Nice to see Tweety repeating the hit piece on Blumenthal.

[BrklynLiberal]

:puke: :puke: :puke:

Guess he did not think it was necessary to see the entire video..just like all the others calling for Blumenthal's head.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=305442&mesg_id=305442

and if I recall correctly, Blumenthal has a news conference. during which he DID apologize.

Blumenthal is very widely known in and around CT as a huge supporter of veterans and their rights and their care.
This is such CRAP!!!

This is such bullcrap.

I think Tweety is an ignorant twit...

http://nhregister.com/articles/2010/05/19/news/aa5_blumenthal_polsbar051910.txt
“There’s no doubt that this is going to damage him and weaken him, and give Republican voters and delegates a lot of hope that their candidate, or their eventual nominee, whoever that is, will be able to beat Blumenthal,” McLean said. But he believed that, “Blumenthal is going to weather the storm. His statement to the media today really emphasized that on many, many hundreds of times, he was accurate and frank about his actual military record, and that he misspoke. That is not going to wash with everyone, but I think it’s going to be acceptable to enough people that Blumenthal will still be the front-runner in this Senate race. The reason why is because he has such great name recognition compared to the Republican candidates. It’s one thing to be disappointed and upset with Blumenthal, but another thing entirely to shift your allegiance to the Republican nominee.”

McLean also pointed out, “Veterans may care about this and the media may care about this a lot more than the average voter in Connecticut.” He said voters in the general election, particularly younger voters, are not likely to be that concerned about a candidate’s military record.

He added, “I think (Blumenthal) has really built up the political capital over many, many years with veterans groups and local politicians and grass-roots people around the state. I think he would have to do a lot worse of a thing to really be in serious political trouble here.”

http://www.rollcall.com/news/46314-1.html?type=printer_friendly
Menendez: Democrats Will Continue to Support Blumenthal
But Menendez said Blumenthal’s record of supporting veterans and the support of veterans at an expected press conference Tuesday in Connecticut will help the candidate weather the storm created by the Times story. Blumenthal is running to succeed retiring Sen. Chris Dodd (D), who decided against running for another term against significant headwind.

“I think that, first of all, Attorney General Blumenthal has been an incredible advocate for veterans,” Menendez told reporters. “I believe he’s having an event today where veterans are standing with him and saying, you know, ‘Dick Blumenthal has stood by our side.’”

Menendez continued: “He’s corrected the record in the past, and I think, you know, his actions as it relates to standing up for veterans over a long period of time speaks volumes both where his heart and his actions are. And so I’m sure those veterans who will be standing up for him today will make the case for him, and I’m sure he will continue to stay in the Senate race, and we will continue to support him.”

[DJ13]

1. Somebody is very desperate to get him out of the race

[OHdem10]

6. Could it be Business Interests, see him as a threat. Like Spitzer,

Media has to bury him on another charge. Wall Street
hated Spitzer.

[katzenjammers]

2. I can't help wondering if you'd still be cheerleading this liar if you had served.

I did, DURING the VN "war"...but not IN VN. It greatly offends me when anybody makes up war stories to embellish their own 'credentials' and it NEVER occurred to me to claim I was 'there' when I was not.

Apparently it's okay to be a serial liar if the story teller is a Democrat...according to some people. I don't agree.

[babylonsister]

4. The NYT failed to tell the full story, either through laziness, negligence, or

intentional. Is that okay with you?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8369611

The New York Times has some explaining to do

[BrklynLiberal]

7. serial liar??????????

you have no idea what you are bullshitting about.
Guess it is safe to assume you are a big fan of McMahon, but never actually served in the US military.

[katzenjammers]

13. I'm learning. That some people are perfectly willing to put party advantage above country

and principle. If that is the kind of reputation you want to saddle us with, I guess we really have nothing to discuss.

[ShortnFiery]

8. There's no reaching some people. He knows how sensitive this issue is among Vietnam Vets.

All I can fathom is that his self-esteem overcame his good judgement. Nobody is saying that this man is not thoughtful in many ways. However, I don't trust someone who can openly lie about where they served in the Military.

[BrklynLiberal]

10. How about some FACT checking???????????

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8369611&mesg_id=8369611


http://nhregister.com/articles/2010/05/19/news/aa5_blumenthal_polsbar051910.txt
“There’s no doubt that this is going to damage him and weaken him, and give Republican voters and delegates a lot of hope that their candidate, or their eventual nominee, whoever that is, will be able to beat Blumenthal,” McLean said. But he believed that, “Blumenthal is going to weather the storm. His statement to the media today really emphasized that on many, many hundreds of times, he was accurate and frank about his actual military record, and that he misspoke. That is not going to wash with everyone, but I think it’s going to be acceptable to enough people that Blumenthal will still be the front-runner in this Senate race. The reason why is because he has such great name recognition compared to the Republican candidates. It’s one thing to be disappointed and upset with Blumenthal, but another thing entirely to shift your allegiance to the Republican nominee.”

McLean also pointed out, “Veterans may care about this and the media may care about this a lot more than the average voter in Connecticut.” He said voters in the general election, particularly younger voters, are not likely to be that concerned about a candidate’s military record.

He added, “I think (Blumenthal) has really built up the political capital over many, many years with veterans groups and local politicians and grass-roots people around the state. I think he would have to do a lot worse of a thing to really be in serious political trouble here.”

http://www.rollcall.com/news/46314-1.html?type=printer_friendly
Menendez: Democrats Will Continue to Support Blumenthal
But Menendez said Blumenthal’s record of supporting veterans and the support of veterans at an expected press conference Tuesday in Connecticut will help the candidate weather the storm created by the Times story. Blumenthal is running to succeed retiring Sen. Chris Dodd (D), who decided against running for another term against significant headwind.

“I think that, first of all, Attorney General Blumenthal has been an incredible advocate for veterans,” Menendez told reporters. “I believe he’s having an event today where veterans are standing with him and saying, you know, ‘Dick Blumenthal has stood by our side.’”

Menendez continued: “He’s corrected the record in the past, and I think, you know, his actions as it relates to standing up for veterans over a long period of time speaks volumes both where his heart and his actions are. And so I’m sure those veterans who will be standing up for him today will make the case for him, and I’m sure he will continue to stay in the Senate race, and we will continue to support him.”

[ShortnFiery]

12. That's reporting on some veterans.

I predict that he will NOT weather this storm. But you go right ahead and tell me different.

Hope springs eternal?

Spitzer was caught with a hooker and this guy lies about where he served during the 1970s. Both situations speak to people with less than "a sound moral compass." :shrug:

[spanone]

9. what does george bu$h* have to do with this thread?

[BrklynLiberal]

11. Right. Remember all those great articles about the chickenhawks in the Bush administration...

:thumbsup:


and those exposes by the NYTimes of where GWB was during the VietNam War???????

Strange, I do not remember them either

[katzenjammers]

14. I didn't mention him; why are you asking me?

:shrug:

[petersjo02]

15. That lying worked just fine for George W.

to get himself appointed (rather than elected). He went AWOL, but that was fine with the Republicans. He was/is a Bush after all. So looks to me that the Republicans don't really have much to bitch about with Blumenthal. He's set the record straight. G.W., on the other hand, has never told the truth about his military service (or lack thereof) and has been allowed to sweep his military indiscretions under the rug. G.W. is by any definition a Republican serial liar, and I suspect you cheered long and loud for him.

[katzenjammers]

19. If you think I'm excusing Bush, you can just go straight to hell.

And your suspicions are nothing short of libelous...I screamed long and loud about W's mendacity...but what really DOES make me sick is that you -seem- to be willing to give Blumenthal a 'pass' just because Dubya did it. Talk about putting the bar on the ground.

With that kind of 'friendship', we don't need enemies. :grr:
:puke:

[JanusAscending]

28. GET OVER YOURSELF!!

n/t

[babylonsister]

3. He is protesting a bit too much, isn't he. Got his marching orders? nt

[DeepBlueC]

5. Blumenthal

:thumbsup: He has been an indefatigable supporter of veterans in this state. And btw even people who served in this country during the Vietnam War got a pin for service in the Vietnam war, as many vets pointed out in local NPR call-in shows today.

McMahon wants to change the subject from the trail of callous treatment, permanent brain injuries, affronts to taste if not ethics, and the shabbiest treatment around of the people who earned her money for her in WWE. That, apparently, is old news now. But so is this political tactic. Blumenthal has been going after the bad guys in this state in a way that I rarely see any interest elsewhere unless the malfeasance has already hit the news.

[calico1]

16. I find it interesting that McMahon has taken down

the Blumenthal allegation from her website. It was her campaign that fed it to the NYT. Now it is not on her site, according to the local news.
I wonder if she or her campaign must have realized that the whole story would come out.

[alstephenson]

17. The Dick Cheney method.

[babylonsister]

20. Maybe they fear being blamed for not 'sharing' the entire truth. nt

[BrklynLiberal]

21. I guess someone finally realized that braggng about planting the story was not too

bright....duh!!

[babylonsister]

23. I wish you'd post this on its own merits. I heard he was a stand-up guy,

so I hate that he's being slammed.

[BrklynLiberal]

27. Very well said!!!

[Dawson Leery]

18. Recall Matthews 'love' affair with Mr. Bush

during his first term?

[BrklynLiberal]

22. yes.

x(

[BrklynLiberal]

24. Could not have said it better......

thank you Dawson Leery

Guess who did not serve in Viet Nam????

Chris Matthews, Climb Down from Your High Horse

Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut's attorney general and a Democratic candidate for the United States Senate, misrepresented his service record -- claiming to have served in Vietnam when, in fact, he did not.

Chris Matthews, on Hardball Tuesday night, had smoke blowing out his ears, condemning Blumenthal's misrepresentation as "unspeakable". Matthews couldn't contain his outrage -- "I don't know how you could lie about such a thing." The only moral course for Blumenthal, Matthews suggested, was to fall on his sword, and if he doesn't, then the Senate -- that body of high virtue and moral standards -- maybe should refuse to seat him if he's elected. "The United States Senate cannot take on the morally dead weight of this candidate without honor."

Blumenthal received five deferments from the draft before joining a United States Marine Corps Reserve unit in Washington, DC in 1970. He served six months active duty, going through Marine boot camp at Parris Island, and then attended Reserve meetings and participated in summer exercises for six years. He did not serve in Vietnam, never heard a shot fired in anger, and never apparently was in danger of losing his life while on active duty.

Blumenthal has been Connecticut's attorney general for 19 years. He has on at least one occasion in public alluded to having served in Vietnam. He characterized his misrepresentation in a news conference on Tuesday as "misplaced words". On at least one other occasion, while debating on television, Blumenthal stated that he did not serve in Vietnam. Today he apologized for having "misspoken" about having served there and said he regretted doing it.

<snip>

finish reading at
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-meyer/chris-matthews-climb-down_b_581158.html

[NotThisTime]

25. Tweety is still pissed Spector lost last night.... he was angry at everyone after

his first guest...

[BrklynLiberal]

26. Yes. It seemed obvious that Spector was one of his childhood idols..