Useful memory: GOP strategists labeled Tillman first a 'hero' to their base, then 'worm dirt'.
Memory Lane: How GOP strategists fueled lies about Pat Tillman to create a narrative and manipulate their voter base:
<<The left was accused of being anti-American and demons when Tillman's death was first announced. The Left Smears an American Hero,
"With the body barely cold, the Left has begun demonizing the late Pat Tillman. Tillman is the former NFL star who turned down a $3.6 million contract to join the Army Rangers after 9/11. He was killed last month in Afghanistan after Islamist soldiers ambushed his jeep. For most Americans, such noble service would qualify Tillman as a national hero, but it has unleashed a torrent of hatred on the Left."
But then reality started messing with the storyline the administration was using.
It emerged that Army investigators covered up that he was killed by "friendly fire." Then it was revealed that in fact, there was no engagement with the enemy at all - Pat Tillman was still a hero, but his death was a tragic mistake Then AP reported,
"Within hours of Pat Tillman's death, the Army went into information-lockdown mode, cutting off phone and Internet connections at a base in Afghanistan, posting guards on a wounded platoon mate, and ordering a sergeant to burn Tillman's uniform."
It finally came out that Tillman had been against Bush's policies, and was an atheist.
At this point, as Pat Tillman's family sought closure on his death, they and America watched something very disturbing. No longer the convenient cover boy for the war, Pat Tillman became instead a target of smears and attacks.
Just as Ann Coulter attacked Bobby Muller a Vietnam Veteran in a wheelchair with a pithy:
'People like you caused us to lose that war.'
Now it was Pat Tilman's turn. The leader of the second cover-up investigation called Tillman "worm dirt" because he was an atheist. Last week the extent of the Pentagon and Bush administration's mendacity became more and more clear - evidence surfaced that Tillman may have been shot at close range>>>>
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-johnson-and-james-boyce/pat-tillman-antiwar-lefti_b_58825.html
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How gross. Not your post, obviously, but the facts that you've exposed. 
There's gotta be a rich chiropractor somewhere making a killing off of all the whiplash the GOP suffers.
Saying that we're all star stuff has a nicer ring than saying that we're all worm dirt. 
But ultimately, we're both.
Thanks for the thread, blm.
