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Blumenthal calls Vietnam comments misplaced words
AP via Yahoo News ^ | May 18, 2010

Posted on 05/18/2010 2:50:20 PM PDT by Rennes Templar

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal on Tuesday said he had "misspoken" in claiming more than once that he served in Vietnam, dismissing the furor that threatened to endanger a seemingly safe Democratic seat as a matter of "a few misplaced words."

At a news conference backed by veterans, the popular Connecticut attorney general and front-runner to replace the retiring Sen. Christopher Dodd, said he meant to say he served "during Vietnam" instead of "in Vietnam." He said the statements were "totally unintentional" errors that occurred only a few times out of hundreds of public appearances.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Connecticut
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1 posted on 05/18/2010 2:50:21 PM PDT by Rennes Templar
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To: Rennes Templar

YOU LIE!


2 posted on 05/18/2010 2:50:49 PM PDT by wac3rd (Prepare for the November 2010 Tsunami)
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To: Rennes Templar

CNN is hammering Blumenthal.

First Sanchez then Chris tingles

Must be more shoes to drop


3 posted on 05/18/2010 2:51:32 PM PDT by Carley (WE CAN SEE NOVEMBER FROM OUR HOUSE)
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To: Rennes Templar

if a pubie said that, they’d be out of office forever, period.


4 posted on 05/18/2010 2:52:10 PM PDT by ken21 (i am not voting for a rino-progressive.)
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To: Rennes Templar

Nobody lies anymore. Ever notice that?

Maybe Bush did. It depends on the political affiliation.


5 posted on 05/18/2010 2:52:56 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: Rennes Templar

Misplaced honor; misplaced trust; misplaced respect for your constituents.

No, sir!

This kind of repeated statement before many venues is not “misplaced”. It is pure deception. And God help any who believe your word.


6 posted on 05/18/2010 2:53:05 PM PDT by plangent
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To: Rennes Templar

Poor Blumenthal. If he looks real hard, he might find those misplaced words right next to his misplaced ethics.


7 posted on 05/18/2010 2:54:24 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Excusaholic: MeCain lost to Jr., RINO endorsements are flying, & you live at 2012 Denial Blvd.)
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To: Rennes Templar

“I see stupid people.”

“They don’t know they’re stupid.”


8 posted on 05/18/2010 2:54:43 PM PDT by savedbygrace (Rev 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord)
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To: Rennes Templar

I can understand the similarities of Washington DC and Vietnam. Maybe he just got them confused......I wonder what location is more dangerous now?


9 posted on 05/18/2010 2:55:54 PM PDT by cbkaty (Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy---W Churchill)
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To: wac3rd

You don’t mistake the phrase “during Vietnam” instead of “in Vietnam.” it just doesnt happen over and over.

He knew what he was doing. Admit it Blumenthal and take the heat heading for your ass.


10 posted on 05/18/2010 2:57:29 PM PDT by sunmars
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To: Rennes Templar

Gee back in the old days, we called it a “LIE”.


11 posted on 05/18/2010 2:59:17 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty ( HEY OBAMA, I CAN SEE NOVEMBER FROM MY BACK FORTY -Lady NRA Member)
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To: RinaseaofDs

Nobody lies anymore. Ever notice that?

They do get misinterpreted, taken out of context, they misspoke, or they were misquoted. But lie? Nah.


12 posted on 05/18/2010 3:00:23 PM PDT by Rennes Templar (Illegal immigration is destroying America, look what it's done to the White House)
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To: Rennes Templar

That’s like calling what’s happening in the gulf a misplaced oil change.


13 posted on 05/18/2010 3:02:58 PM PDT by NYCslicker
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To: NYCslicker

It’s like saying “I am a doctor” insted of “I went to the doctor”. Easy to do.


14 posted on 05/18/2010 3:10:37 PM PDT by Rennes Templar (Illegal immigration is destroying America, look what it's done to the White House)
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To: Rennes Templar

Blumenthal needs to resign from his office. He also needs to end his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. For a man to lie in this trivial matter means he will lie to the teeth in matters concerning the security of this nation.

When a man steps up to any position of public office, they must answer to a high standards that might be overlooked in other positions. We cannot have them in any position when they play grab ass with the truth.


15 posted on 05/18/2010 3:11:37 PM PDT by jonrick46 (We're being water boarded with the sewage of Fabian Socialism.)
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Yeah, he misplaced them in public.


16 posted on 05/18/2010 3:13:41 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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Some more misplaced words from a fellow Democrat veteran:

“I remember Christmas of 1968 sitting on a gunboat in Cambodia. I remember what it was like to be shot at by Vietnamese and Khmer Rouge and Cambodians, and have the president of the United States telling the American people that I was not there; the troops were not in Cambodia. I have that memory which is seared — seared — in me.”


17 posted on 05/18/2010 3:16:27 PM PDT by Interesting Times (For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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To: jonrick46
"The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men."

Samuel Adams.
18 posted on 05/18/2010 3:19:23 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Rennes Templar

You can’t blame him for lying....it’s the Rat way.....As a real live guy who was there....actually I can tolerate his lie easier than murtha’s or kerry’s...they probably cost some folks their lives with their cowardly behavior and lies in a combat zone...whereas this worthless POS just lied...some kids probably got broken toys for Christmas but no Americans died!


19 posted on 05/18/2010 3:19:59 PM PDT by RVN Airplane Driver ("To be born into freedom is an accident; to die in freedom is an obligation..)
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and the RATS, take another one in the..............................HA ha!!!


20 posted on 05/18/2010 3:21:54 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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