Discussion: Comedian Admits That He Lied About The 9/11 Experience He Repeatedly Told

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Well, at least he didn’t criticize Carly Fiorina’s face.

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How’s this guy related to Hillary?

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Much more likely related to Bill O’Reilly.

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He’s 37. He told the story back in 2009, 6 years ago, which would have made him 31. So, yeah, the “I was just a kid who didn’t know any better!” excuse isn’t really going to work.

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Hey, I survived the sinking of the Andrea Doria. I wasn’t on the ship, which made my survival a cinch. But my original statement is still true!

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Henry Hyde Rule: anything that happened up to age 45 can be chalked up to “youthful indiscretions”

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Didn’t know who this guy was before, not sure why am supposed to care now.

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Why would anyone give Pauly Shore his own TV show? Geesh.

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Was he at Woodstock too?

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Yeah, they buried the lede there.

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I laughed at the snark that the right wing would do somersaults to find a way – but then remembered the Clinton’s exaggerated sniper fire story.

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Low eyeball platforms…someone IS watching.

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OK the weirdest thing is the Pauly Shore interview where he’s discussing it with his wife there, and saying she worked in the other tower. So they were both in on it, or at least she accepted that he’d keep telling this made-up story.

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Pauly Shore was pretty funny back in the day.

To a small slice of people, and only at certain times. But sometimes funny.

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And the “Brian Williams Embellishment Award” goes to…

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He claims he doesn’t know why he started the story.

He said it for the same reason people like Brian Williams and Bill O’Reilly made up heroic stuff about themselves: ego aggrandizement with a soupçon of career advancement.

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What a mess.

Reminds me of the documentary about the messed up woman who lied about being in the towers that day, and took in legions of people, including organizations about 9/11 victims and survivors. It was called The Woman Who Wasn’t There.

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I’m glad the NY Times is on top of the really important stuff.

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No publicity is bad publicity. I wouldn’t be surprised if he dreams about becoming The Incredible Mr. Trumpley’s running mate.