sign on San Francisco mentions Joe Cafasso

here.

A private matter
The Fox News Channel employed a consultant for four months during the war on terrorism who claimed an extensive military background yet reportedly spent only 44 days in boot camp in 1976. The discrepancies between Joseph Cafasso's claims and his background came to light after he stopped working at Fox on March 11, The New York Times reported Monday. Fox News would not comment on the story, but confirmed the accuracy of the Times' account.

Cafasso had allegedly claimed to be a retired lieutenant colonel in the Special Forces, saying he had served in Vietnam, won a Silver Star for bravery and was part of an unsuccessful secret mission to rescue hostages in Iran in 1980. Yet military records showed he was discharged as a private after spending 44 days at boot camp in Fort Dix, N.J.

Fox decided to end its relationship with Cafasso in March after he began alienating staff members, the newspaper reported. Cafasso also reportedly worked for the Patrick Buchanan presidential campaign and, briefly, as a consultant at WABC radio in New York, where he was dismissed for misrepresenting himself.

This is no 'prvate matter', the story of this man and his charade has been splashed all over the news, and written about in articles regarding pretenders, posers, resume padders, plagiarists, etc. The ligger claimed he was a Vietnam vet while the numbers don't add up between his age and the timing of the conflict! He's too young to have ever served in Vietnam, but he thinks people are too stupid to be able to figure that out! Or maybe he just thinks they don't even care. He's betting on the fact that he's dealing with people like the students and professors at Columbia University who he can easily snow with his fantasy tales of military heroism, because at Columbia University, he's "Lt. Col. Blackwood, US Army retired'. Most of those people have never even been exposed to military types, so he has the advantage and is more likely that they'll accept it without question. When he's standing in front of you, he's 'impressive'! When he's leaving his phone message diatribes, he's 'authoritative'! "Distinguished'! When he's coddling up to important people, he's 'spellbinding'!

What a loser.