There is a man identified as Brian McGough. I'm not sure how he pronounces it. I haven't watched the ad. He discusses his service in Iraq, the wounds he suffered there. He says to me in this ad, 'Until you have the guts to call me a phony soldier to my face, stop telling lies about my service.' You know, this is such a blatant use of a valiant combat veteran - lying to him about what I said, then strapping those lies to his belt, sending him out via the media and a TV ad to walk into as many people as he can walk into. This man will always be a hero to this country with everyone. Whoever pumped him full of these lies about what I said and embarrassed him with this is betraying him. They're betraying this soldier. Unless he actually believes what he's saying, in which case it's just so unfortunate and sad, when the truth of what I said is right out there to be learned.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker discusses a man named Brian McGough used in an ad, claiming his service was misrepresented by lies about the speaker.
- In plain terms
- The author says a soldier was used in a political ad based on lies about what the speaker said.
- What can you take from it?
- Political ads may misrepresent soldiers to attack critics.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How are soldiers used in politics?
- Who is responsible for ad lies?
Another view
This view assigns blame to the soldier for believing the lies.
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