Memorial Day… In the Words Of Democratic Candidates Who Have Served The Country

Although most Americans have been either celebrating being off from work or school or remembering their fallen heroes, a storm has been gathering — one that will break this week– around Mark Kirk, a corporately-funded Republican from the Chicago suburbs who has made his career based on patently false claims about winning imaginary military awards. And as he twists and turns in the wind attempting to spin it all as a “typo”, just a few days after he voted against repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, evidence has begun to surface that he didn’t just lie about his awards; he also lied about his sexuality — yes, another homophobic Republican closet case is about to get outed for his grotesque hypocrisy!

Meanwhile, in honor of Memorial Day, we turned DownWithTyranny over to Democratic congressional candidates who have learned important and relevant lessons connected to military service. Already up are guest posts from Doug Tudor (D-FL), Tod Theise (D-NJ) and Justin Coussoule. (D-OH). At 3pm we’ll be posting Bill Hedrick (D-CA) and at 6pm we’ll close the day with Mitchell Howie (D-AL).

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