DeVore releases tape to bolster account of shooting in Lebanon (Denies being like Blumenthal )

Los Angeles Times ^ | May 22, 2010 | Maeve Reston

[red flanker]

Republican Senate candidate Chuck DeVore said Friday that "the liberal media" had accused him of "a Blumenthal moment" — a reference to Connecticut Atty. Gen. Richard Blumenthal's admission this week that he had misspoken about his military record in the Vietnam War era.

A Times report Friday said the Irvine assemblyman, who spent 24 years in the California Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve, mentioned during a March candidate debate that he was "shot at in Lebanon" without making it clear that the incident occurred in 1984 while he was a student and a reporter for the Orange County Register on a media tour.

Another journalist who was on the tour contradicted DeVore's statement that "the Syrians shot at us and kind of drove us off the hill."

[red flanker]

A transcript of the tape sent to a Los Angeles Times reporter indicated that DeVore was laughing during the incident, and others were making light of it.

[Carling]

The Fiorina camp planted this story with the LA Times.

Disgusting, and Palin should rescind her endorsement. Since she hasn't, I can only assume she endorses these smears on DeVore.

[Tarpon]

You would think the lame stream media is on the donks side.

[Man50D]

Tricky Dick BlumenDodd certainly has set a standard for himself.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks red flanker.

Republican Senate candidate Chuck DeVore said Friday that "the liberal media" had accused him of "a Blumenthal moment" -- a reference to Connecticut Atty. Gen. Richard Blumenthal's admission this week that he had misspoken about his military record in the Vietnam War era.

A Times report Friday said the Irvine assemblyman, who spent 24 years in the California Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve, mentioned during a March candidate debate that he was "shot at in Lebanon" without making it clear that the incident occurred in 1984 while he was a student and a reporter for the Orange County Register on a media tour.

Another journalist who was on the tour contradicted DeVore's statement that "the Syrians shot at us and kind of drove us off the hill."

As if we'll believe a "journalist".

[CAluvdubya]

How do you know it wasn't the Campbell camp that planted this story?

Does FR always have to overlook Tom Campbell...the worst candidate that also happens to be in the lead?

[q_an_a]

Good point

[ak267]

Tricky Dick BlumenDodd certainly has set a standard for himself.

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“Tricky Dick?” How about just plain DICK

[Parley Baer]

I have to agree. Campbell is the among the worst of the worst when it comes to RINOs. One thing in our favor is that more likely the true dehard Conservatives are going to be out to vote. I think that will give Devore and good shot at winning.

[9YearLurker]

Sounds more like a Hillary moment than a Blumenthal moment.

[Friendofgeorge]

Some of these people have always hated Sarah Palin for one reason or another, perhaps they are upset that she did not abort her child? I have no idea, but it`s getting pretty sickening.

[SoConPubbie]

Disgusting, and Palin should rescind her endorsement. Since she hasn't, I can only assume she endorses these smears on DeVore.

You're doing a whole lot of assuming there Carling, and as usual, you don't miss a beat to try and cast anything that happens around Sarah Palin in the most negative light possible.

Psst...

You're PDS is showing again.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

That’s a pretty big leap, isn’t it?

[shalom aleichem]

Yea, that’s DMB leaping. Like Kelly Duvall when she jumps from rock cliff to rock cliff to get away from the bad guys and came up with the legendary phrase: “9 years of ballet, a$$hole!!” LOL

[Vendome]

1 week a month...

[shalom aleichem]

Whoops, that quote is for Shelley Long in movie Outrageous Fortune. Sorry for the (my) confusion

[CAluvdubya]

Yep. A long time poster has been banned posting favorable Palin comments and comments pointing out what DeVore said about Al Qaeda and terrorists not being an exsistential threat to the U.S.

It's never been disputed that DeVore made those comments....just posters that agree with that point of view. WTH????? Crazy!

[Artemis Webb]

Re #17:

Cna you tell me who was banned or provide a thread link? Anything that would be helpful would be appreciated

[NormsRevenge]

Does FR always have to overlook Tom Campbell...the worst candidate that also happens to be in the lead?
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a lead given to him in a couple polls after polling lordy knows how many potheads and history professors .. oh wait, same difference. :-)

he hasn’t run any ads, just hunkered down in his shell.. he may run a few ads just to stay noticed.

Politics? I use that word loosely here for what we are witnessing here.. certainly not that much of a change, with him in there ,, we’ll see what pops out the primary chute.

Maybe we’ll we get a pleasant surprise for a change. one can only hope. :-)

[CAluvdubya]

SoCalPol was banned. She was told it was a suspension until 5-21 but her account says "no one by that name".

I don't have link to the thread but it was over a week ago and it was a DeVore thread. She pointed out that DeVore's comment about Al Qaeda wasn't too far a view from Boxer's. She was called a "LIAR".

AFAIK, DeVore hasn't backed down from that statement...