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The Pulitizer-prize winning PolitiFact.com has outed another politician attempting to mislead some constituents into believing he served as a Marine IN VIETNAM,  just like Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. In its column today, PolitiFact hones…

I am simply posting Rick Green’s blog tonight and let the readers decide what is fact and what is fiction.

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Rick Green

on May 26, 2010 9:44 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Consumer blogger Gombossy is up off the mattress and trying to breath new life into the sagging Blumenthal-lied-about-Vietnam story. Gombo dialed up Chris Shays, who describes himself as a good friend of the attorney general, to see if the former Connecticut congressman could recover any new memories of Blumenthal blunders he witnessed, dreamed, imagined or heard about on Fox News.

Former Connecticut Congressman Chris Shays said tonight that he became convinced that Attorney General Richard Blumenthal was a “combat veteran” of the Vietnam war after listening to numerous speeches that Blumenthal and he gave to veteran organizations over the years.

In a telephone interview with me, Shays said Blumenthal never outright said he was in Vietnam but by frequently using the “we” word in discussing combat and service in Vietnam it was clear to him what Blumenthal was intimating.

“He was giving the impression that he was in the fight,” said Shays, who clearly was uncomfortable discussing this issue.

The longer this controversy goes on about Ct Attorney Richard Blumenthal’s false claims that instead of ducking Vietnam duty, he actually served in Vietnam, the more disgusted I get as some of the Connecticut media….

In seeking support from Connecticut newspaper editorial editors, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal wrote them all emails last week where he again distorted his military record. In his letter (printed in full from the one received…

Richard Blumenthal has more to worry about than his race to take over the U.S. Senate seat of Chris Dodd. He needs to be concerned about whether he can effectively serve out his last term…

State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, hoping to defuse the growing controversy of having been caught telling crowds he wore his Marine uniform in Vietnam, has apologized, but not for lying. In a written statement to…

Normally when introducing you to someone else’s column I take their top two paragraph’s and then link you to their full column. In this case, I am giving you the last graphs of Washington Post’s…

Check Cool Justice Report’s take on the growing controversy here.

The Associated Press – where most Americans get their state-wide and national news – is taking Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s side by constantly using Blumenthal’s version as fact, instead of using more neutral words….

The following is the top of Connecticut Magazine Editor Charles Monagan’s take on why state Atty. Gen. Richard Blumenthal made up stories about serving in Vietnam: Anyone who has been involved in Connecticut politics or…

We all had an opportunity to watch how both Ct Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and the media handle an explosive political hot potato as the New York Times revealed Monday that on numerous occasions the enforcer of Connecticut laws lied when he either indicated or flat out said he served in Vietnam.

The New York Times had him cold with a video that Blumenthal was unaware was being shot at a gathering two years ago where he told the crowd he had been in Vietnam, newspaper clips where he said the same on other occasions, and a fellow politician saying he heard Blumenthal tell the same tale so often he too was convinced that Blumenthal had worn his Marine uniform in Saigon.

There has been a lot of spin by state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, his devout supporters, and even some media about Blumenthal misleading the public about his military record. Blumenthal insists that it was a…

As much as I personally like Ct Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and believe he has done much to protect consumers and veterans, his ability to continue to effectively serve as the state’s lawyer is jeopardized.

As long as he claims it was only a slip of the tongue that led to his saying he was in Vietnam during the war is so ludicrous that only his most ardent supporters and those who don’t know U.S. history will swallow it.

I have watched the FULL tape (which is on this site) of his 2008 speech.