# Did Porter Goss Jump, Or Was he Pushed?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-porter-goss-jump-or-was-he-pushed/355589>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 5, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-porter-goss-jump-or-was-he-pushed/355589 "2006-05-05T20:08:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-porter-goss-jump-or-was-he-pushed/355589/21 "2006-05-11T00:48:00Z")

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> [@Fear Itself](#):
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> **Epilogue:**
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> As it turns out, it doesn’t matter if he jumped or was pushed; [he still gets a medal!](http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-congressional-award,1,5502038.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines):Which apparently includes falling on one’s sword.

Not the Medal of Freedom?! He’ll never live down the shame! In this Admin ya gotta be a real sorry-ass fuckup not to rate the Medal of Freedom! Even **Rumsfeld** got a Medal of Freedom!

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**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-porter-goss-jump-or-was-he-pushed/355589/22 "2006-05-12T04:00:50Z")

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Well, it’s much better on the resume than a Medal of Extiguished Service, ya gotta admit.

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