Nathan Bradfield is lying to his readers

Everybody’s favorite imbecile “Christian”, Nathan Bradfield, demonstrates again that he just doesn’t understand that commandment about not bearing false witness. He’s commenting on an article in the Huffington Post by Paul Begala, who starts out saying:

Before a single Democrat condemns MoveOn’s ad, they should insist that George W. Bush and the Republican Party repudiate the anti-military smears on war heroes that have been the hallmark of Mr. Bush’s political career.

Bradfield can’t help it — he immediately goes into full-bore fabrication mode:

If this weren’t an outright lie, it might be laughable.

Alas for poor Bradfield, Begala actually cites some of the damning evidence that Preznit McAWOL and the Republicans do indeed have no compunction whatsoever about attacking military men for political gain:

• In the 2000 South Carolina primary, George W. Bush stood next to a man described as a “fringe” figure – a man who had attacked Bush’s own father – at a Bush rally. With Bush applauding him, the man said John McCain “abandoned” veterans. McCain, who was tortured in a North Vietnamese POW camp, was incensed. Five U.S. Senators who fought in Vietnam, including Democrats John Kerry, Max Cleland and Bob Kerrey, condemned the attack and called on Bush to repudiate it. When pressed on it at a debate hosted by CNN’s Larry King, Bush meekly muttered that he shouldn’t be held responsible for what others say. Even when he’s standing next to them at a Bush rally.
• In the 2002 campaign, draft dodger Saxby Chambliss ran an ad with pictures of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, then said Sen. Max Cleland lacked courage. Max Cleland left three limbs in Vietnam as an Army captain. Mr. Bush’s political aide, Karl Rove, later refused to disavow the ad, saying, “President Bush and the White House don’t write the ads for Senate candidates.”
• Also in the 2002 campaign, the PAC for the Family Research Council, a close Bush ally, ran an ad in South Dakota that pictured Sen. Tom Daschle and Saddam Hussein. “What do Saddam Hussein and Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle have in common?” the ad asked. Apparently, they both opposed drilling in the Arctic wilderness. First, I had no idea that supporting drilling in the wilderness is a family values issue. Second, I have seen no reporting on the late Iraqi dictator’s position on Alaska drilling. But I do know Tom Daschle is an Air Force veteran. Mr. Bush never disavowed the smear.
• But perhaps the worst was what was done to John Kerry. Kerry earned five major medals in combat: the Silver Star, the Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts. And yet supporters of Bush and Cheney decided to smear his war record. The despicable, dishonest Swift Boat attacks alleged that Kerry fabricated reports that earned him the Bronze Star. The Swifties also suggested that Kerry’s wounds were insignificant – and that one was even self-inflicted. Kerry’s wounds were certainly more serious than Mr. Bush’s, who suffered a cut on his finger from popping a beer can while avoiding his duty in the Alabama National Guard. At the 2000 GOP convention, rich, white Republicans were photographed gleefully putting Band-Aids with purple hearts on their chubby cheeks. Mr. Bush refused to condemn the attack – blandly noting he didn’t like 527 groups generally – and later nominated one of the men who financed the smear to be Ambassador to Belgium.

The only laughable thing in all this is the idea that Nathan Bradfield has any credibility left at all. He lies to his audience when he claims Begala is lying, and he hasn’t the balls to take on Begala’s evidence head-on, preferring instead to pretend it simply doesn’t exist.

Liar and coward: That’s all Nathan Bradfield is, and it’s quite likely that that’s all Nathan Bradfield will ever be.