Gotcha! Reporter busts politician who claims NFL experience

There are tons of guys who make similar claims who use that to have successful car dealerships or jobs as realtors. I know of one guy who had "former Bears player" in his ad in the phone book and he was in training camp for three days and another who claimed to have played for a NFL team who spent a week with a team as a scab in 1987 and wasn't on the roster for a single game.

 

That's different, nobody expects a car dealer to tell the truth, politicians aren't supposed to lie until AFTER they take office.

Then again, I'm not sure I'd go buy a car from somebody just because they claimed to be a professional athlete, or a house for that matter.

 

Nobody's making the guy out to be Bernstein, but he was the first guy to check out the claim rather than acccept it.



Fixed for Moddy

 

Strange. Just read an article about Charlie Rangel which starts with the words, "Democratic Congressman." How did that writer miss the memo?

 

Yeah, he did it the right way.

But, when it's missing, you can bet it's a Dem.

I wasn't wrong in this case was I?

 

As soon as I read it, I knew Moddy would be right there with the correction.

I know it makes me double check my posts. (Which doesn't always work.)

 

Who cares. You obviously found the one exception that you believe proves the memo is widespread.

 

How many other paper's did you read the news the guy made up the claim?
The guy has been in the state house since 2003. Nobody checked until now. So yeah, I guess he is the exception.
Smartass.

 

Lots of people care. Journalists should care.

And the problem is that there isn't a memo. It's a mindset.