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February 5, 2015

Brian Williams IS "Il Capitano"

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IlCapitano [The Captain] uses bravado and excessive shows of manliness to hide his true cowardly nature.
Williams’ lie is no ordinary one. But it is of a surprisingly common type, and it even has a name: il Capitano, or the braggart soldier, one of the stock figures in commedia dell’arte, as Roger Simon referenced years ago in connection with John Kerry.
-- What'€™s up with Brian Williams? Or... as was put perfectly by ACE:
Let me help you out here, Brian. You conflated one aircraft -- one you were in -- with another aircraft -- one you were not in -- not due to a "mistake" but due to an age-old reportorial practice called lying to advance an agenda. The agenda here was dressing up a soft, delicate little boy into a the sort of iron-stubbled man who looks like he belongs on a battlefield. So you lied. You claimed you were on one of the helicopters that took fire; no human being could ever confuse "Me" or "Not Me."So you lied, and over the years you've lied and lied again.
Ace of Spades HQ

Posted by gerardvanderleun at February 5, 2015 10:03 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Williams will probably escape any consequences other than nasty remarks on blogs and social media.

But escape is by no means certain, the story is getting more attention than I expected. It is almost certain more self-serving stories will be revealed.

Posted by: Ken [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 5, 2015 11:02 AM

Liberals lie. A Lot. All of them. About almost everything. Campus rape, anyone?

Hussein can't open his mouth without lying.

The mainstream media lies massively and habitually. I doubt that they have any real concept of the truth.

Williams is a liberal and a big wheel in the media. He lied.

If you are at all surprised, you are either a liberal or you have not been paying attention.

Posted by: Fat Man [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 5, 2015 7:39 PM

When watching this video, keep in mind that there was no flooding in the French Quarter during the Katrina episode.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVXAxHFjiOk_feature=youtu.be

Posted by: Syd B. [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2015 6:11 AM

I wish I could misremember a lot of the stuff that I did and happened in the Nam. Especially around 0230 at night.

Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2015 8:14 AM

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