Connecticut Democratic Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal got caught in a big lie. He claims to have served in Vietnam, but he got 5 deferments.
There was one problem: Mr. Blumenthal, a Democrat now running for the United States Senate, never served in Vietnam. He obtained at least five military deferments from 1965 to 1970 and took repeated steps that enabled him to avoid going to war, according to records.
The deferments allowed Mr. Blumenthal to complete his studies at Harvard; pursue a graduate fellowship in England; serve as a special assistant to The Washington Post’s publisher, Katharine Graham; and ultimately take a job in the Nixon White House.
How very Dick Cheney of him. Blumenthal has repeatedly spoke in front of veteran’s groups about his service in Vietnam.
In an interview on Monday, the attorney general said that he had misspoken about his service during the Norwalk event and might have misspoken on other occasions. “My intention has always been to be completely clear and accurate and straightforward, out of respect to the veterans who served in Vietnam,” he said.
But an examination of his remarks at the ceremonies shows that he does not volunteer that his service never took him overseas. And he describes the hostile reaction directed at veterans coming back from Vietnam, intimating that he was among them.
WTF makes people lie about their military service? There’s really no penalty for not serving in the military for politicians, lots of people don’t serve in the military.
Is it too late to get a different candidate in Connecticut?