Another Candidate Overstates His Military Record?
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 21st, 2010 4:42 am by HL
Another Candidate Overstates His Military Record?
The Los Angeles Times notes the California Senate candidate Chuck DeVore (R) “has emphasized his service as a military officer and a young Reagan White House appointee at the Pentagon as experiences that helped make him the most qualified candidate. But at times he appears to have overstated those accomplishments, particularly his experience under fire and his role in the development of a U.S.-Israeli anti-ballistic-missile defense program.”
In one debate DeVore spoke of being “shot at in Lebanon” but did not make clear “that the shooting occurred in the 1980s while DeVore was a college student studying Arabic and other subjects in the Middle East. Nor did he note that while the shooting was in his vicinity, there was no indication he was a target or was in actual danger.”
Saturday’s Election is Already Half Over
Although the special election to replace Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) isn’t until Saturday, KITV-TV reports that as of Wednesday, 48% of the ballots were already turned in by mail.
Colleen Hanabusa (D), Ed Case (D) and Charles Djou (R) are the frontrunners in the race.
Bloomberg Approval at Lowest Level in Five Years
A new Quinnipiac poll shows New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has a 57% to 29% approval rating, his lowest grade in five years.
Said pollster Maurice Carroll: “Bloomberg’s job-approval is over 50 percent, at a level most politicians would wallow in during this anti-incumbent storm, but it’s way down from the heady 70-plus heights the Mayor enjoyed before he ran for a third term.”
