Steele: Conn. hopeful lying about Vietnam

Washington Times ^ | Monday, May 24, 2010 | Ralph Z. Hallow

[JohnHuang2]

With Republican prospects brightening for major wins in Connecticut in the fall elections, Republican National Chairman Michael S. Steele on Sunday accused the Democrats' U.S. Senate front-runner, state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, of lying about having served in Vietnam.

Appearing on the same "Fox News Sunday" TV show, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine backed away a bit from Mr. Blumenthal, who several times claimed military service in the Vietnam War but, after news stories to the contrary last week, now is saying he "misspoke" and admits to not having fought in Vietnam.

[JohnHuang2]

I'm still not gloating, not even after the good arse-whoopin' the Democrats got over the weekend in Hawaii's Abercrombie-Obamaland 1st Congressional District (Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!) where Obama's Teleprompter grew up and that Obama carried in '08 with 70 percent of the vote and that Republicans haven't held for 20 years and that Republican Charles Djou just won in a high turnout election (Democrats supposedly always win high turnout elections) even though he's just a second-termer on the Honolulu City Council running against two Democrat grandees -- Ed Case was a former U.S. Congressman and state House Majority Leader, while the other loser, Colleen Hanabusa, is a former state Senate Majority Leader, current state Senate president -- with close to "only" 40 percent of the vote (just 3 percent or so less than a horny hick from Arkansas got in '92 against George H. W. Bush in an election that was hailed as THE. GREATEST. DEMOCRATIC. VICTORY. EVER.) in a district where Democrats have a voter registration advantage of Biblical dimensions in a state that has only elected one other Republican to the U.S. House since 1959 when Hawaii became the 57th state.

As a big bonus, Charles Djou is an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve who isn't fabricating stories or hallucinating about having 'occasionally' served heroically in wars overseas, as Democrats are wont to do these days. MSM: We hate to interrupt your honeymoon, Mr. Djou, but do you support the Civil Rights Act of 1964?????

Democrats are crowing that they lost with 58 percent of the vote, and that either one of their two high-profile losers could've won against Djou if only it had been a two-way contest. But the flip side is it took two Democrat heavies to cough up 58 percent in a district that Obama, to repeat, carried with 70%-28% of the vote and where Obama's Organizing for America group of nuts worked to defeat Djou.

Incidentally, there were five Republicans and five Democrats on the same ballot in this race the media keep lying about in claiming that only the Democrat vote was split. (And we all remember the 'fair and balanced' media explaining how a Democrat won in NY-23 because the anti-Democrat vote was split.)

The special election win in Hawaii reverses the GOP's 'devastating,' 'demolishing,' 'disastrous,' 'wiped-off-the-map' "loss" of earmarked PA-12, which wasn't a "loss" since (a) John Murtha wasn't a "Republican" and (b) the majority of voters in this district flunk a basic IQ test with each election, which means no Republican has a snowball's chance in hell of ever winning this "bellwether" "swing" district that hasn't bellwethered or swung at the Congressional level in decades.

Obama's historic achievement of electing a Republican in his hometown speaks to the progress America is making in waking up. May Obama make history again in November by electing a Republican majority!

Anyway, that's...
My Two Cents...
"JohnHuang2"

[JohnHuang2]

Monday-morning ping! Have a great week, y’all!

[South40]

I think Linda McMahon should kick his arse, literally.

[Brad from Tennessee]

[. . .(DNC Chairman) Kaine said on Fox that the “statements were wrong,” but that the Connecticut attorney general had not misled on every occasion he mentioned his service. “People who have covered him for years have pointed out numerous instances of him stating accurately his military service,” he said.]

Good point. John Kerry set a high bar for politicians lying about their military service. Kerry didn't claim to have been “shot at in Cambodia” every single time he told a war story.

[Happy Rain]

As John Wayne said in “The Cowboys”:

“I can handle a thief,BUT I HATE A LIAR!!!”

[Carley]

Ms McMahon is a dynamic, articulate speaker. I suspect she will give the liar a good kick.

It remains to be seen how she frames the issues.

[struggle]

Steele, going after Democrats? Wow, how times have changed...

[raybbr]

FU Steele! You sat there twice (I have confirmed responses to this) while Tim Kaine, DNC Chair, said, "In 2010 we will create more jobs than the entire eight years of Buhs" and didn't say a damn thing!

[no dems]

Mr. Blumenthal took several military-draft deferments in the late 1960s and then got a coveted spot in the Marine Corps reserves from 1970, staying in the U.S. for the entire war.
That's the part of this story that is NOT emphasized enough.

[no dems]

Michael Steele is the GOP's contribution to Affirmative Action.

[BuffaloJack]

Did you ever notice that the anti-military politicians are the ones who lie about their war records when an election comes around?

[no dems]

You would think that someone in this guy’s family, a cousin or somebody, would have let it slip, long ago, that this guy was NEVER in Viet Nam. How do these people think they can get away with stuff like this forever?

[no dems]

Great comments JohnHuang2. But, I don’t know about you, but I did NOT see or hear one thing about the results of the special election in Hawaii on cable TV or radio; not even the FOX News Radio. Did you? Did anyone else.

The media virtually ignored this compared to the PA-12 special election.

[SumProVita]

PA-12: “the majority of voters in this district flunk a basic IQ test with each election...”

Isn’t THAT the truth!

[Clint Lippo]

The new Hawaiin cong. was interviewed on Fox and Friends this morning. I just caught the last of it.

[GeronL]

big bump

[Kaslin]

Thanks for the ping to another great essay

[StarFan]

Democrats are crowing that they lost with 58 percent of the vote, and that either one of their two high-profile losers could've won against Djou if only it had been a two-way contest.

If they are crowing it must be on a station my cable service does not provide as I haven't heard a peep about it. No mention by the MSM on all the morning programs. Frankly, when FNC announced the GOP victory yesterday it was without any fanfare as compared to dems winning NY23 or Murtha's district.

Me thinks Blumenthal lies will multiply as more is investigated. We now hear he claimed to be captain of the Harvard swim team which is also lie.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for this excellent wrap-up!

[thirst4truth]

That is the second time I have heard a "spokesman", the press, for this regime lie about more jobs than Bush's 8 years. The press was constantly complaning about Bush's economy, with 5% unemployment compared to 10% in this one.

Someone needs to challenge them and if Steele does not do it who will?