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This Democrat, this possible future United States Senator from Connecticut, has created as fabulous a creation as did Scott Thomas Beauchamp. Except, of course, Beauchamp actually was in Iraq. Richard Blumenthal was never in Vietnam. But he said he was.

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal at a news conference Tuesday at a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in West Hartford, Conn.

From the New York Times (who will bury this story as soon as possible; notice how far away from November it actually broke ? )...

Blumenthal Calls Military Claim ‘Misplaced Words’

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, a Democrat running for the United States Senate, said he took “full responsibility” for saying he had served in Vietnam when he actually received deferments between 1965 and 1970, worked in the Nixon White House and then joined the Marine Corps Reserve.
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Mr. Blumenthal said he had been unaware of “those misplaced words” when he said them. He said that the errors were "totally unintentional" errors and that he had made them on only a small number of occasions in hundreds of public appearances.

Ummm, no. Richard Blumenthal gradually embellished a story of Vietnam involvement over the years until it became a grand lie from which he can't hide. He did serve in the Marine Reserves, but never set foot in Vietnam.

He had more deferments than did Dick Cheney, five of 'em.

I'll bet most vets who did serve in combat zones won't appreciate Mr. Blumenthal's 'misplaced words', and likely most will have a few choice words for him of their own. Check out some of the real-time twitter search results for "Blumenthal" to gauge some of the reaction this fabulist is garnering. And check out Milblogger Uncle Jimbo at Blackfive...

OK buddy you are busted and it's time to take your ass back home and stay out of our sight. I know quite a few Vietnam vets starting with my old man and his two full tours who might not take kindly to you riding their coat tails. The nice thing is he is running to replace another loser Chris Dodd and this damn sure better be enough to throw that seat to the other team. Uh.... buh bye.

The comments there are worth reading.

But this isn't the end of Mr. Blumenthal. He's a proud Democrat, and he'll stick around, without shame, and various moochers will vote for him no matter what he's said or done. Just look around at what's in various offices proudly wearing that (D).

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