The Left, bogus war stories, and the NYTimes
Well, it’s good to see the New York Times finally paying attention to Democrats who tell bogus war stories:
At a ceremony honoring veterans and senior citizens who sent presents to soldiers overseas, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut rose and spoke of an earlier time in his life.
“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.
The deferments allowed Mr. Blumenthal to complete his studies at Harvard; pursue a graduate fellowship in England; serve as a special assistant to The Washington Post’s publisher, Katharine Graham; and ultimately take a job in the Nixon White House.
Here’s video of Blumenthal saying he served in Vietnam.
And here’s video of him saying he didn’t:
What a total crapweasel.
As this blog has long reported, the Left has had repeated issues with telling the truth about military service.
Winter Soldier Syndrome is a chronic disease among many Democrats and their fakers.
It is worth noting that the NYTimes spilled barrels of ink attacking the Swift Boat Veterans for pointedly questioning some of John Kerry’s Vietnam war claims.
Savor the irony when bogus war story-teller Richard Blumenthal, with nothing but desperate spin for a defense, starts accusing the Swift Boat Veteran-bashing Times of… “Swift-boating.”
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He should be awarded a “Black Heart”. What a despicable man!
Hey Chap, he’s a lawyer no less. He didn’t actually say he served in Country, so that’s okay, not his fault people misunderstood his words, because they just weren’t paying attention. Just like that GM ad don’t you think?
To many Dimocrats people like this are brave heroes.
Actually, RC, the quotation is,
Blumenthal didn’t say since the days that he served during (the) Vietnam (War); he said since the days that he served in Vietnam.
Too bad about that video. No doubt he hates it when that happens. People with cameras and such, what a terrible state of affairs.
Maybe there is some other meaning to the words ‘when I was in Vietnam’. Like, maybe it is all in how you define the word ‘in’. Does it mean ‘in my mind’?
Oops corrected, I had read another article where he was quoted using the lawyerly term “We” as opposed to “I”. All the quotes were just ambiguous enough to sqeak out of. I hadn’t heard this quote yet, when I wrote that. All he needs now is three “Purple Hearts” and a boat trip into Cambodia, and he’ll be up for a Senate seat.
No sweat.
Looks like you might have simply been “a victim of soicumstance!”
As a veteran (1961 – 1967) people like this make me sick.
If anyone has a photo or something of him wearing the VCM or VSM, post them.
I think he was referring to when he was a waiter in a restaurant outside of Houston, in ‘Little Saigon’.
Maybe there will be a new medal — “I meant to serve in Viet Nam but didn’t” award, kinda like the Restraint medal.
Mr. Blumenthal=Stolen Valor : How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History . Senator Tom Harkins and Dan Rather are phony vets too.
My contempt for these scum runs deep.
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An Armed Society is a polite society.
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I was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1964 and served stateside for 2 years. An engineering degree sent me to White Sands Missile Range to work on radars and missiles instead of sending me to the Vietnam War.
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When anyone asks me if I served in Vietnam I always say no. Only a lowlife loser lies about his military service.
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John Bibb
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That’s because you, sir, are a man of honor.
Wonder if Mr. Blumenthal thinks Jane Fonda served in Viet Nam too.
Well, Jane did serve on an anti-aircraft crew in the NVA… No doubt about her “service.”
Won’t he have to marry a condiment queen too?
I heard him ask: ‘does this self-inflicted war wound make my ass look fat?’
IMO, he made lying statements like serving in military/Vietnam solely because he knew it would him get elected. He is now claiming that he “mispoke” (yeah, like on a dozen occasions), and that his “meaning” was taken out of context. This is the same guy who relentlessly beat up on Cheney and Bush for “deferments”. See Sweetness and Light.com. He is just another typical lying liar liberal. This is just despicable and an insult to vets. This is ANOTHER reason to vote incumbents OUT.
He should just slither back to the dark corner from whence he came.
I am a Viet Nam “era” veteran. I never went to Nam but I served in the NAVY during the war. I always tell people that I was not sent to the war zone. I would be so embarrassed to say I was a Viet Nam veteran after some of the sacrifices these men and women made. It is despicable that someone would lie.
Hey, I was in Vietnam, too. I was on a secret mission to infiltrate China to assasinate Chairman Mao. Then I was sent home and was given the CMH…no wait, 3 Medals of Honor. Then I went home with my wife, Morgan Fairchild, who I’ve seen naked. Yeah, that’s the ticket!
Another reason why many of us here, me included, would never run for public office. Not only do you have to sacrifice your morals and values, but lying is an important assest on your resume. I remember my Dad, back in the early 80s, was asked if he wanted to run for state representative. He said, “no”. When I asked him why, I couldn’t understand his reason. “I don’t want to sacrifice my morals and values”. I didn’t understand it then, being naive, but I do today.
Astute of you to ketchup on that.
Yes, that would be great. If he stays in the race, then maybe he’ll try that.
You don’t have to, it’s just that so many choose to.
I always tell the truth about my service, that I served in Vietnam 40 years ago but that I never engaged in combat.
Blumenthal looks like Eliot Spitzer with hair.
Maybe he just dreamed that he served in Nam. Sometimes my dreams seem so real, a couple days later I think, “was that real?”. Of course it’s usually about some mundane thing rather than fighting in a war but then again, I’m not a politician.
She not an heiress! I don’t care how many husbands die! I don’t care what he left her in the will. She’s just rubbish that married into it.
Either something is up or someone at the Times goofed and thought Blumenthal was a Republican!
Tricky Dick was a shoo-in before this. What poetic justice: the Dems launch Dodd as a no win candidate, and substitute Tricky Dick Blumenthal.
Kinda remind you of the antics of the libs in MA when Chappaquiddick Ted died and needed to be replaced? With “shoo in” Coakley?
I love it when a plan comes together!
Mr. Attorney General – does the term ‘Stolen Valor’ mean much to you? I know it is federally prosecutable only for medals not earned, but as far as I’m concerned, you are like Mr. Kerry, trying to make political hay over the sacrifices of true heroes. Shame, Shame
Sea_Dog
1st Marines
DaNang, RVN 70-71
Maybe someone at the Times is actually starting to seriously worry about their shrinking circulation and income, and figures that maybe – just maybe – they shouldn’t America-bash, and cheerlead for the socialists, all the time.
Before we condem him, I think we should keep in mind that he is a democrat. We all know that democrats can’t open their mouths without lying. It would be like me picking on someone with one leg shorter than the other.
I am a Vietnam “era” veteran. I joined the Navy in 1975 while still in high school under the delayed entry program. I went to boot camp in 1976. The fall of Saigon came in 1975. Somehow this never translated to me being in Vietnam. But then again I’m not running for office.
I doubt it. Ever since Walter Duranty, they’ve been praising socialism/marxism.
The pressure is tremendous, to do so. The first rule of politics is: Me, first, party second, country third.
Sorry to say this lying dirtbag is ahead in the polls in CT. You get the leaders you deserve, Connecticut.
How ironic the party that denigrates veterans and works against the military in general, especially those from the Vietnam era, like to call themselves a veteran of that war to build themselves up. What hypocrites.
One of the rarest things you’ll ever find in this country is a liberal war hero or combat veteran (I don’t call Joe Sestak a war hero – he’s an enigma).
It’s also a shame the dems turned an honorable word like “Swiftboating” into a dirty word. The actions of those veterans who pointed out what a sham John Kerry was both during the war and after deserve our gratitude.
I can’t imagine what it would have been like to have the likes of an Al Gore or John Kerry for President. I still can’t believe Obama slipped through.
I this more “hope and change” as in “I hope they won’t notice I changed my resume?”
I am so sick of these scumbags…
He’s a democrat – he’ll get a pass.
I believed he served coffee and croissants at the Liars Cafe in Wun Dum Ass…
The whole point of having “Vietnam era veterans” is so politicians can claim being there without actually being there.
My two oldest brothers served in ‘Nam though they don’t make too much about it. (They’re both liberal democrats but they know that illegal immigration is…illegal!)
Maybe someone should photoshop Blumenthal’s body in place of Hanoi Jane’s on the AA gun. Then we’d have proof he served in Vietnam!
Oops Gladz #10, I hadn’t read that far…
AlohaGuy, you slay me! I’m glad I had just put my coffee down.
You’re all so mean – Nixon sent him on a secret mission during Christmas, 1968 along with Jawn Kerry…
He didn’t slip through. He was ineligible and the GOP refused to say so. And they nominated the worst candidate ever. I think it was planned.
If he showed enough restraint to go to Harvard instead, doesn’t that qualify him for a medal?
And can we now officially say that Harvard produces some of the nations biggest liars?
Creative visualization – he just imagined he was there.
OK, I promise to come back after I read all your comments first…
When he said he owned a lot of ketchup I think she thought to herself – “Whooweee, a double-wide and a cheeseburger…” but that’s just me and not meant to be a reflection on her actual lovely self.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH made him say it!
Its BOOOOOOOOSH’s fault!
Blumenthal is not worried. Dan Rather has documents emphatically proving Blumenthal did serve in Vietnam.
They were typewritten in 1969 using MS Word and a LexMark printer.
In the words of comdeian Judy Tenuta, “It could happen.”
Judy Tenuta’s a comedian?
Anyone that votes for Blumenthal after seeing this is a moron.
I will bet that many Democrats will vote for him despite the fact they just learned he can lie with a straight face.
And love goddess.
AlohaGuy–I heard that he worked there after getting fired from his job in No Phuc Luc.
I know a lot of time I’ve meant to use the word “during” but accidentally said “in”. The two words are almost identical in meaning.
Even sluts draw the line somewhere.
Agent: “Can I have your Social Security Number?”
Student: “I don’t have it any longer. Since my account will contain nothing by the time I retire, I threw it away.
Mr. Blumenthal is just another lying democrat(politician) what else is new. Doesn’t anyone in this country have any moral fiber left? Nothing to see here folks, move along!
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPS!
Wrong thread. Sorry….
Is this before or after he was stationed at base Lakanooky on the isle of Kumoniwanalaya?
He meant he was born at Kapiolani Hospital in Hanoi to a French father and a Vietnamese mother which makes him a native born American. Copies of the birth certificate are available on line in case you don’t have Photoshop.
I believe he was awarded the Syphilis Star for going Below and Beyond the Call of Booty.
On May 18th, 2010 at 11:26 am, rocketman said:
When anyone asks me if I served in Vietnam I always say no. Only a lowlife loser lies about his military service.
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John Bibb
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right on John. and thanks for your service!
Just watched his press conference.
Total misdirection, implying that the controversy is about his being in the reserves, not lying about being in Vietnam.
He “took responsibility” by lying about it and hoping that it would disappear.
He had a bunch of shill clowns with him that are supposed to make us think that the vets are behind him.
Wotta crock. How “progressive”!
The way I’d heard it years ago, the last queen of Hawaii was Queen Kumoniwanalaya…and she died of Lakanooky Fever.
Thanks, folks; we’ll be here all week. Try the veal!
There’s a sunny-little, funny-little melody
it was started by a native down in Waikiki
he would gather a crowd down beside the sea
and they’d play his gay Hawaiian chant…
–Arthur Lyman
I don’t think much of stolen valor.
But don’t fault the guy for avoiding the draft. My father served in WWII and was pro-military, yet when I came of age he was seriously looking to find a place for me in Canada. I recieved a draft deferment to go to college and medical school. But in college we had to take ROTC as LSU was a land grant school. Part way through, a general told me he desired me to be an officer. I almost fainted, at that time the life expectancy for a 2nd lieutanent was about 8 minutes in country. Fortunately I went on the medical school, there I was assigned a draft designation of 1-AM
this was different from the usual 1-A in that we were expected to go into the sservice no matter what, at LSU they
were taking us immdeiately to Vietnam with 2 weeks training and the life expectancy for a doctor was a little better. Richard Nixon then came in and put a stop to the stupidity. He is thus the greatest person in this world. Vietnam was a huge mistake and the soldiers that served there deserve the highest appreciation of our country. But we must never allow anything like that to ever occur again. We are currently trying our best in the “war on terror”. Make it a war on Islam and get it done with the fewest number of Americans killed.
I can think of a few missions these two could go on. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is exactly what we should expect from Connecticut- Doddgers all.
Just how did America lose the once great state of Connecticut? Connecticut was so very central in supplying food to the Continental Army several times at critical moments of the Revolution. Now it is but one more New England whore house-Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is a male castrate Lady.
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Let your sidearm be like Master Card:
Don’t Leave home without it.
Isn’t it easier to say Democrat slime balls lie about nearly everything, all the time. Just look at Obama for helpful data.
So, if Blumenthal now “takes responsibility” for previous lies how do we know he is telling the truth now?
Maybe he had his fingers crossed when he said he was in Nam. I think that makes it okay in the Dem-o-crap playbook…
Murtha Lite!
Bloomer may have been operating special ops undercover in Nam. Remember Hillary “H-Bomb” Clinton’s harrowing adventure in Bosnia. She wasn’t lying!
I was a Vietnam “Era” paper boy. My route included Cambodia and sometimes Laos. Then I’d scoot back to Saigon to see Madame Shu’s, err, ribs…yeah, that’s it, her ribs. She had nice ribs.
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Actually, I was born with a minor defect. When the doctor told me I was going to be okay he also said it was enough to keep me out of the draft. I was kinda disappointed too. That was in 1969. But I suppose I had something else planned for me.
Thanks to all you guys and gals who went in my place. I appreciate you keeping us all safe.
Now on with the jocularity……..
On May 18th, 2010 at 1:13 pm, AlohaGuy said:
The guy was also a Remington Raider.
Errah, I also served valiantly at the Battle of Little Big Horn and then again along side Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish American War! Vote for Me!
Errah, Barney Frank has been in more sheite than this a-hole!
Could it be Blumenthal mistook Washington DC for Vietnam?
Is that the one where she had a “snuke in the snizz”?
People wading around in the reflecting pool planting rice can cause that.
lol.
Hey, this is all Great news. Hopefully the Dems will lose this seat in November.
Now only if Olympia Snowe said she server in the Civil War….
MacEamonn–yes, you could be right. It was the time he took heavy fire in the rice paddies on the Anacostia.
I went on delayed enlistment on 31Dec74. On 29Jul75 I reported for boot camp at Parris Island, SC. Although I was technically “in” the military while we were in VN, I will never claim to be a VN veteran. I tell people I was a “tweener”. In after we got out and out before we got back into any conflict. No dishonor, just the truth.
d’oh–Flyoverman…
Trooper Duffy: There we were, at the Alamo! Shoulder to shoulder, me and Davy Crockett!
Errah, I remember it well . . . the CIA was over the border running covert ops out of the Pooks Hill Marriott in northen Bethesda with the use of indigenous forces and lower-level technology.
Blumenthal told so many fibs and misleading statements at the press conference that the media should dig in, if they are smart enough to. First, Blumenthal said he “received no special treatment in the military”. He didn’t need to! He received all the special treatment in getting five deferments. Two of them were for occupational deferments. These deferments were not supposed to be for people having a cozy job with the Washington Post or a minor job in the White House. So somebody has to ask Blumenthal: Do you think that a working class kid from New Haven could get the same deferments that a Harvard preppie got? And then Blumenthal said he found the Marines through a “check in the phone book”. That is pure crap. The reserve unit he served in was a rich kids unit that had no chance of going overseas. The average guy would not know about it. And then Blumenthal says he volunteered for the military. He didn’t it! When all his other options ran out, he quickly used his Harvard ties to get into a cushy reserve unit. Finally, he says he has no idea how Slate and the Hartford Courant and ten other articles called him a “VietNam veteran”. Who else would tell these media outlets? And how many times did You Mr. Blumenthal, call the editor and ask for a correction? Blumenthal has his own full time press advisor. He reads everything about himself.
Yep Sea Dog, and he should be arrested and jailed under the Stolen Valor Act of 2006. However, the law is being challenged for “free speech”..it seems that some lawyer decided that it was…
“Such expression remains within the presumptive protection afforded pure speech by the First Amendment,” the Institute’s attorney wrote. “As such, the Stolen Valor Act is an unconstitutional restraint on the freedom of speech.”
Disgusting and another spit in the face for veterans of that time.
norm
11Bravo aka “Grunt”
1st Air Cav (70-71)
As a CT resident, I would like to apologize on behalf of the moronic voters who keep electing him. I will do my best to see that he is defeated.
Sea God and Norm1111,
Thanks for your service.
My Dad died at Keesler AFB nearly 45 years ago. I never got a chance to thank him. Around the anniversary I sometimes take out his dog tags and the shell casings from his funeral and wonder what might have been.
I can never hear taps played without thinking of him and the others who served and still serve…
FYI, I did some research on McCain’s supposed suffering at the “Hanoi Hilton”, and I don’t think it was as bad as he made out.
Just so we are clear, you want Blumenthal arrested under a criminal statute that he clearly did not break and has never been accused of breaking?
This man, let me be clear, is now qualified to be in Obamao’s cabinet.
It has been proven that he repeatedly lied and knowingly did nothing about newspaper articles that stated the lies. Whereas he has been known to call newspapers about minutia he didn’t like in numerous articles. Typical liberal……….
Heck, that’s nothing. When I served, under George Washington, and we were starving, I told old George, “Don’t worry about it”. Then, later on, when I was fighting in the Civil War….
One of my relatives was with Sherman for that march to the sea and I went along for the ride.
I guess this means when I run for congress I should just leave out the part about me taking part in the D-Day invasion, the flag-raising at Iwo Jima and single-handedly capturing Saddam Hussein. All during my 8 years in the Air National Guard.
In a previous life I fought with Napolean. Patton was there too, but he was a weenie. Also, Little Big Horn was a bummer.
Can’t help but wonder why the NYSlime chose to run this story. Why would they deliberately wound a Dummycr*p front-runner? What is the story behind their story? Sorry if I am getting cynical in my dotage but ……….. WHY?
Blumenthal is just another military averse “chosen” jerk too good to go to war for the country, but just fine for running it. Yesterdays leaders commanded respect because they earned it, todays leaders niether serve nor lead, and as such get the respect they deserve. NONE.