"He spoke at a Barack Obama veterans rally in front of the Capitol in July, co-hosted several events with then- congressional candidate Jared Polis and attacked Republican Senate candidate Bob Schaffer in a TV ad paid for by the national group Votevets.org. And the mostly Democratic candidates he supported — looking for credibility on veterans issues and the war — lapped it up appreciatively. Now, politicians are dealing with news that the man they believed to be a former Marine and war veteran wounded in Iraq by a roadside bomb, in fact, never served in the military — but did spend time in a mental hospital."-- Michael Riley, on Rick Strandlof AKA Rick Duncan, another exhibit in the Democrats Are Crazy! Sweepstakes, from The Denver Post.
Glenn Reynolds cynically adds:
"Doesn’t really matter. Election’s over, and he served his purpose."
Yea: getting the Insane Clown Posse elected to public office in America. How does it feel y'all?
