Blumenthal Campaign Denies He Lied About Vietnam Service
From the Atlantic:
“The New York Times story is an outrageous distortion of Dick Blumenthal’s record of service,” Blumenthal’s campaign manager, Mindy Myers, said in a statement.
“Unlike many of his peers, Dick Blumenthal voluntarily joined the Marine Corps Reserves in 1970 and served for six months in Parris Island, SC and six years in the reserves. He received no special treatment from anyone.”
“Voluntarily” my ass. He got five deferments in five years to avoid service in Vietnam and when he couldn’t get anymore, he joined a reserve unit he knew wasn’t going to deploy (which isn’t true today-4th Civil Affairs Group is getting deployed a lot).
Blumenthal is having a press conference today at 2 pm ET to discuss these charges (i.e. trying to kill the story).
The video (he says he was in Vietnam around 0:35):
Category: Media, Phony soldiers, Politics
Maybe noted Vietnam combat ace Tom Harkin will be standing by his side?
I actually supported Blumenthal on some issues (Primarily Carcieri) but I would dive into a vat of boiling hydrochloric acid before I’d support him now.
Does Mr. Blumenthal not understand that there is video of him saying it? Are we supposed to believe him or our lying ears?
COB6, day-um, you bitchslapped him on that one!
Hmm: “… the days I served in Viet Nam… ” (must’ve been that evil Sara Palin behind it, like she was behind Michael Jackson’s death– she, Bigfoot and Elvis altered the tape).