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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 04:48 AM Original message |
NYT: Blumenthal lied about serving in Vietnam. |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 04:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. So are they saying the current set of PR systems have many |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 05:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. Blumenthal is toast. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 06:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Agreed |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. No, it's the equivalent to mis-phrasing something ONCE when you've told the truth every other time. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. So, all those other times |
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wmbrew0206 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. Nope |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
4. Sometimes, I feel a twinge of guilt |
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BonnieJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. My husband served in Thailand during the VN war, |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
5. Is anyone surprised this was published |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 07:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I'd think it would have been more damaging if it had been published a week ago |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 07:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. It's not an election day in CT. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 07:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. so as a nutmegger, what's your take on this? |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 07:23 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I doubt Blumie will drop out. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. The primary is in August (nt) |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 07:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. self-delete n/t |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
11. Well those same number of deferments worked for Dick Cheney |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 07:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. He took the Dan Qualye route from what I can tell |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 07:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Not that I would ever defend Cheney but he didn't lie about |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. No, Blumenthal did not REPEATEDLY lie. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Per his press conference he now admits to "mispeaking" multiple times n/t |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 07:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Blumenthal lied about serving in Vietnam. I think that's the issue. Not so much the deferments. |
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Gaedel (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. Cheney never claimed to be a VN vet nt |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
12. What a dirtbag. |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
14. Why do people do stupid thing like this? Why? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 08:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. The answer toyour question probably deserves its own thread, but here goes... |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. There is no evidence this guy "wove a fantastical tale" |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Yes, you are right. My comparison was actually that of extremely successful people |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 06:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. How much I despise the right |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. If he had said he had served during the Vietnam War era |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
18. This is one time when I believe it was a 'slip of the tongue'. He clearly has stated over and over |
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MidwestRick (604 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
20. I was active duty Air Force |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 02:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. I am a Vietnam ERA veteran and have a National Defense Ribbon, too |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
21. What's the big deal? Back when I served in the Civil War, |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
26. When Bush* said "I have been to war and I have raised two daughters, and believe me |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. So do we give Bush a pass on that now? |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
41. Exactly, I don't see what the big deal is here, it's not like he's a |
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howaboutme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
29. +1 Harvard and Ethics or lack thereof? |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
32. I simply cannot imagine a vet *honestly* making a mistake like that. n/t |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Exactly! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 06:59 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. "great contempt"??? Say what you will about his embellishing his record, |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 07:25 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Nah... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 09:04 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. So you don't want to look at what he actually DID on behalf of vets? |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. That's odd, I don't recall ever saying ANYTHING about what he has or hasn't done for vets. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. All right, then. Here's your chance! |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
35. When is their primary? Hopefully someone else will win it. |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
36. Also, what a dirtbag..... |
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