Another lying, smearing wingnut

October 17, 2007 in Political Animals | No comments

“Big Dog” comments at Sadly, No:

And to clear it up, Max Cleland blew himself up when he dropped the grenade he was playing with. I appreciate his service but if you open your mouth and make comments you will get attacked whether you are in a wheelchair or not.

“Big Dog” gets challenged:

big dog, in the thread over at sadly no, you denigrate Max Cleland’s amputations as due to “the grenade he was playing with.” We’re all grateful that you appreciate his service, but unless you’ve got proof re the cause of his injuries, then you are just a troll.

“Big Dog” tacitly admits that his original comment was a lie:

Max Cleland saw a grenade on the ground and figured he had dropped it so he picked it up and it went off. Now, he was not playing, as in fooling around, but he was picking up a dangerous item that he should have gotten away from until it was deemed safe (like if it did not go off after a few minutes) and then he could have examined it to ensure the pin was in it.

That’s what these vermin do. Disagree with them, and they will smear you. Doesn’t matter if you are a veteran and triple amputee. They will say anything — anything at all — to smear someone who has dared to express an opinion with which they disagree.

UPDATE 10/18/07 11:43 AM EDT: “Big Dog” is now whining because I dared point out the inherent contradiction in his two comments. First he claims Cleland dropped a grenade, then he claims Cleland picked it up. Both versions cannot be true. One must be false. “Big Dog” knows he’s been caught lying. He’s just whining because his lies were so clumsily transparent.

“Big Dog” repeats the smear that Cleland was “playing” with a grenade:

Think of my remark as don’t play with dangerous things or you will get hurt.

Note, too, that “Big Dog” has admitted that he attacked Max Cleland merely for the dreadful offense of “open[ing] [his] mouth and mak[ing] comments”. “Big Dog” certainly is a real class act — another wingnut who will spit on a military veteran on the flimsiest of pretexts.