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I feel a little bad for Blumenthal.

Posted by Dr.Vermin (aka Dr.Vermin) May 21 '10, 16:13

I can understand how over the course of decades and thousands of speeches, how something can gradually go from being emphasized to exaggerated to misstated. I could give him the benefit of the doubt that there was never a moment where he consciously decided to lie about serving *in* Vietnam. And the (repeated) instances where he "misspoke" probably don't directly reflect on his competence as attorney general or congressman or whatever.

But there are a few areas in which absolute clarity is required, and your status as a war veteran is something you cannot get sloppy with and expect to slide by.

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It's far from the worst thing a politician has lied about... -- nm - znufrii May 21, 16:25 12
- The timing seems a bit swiftboaty. (Am I using that correctly?) -- nm - Beryllium May 21, 16:29 5
  - In the sense that his critics have the facts on their side, yes. - Dr.Vermin May 21, 16:31 2
    - I meant it in the sense that the media were tossed some chum and went to town, not necessarily doing a proper investigation. -- nm - Beryllium May 21, 16:34
    - Wow, you don't care *who* you piss off! - Reagen May 21, 16:33
  - the McMahon campaign was openly gloating to the press that it was the source of the videotape -- nm - pixman May 21, 16:30
  - There's no seems about it - the McMahon campaign has taken credit. -- nm - Reagen May 21, 16:30
- lying implies intent to deceive - pixman May 21, 16:28 4
  - Deceive. Inveigle. Obfuscate. - Beryllium May 21, 16:33 2
    - why would you obfuscate at the start of a speech only to be totally clear on the same point later in the same speech? -- nm - pixman May 21, 16:34 1
      - The power of suggestion. -- nm - Beryllium May 21, 16:35
  - that too... -- nm - znufrii May 21, 16:29
- Yes it is! -- nm - Slick Willy May 21, 16:26
It's a huge gaffe, but I just can't see LindaMac winning at a statewide level. - Tim May 21, 16:24
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what about the repeated instances where he was careful to be perfectly clear that he served in the reserves and not combat? -- nm - pixman May 21, 16:15 2
- "hey, there were some times where I *didn't* crash the car" - Good Driver? May 21, 16:22 1
  - yeah, what a sneaky liar. throwing in those non-lies just to cover up for the real lies -- nm - pixman May 21, 16:23

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