example of his leadership, but one of his nonprofits owed money to the state of California and another waslisted as delinquent., And those are just the highlights.With days to go, Jesse Sullivan is bending over backwards to rewrite history. Sounds to me like he needs to be a minister and not Governor. When Walter Washington Williams, thought to be the last surviving veteran of the Confederate Army, died, in 1959, President Eisenhower called for a national day of mourning. The Times Herald reported that Williams was a Vietnam veteran; one of the papers columnists wondered whether Vietnam did that to him. On a whim, Burkett filed a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain Williamss military records and discovered that he had never served in Vietnam.