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To: MissesBush
Bottom line here ... speaking as a Marine from that era ... I give Blumenthal some credit ... he survived boot camp at Parris Island. The rest is all about someone with political ambitions burnishing his credentials and getting carried away in the process. Not unlike 'rats like Kerry & Murtha who actually served in Vietnam, who did much the same thing, by portraying themselves (falsely) as hero warriors.
Then, of course, you have the POS Bill Clinton who managed to avoid the draft by deceit and lies & managed to become POTUS.
9 posted on 05/17/2010 8:16:49 PM PDT by BluH2o
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To: BluH2o

So what? He survived boot camp like thousands of others. Semper Fidelis doesn’t include lies.


18 posted on 05/17/2010 9:15:46 PM PDT by Henry Hnyellar
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To: BluH2o
The rest is all about someone with political ambitions burnishing his credentials and getting carried away in the process.

Horse manure.
This is a case of stolen valor, and this p.o.s. Blumenthal should go to jail.

21 posted on 05/17/2010 9:36:15 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: BluH2o
((Psssttt it was quite fashionable for well connected young men to find a safe slot in a Reserve or National Guard outfit - See Bush, George W.)
22 posted on 05/17/2010 9:38:14 PM PDT by investigateworld (Abortion Stops A Beating Heart)
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To: BluH2o


Bottom line here ... speaking as a Marine from that era ... I give Blumenthal
some credit ... he survived boot camp at Parris Island.

I would say the same, being a never-served civilian.

Too bad the honorable Marine indoctrination (and I say that as a positive),
with the vow to “keep our honor clean” just didn’t stick.
Fortunately, the dishonor is all his, individually.


34 posted on 05/18/2010 7:17:54 AM PDT by VOA
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To: BluH2o; Henry Hnyellar
Bottom line here ... speaking as a Marine from that era ... I give Blumenthal some credit ... he survived boot camp at Parris Island.

Do you have a source for Blumenthal going through Parris Island? It's possible he went through San Diego, but my guess is that he did the "Platoon Leader Class" and went into the reserves as a second louie.

38 posted on 05/18/2010 10:24:39 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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