Dumbest poser ever?!

by **Lunch** » June 6th, 2012, 6:30 pm

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/is--america-s- ... raud-.html

..Is 'America's Got Talent' breakout star Tim Poe a fraud? [UPDATED]

By Dave Nemetz

NBC's summer talent show "America's Got Talent" looked like it had found a new star this week in country singer Tim Poe, who came to the stage with a heart-tugging story: He's an Afghanistan war veteran who was injured by a rocket-propelled grenade, suffering brain damage and developing a stutter that he can only suppress while singing. But his tale might be too good to be true. Reports are now surfacing that Poe may have fabricated the whole story.

Reality TV blog Rickey.org first reported that the military records didn't match Poe's story. Poe served with the Minnesota National Guard for nine years (not 14, as he said) as a supply specialist, and they can't find any evidence of the injury he describes. "Sgt. Poe's official military records do not indicate that he was injured by a grenade in combat while serving in Afghanistan in 2009, as he reports," the Minnesota National Guard said in a statement.

The Associated Press followed up and found the same thing. "We looked very closely at his record," Minnesota National Guard spokesman Lt. Col. Kevin Olson told the AP. "We did not find something to substantiate what he said." Olson also noted that Poe did not receive the Purple Heart, an honor given to servicemen injured in enemy combat, as he would have if his story were true. And now Poe's ex-wife is piling on, telling the New York Post she has never heard him stutter: "There were no combat injuries... I think he developed a ‘feel sorry for me’ stutter.”

Poe won over the "Talent" judges and viewers on Monday night with his amazing tale, telling viewers in a taped interview that he suffered a broken back and brain damage while heroically trying to save his fellow troops: "There was a guy who came up with a rocket-propelled grenade. I saw it coming down, and by the time I turned and went to jump on top of my guys, I yelled 'grenade' and the blast had hit me." He then earned a standing ovation with his heartfelt rendition of Garth Brooks' "If Tomorrow Never Comes."

by **Jim** » June 6th, 2012, 6:57 pm

The bastards are everywhere. What a world-class loser.

by **schadenfreude** » June 6th, 2012, 7:14 pm

Seems like a poser to me, interested to see how this plays out.

by **Lunch** » June 6th, 2012, 7:20 pm

I am actually hopeful that some good will come of this. Show the TV watching world what an epidemic this is and really hammer on the fact that these kinds of actions aren't about freedom of speech, they are about defrauding proud Americans for their own selfish, pathetic personal gain. Then have a special guest- an actual warrior- burn him down live on TV to send the minions a very clear message that their lies do matter to a great many people.

by **IEDmagnet** » June 6th, 2012, 8:08 pm

He's all over POW Network, This ain't hell, and a crap load of others that have aimed for his cranial cavity. So hopefully he's fixing to get his plus three.

by **Baseplate** » June 6th, 2012, 8:19 pm

I run into at least one poser cunt every day at my job at the VA. The only thing I can do is grit my teeth and hope they are not getting any compensation for their lies. They never stop walking through the door

by **Lunch** » June 6th, 2012, 11:05 pm

A late-breaking quote from Howard Stern on the matter (one of the judges on the show). For the first time in like 25 years, I like what Stern has to say:

As of late Tuesday night, NBC had "no comment" on the story, but Howard Stern had plenty to say Wednesday morning.

“You could be the most f***ed up liar on the planet, but you never lie about your military service," said Stern. "It messes it up for every real veteran who comes back from the war. Now no one believes you...This lie is so wrong on so many levels...This really sickens me...What as this guy thinking, that he was never going to be discovered?...I want to interview this guy so badly."

by **hobbit** » June 7th, 2012, 12:55 am

Years ago I stopped telling people I did two tours as a Ranger in Vietnam, because nobody believes you anyway. Today, if the topic comes up, I just tell them I'm a Vietnam veteran.

by **KW Driver** » June 7th, 2012, 9:12 am

hobbit wrote:Years ago I stopped telling people I did two tours as a Ranger in Vietnam, because nobody believes you anyway. Today, if the topic comes up, I just tell them I'm a Vietnam veteran.

I'm a soldier, a pilot, and previously an infantryman if it even gets that far. if they know what the fuck they're talking about, I might say where I served.

by **Baseplate** » June 7th, 2012, 9:42 am

Yes I was in the army for 4 years. When we first met my no wife didn't even know I had been in the army for a month or so