Aden’s Beret claims gall some in party
Calls go out for 3rd District hopeful to quit as he insists status was earned
Posted: July 7, 2012 at 3:53 a.m.
Ken Aden
State Democrats began to distance themselves from 3rd District congressional candidate Ken Aden this week as he continued to claim a Special Forces background despite military documents proving otherwise.
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How typical that the claims of twisting something in the case of Kenny Ace is made by the owner of a Yoga studio.
Sadly, the attitude of the Pope County JP who wants to shove this charlatan down our throats is typical of the national Democrat party. State Dems may want to distance themselves from K.A. and his "People Power," but they have no choice in the matter. Aden is not running to represent his constituents, he is running to represent his masters on Team Obama. One would guess that with his attention to the truth, he is hoping to receive a high post in the Pentagon.
Posted by: IrishMensa
July 8, 2012 at 11:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
How typical that the first comment in this thread was posted by an employee of KURM, which is owned by the father of Mr. Aden's opponent.
Posted by: AlphaCat
July 9, 2012 at 12:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Ken Aden can count on countless veterans voting against him, regardless of party affiliation.
AlphaCat,
Why are you defending this guy?
-Tank
Posted by: Tankersley101
July 9, 2012 at 3:20 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Alpha, how do you claim to know the identity of IrishMensa?
Your action is either an outright lie or an invasion of confidentiality.
Your actions are unethical and possibly slanderous. It is possible to ascertain an IP address by legal, or even perhaps illegal, means. You might want to rethink the smug attitude you display.
It's a mystery to my why the online editor continues to allow you to post comments.
Posted by: patrioteer
July 9, 2012 at 9:56 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Tankersley101--
RE "Ken Aden can count on countless veterans voting against him"
Steve Womack's chuckleheaded Teabaggery has alienated as many veterans as Ken Aden has. I guess a lot of veterans will have to sit this one out.
RE "Why are you defending this guy?"
Because Steve Womack is himself indefensible.
patrioteer--
RE "Alpha, how do you claim to know the identity of IrishMensa?"
I don't claim to know anything. That's why I look things up on the Internet.
RE "Your action is either an outright lie or an invasion of confidentiality."
It could be a lucky guess, based on his boiler-plate rhetoric. And since KURM has eleven employees, it is hardly a violation of confidentiality.
RE "It's a mystery to my why the online editor continues to allow you to post comments."
I guess you can add that to the long list of things that you have shown yourself to be unversed in. He seems to think that I contribute enough to the tone of the place that my presence is worth an occasional dust-up.
Posted by: AlphaCat
July 9, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Alpha,
Colonel Womack served honorably and never lied about his military service and certainly not about anything as outrageous as being SF qualified.
RE-
"Steve Womack's chuckleheaded Teabaggery has alienated as many veterans as Ken Aden has."
I don't think so.
RE-
"I guess a lot of veterans will have to sit this one out."
I'm sure you would like that, but it isn't going to happen.
Posted by: Tankersley101
July 9, 2012 at 10:44 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
re alpha: RE "It's a mystery to my why the online editor continues to allow you to post comments."
I guess you can add that to the long list of things that you have shown yourself to be unversed in. He seems to think that I contribute enough to the tone of the place that my presence is worth an occasional dust-up.
Alpha, I'm not discussing whether you are knowledgeable or not in your posts, only that your posts are incendiary and libelous. Not to mention disrespectful and hate filled.
Posted by: patrioteer
July 9, 2012 at 12:12 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
patrioteer--
RE "Alpha, I'm not discussing whether you are knowledgeable or not in your posts, only that your posts are incendiary and libelous. Not to mention disrespectful and hate filled."
I maintain not just that my posts are no more incendiary, libelous, disrespectful or hate-filled than those I respond to (and many of those I ignore as well), but that they are less so. Read the comments under articles about the Bentonville millage vote and the Benton County Sheriff's traffic stop, for example.
I have been called a liberal (with multiple exclamation points), a Nazi, and Satan by others who comment here. All three are unquestionably incendiary, and the last two are clearly libelous. They show an utter lack of respect not just for me or my opinions, but for history as well, and I'm willing to bet, considering the sources, that hate is part of the intention as well.
As for disrespect shown by my comments, I try to limit my disrespect to the opinions shown. Of course, it is difficult to point out the ignorance or deliberate misinformativeness of an opinion without seeming to impugn the person who appears to pursue ignorance and misinformation by repeatedly posting tripe.
However, if you wish to offer examples from my own comments that buttress your claim, by all means do so. (Shortcut: If you know anything about libel, you will know that I have never libeled anybody in a comment here.)
Thank you for your concern.
Posted by: AlphaCat
July 9, 2012 at 12:34 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Sadly for the 3rd district no suitable candidate, Democrat or Republican, is running in this race and the people of the 3rd district will not have good representation in the future. The people of the 3rd district are without representation, period. Neither Aden or Womack appear to be good honorable men. We have no one to vote for so I suggest the voters in the third just skip voting in this race.
Posted by: Sandyjobob
July 9, 2012 at 1:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
RUSSELLVILLE—Ken Aden, Democratic Candidate for U.S. Congress from Arkansas’ Third Congressional District, on Monday morning announced his intent to withdraw from the race for United States Congress effective at 5 p.m. on Monday, July 9, 2012.
“Mr. Aden’s campaign has, via overnight mail, submitted the necessary notification prescribed by the Arkansas Code to withdraw from the race for U.S. Congress. A copy of this notification has been provided to the Democratic Party of Arkansas as well,” said Vince Leibowitz, spokesperson for the campaign.
Aden said he was exiting the race in order to spend more time with his family and to help ensure victory for Democrats across the state in November.
“Unfortunately, the ongoing saga related to my military records has created a tremendous distraction for our campaign, and I did not want this to have adverse consequences for Democrats across the district or anywhere else in the state,” Aden said.
“Additionally, as most of you know, I recently became a father for the first time, and I will be exiting this race in order to spend more time with my family,” he continued.
“I sincerely regret any difficulty that this situation has caused my fellow Democrats, my supporters, and staff. I will continue to remain a loyal Democrat and to my best to help Democrats in win in November,” he concluded.
Posted by: Sandyjobob
July 9, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
I'm with sandyjobob.......the ordinary working people of the third district have no chance of representation now. This is very unfortunate. Now we're stuck with Mr. Womack who has government health care while trying to make sure no one else has it, and always protects big business and stabs the working person in the back.
Posted by: inquire
July 9, 2012 at 3:51 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
There is still a progressive option in the 3rd District race. Local attorney Rebekah Kennedy is on the ballot representing the Green Party. She ran for Senator in 2008 and did very well for a third party candidate by earning just over 20% of the vote.
Unlike Womack, Kennedy was standing with Labor leaders to support job-saving legislation aimed at ending tax breaks for companies that move jobs out of the country and enacting tax breaks to support the creation of new American jobs. http://swtimes.com/sections/business/...
Posted by: SarahMarsh
July 9, 2012 at 4:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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