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Blumenthal's words on Vietnam Service differ from History

I served 9 years, I often say 8, for some reason, my enlistment, is what's stuck in my head, not actual time. :shrug:


I don't think Bush was being malicious as this d00d was, I think he just possibly got it mixed up. There is no benefit to lying about 2 additional years of service.


Now if he claimed we was an army seal who flew a-10's for the marines, that would be something. :cool:

I agree that, if he claimed he was was an army it would be something. Yeap I agree that he possibly got mixed up. One of my teachers at school still is in the cost guard he was the wood shop teacher.
 
Hilarious after all this time people still bring Bush in to the conversation.

I hope you realize how foolish it makes you look to do a comparison like this.

How about addressing the actual situation?
 
That's not careless, it's lying.

I don't see anyone defending Cheney here.

Sure its careless. Your issue tucker is you don't have the "hyper partisans rulebook: Liberal Edition".

If you did it'd be clear.

See, it clearly denotes that if a Democrat lies about information repeatedly he is simply being "careless" and should never be refered to as anything but as you attempt to defend and excuse it and shift blame.

However, if a Republican did something that is even a fraction similar to that then they should be called a liar and be dubbed a juvenile name as if you are still partaking in recess at elementary school.

Its really not that hard to understand Tuck, come on now ;)
 
blumenthal's boneheadedness probably puts this seat in play

it just might turn out to be the chair that gives control of upper house to the gop

florida has been switched back to the red column after rubio opened up his 8 point lead over crist

we're gonna take evan bayh's seat in indiana, byron dorgan's in dakota, ms lincoln's in arkansas...

low hanging fruit, easy pickings

we're very strong in illinois---that's OBAMA'S SEAT (cuz giannoulias is a mafioso with a bankrupt bank)

BIDEN's delaware is in a big red bag

the MAJORITY LEADER's in nevada---no problem

specter's in pennsylvania---if admiral sestak wins today he will give the tea partier toomey more trouble, if benedict arlen holds on the keystone is MINE

michael bennett in colorado---he was APPOINTED, not elected, he was moved up from supt of DENVER SCHOOLS to replace SALAZAR (who's having BIG troubles in congress today) who was promoted to interior

mr bennett has major problems, aside from his never having won his seat

he's way too san francisco for the mainstream western dems that made the rocky mountains such a huge blue pickup last time

one time superstar governor bill ritter has announced HIS resignation

bennett was leapfrogged from nowhere ahead of the state's careerist dems, there's much resentment

and a PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUPT---i mean, what would you expect?

way out, man, way too obama for toyota tacoma territory

that's EIGHT---indiana, north dakota, illinois, delaware, nevada, pennsylvania, colorado, arkansas

we need TEN to take over

(but coming close is gonna be just as good, obama's entire agenda will become irrelevant, his tiny majority intimidated by the groundswell)

dead dodd's seat gets us scarily close

we still have barbara boxer who's beatable, patty murray in washington, russ feingold in wisconsin...

worry
 
he was careless
but the fact is that blumenthal IS a veteran of the vietnam era, with half a year at parris island to show for it
his DD214 will reflect that fact

looks like a ripe opportunity to compare how blumenthal comported himself to that politically connected flyboy who protected texas from the viet cong until he got too coked up to report to the flight surgeon for his qualifying physical, and let's also compare military credentials with the fellow who would become the shrub's VP

yes, let's do continue this discussion and these comparisons
no, he lied. this can't be sugarcoated.
 
I served 9 years, I often say 8, for some reason, my enlistment, is what's stuck in my head, not actual time. :shrug:


I don't think Bush was being malicious as this d00d was, I think he just possibly got it mixed up. There is no benefit to lying about 2 additional years of service.


Now if he claimed we was an army seal who flew a-10's for the marines, that would be something. :cool:

My buddy was the door-gunner for a submarine... ; )
 
This guy is a ****ing moron. I wonder why he did this; the lie doesn't even benefit him. There was nothing dishonorable about his ACTUAL military record.

I think he's gone. When CNN flat-out calls a candidate a liar, that's pretty much game over. I hope he steps down so the Democrats can actually nominate someone who is A) electable, and B) not a complete douchebag.
 
What pisses me off about this is that because he has no ability to be honest, it's those of us in the democratic party who will suffer. When I hear about corrupt republicans, it does not bother me much. Corrupt democrats piss me off no end, and it's because they are not just corrupt(or in this case a lier), but because they hurt me and the rest of the democrats.
 
I mean technically he served during Vietnam... maybe he told himself he was a Vietnam Veteran so many times for so many years he forgot it wasn't really true. They say a lie told often enough becomes the truth.

I don't buy it at all. He applied for as many deferments as Dick "5 Deferments" Cheney, in order to avoid the draft. You never forget all the steps you took to avoid the draft, since avoiding it was a major part of your life.

Why did I bring Dick Cheney up, you ask? Because there is a difference between Cheney and Blumenthal. Cheney never lied about it, and like him or not, that is the difference.

With this coming out, no self respecting American should vote for Blumenthal. Vote Republican, even if you are a Democrat. Next voting cycle, the Dems will undoubtedly be able to field a better candidate. But for right now, why in the world would you want to vote for a pathological liar?
 
he was careless
but the fact is that blumenthal IS a veteran of the vietnam era, with half a year at parris island to show for it
his DD214 will reflect that fact

looks like a ripe opportunity to compare how blumenthal comported himself to that politically connected flyboy who protected texas from the viet cong until he got too coked up to report to the flight surgeon for his qualifying physical, and let's also compare military credentials with the fellow who would become the shrub's VP

yes, let's do continue this discussion and these comparisons
Others have already pointed out the obvious differences in your proffered comparison. Let's discuss another one. Of course Bush was never actually known to have a cocaine problem nor was he ever arrested for cocaine possession. That lie was debunked a long long time ago and the fact you are repeating it means you have a very lose command of the facts. But I guess if you wanted to talk about cocaine we could talk about all those years the brother of a future POTUS from Arkansas was a known coke dealer? Ya know, the same time period he regularly attended saurez at his brother's house? Aka the governors mansion? Yeah I guess if we wanted to have that conversation we could indeed find some rank hypocrisy in play.:roll:
Meanwhile Blumenthal even went as far as to speak to a veterans group, detailing how he was spat on and afraid to wear his uniform after returning home from Vietnam. What a manipulative scumbag.
"We have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam." (Dick Blumenthal, March 2008 Norwalk, CT)

"It was a sad moment. He [Blumenthal] said, 'When we came back, we were spat on; we couldn't wear our uniforms.' It looked like he was sad to me when he said it." (Jean Risley, Chairwoman of the Connecticut Vietnam Veterans Memorial Inc)


Good news is he has been caught lying, or what was it? He misspoke and I suspect it will the the cherry on his candidacy. A sign that all is well.;)
 
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I love NYT's title for this article. "Candidate’s Words on Vietnam Service Differ From History"

Instead of accusing people of lying I'm going to start saying that their "words differ from reality"
 
What pisses me off about this is that because he has no ability to be honest, it's those of us in the democratic party who will suffer. When I hear about corrupt republicans, it does not bother me much. Corrupt democrats piss me off no end, and it's because they are not just corrupt(or in this case a lier), but because they hurt me and the rest of the democrats.

It's still a week until the deadline. Hopefully this bozo drops out. The Democrats have plenty of good candidates in Connecticut.
 
Just ANOTHER example of what lying P.O.S.'s politician's really are.
 
The timing of the well crafted expose' of this lying loser is predictable. What are we...about 6 months away from Nov.? Since I seriously doubt he'll withdraw...or Libs will require him to, this will all be labeled "old news" and "unimportant" as the election nears....
 
Blumenthal acted shamefully. It's sad to see politicians abusing military service in order to look good. I think it's hilarious how he claims he wasn't truly lying :rofl
 
he was careless
but the fact is that blumenthal IS a veteran of the vietnam era, with half a year at parris island to show for it
his DD214 will reflect that fact

looks like a ripe opportunity to compare how blumenthal comported himself to that politically connected flyboy who protected texas from the viet cong until he got too coked up to report to the flight surgeon for his qualifying physical, and let's also compare military credentials with the fellow who would become the shrub's VP

yes, let's do continue this discussion and these comparisons

BDS is strong with you

Bush never claimed to be an ace

Never claimed to have served in Vietnam

and the bush-cheney ticket had far more military service than the two clowns who hold those offices now
 
What pisses me off about this is that because he has no ability to be honest, it's those of us in the democratic party who will suffer. When I hear about corrupt republicans, it does not bother me much. Corrupt democrats piss me off no end, and it's because they are not just corrupt(or in this case a lier), but because they hurt me and the rest of the democrats.

The dem party is based on a lie

rich elitists claiming they want to help the poor is the biggest lie foisted upon the USA in our history
 
Um... that's every politician ever...

GOP types don't try to keep the poor poor while telling them they are gonna make them rich

They tell the rich that they are gonna keep the government from stealing more of the wealth
 
he was careless
but the fact is that blumenthal IS a veteran of the vietnam era, with half a year at parris island to show for it
his DD214 will reflect that fact

looks like a ripe opportunity to compare how blumenthal comported himself to that politically connected flyboy who protected texas from the viet cong until he got too coked up to report to the flight surgeon for his qualifying physical, and let's also compare military credentials with the fellow who would become the shrub's VP

yes, let's do continue this discussion and these comparisons

:rofl

You know what - you're right. I think GWB is unlikely to win the CT Senate race this year, much like Blumenthal. Good point.

I don't buy it at all. He applied for as many deferments as Dick "5 Deferments" Cheney, in order to avoid the draft. You never forget all the steps you took to avoid the draft, since avoiding it was a major part of your life.

Why did I bring Dick Cheney up, you ask? Because there is a difference between Cheney and Blumenthal. Cheney never lied about it, and like him or not, that is the difference.

With this coming out, no self respecting American should vote for Blumenthal. Vote Republican, even if you are a Democrat. Next voting cycle, the Dems will undoubtedly be able to field a better candidate. But for right now, why in the world would you want to vote for a pathological liar?

One other thing, it's somewhat tangential, but still interesting to me.

Everyone makes so much about the fact that Cheney got 5 deferments, as if that means he's some sort of failure. Do you know who else got 5 deferments? Our current vice president.

Nobody seems to know or give a **** about that though.
 
:rofl

You know what - you're right. I think GWB is unlikely to win the CT Senate race this year, much like Blumenthal. Good point.

Whew -- good thing eh? That GWB is still ****ing things up after 20 months of being on his ranch. He must have morphed into a very powerful occult diviner and is reaching out with his massive powers to still, penetrate the tin foil hats of the progressive believers.
 
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