The Lying CT Attorney General and Vietnam Veterans


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Milliwog is offline Milliwog Post #1  May 20,2010, 8:58pm
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My late husband was a Vietnam era veteran. I didn't realize how much it affected him for the rest of his life until after he died. We met when I was 21 and he was 27. Upon reflection he had already lived a lifetime and I was just getting started. I loved his intelligence, his compassion and sensitivity. But I couldn't really understand why he had unresolved anger and was never able to complete things. I once remarked to a friend that I was sad that he never became what he should have been. He had the brain of an engineer, yet never was able to finish school, even though he tried several times.

After his death I met an Iraqi war vet who had been diagnosed with PTSD. There was something about him that reminded me of my husband, so I started reading about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It was at that point that things started to make sense. Even though he was never on the ground in Vietnam, he was an xray tech at Walter Reed in Washington D.C. and saw many of the worst war casualties which made him feel very guilty that he hadn't been there. His hours off work were spent in Pop Deedle's bar. I don't think anyone knew how hard that time in his life was. And I know that he never would have believed that he had PTSD, even if they were making that diagnosis when he was still in the army or shortly thereafter.

I say all this to express my outrage that a man in public office, an attorney general of a state and senatorial candidate, would lie about serving in Vietnam. He knew that he was never there, but has been dining out on a supposed "brotherhood" with men who really were there, whose lives were forever changed. How dare he? How can he even look at himself in the mirror and hold the office of attorney general? Men like that deserved to be SHAMED.
 
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You know I like to post threads that Friends do, girlFriend.....but did you have to post it in Politics?

My Dad was in WW2. First husband, Vietnam. Second husband got lucky; they sent him to Korea DMZ instead. A nephew was a Marine in Bosnia. All my uncles served. Only my brothers-in-law escaped; the last of their lines.

Men in my family serve.

But.....I will say this.

Once I was in the newspaper. The story was somewhat true, somewhat not.

I don't know the truth of this particular story. I do imagine the Truth is probably in between the extremes. It usually is.

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Blumenthal?s Words Differ From His History - NYTimes.com

Sadly, there doesn't seem to be much actual dispute over whether he served on the ground in Vietnam. If the man has any integrity, he needs to reveal that now.
 
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Milliwog wrote :
Blumenthal?s Words Differ From His History - NYTimes.com

Sadly, there doesn't seem to be much actual dispute over whether he served on the ground in Vietnam. If the man has any integrity, he needs to reveal that now.
I agree with you. The New York Times was actually attacked by Blumenthal's supporters for taking his statement out of context. Last night Bill O'Riley played the entire speech that the Times (partially) quoted. What's mind boggling is the Blumenthal started by talking about his service during the "Vietnam Era" (not claiming to have served in the war). It was a good speech. Then at the end he made as statement, essentially repeating what he had said moments before, but adding "when I served in Vietnam." It's clear that he made the claim. He allegedly did this numerous times. It's disgusting. And then for him to play the victim, is just insulting.
 
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It's actually much worse then what you'll hear on most media outlets. At one point he talked about coming back from Vietnam and being spit on by protesters. I mean that takes it to a whole new level. There is no way he can say he just "mispoke." He was intentionally trying to mislead people to get votes. The fact that there are some rushing to his side to defend him is outrageous.

Then in my opinion he makes it even worse when he tries to explain it, and he ends with something along the lines of "I will not let anyone demean my service in the Marine Reserves for which I am very proud of." In other words, the real problem isn't him but all those people who pointed out his lies. This is a typical game that politicians on all sides get into when they get caught at something. They just attack the messenger. If he gets away with it and still wins then it is a real travesty. And yes I'd say the same thing if he was a Republican.
 
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I remember this, I agree that he should not have said some thing that was un true. the point he was tring to make is that public attude is better now then then, and it is.
 
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Despite this, he is still has done such an incredible amount for the people that he represents that he will win that seat handily. Instead of winning by a monumental landslide he will only win by a considerable margin.

Whether or not he was involved in war has little to do with the man that he is. Very, very little to do with the position that he is seeking or his ability to do that job.

Why would the voters of CT let a side issue to take the front seat in such a decision as to who to support? You could not live hear & not know of the quality behind the attorney general.

What he did during Vietnam is inconsequential in his entire political career. His advancement has/had nothing to do with his military service at all.

Personally, I don't see a difference between any persons that assumed a position in the military. It is likely that most any one enlisted could be called to duty if need be.

I don't know why he made certain statements & when. Silly & unnecessary for him to do so.
 
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Bigfin, shouldn't veracity matter for an attorney general? No, military service is not a requirement for being a successful public servant. But character is. And being a big fat liar sorta brings his overall character into question. If he'll lie for votes then maybe he'll also lie to win cases.
 
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brixjnz wrote :
Bigfin, shouldn't veracity matter for an attorney general? No, military service is not a requirement for being a successful public servant. But character is. And being a big fat liar sorta brings his overall character into question. If he'll lie for votes then maybe he'll also lie to win cases.
If I believed that he had recieved votes due to his military service then I might agree.

He has been extremely public for a very long time. Any mention of military is absolutely miniscule.

I can't call into question his character which is spotless more than 99.5 % of his public life. The other 0.5 % just doesn't compute in that decision.
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Despite this, he is still has done such an incredible amount for the people that he represents that he will win that seat handily. Instead of winning by a monumental landslide he will only win by a considerable margin.

Whether or not he was involved in war has little to do with the man that he is. Very, very little to do with the position that he is seeking or his ability to do that job.

Why would the voters of CT let a side issue to take the front seat in such a decision as to who to support? You could not live hear & not know of the quality behind the attorney general.

What he did during Vietnam is inconsequential in his entire political career. His advancement has/had nothing to do with his military service at all.

Personally, I don't see a difference between any persons that assumed a position in the military. It is likely that most any one enlisted could be called to duty if need be.

I don't know why he made certain statements & when. Silly & unnecessary for him to do so.
Big fin maks two great and truthfull points. Any one in the milatary, officer or enlisted, can be sent any where and told to do any thing. It is the desion of the powers that be. I was in the Navy at that time and it was only by the grace of God and the wisdom of BUPERS that I did not go to VetNum.
Also it is the desion of the people that he represents that have to make the choice, to the rest they can tell us that it is none of our business. There I go killing a nother thried snd losding every one with my bad spelling. (not mad enbarrassed)
 
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