The next thing you know you are telling people about your wife, Morgan Fairchild, who you've seen naked.....
Posted on 05/18/2010 8:25:55 PM PDT by Chet 99
May 18, 2010
Colleague Says Blumenthal Claims Grew Gradually
By MICHAEL BARBARO and DAVID M. HALBFINGER
Former Representative Christopher Shays of Connecticut found it puzzling: over time, his friend Attorney General Richard Blumenthal kept revising how he talked about his military service during the Vietnam War. At first, in the 1980s, he was humble. He played it down, Mr. Shays recalled, characterizing it as humdrum desk work.
Over the last few years, however, more sweeping claims crept into Mr. Blumenthal’s descriptions, he said: that Mr. Blumenthal had served in Vietnam and had felt the sting of an ungrateful nation as he returned.
“He just kept adding to the story, the more he told it,” Mr. Shays said.
Mr. Shays said he became alarmed enough by the discrepancies that he at times considered mentioning the issue to Mr. Blumenthal, who on Tuesday said he took “full responsibility” for the occasions when he “misspoke” about his military history.
As it turned out, Mr. Blumenthal never served in Vietnam, but over time, his identification with veterans of war became so strong that some of those around him, like Mr. Shays, just assumed he had. He made it a point to attend the funeral of every active soldier from Connecticut killed in the line of duty, and he rearranges his schedule so he can speak at the ceremony for soldiers about to deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Why is the NYT going after this guy? Perhaps it is their token “taken down” Democrat....?
If he talked about his return and the greeting he got, then he is a stone cold liar.
I never saw this guy until tonight, he looks like a total elitist weirdo.
I’ll give Blumenthal this much. At least he didn’t apply for a Purple Heart after shooting himself in the ass with an M-79 grenade. It took a Hanoi Boi ‘RAT to do that.
This guy is suffering from what a lot of people do. They embellish a bit, and pretty soon their brains record it as actual memories.
i.e. The thousands who believe they were taken up to alien spaceships.
Our memories are fragile and modifiable.
That said - rule one is don’t lie or expand on your resume’
I wished I’d have known about all this “mis-spoke” thing in high school. Such as when the teacher called on me to answer a question and I answered it wrong. She’d tell me I gave the wrong answer then I’d have said “I’m sorry. I mis-spoke.” If she gave me another chance and I didn’t know the answer I’d have said “I’m sorry. I’m not taking anymore questions on that subject today.”
Don’t put those of us who’ve been abducted by aliens in the same category with this creep!
They embellish a bit, and pretty soon their brains record it as actual memories.
“Yeah, that’s the ticket!”
I dont know, maybe they want to take him out in the primary so that he doesnt blow up in the general.
Pathetic. I’ll give him credit for attending military funerals to pay his respects.
All false war heroes stories grow slowly. From an idea to mental fruition takes years. I have known several over the years. I let them build their stories, then devastate them in a short period of time ... usually with facts that they can’t dispute.
As a vet who has lost bros, I find this something that makes my life and their deaths worth wild.
Hope this makes sense.
I think that was the excuse the libs made for the Ft. Hood jihadi.
Never mind the minor detail that he blatantly lied on numerous occasions about his service in Vietnam.
This guy is suffering from what a lot of people do. They embellish a bit, and pretty soon their brains record it as actual memories.
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As in, just how many people went to Woodstock, and then just how many people hung onto the Who’s helocopter. Or just how many Green Berets we have met who spent time in Nam. Given a little more rope...er...time, this guy could have been a Green Beret!
The last sentence is hysterical!
Not entirely!
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The next thing you know you are telling people about your wife, Morgan Fairchild, who you've seen naked.....
I suppose you meant, “worth while”, for “worth wild”.
That's like claiming to be a doctor because you are born in a hospital
Put a fork in this wind bag - he's done.
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