If these twit want to dengrate someone for being a poor pilot then they should take a look at this guy. Sen. Tom Harkin-D from Iowa started his political career buy telling amyone that he could get to listen that he flew combat air patrols and Photo Recon missions over North Vietnam while in the Navy. He says he flew F-8s and F-4 fighters while doing so and it sounds good up front but just like Tit over at Du the true story isn't excatly what was put out to the public.
Sen. Tom Harkin-D Iowa was a pilot but the closest he ever got to Vietnam was shuttling planes to and from Japan and the P.I. for maintanace. If the pnnicle of your flying careeer is doing nothing but that and getting one ribbion from the Navy during a time of war then you have just made John McCain look like Tom Cruise in "Top Gun".
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_155912.htmlhttp://www.iowapresidentialwatch.com/HarkinMustGo/HarkinMustGo.htm "He graduated from there in 1962 and served in the United States Navy from 1962–1967. Harkin was stationed at Naval Air Facility Atsugi in Japan, where he ferried damaged aircraft to and from the airbase. He was also stationed for a time at Guantanamo Bay, where he flew missions in support of U-2 planes reconnoitering Cuba."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_HarkinHe couldn't even get the Photo Recon part of his story right .
"This was another Harkin lie. Harkin actually served as a ferry pilot who flew aircraft in need of repair between the Philippines and his base in Atsugi, Japan. Harkin at last acknowledged that he never flew air patrols in Vietnam. He began describing himself in speeches as “a Vietnam era veteran.â€
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1217555/postsIf there is anyone in the Senate that needs to be watched it's not John McCain for running for President its people like Tom Harkin, John Kerry,Fat Teddy Kennedy and all of the rest of their kind.
