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Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: Blumenthal Lies ()
Date: May 18, 2010 08:55AM

Vietnam allegations threaten frontrunning Blumenthal in CT-Senate
Updated, 10:43 pm

The New York Times' story detailing Connecticut Attorney General Dick Blumenthal's (D) misstatements about his service in Vietnam -- he received five deferments and never served in the country, according to the paper -- has the potential to fundamentally reshape the Nutmeg State Senate race.

Writes Raymond Hernandez:


"What is striking about Mr. Blumenthal's record is the contrast between the many steps he took that allowed him to avoid Vietnam, and the misleading way he often speaks about that period of his life now, especially when he is speaking at veterans' ceremonies or other patriotic events."

Oomph.

Blumenthal campaign manager Mindy Myers released a statement late Monday night describing the Times story as "an outrageous distortion" although she did not deny the fact that the candidate had misled people about the nature of his service. Myers noted that Blumenthal will appear at a press conference tomorrow with Connecticut veterans.

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee communications director Eric Schultz put the blame for the story on Republicans and, in particular, former World Wrestling Entertainment executive Linda McMahon who is running for the GOP nod.

"Its no surprise Republicans would want to smear Dick Blumenthal, considering all of the debauchery at [WWE] under Linda McMahon's watch," said Schultz.

Ed Patru, spokesman for McMahon, responded that "it's become increasingly clear to us over the past weeks and months as we've researched Mr. Blumenthal that there are some very troubling discrepancies between what he's been saying and the truth."

Simmons, who served in Vietnam, released a statement saying he was "deeply troubled" by the allegations against Blumenthal, adding: "Too many have sacrificed too much to have their valor stolen in this way."

Blumenthal, who has served as the state's top cop since 1988, has held a commanding lead in the open seat Senate race since he entered it. National Democrats spent months ensuring that the popular politician was ready to run if and when embattled Sen. Chris Dodd (D) decided not to seek re-election.

When Blumenthal entered the race, his poll numbers were stratospheric -- he held massive leads over McMahon and former Rep. Rob Simmons -- and Democrats insisted that they had saved a seat and, in so doing, squashed any talk of Republicans picking up the majority this fall.


Even amidst that celebration, however, there were some Democrats who warned that Blumenthal had not been tested in a serious campaign in more than two decades and that once punched -- as he inevitably would be in a high-profile race like this one -- he would collapse.

The Times story would seem to affirm the fears from those Democrats that Blumenthal was not the candidate he was cracked up to be.

"He's popular, but for no particular reason," said one senior Democratic strategist. "No one really knows him, and this fills in the blanks in a pretty devastating way." The strategist added that Connecticut remains strongly Democratic, which works in Blumenthal's favor but acknowledged: "It's a race now."

McMahon is regarded by most national Republicans as their preferred candidate due to her consider personal wealth and outsider profile. Simmons, however, does have an electoral base in his old eastern Connecticut district. The two will face off in an Aug. 10 primary that also includes investor Peter Schiff.

It remains to be seen how badly these revelations will damage Blumenthal's front-running candidacy. He faces only nominal primary opposition at the moment although the state's filing deadline isn't for another week. That week is going to be the toughest of Blumenthal's career.

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: WingNut ()
Date: May 18, 2010 09:54AM

I heard he's fighting these nefarious, swiftboat allegations with the help of Brian Dennehy and Jesse Macbeth.

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: Registered Voter ()
Date: May 18, 2010 10:24AM

Yeah, but you have to love a guy who embraces his time in Vietnam.... and yet never spent a day there.

Tar and feathers.

If you can’t model the past, where you know the answer pretty well, how can you model the future? - William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: Stinkfist ()
Date: May 18, 2010 10:34AM

Not as badass as the man who won THREE! THREE! Purple Hearts.

Did anyone know Kerry won THREEEEEEE! Purple Hearts?

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: ITRADE ()
Date: May 18, 2010 10:38AM


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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: RV out of the closet ()
Date: May 18, 2010 10:40AM

Blumenthal Lies Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Vietnam allegations threaten frontrunning
> Blumenthal in CT-Senate
> Updated, 10:43 pm
>
> The New York Times' story detailing Connecticut
> Attorney General Dick Blumenthal's (D)
> misstatements about his service in Vietnam -- he
> received five deferments and never served in the
> country, according to the paper -- has the
> potential to fundamentally reshape the Nutmeg
> State Senate race.
>
> Writes Raymond Hernandez:
>
>
> "What is striking about Mr. Blumenthal's record is
> the contrast between the many steps he took that
> allowed him to avoid Vietnam, and the misleading
> way he often speaks about that period of his life
> now, especially when he is speaking at veterans'
> ceremonies or other patriotic events."
>
> Oomph.
>
> Blumenthal campaign manager Mindy Myers released a
> statement late Monday night describing the Times
> story as "an outrageous distortion" although she
> did not deny the fact that the candidate had
> misled people about the nature of his service.
> Myers noted that Blumenthal will appear at a press
> conference tomorrow with Connecticut veterans.
>
> Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
> communications director Eric Schultz put the blame
> for the story on Republicans and, in particular,
> former World Wrestling Entertainment executive
> Linda McMahon who is running for the GOP nod.
>
> "Its no surprise Republicans would want to smear
> Dick Blumenthal, considering all of the debauchery
> at under Linda McMahon's watch," said Schultz.
>
> Ed Patru, spokesman for McMahon, responded that
> "it's become increasingly clear to us over the
> past weeks and months as we've researched Mr.
> Blumenthal that there are some very troubling
> discrepancies between what he's been saying and
> the truth."
>
> Simmons, who served in Vietnam, released a
> statement saying he was "deeply troubled" by the
> allegations against Blumenthal, adding: "Too many
> have sacrificed too much to have their valor
> stolen in this way."
>
> Blumenthal, who has served as the state's top cop
> since 1988, has held a commanding lead in the open
> seat Senate race since he entered it. National
> Democrats spent months ensuring that the popular
> politician was ready to run if and when embattled
> Sen. Chris Dodd (D) decided not to seek
> re-election.
>
> When Blumenthal entered the race, his poll numbers
> were stratospheric -- he held massive leads over
> McMahon and former Rep. Rob Simmons -- and
> Democrats insisted that they had saved a seat and,
> in so doing, squashed any talk of Republicans
> picking up the majority this fall.
>
>
> Even amidst that celebration, however, there were
> some Democrats who warned that Blumenthal had not
> been tested in a serious campaign in more than two
> decades and that once punched -- as he inevitably
> would be in a high-profile race like this one --
> he would collapse.
>
> The Times story would seem to affirm the fears
> from those Democrats that Blumenthal was not the
> candidate he was cracked up to be.
>
> "He's popular, but for no particular reason," said
> one senior Democratic strategist. "No one really
> knows him, and this fills in the blanks in a
> pretty devastating way." The strategist added that
> Connecticut remains strongly Democratic, which
> works in Blumenthal's favor but acknowledged:
> "It's a race now."
>
> McMahon is regarded by most national Republicans
> as their preferred candidate due to her consider
> personal wealth and outsider profile. Simmons,
> however, does have an electoral base in his old
> eastern Connecticut district. The two will face
> off in an Aug. 10 primary that also includes
> investor Peter Schiff.
>
> It remains to be seen how badly these revelations
> will damage Blumenthal's front-running candidacy.
> He faces only nominal primary opposition at the
> moment although the state's filing deadline isn't
> for another week. That week is going to be the
> toughest of Blumenthal's career.


Anonymous RV post.

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: WTL out of the closet ()
Date: May 18, 2010 10:43AM

RV out of the closet Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Blumenthal Lies Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Vietnam allegations threaten frontrunning
> > Blumenthal in CT-Senate
> > Updated, 10:43 pm
> >
> > The New York Times' story detailing Connecticut
> > Attorney General Dick Blumenthal's (D)
> > misstatements about his service in Vietnam --
> he
> > received five deferments and never served in
> the
> > country, according to the paper -- has the
> > potential to fundamentally reshape the Nutmeg
> > State Senate race.
> >
> > Writes Raymond Hernandez:
> >
> >
> > "What is striking about Mr. Blumenthal's record
> is
> > the contrast between the many steps he took
> that
> > allowed him to avoid Vietnam, and the
> misleading
> > way he often speaks about that period of his
> life
> > now, especially when he is speaking at
> veterans'
> > ceremonies or other patriotic events."
> >
> > Oomph.
> >
> > Blumenthal campaign manager Mindy Myers released
> a
> > statement late Monday night describing the
> Times
> > story as "an outrageous distortion" although
> she
> > did not deny the fact that the candidate had
> > misled people about the nature of his service.
> > Myers noted that Blumenthal will appear at a
> press
> > conference tomorrow with Connecticut veterans.
> >
> > Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
> > communications director Eric Schultz put the
> blame
> > for the story on Republicans and, in
> particular,
> > former World Wrestling Entertainment executive
> > Linda McMahon who is running for the GOP nod.
> >
> > "Its no surprise Republicans would want to
> smear
> > Dick Blumenthal, considering all of the
> debauchery
> > at under Linda McMahon's watch," said Schultz.
>
> >
> > Ed Patru, spokesman for McMahon, responded that
> > "it's become increasingly clear to us over the
> > past weeks and months as we've researched Mr.
> > Blumenthal that there are some very troubling
> > discrepancies between what he's been saying and
> > the truth."
> >
> > Simmons, who served in Vietnam, released a
> > statement saying he was "deeply troubled" by
> the
> > allegations against Blumenthal, adding: "Too
> many
> > have sacrificed too much to have their valor
> > stolen in this way."
> >
> > Blumenthal, who has served as the state's top
> cop
> > since 1988, has held a commanding lead in the
> open
> > seat Senate race since he entered it. National
> > Democrats spent months ensuring that the
> popular
> > politician was ready to run if and when
> embattled
> > Sen. Chris Dodd (D) decided not to seek
> > re-election.
> >
> > When Blumenthal entered the race, his poll
> numbers
> > were stratospheric -- he held massive leads
> over
> > McMahon and former Rep. Rob Simmons -- and
> > Democrats insisted that they had saved a seat
> and,
> > in so doing, squashed any talk of Republicans
> > picking up the majority this fall.
> >
> >
> > Even amidst that celebration, however, there
> were
> > some Democrats who warned that Blumenthal had
> not
> > been tested in a serious campaign in more than
> two
> > decades and that once punched -- as he
> inevitably
> > would be in a high-profile race like this one
> --
> > he would collapse.
> >
> > The Times story would seem to affirm the fears
> > from those Democrats that Blumenthal was not
> the
> > candidate he was cracked up to be.
> >
> > "He's popular, but for no particular reason,"
> said
> > one senior Democratic strategist. "No one
> really
> > knows him, and this fills in the blanks in a
> > pretty devastating way." The strategist added
> that
> > Connecticut remains strongly Democratic, which
> > works in Blumenthal's favor but acknowledged:
> > "It's a race now."
> >
> > McMahon is regarded by most national
> Republicans
> > as their preferred candidate due to her
> consider
> > personal wealth and outsider profile. Simmons,
> > however, does have an electoral base in his old
> > eastern Connecticut district. The two will face
> > off in an Aug. 10 primary that also includes
> > investor Peter Schiff.
> >
> > It remains to be seen how badly these
> revelations
> > will damage Blumenthal's front-running
> candidacy.
> > He faces only nominal primary opposition at the
> > moment although the state's filing deadline
> isn't
> > for another week. That week is going to be the
> > toughest of Blumenthal's career.
>
>
> Anonymous RV post.

Anonymous WTL post

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: .Jerry.Rubin ()
Date: May 18, 2010 10:48AM

He won't be addressing the next convention of the American Legion or VFW.
Perhaps he could explain it at the Vietnam Memorial on Memorial Day.
Rolling Thunder anybody?

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: Who's Who ()
Date: May 18, 2010 10:59AM

Spitzer or Blumenthal????????????????????????
Attachments:
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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: WingNut ()
Date: May 18, 2010 11:27AM

Spitzer-left Bloomingthal-right I'm sure.

Both red ties and looks like flag pendants.

Spitzer was actually more forgivable.

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: conVince ()
Date: May 18, 2010 02:21PM

It is sad, watching the press conference where all the truly honorable veterans are disrespected, yet they defend him.

The knee-jerk reaction of the liberal komunist bloggers was "But Bush said he was in the military and made more of what he did," forgetting that they ran on "change" and funny how they point to Bush as an excuse and justification for their behavior.

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: WingNut ()
Date: May 18, 2010 02:25PM

"I misspoke on a few occasions out of hundreds..."

What a fucking douche bag, this guy.

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: Registered Voter ()
Date: May 18, 2010 02:28PM

Man, that was as lame an excuse as he could come up with. It is obvious he lied about what he did during the war, and now he "regrets" that he mis-spoke on a "few" occasions. And yet, all these years went by and he never decided to correct the record until he got called on it. Yes, he was unaware of the mis-statements - he never read any of the articles? What a joke.

The veterans standing up there with him are going to feel pretty ashamed of themselves later when they realize how he has duped them.

If you can’t model the past, where you know the answer pretty well, how can you model the future? - William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Date: May 18, 2010 02:28PM

Registered Voter Wrote:
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> Yeah, but you have to love a guy who embraces his
> time in Vietnam.... and yet never spent a day
> there.
>
> Tar and feathers.


It's one thing to let it slide if a reporter mistakenly refers to you as a Vet in a newspaper somewhere and you don't kill yourself to correct it. It is another thing entirely to go see wounded soldiers in the hospital and then bring up your "time in Vietnam," when you were nowhere near it or, almost as bad, to have your spokesperson say that you volunteered for the Marine Reserves when, in fact, you joined because you exhausted your deferments.

Regardless of Party, the guy is a piece of shit.

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: Registered Voter ()
Date: May 18, 2010 02:29PM

I guess he believes that "taking full responsibility" includes the fact that since he did lie, the consequence is, he will lose his election.

If you can’t model the past, where you know the answer pretty well, how can you model the future? - William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: WingNut ()
Date: May 18, 2010 02:35PM

I'm watching this shit live. He's surrounding himself with vets and emphasizing his service to veterans after the war. Nice, but a distraction.

He is ducking and dodging in the worst way. "I take full responsibility, blah blah" but he won't say what he is taking that full responsibilty for. He is focusing on the deferments, probably because is right on that issue that he got now special treatment. But thats not the ish. The point is he purported himself to be a veteran of SE Asia.

I am curious if shit will come out about him being the captain of the swim team and if he has some sort of pathological lying thing going on.

Will he survive and will it get worse?

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Date: May 18, 2010 02:38PM

WingNut Wrote:
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>
> Will he survive and will it get worse?


He's toast. He won't make it to the general election.

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: WingNut ()
Date: May 18, 2010 02:39PM

Did he win the primary already or is that coming up?

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Date: May 18, 2010 02:42PM

WingNut Wrote:
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> Did he win the primary already or is that coming
> up?


The Dems have time. The deadline for candidate filings in May 25th. The primary is in August. They need to push this asshole overboard now and get some new prospects in there. There's this fellow Harvard alum, for instance...

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: WingNut ()
Date: May 18, 2010 02:43PM

Looks like a winner to me!

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: Alias ()
Date: May 18, 2010 02:52PM

WingNut Wrote:
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>
> I am curious if shit will come out about him
> being the captain of the swim team and if he has
> some sort of pathological lying thing going on.

I'm wondering the same thing. He wasn't even on the swim team.

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Date: May 18, 2010 02:58PM

Alias Wrote:
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> WingNut Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> >
> > I am curious if shit will come out about him
> > being the captain of the swim team and if he
> has
> > some sort of pathological lying thing going on.
>
> I'm wondering the same thing. He wasn't even on
> the swim team.

Like that wouldn't get out. What a fucking idiot.

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: don't judge too fast ()
Date: May 18, 2010 03:02PM

WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Alias Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > WingNut Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > >
> > > I am curious if shit will come out about him
> > > being the captain of the swim team and if he
> > has
> > > some sort of pathological lying thing going
> on.
> >
> > I'm wondering the same thing. He wasn't even
> on
> > the swim team.
>
> Like that wouldn't get out. What a fucking idiot.

Lying about the swim team captain thing is understandable. Capturing the swim vote in CT is crucial. Without it, a candidate is toast.

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: Appears ()
Date: May 18, 2010 04:10PM

Looks and sound like he will try to "fight the smears" against him. He is sticking to his story of mis-speaking. He's going to fight hard like Rod Blaglovich.

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Date: May 18, 2010 04:13PM

Appears Wrote:
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> Looks and sound like he will try to "fight the
> smears" against him. He is sticking to his story
> of mis-speaking. He's going to fight hard like Rod
> Blaglovich.


He will be gone in a week. Blago was forced out of office. What about this guy?

sanford-mark.jpg

Last time I looked, he was still the GOP governor of SC.

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: Registered Voter ()
Date: May 18, 2010 04:21PM

You mean like this guy? The one that gave life lessons on how infidelity is only defined by what you mean by the word "is"?

got-milk.jpgIf you can’t model the past, where you know the answer pretty well, how can you model the future? - William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Date: May 18, 2010 04:29PM

Registered Voter Wrote:
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> You mean like this guy? The one that gave life
> lessons on how infidelity is only defined by what
> you mean by the word "is"?
>
>


The difference is the Dems don't run on "family values." The GOP is open to accusations of hypocrisy on this particular matter.

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: May 18, 2010 04:30PM

WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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>
> The difference is the Dems don't run on "family
> values." The GOP is open to accusations of
> hypocrisy on this particular matter.


+1

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: Registered Voter ()
Date: May 18, 2010 04:37PM

No, the Dems like to say they aren't the party of "tax and spend", and then they do that anyway - far in excess of anything a Republican could ever be counted on to produce.

Btw - the party of "family values" is old news. Much like laying all your problems at the feet of Bush, that dog won't hunt for much longer. Sure, religious folks on both sides of the aisle - even Reverend Wright - promote family values. How about that "hope and change"? Guess that one went over well huh? Might want to look in your own backyard - the hypocrisy is starting to spill over.

If you can’t model the past, where you know the answer pretty well, how can you model the future? - William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Date: May 18, 2010 04:39PM

Registered Voter Wrote:
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> No, the Dems like to say they aren't the party of
> "tax and spend", and then they do that anyway -
> far in excess of anything a Republican could ever
> be counted on to produce.
>

We have the lowest taxes in 50+ years.

> Btw - the party of "family values" is old news.
> Much like laying all your problems at the feet of
> Bush, that dog won't hunt for much longer. Sure,
> religious folks on both sides of the aisle - even
> Reverend Wright - promote family values. How about
> that "hope and change"? Guess that one went over
> well huh? Might want to look in your own backyard
> - the hypocrisy is starting to spill over.

Bullshit. They are still the party of "family values." That's what all this gay-bashing shit is about.

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: Registered Voter ()
Date: May 18, 2010 04:44PM

Who has been bashing gays lately? Barney Frank ran a brothel - I think that goes a bit beyond just being gay.

And yeah, the lowest taxes have nothing to do with the Democrats. Right now they are bemoaning their sorry state, with the only light at the end of the tunnel being the fact that if they get voted out, they will leave all the spending shit to the Republicans to fix - AGAIN. Somehow they hope to turn that against the Republicans by forcing them into a position where they have to pull the trigger on tax increase legislation or large spending cuts they can whine about in how they hurt the children or all the illegal immigrants living in poverty.

If you can’t model the past, where you know the answer pretty well, how can you model the future? - William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University

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Re: Dem Senate Candidate Lies About War Service
Posted by: Progressive Guy ()
Date: May 19, 2010 04:53PM

This man served his country boldly, unlike George Boosh. He misspoke at a few speeches but in no way did he mislead intentionally.

You neo-con cretins should worry about your family value candidates in Indiana having affairs instead of palying these semantic games against someone way more heroic than you.

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