The vast majority of the Connecticut media is proving to be an embarrassment to the journalism profession as they either ignore or twist the facts in Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s Vietnamgate. As of 2 p.m….
NBC’s Tom Monahan, one of the few Connecticut political journalists who give as accurate account of the latest “shoe to drop” in Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s Vietnamgate.
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A veteran Connecticut Assistant Attorney General claims that Richard Blumenthal falsely told him 18 years ago that he had served as a Marine in Vietnam.
“It is the most despicable disgusting thing,” assistant attorney general Richard R. Hine told me in a telephone interview this morning.
Hine, a 24-year veteran trial attorney working for Blumenthal, said not only did Blumenthal lie to him 18 years ago about serving in Vietnam, he had heard Blumenthal make similar false statements at about five functions the two attended together over the years. He said he could not pinpoint any of the five. Blumenthal is now the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Chris Dodd.
While the rest of the Connecticut media has forgotten or forgiven (or pretended it never happened) state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s false claims at scores of speeches to veterans that he served as a Marine…
How things have changed at the Chicago Tribune since the Tribune Company went into bankruptcy and the new CEO Randy Michaels took over the chain.
According to Blogs.Vocalo.org, top executives of the new Tribune Co., led, Michaels, turned what had been a shrine to the legendary publisher – Col. Robert R. McCormick- into a gambling, drinking and smoking party. The blog item was discovered by my friend and fellow Watchdog, Dave Lieber, head of Watchdog Nation, who sent it to me.
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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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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…