Oh Blumenthal...you tit

[Lee]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/nyregion/18blumenthal.html?hp

Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat who is running for the United
States Senate from Connecticut, never served in Vietnam,
despite statements to the contrary. The Times has found that
he obtained at least five military deferments from 1965 to
1970 and took repeated steps that enabled him to avoid going
to war.

 

[Razor]

Yeah, that'll do it. American politics.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Thought this was going to be about Heston Blumenthal. I want the five seconds I wasted on this thread back.

 

[Moon Knight]

I would have done the same. He should have just been honest about it.

 

[Turd Ferguson]

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal's long-awaited effort to win a Senate seat took a major hit when it was reported on Monday night that he misled the public by claiming to have served in the Vietnam War. But, in an unexpected gift of sorts, his Republican rival who played a role in pushing the story may end up helping him survive the scandal.

Shortly after the New York Times published its hard-hitting expose on Blumenthal's propensity to falsely paint himself as a combat veteran, conservative candidate Linda McMahon took credit for the hit. The article, the McMahon campaign said in an email promoting the story, had come at "the end of more than 2 months of deep, persistent research" by the campaign, and was a vindication of the "$16 million... crack opposition research operation" that the wrestling maven had built.

It was one of the first times in recent political memory that a candidate so publicly revealed and endorsed its opposition research.

IT WAS ME, BLUMENTHAL! IT WAS ME ALL ALONG!!!!!!

 

[Via Armbar]

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If she doesn't use this in her entrance than the whole campaign was a waste.

 

[Turd Ferguson]

When the debates happen, Linda and Vince should just fill the place with wrestling fans and have them yell "WHAT" every time Blumenthal says a sentence.

 

[Via Armbar]

Blumenthal has an advantage going in because of his theme.

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[Lee]

When the debates happen, Linda and Vince should just fill the place with wrestling fans and have them yell "WHAT" every time Blumenthal says a sentence.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Shortly after the New York Times published its hard-hitting expose on Blumenthal's propensity to falsely paint himself as a combat veteran, conservative candidate Linda McMahon took credit for the hit. The article, the McMahon campaign said in an email promoting the story, had come at "the end of more than 2 months of deep, persistent research" by the campaign, and was a vindication of the "$16 million... crack opposition research operation" that the wrestling maven had built.

Like she's going to be trusted with tax payers' money when she's wasting this much cash just so she can smear her opponent.

 

[Tastycles]

Labour and the Tories spent a shitload on billboards smearing each other, and we voted for them. Well, me and you didn't, but the majority of Britain did.