Who do you believe about the Pat Tillman/Noam Chomsky controversy?

[Cocoa]

Poll question: Who do you believe about the Pat Tillman/Noam Chomsky controversy?

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/09/29/135236.php

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Responding to Colmes's statement that Tillman "was a Noam Chomsky fan, was going to vote for John Kerry, was against the war in Iraq," Coulter insisted, "I don't believe it." Hannity concurred, saying, "I don't believe it either." After Colmes explained that Tillman reportedly supported the war in Afghanistan but opposed the war in Iraq, Coulter responded, "I think you got that from one of those documents Mary Mapes handed to Dan Rather" -- an apparent reference to CBS' controversial report on President Bush's National Guard service, which was produced by Mapes and relied in part on unauthenticated memos.

Of course, Hannity and Coulter had absolutely no factual backup for their argument.

However, the Chronicle article, which focused on the military's alleged efforts to conceal facts about Tillman's death, quoted Tillman's mother, Mary Tillman, directly:

Mary Tillman said a friend of Pat's even arranged a private meeting with Chomsky, the anti-war author, to take place after his return from Afghanistan -- a meeting prevented by his death. She said that although he supported the Afghan war, believing it justified by the Sept. 11 attacks, "Pat was very critical of the whole Iraq war."

[tlsmith1963]

1. I Even Heard Somewhere...

...that Tillman was an atheist. Amazing how those dumb Republicans put someone up on a pedestal & don't even check their background!:rofl:

Tammy

[hippiechick]

4. Even more amazing ...

... how he was vilified and called an arrogant, testosterone-driven, knuckle-dragging, Neanderthal, mouth-breathing, Freeper GOP scum by folks here because he was a professional athlete who voluntarily enlisted after 9/11 ... but now since it's been 'revealed' that he was a Chomsky fan and apparently intended to vote for Kerry, he's a friggin' hero ?

He's a soldier who died in Bush's bullshit war, regardless of which 'side' he was on.

The hypocrisy here is overwhelming sometimes. :eyes:

[jjmalonejr]

6. I was thinking the exact same thing

Thanks for saying it.

[Cocoa]

8. I recall a terrible Ted Rall cartoon

:puke:

[LisaM]

2. Of course, you could have substituted ANYTHING with Coulter and Hannity

and I would have voted for the other side.

[Cocoa]

3. I was thinking of listing them separately

but I thought it wouldn't be fair to split their votes. :-)

[oppositionmember]

5. Isn't it possible...

someone preferred Tillman dead rather than have him come out against the Iraq war, as an Afganistan veteran? Just asking.

[valerief]

7. Very plausible theory

[0007]

9. Chomsky has it right!

What does Hannity or Coulter know? Nothing!

[Crunchy Frog]

10. I'm starting to get suspicious that he was "offed".

If he had lived, he could easily have run for office and won. He had the potential to become a major political force.

I've only started thinking along those lines since I learned about his political leanings.