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Posted on 05/17/2010 7:18:18 PM PDT by csd
Current Attorney General of Connecticut, and democratic contender for the Senate seat currently held by Chris Dodd, Richard Blumenthal, has apparently lied about serving in Vietnam:
"“We have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam,” Mr. Blumenthal said to the group gathered in Norwalk in March 2008. “And you exemplify it. Whatever we think about the war, whatever we call it — Afghanistan or Iraq — we owe our military men and women unconditional support.”...There was one problem: Mr. Blumenthal, a Democrat now running for the United States Senate, never served in Vietnam. He obtained at least five military deferments from 1965 to 1970 and took repeated steps that enabled him to avoid going to war, according to records.
(Excerpt) Read more at libertyandpride.com ...
It is OK... Democrats always get away with lying about such things.
You can tell this is a hot topic. It’s the third thread I’ve seen on this subject since I sat down in front my computer 15 minutes ago. We will hound Blumenthal at every public function from now on about this remark.
if he used legal means available back then, fine, but the lying about it now, that sux.
True. It remains to be seen whether this will ruin his shot at the senate seat. Probably not, after all it is Connecticut.
A DIMocRAT pol lieing? How can that be?????
‘Stolen Valor’????
you’re right...it must be some kind of mistake.
Either you served in-country or you didn’t. Lying about about it is low.
Democrats are such scum. Are Americans this gullible?
Depends on what your definition of the word “in” is.
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