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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 01:11 PM
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36. Assuming he misled people on purpose
and I have not enough evidence to make this case, (Hatchet job and all), there is this little known act called the Stolen Valor Act. It could be a big deal... One misstatement does not a legal case make though... he's said he served during the Nam Era.

That said if this was a Republican you'd never see this.

But if there is a pattern... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_Valor_Act_of_2005

Look it up, and I am willing to bet that not even the idiots at GOP Central are willing to file charges.
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  -Is Richard Blumenthal's Vietnam Problem That Big of a Deal? erpowers  May-19-10 09:41 AM   #0 
  - No  WI_DEM   May-19-10 09:43 AM   #1 
  - Agreed, there is no pattern...the NY Times is shit...when a person  joeybee12   May-19-10 09:45 AM   # 
  - You make a good point  Renew Deal   May-19-10 09:43 AM   #2 
  - I know some of the Vietnam vets have rallied behind him...  hlthe2b   May-19-10 09:48 AM   #5 
  - The only one that "shouted the lie"  sharp_stick   May-19-10 09:49 AM   #6 
  - At the Debate  erpowers   May-19-10 09:54 AM   #11 
     - Two of his many statements about NOT serving in VN . . .  pinboy3niner   May-19-10 10:34 AM   #25 
  - No, it was McMahon trying to create something. She caught him one time  Jennicut   May-19-10 09:45 AM   #3 
  - I hope this backfires on her bigtime  pinboy3niner   May-19-10 09:57 AM   #13 
  - Yes.. he did it multiple times and the intent was to mislead.  ddeclue   May-19-10 09:48 AM   #4 
  - No kidding. I wonder about this place sometimes.  xultar   May-19-10 09:53 AM   #10 
  - Yes it is. If a wingnut was doing it we'd be all over them calling them a liar  xultar   May-19-10 09:51 AM   #7 
  - Not Being Two-Faced  erpowers   May-19-10 10:04 AM   #16 
  - AND, he has a record of supporting vets in CT in his office as Attorney General.  CTyankee   May-19-10 10:10 AM   #17 
     - So, lets see. If a Republican had lied about his service but served vets well  xultar   May-19-10 10:22 AM   #20 
        - So, let's see. So you want to throw Dick B. under the bus, with all of his  CTyankee   May-19-10 12:10 PM   #31 
        - We are not saying it is okay, we are looking at reality. There is no one to  Jennicut   May-19-10 12:55 PM   #32 
           - McMahon bringing WWE spectacle to the United States Senate  pinboy3niner   May-19-10 01:08 PM   #33 
           - Same here.  Dawson Leery   May-19-10 01:10 PM   #35 
  - Dude, he lied about his service in Vietnam,  MadHound   May-19-10 09:51 AM   #8 
  - NO SHIT!!!!  xultar   May-19-10 10:28 AM   #22 
  - Well if we want to  nykym   May-19-10 09:52 AM   #9 
  - As a veteran who has an older brother who almost didn't return from the Vietnam War ...  ShortnFiery   May-19-10 09:55 AM   #12 
  - Yes And No...  KharmaTrain   May-19-10 10:00 AM   #14 
  - He's not Nick Nolte in "Tropic Thunder"  DefenseLawyer   May-19-10 10:04 AM   #15 
  - Word  pscot   May-19-10 10:43 AM   #27 
  - I guess that's up to the Democratic voters of...  brendan120678   May-19-10 10:14 AM   #18 
  - Now I see that there is controversy over his choice of venue...  brendan120678   May-19-10 10:20 AM   #19 
  - When he brags about being a Marine Veteran, he should also brag about his FIVE deferments. n/t  cherokeeprogressive   May-19-10 10:26 AM   #21 
  - +1  xultar   May-19-10 10:29 AM   #23 
  - Unlike the chickenhawks who evaded service, he was anti-war  pinboy3niner   May-19-10 10:47 AM   #28 
  - It is a big deal. He lied about his service and then he lied about what he said about his service.  OmmmSweetOmmm   May-19-10 10:34 AM   #24 
  - How well do you remember the story about Hillary under fire?  Winterblues   May-19-10 10:36 AM   #26 
  - He lied  spiritual_gunfighter   May-19-10 10:48 AM   #29 
  - If the NY Times had taken this route when  asjr   May-19-10 11:01 AM   #30 
  - No. But it won't go away. nt  LLStarks   May-19-10 01:10 PM   #34 
  - Assuming he misled people on purpose  nadinbrzezinski   May-19-10 01:11 PM   #36 
  - Did Bush ever say he was a Viet Nam Veteran? Someone might know this off the top of their head...  LaydeeBug   May-19-10 01:13 PM   #37 
  - I think Bush once compared  Spirochete   May-19-10 01:42 PM   #39 
  - I don't know how Connecticut voters will react but it would seem he  TheKentuckian   May-19-10 01:24 PM   #38 
  - It's only a big deal if you think the truth is important...  marshall   May-19-10 02:22 PM   #40 
  - To some of us that were in Vietnam it is a deal maybe not a big deal.  county worker   May-19-10 02:27 PM   #41 
 

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