May 18, 2010

Dick "Deep In The Shit" Blumenthal Says He's Staying In
— DrewM

Right now the press conference is going on with a bunch of vets saying nice things about him.

Last night I set the over/under line for 'swift boat' references at 3 and took the over.

He says he got no special help to get into reserves, he volunteered by getting the Marine Reserves' number out of the phone book and didn't get any special treatment.

Says his claims of serving in Vietnam were 'a few misplaced words'. Really dude? That's the story you're going to stick too? Good luck with that.

How do you accidentally 'misspeak' when talking about whether or not you were in Vietnam? Give me a break.

He's doubling down and saying he's the true protector and advocate for vets.

He didn't quit when Charlie attacked, er, the Toys for Tots campaign* was slow, he ain't going to quit now.

Reporters not really buying someone could just call up and join the reserves back then.

Says it was "a few misplaced words. In instead of during". Oh BULLSHIT.

Says he was unaware he made those mistaken words. The chutzpah is beyond belief.

Says he will not apologize.

Why the MFM sucks...all someone had to ask him is "how does one 'misspeak' about whether or not they served in a war?" Did anyone? No. Why? He's a DEMOCRAT.

Your compare and contrast assignment for the day...a Republican Congressman cheats on his wife and resigns. A Democratic AG, running for the Senate, lies about military service and stays in office and race.

See, the Democrats can't be guilty of hypocrisy (the worst crime EVER) because they have no standards to betray.

*The NY Times story said he ran the Toys for Tots program while in the Marine Reserves in DC. I'm not snarking on that great program.

Original Post:
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee says they are sticking with Blumenthal but what else is there to say?

The guy did serve in the Marine Corps Reserve back in the day, so I don't want to take that away from him. Of course, the Democrats spent 8+ years telling us that George W. Bush's time as a fighter pilot didn't count. Maybe that's because unlike Blumenthal, Bush didn't try and get deferments first. Or because Bush is evil and Blumenthal is a Democrat. It makes all the difference.

Last night when the story broke Dave in Texas said he didn't think the Democrats could successfully spin this. That won't stop a guy like Marc Ambinder of the The Atlantic is willing to give it the old college try for their liberal friends. (I changed this because I didn't quite convey what Dave thought or succeed with what I was trying to do with a joke).

The facts are not unambiguous. The best the Times has is statements where Blumenthal talked about "returning" or "getting back" from Vietnam, but there are plenty of instances where he acknowledges that he never served overseas. That said, he never seemed to correct the impression that he did serve overseas.

Actually, the facts are quite unambiguous....

Notice how someone in the bag harps on "returning" or "getting back" from Vietnam and ignores "since the days that I served in Vietnam"?

Now there's nothing wrong per se with being in the bag for your team. We here at the HQ don't pretend to be anything but conservatives. It would be nice if others were equally honest.

Hey, He's So In the Habit About Lying About This He Even Lies In the Press Conference Apologizing For His Lies [ace]: In this video, Blumenthal insists that he has "always" given greater praise to those "who did far more than I did -- men and women who never came back. Those who returned, only to be ignored by the government who sent them there."

You see the problem there? He's saying those who never came back did more than he did. And those who returned but were ignored did more than he did.

But what about those who, unlike Blumenthal, just went to Vietnam in the first place?

I think this is a habit. I think he has over the years tried to imply he went to Vietnam with sentences like this, without actually saying he went. And obviously on a lot of occasions he flat-out said lied and said he went to Vietnam, or "returned" from Vietnam.

This reminds me of Clinton's defense in Lewinskygate -- that he tried to mislead without actually lying... but actually did wind up directly lying multiple times. But he wanted credit for "merely" attempting to mislead -- his error was "merely" slipping up and actually, really lying when what he intended to do was lie by implication and omission and evasion.

That's Blumenthal's schtick here -- Yeah, sure, I sorta tried to mislead, but I didn't try to lie... and yeah I actually did lie, but keep in mind, most of the time I was merely trying to sneak a lie past you without actually committing to it in a way that could be fact-checked.

And because he's practiced at these misleading statements -- because he's now internalized them -- in discussing his lies about going to Vietnam he's still talking about those who didn't return having given more than he did.

Those who didn't return did give more than he did. Also, all of those who did return gave more than he did, because Blumenfield never went, and was on some kid of barracks duty in the jungles of Washington State (or whatever).

He's still kinda-sorta implying he went to Vietnam because he's been doing just that for forty years.

In between directly and unambiguously lying about going to Vietnam, of course.

Posted by: DrewM at 10:19 AM | Comments (337)
Post contains 971 words, total size 6 kb.

1

I am going to stick with this campaign and fight it out...just like I did in Bastogne in 1944.

NUTS!!

Posted by: Dick Bloomingthaw at May 18, 2010 10:20 AM (wuv1c)

2

OT:  Paulbots removed by Police at voting booths in Ky.  Doing what Paulnuts do, based on an email Paul sent out last night warning of a Conspiracy and telling them they have the right to inspect polling stations.

 

Posted by: jp at May 18, 2010 10:22 AM (DFDtC)

3

I was wounded in Vietnam and this offends me.

 

By wounded i broke my wrist punching a worker at a sweat shop i set up in 'Nam in 2005.

Posted by: Ben at May 18, 2010 10:22 AM (wuv1c)

4 Anybody else think he looks a bit like Eliot Spitzer?

Posted by: Intrepid at May 18, 2010 10:22 AM (92zkk)

5 I remember it well - how we POW's used to tap out messages to each other, in the darkness. John McCain would never had made it through that hell without my encouragement and support.

Posted by: Dick Blumenthal the Hanoi Hilton Guy at May 18, 2010 10:23 AM (+FkcS)

6

Let him stay in. Surely this is GOP fodder for November?

I'm betting on 6 swift boat references.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at May 18, 2010 10:23 AM (ujg0T)

7 of course he is staying in.....that's why the republican was sacrificed today...

Posted by: curious at May 18, 2010 10:23 AM (p302b)

8 The ads are going to write themselves for the repub who will face him in the general.  And if the whole "SwimGate" is true, it will make him unelectable.

Posted by: Intrepid at May 18, 2010 10:25 AM (92zkk)

9
And we're worried about the political costs of fighting Kagan's nomination?

Are you fuggin' shittin' me?

Posted by: Mr Peebles at May 18, 2010 10:25 AM (uFokq)

10


I'm staying in. Just like I stayed on Hill 937 and defended it from the dinks when everybody said it was useless.

Hooah !

Posted by: Richard "Blood & Guts" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 10:26 AM (t72+4)

11 this wouldn't be a problem if you showed the rest of the video. after that statement he gets up on the stage and plays a 23 minute drum solo

Posted by: Ben at May 18, 2010 10:26 AM (wuv1c)

12

Anybody else think he looks a bit like Eliot Spitzer?

its that rigid german facial structure.

Posted by: Ben at May 18, 2010 10:26 AM (wuv1c)

13 Can we send him to Vietnam now?

Posted by: Penfold at May 18, 2010 10:26 AM (1PeEC)

14

Ever since I returned from Iraq, I've had problems with my ears.

 

I rock in a band and it's loud.

Posted by: crapdragon at May 18, 2010 10:27 AM (Vqruj)

15 He says he 'misspoke', a few 'misplaced words' and he 'accepts full responsibility' but he won't say he lied about serving in Vietnam.

Posted by: manofaiki at May 18, 2010 10:27 AM (uSh7j)

16

that's why the republican was sacrificed today

call me cynical, but how does boning someone who's not you wife = blatanly lying about combat

 

Posted by: pitchforksandpowder at May 18, 2010 10:27 AM (yf5QI)

17 WTF?  "I was unaware of those misplaced words when I spoke them...."

Bwahahaha!

Posted by: Intrepid at May 18, 2010 10:27 AM (92zkk)

18

Well yeah, I did say that, what I meant was of course they would try to spin it.  I just didn't think it would be very effective.  Ambinder et.al. can read us off a list of 3,000 things he's said that aren't ""We have learned something very important since the days that I served in Vietnam".

 

But he still said that.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at May 18, 2010 10:27 AM (WvXvd)

19

He says he 'misspoke', a few 'misplaced words' and he 'accepts full responsibility' but he won't say he lied about serving in Vietnam.

kinda like that Harvard kid from PA's thread just "mis-wrote" a few things on his application.

Posted by: Ben at May 18, 2010 10:28 AM (wuv1c)

20 Blumenthal is definitely not a war criminal.  With Republicans, you just don't know.

Posted by: Democratic National Committee at May 18, 2010 10:29 AM (xxgag)

21 We should make it clear to our Repub reps that the Dems can keep their effing scumbags, we want ours gone.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at May 18, 2010 10:29 AM (r1h5M)

22



When I first hit the shit and landed in a hot LZ outside Da Nang I was just a tender boy of nineteen.

nonna-nonna-nonna nineteen......nineteen.

Posted by: Richard "Blood & Guts" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 10:30 AM (t72+4)

23

Oh yes, he accepts full responsibility!!!!!!

Me too.   I accept full responsibility for the holocaust.

All is forgiven.

Posted by: crapdragon at May 18, 2010 10:30 AM (Vqruj)

24 But he still said that.

Remember, slurring a Democrat is quoting accurately what he says.

Posted by: alexthechick at May 18, 2010 10:31 AM (8WZWv)

25 Hey, when he was doing the TfT patrol, he used to come back to the store room and do nasty, uncomfortable things to us....

Posted by: Barbie Dolls and Friends at May 18, 2010 10:31 AM (92zkk)

26 It was me who killed the terrorists on Flight 93 and saved the White House.

Posted by: Rambo Blumenthall at May 18, 2010 10:31 AM (xxgag)

27 We should make it clear to our Repub reps that the Dems can keep their effing scumbags, we want ours gone.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber

I'd rather have a Repub scumbag any day.

Posted by: kansas at May 18, 2010 10:31 AM (mka2b)

28 He still has the hat.

Posted by: damian at May 18, 2010 10:32 AM (4WbTI)

29 So, will John McCain come to CT and campaign against him, call his ass out.

Posted by: Jean at May 18, 2010 10:32 AM (OlnxK)

30 Field Marshal Blumenthal went out of his way to stress that "unlike my peers, I volunteered for service" [paraphrased] when probably half of the guys behind him were drafted.  I wonder how they feel about that added slap? 

Posted by: progressoverpeace at May 18, 2010 10:32 AM (Qp4DT)

31 There I was, facing down Charlie, mano a mano. He was pointing a Mattel M-16 machine gun right at my forehead, it was his and he was not letting go. It was one of those humid DC summer days and I was sweating from heat and fear. I implored Charlie's father to have him put down the gun and place it in the box marked "toys for boys". After a few tense moments, Charlie threw the gun in the box and ran to cover in the family station wagon. The don't train you for insane shit like that. I used my wits and I barely made it out alive that day.

Posted by: Dick "Rambo" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 10:32 AM (uKraB)

32 You know the guy in the famous photo of the flag raising on Iwo Jima, the one with just his butt showing?  That was me.

Posted by: Rambo Blumenthall at May 18, 2010 10:33 AM (xxgag)

33 Penfold - having been to Vietnam and New Haven in the last few years; I'd take Vietnam.

Posted by: Jean at May 18, 2010 10:33 AM (OlnxK)

34 I'm glad my good friend Richard Bloomenthal, or the Dickster as we call him, wasn't sent to Viet Nam where he would have necessarily engaged in rape, murder, ear collecting, and the occasional tickle fight. All soldiers did these horrible things, except me, well I did do some tickle fighting but only because of the loneliness on the Cambodian border, and because I like cock. So fight on Dickster and don't apologize for lying or being a total douche, cuz we're democrats and that's who we are.

Posted by: John Kerry at May 18, 2010 10:33 AM (SbFur)

35

Maybe "served in Vietnam" is a sex act he was refering to.

Posted by: Ben at May 18, 2010 10:34 AM (wuv1c)

36 I misspoke when I said I'd like to bang Joanna Krupa all day and all night.

I meant to say I'd like to bang Joanna Krupa and Miranda Kerr all day and all night.

I apologize to those who were mislead by my voicebox malfunction.

Posted by: Doc at May 18, 2010 10:34 AM (WKOg4)

37 I was right there shoulder to shoulder with Obama's uncle when we liberated Auschwitz.

Posted by: Rambo Blumenthall at May 18, 2010 10:34 AM (xxgag)

38 OT - GALLUP ALERT:

Don't know if anyone has noticed but Obama has been taking a major dump on Rasmussen and Gallup in past week.  On Gallup he has fallen from +52 to +46.  Not sure what is causing this other than the stock market falling apart.  He is down to -17 on Rasmussen - lowest since Health Care passed.

Posted by: mitchellvii@yahoo.com at May 18, 2010 10:34 AM (kEBiX)

39 The humanity!  Fecalhead who threw America under the bus complains that Obama threw him under the bus.
http://tinyurl.com/2bdv8lz

HotAir

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at May 18, 2010 10:34 AM (r1h5M)

40 Liar.  He was on his last deferment, and at the end of it.  He couldn't do anything BUT join up in some branch of service. 

Egads.  Get the youtube vid-embedded ads on the air! 

Posted by: Intrepid at May 18, 2010 10:34 AM (92zkk)

41


I havent felt this refreshed and exhilerated since I dove off that carrier and swam across the Gulf of Tonkin with a knife between my teeth to go kill me some dinks.

Posted by: Richard "Blood & Guts" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 10:35 AM (t72+4)

42

Or maybe he meant he worked at a Vietmanese Restuarant in the 1970s?

That's a possibility.

Posted by: Ben at May 18, 2010 10:35 AM (wuv1c)

43


13

Anybody else think he looks a bit like Eliot Spitzer?

its that rigid german facial structure.



Um, yeah, Spitzer and Blumenthal are about as Teutonic as you can get.

Really, not that it matters, but WTF?  German?

Posted by: s'moron at May 18, 2010 10:35 AM (UaxA0)

44

Maybe he liberated Auschwitz with Barack Obama's Uncle.

Posted by: Ben at May 18, 2010 10:36 AM (wuv1c)

45 Inglorious Basterds is based on my life story.

Posted by: Rambo Blumenthall at May 18, 2010 10:36 AM (xxgag)

46 Maybe "served in Vietnam" is a sex act he was referring to.

The Saigon Snuffle.

Posted by: damian at May 18, 2010 10:36 AM (4WbTI)

47 Hey, me vowing to wipe Israel off the map were just 'a few misplaced words'

Posted by: Mudmood Imadinnerjacket at May 18, 2010 10:37 AM (YVZlY)

48 So ... is ex-SEAL Blumenthal now going to hold a press conference at the Hah-vahd pool with former swim team members behind him?  Will they all be in speedos?

Posted by: progressoverpeace at May 18, 2010 10:37 AM (Qp4DT)

49 29 He still has the hat.

Posted by: damian at May 18, 2010 02:32 PM (4WbTI)


Damn you Damian.  Damn you to hell.

Posted by: John 'Effin' Kerry at May 18, 2010 10:38 AM (wOGfT)

50 Somebody needs to get the boys at RangerUp to do a version of their "No Shit, there I was ..." shirt for Blumenthal.

Posted by: Jean at May 18, 2010 10:38 AM (6Njk9)

51 Do you morons realize that Linda McMahon is probably going to be the next Senator from Connecticut?  I mean she can't even sell the Stone Cold Stunner correctly!

Posted by: Damn Skippy at May 18, 2010 10:38 AM (VDgKF)

52 [Blumenthal]: I wish to clarify remarks I have made in the past about being "in Vietnam" and "comimg back from Vietnam". Apparently some have misconstrued this as meaning that I was actually in the country of Viet Nam. If this was the impression I have, I must apologize. What I was referring to was a delightful little sidewalk cafe called Vietnam where I worked as a plate-captain and host back in the early 1970's. Thus, when I used the words "captain" and "ferocious battles", clearly I was speaking of my experiences with Osvaldo the cook, and trying to get him to remember who the hell was running the show. While I will forever cherish the days I spent in Vietnam, I am sorry that I did not take more care to specify which Vietnam I meant. Thank you.

Posted by: Monty at May 18, 2010 10:38 AM (4Pleu)

53

"served in Vietnam" means "in the infirmary for the clap"

Don't you damn civilians know anything about the Corpse?

Posted by: dem retard at May 18, 2010 10:39 AM (UaxA0)

54 John Kerry dug up a few leftist vets to give him props too.

I'm sure as hell not impressed by Blumenthal.   I'll take a wild guess that most vets right now aren't too pleased with this scumbag.

Posted by: Albus at May 18, 2010 10:39 AM (yovfm)

55

He clearly says he served in Vietnam.  Not that he was "in the Marine Reserves while other, unluckier guys who couldn't get a deferrment were serving in Vietnam". 

Jerk.  But CT is full of limoliberals who hated the Vietnam war & the guys who served there back in the day, so he must figure they won't care that he's USING those real vets to get elected.  Spit.

 

Posted by: Boots at May 18, 2010 10:39 AM (06JTY)

56

It's difficult to describe my feelings as I piloted that last helicopter out of Saigon.

Posted by: Richard Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 10:40 AM (YVZlY)

57 @40 Hussein the Plumber

FTA:

I am 'radioactive,' Sir. When Obama threw me under the bus, he threw me under the bus literally!" he wrote. "Any advice that I offer is going to be taken as something to be avoided. Please understand that!"

Fucking idiot.  If only Retarded Barry had. . .

Posted by: MikeO at May 18, 2010 10:40 AM (lBmZl)

58 Holy jesus, the DJIA is melting down. It's down over a hundred points -- about twenty points in the last ten minutes. Another crash?!?

Posted by: Monty at May 18, 2010 10:40 AM (4Pleu)

59 why do these guys always lie about service in Vietnam?  I mean are they that ashamed of themselves and that full of guilt that they need to lie?   It just denigrates and disrespects the Vietnam vets and that is just horrific..

Posted by: curious at May 18, 2010 10:41 AM (p302b)

60 Boots, those anti-vietnam limo liberals are great for fundraising -- but a Democratic candidate up there needs the votes from the Navy Yard unions -- lots of vets -- he loses those = toast.

Posted by: Jean at May 18, 2010 10:42 AM (QFzyw)

61 OT:  After trying to recover, the Dow plunging lower than a starlet's neckline at her first audition.

Posted by: CUS at May 18, 2010 10:42 AM (wOGfT)

62

Dont Push It Republicans Or I'll Give You A Wo-Ahhh You Wont Believe !

Posted by: Richard "Rambo" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 10:42 AM (t72+4)

63 Glad I moved my money to red state muni bond funds a while back.

Posted by: Jean at May 18, 2010 10:42 AM (vb5IK)

64 Posted by: Monty at May 18, 2010 02:40 PM (4Pleu)

looks like the usual roller coaster ride to me

Posted by: curious at May 18, 2010 10:43 AM (p302b)

65 Nothing ambiguous about that video.

Posted by: Tommy V at May 18, 2010 10:43 AM (gkc1e)

66 Dick's father Martin is actually pretty heroic.  Fled the Nazis and then got his family out of Germany.

Dick?  Ehm.  He's a half glass full.

I hope that Harvard swim team heroics holds up to scrutiny.

Posted by: wtfci at May 18, 2010 10:43 AM (EbpbH)

67

63

it's gonna get really intresting when 'Nam Grunt tunes in.

 

Posted by: pitchforksandpowder at May 18, 2010 10:43 AM (yf5QI)

68 OT: After trying to recover, the Dow plunging lower than a starlet's neckline at her first audition. Something tells me that the Germans are going to be on the shit-list of every bond trader in the world tomorrow....

Posted by: Monty at May 18, 2010 10:43 AM (4Pleu)

69 Is the word "cocksucker" still verboten?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 18, 2010 10:43 AM (foPGG)

70 what's next--he's not a yo-yo champion?

Posted by: manush at May 18, 2010 10:43 AM (duvQE)

71 I am fascinated that people here think the average CT voter will care about this.  I think it's most powerful effect is to incrementally further taint Democrats nationally.

Posted by: ParisParamus at May 18, 2010 10:43 AM (GgR+e)

72 I misspoke when I said I would quit lying.

Posted by: the dick blumenthal at May 18, 2010 10:43 AM (7VvJB)

73 Holy jesus, the DJIA is melting down. It's down over a hundred points -- about twenty points in the last ten minutes. Another crash?!?

No, I've just decided you peasants have made more than enough money, and now I'm applying a correction to your bottom lines.

Posted by: President B. Obama at May 18, 2010 10:44 AM (ZbsEB)

74 Drew M. Be in Vegas sometime between 20 July and 01 Aug.

Posted by: dr kill at May 18, 2010 10:45 AM (w9bVp)

75 Wow this guy sure misspeaks a lot.

Posted by: Algore at May 18, 2010 10:45 AM (VDgKF)

76 when I vowed to honor and cherish until...just 'a few misplaced words'

Posted by: Tiger Blumenthal Woods at May 18, 2010 10:45 AM (YVZlY)

77

Field Marshal Blumenthal went out of his way to stress that "unlike my peers, I volunteered for service" [paraphrased] when probably half of the guys behind him were drafted.  I wonder how they feel about that added slap? 

And the dirty little secret there is that for many of draft age, volunteering (and trying to choose duty in Germany or Korea or in this pud's case, Toys For Tots) was a strategy to avoid Vietnam.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at May 18, 2010 10:45 AM (ujg0T)

78 yo-yo champion

That would be the Dow today.

What did the Germans do today?  I'll have to check.

Posted by: CUS at May 18, 2010 10:45 AM (wOGfT)

79 why do these guys always lie about service in Vietnam?

One possibility here is Blumenthal may have been deployed to Vietnam, but it's just not in any of the public records.  The CIA did send Marines into Vietnam and there is no public record of it.

Remember Kerry's Christmas in Cambodia story?  He probably was in Cambodia.  He just wasn't supposed to say shit about it.

Deep cover is deep cover.  If these fuckers are squealing about it for public gain they deserve every last retribution.  Secret missions are secret.  Keep them that way.

Posted by: wtfci at May 18, 2010 10:45 AM (EbpbH)

80 Tune in at 8 to see comparisons between Dick Cheney's deferments and outright lying!

Posted by: The MFM at May 18, 2010 10:45 AM (G6QuB)

81
   Well, fuck this asshole sideways with a chainsaw. Right there he joined the few, the craven EX Marines.  I hope this sinks him without so much as a ripple.

   FWIW, I'm Army, but have always been impressed with with the fidelity most all Marines have shown to their branch of service.

   Oh, yes, am I the only one who thinks Blumenthal bears an eerie resemblance to Reinhard Heydrich?  Google him and check.

Posted by: irongrampa at May 18, 2010 10:45 AM (ud5dN)

82 Isn't stealing valor a crime?  Fortunately for him, the paragon of virtue Chris Dodd is defending him.

Obama, "I assure you that we have the very best criminals representing the democrats of this country."

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at May 18, 2010 10:46 AM (r1h5M)

83

Richard Bluementhol scaled Point Du Hoc while playing Call of Duty 2.

Posted by: Ben at May 18, 2010 10:46 AM (wuv1c)

84 "since the days that I served in Vietnam"?

Maybe he was a waiter at the local Pho joint?
"Would you like salty lemonade with that tripe sir?"

Posted by: nine coconuts at May 18, 2010 10:46 AM (DHNp4)

85 I don't know what the weapon is called, I only know the sound it makes when it kills a man.

Posted by: Tropic Thunder at May 18, 2010 10:47 AM (G6QuB)

86 Says He's Staying In
Huh huh huhuhuhuhuhuh!

Posted by: Beavis and Butt-Head at May 18, 2010 10:47 AM (Mmw0q)

87

Oh, yes, am I the only one who thinks Blumenthal bears an eerie resemblance to Reinhard Heydrich?  Google him and check.

 

and i was mocked when i pointed out his Germanic facial structure.

Posted by: Ben at May 18, 2010 10:47 AM (wuv1c)

88 What did the Germans do today? Germany banned naked shorts (and CDSs) as of midnight (their time). As I said in a previous thread, they must have gotten some really ugly news to do this now. The shorts are going to murder them. (Banning naked shorts is only the first step, and the "legit" shorts aren't going to wait around.)

Posted by: Monty at May 18, 2010 10:47 AM (4Pleu)

89

I was a unit commander of 2 national guard units and one reserve unit during

Vietnam.  At no time did anyone have to wait to get into the units and at no

time did anyone ever try to use influence to join the units.

Its true that there was a disrespect for National Guard and Reserve units during

Vietnam, calling us draft dodgers.  I highly resented this label, I had 8 years

active duty and while not a combat veteran, I served and earned the World War two victory medal and was in the navy 4 years during Korea.

I heard Chris Matthews on MSNBC say once he joined the peace corps to

get out of being drafted during Vietnam, in my view congress made the exceptions and President Johnson did not call us, personally, I trained

to go on active duty and would have gone if called.

 

R. D. Lee, Major AUS (Retired)

Posted by: Navy guy at May 18, 2010 10:47 AM (Fpwla)

90 82 yo-yo champion

That would be the Dow today.

What did the Germans do today?  I'll have to check.

Posted by: CUS at May 18, 2010 02:45 PM (wOGfT)

Germans are implementing a "no short sell" policy.  Gee, I wonder why?

Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at May 18, 2010 10:48 AM (YVZlY)

91 I will not allow anyone to criticize my service with General Washington.

Posted by: the dick blumenthal at May 18, 2010 10:49 AM (7VvJB)

92 Wow, this Dick has some staying power.  He doesn't quit prematurely.

Posted by: logprof at May 18, 2010 10:49 AM (Mmw0q)

93

 What did the Germans do today?

Germany banned naked shorts (and CDSs) as of midnight (their time). As I said in a previous thread, they must have gotten some really ugly news to do this now. The shorts are going to murder them. (Banning naked shorts is only the first step, and the "legit" shorts aren't going to wait around.)

what about the "Bermuda" shorts? how will they play a factor?

Posted by: Ben at May 18, 2010 10:49 AM (wuv1c)

94 I think we've all learned some lessons from the days I stood on the surface of the Sun...

Posted by: Unclefacts, AoSHQ Professional Debate Team at May 18, 2010 10:50 AM (erIg9)

95

Oh, yes, am I the only one who thinks Blumenthal bears an eerie resemblance to Reinhard Heydrich? 

I saw that comment on last night's thread and it finally answered that inkling feeling that I had seen him somewhere before.

Posted by: The Outlaw in the Heavenly Hall at May 18, 2010 10:50 AM (uwMad)

96

I heard Chris Matthews on MSNBC say once he joined the peace corps to

They probably would let him join because that giant pumpkin he claims is his head wouldn't fit into a Government Issue Helmet.

Posted by: Ben at May 18, 2010 10:50 AM (wuv1c)

97 Yeah, I remember Bloomy when we were in the shit in Nam. We plugged 100's of dink women and we are proud of it. Those dink women had nice, round, plump ass's and were big time tight !!!!!!

Posted by: Bill Clinton at May 18, 2010 10:51 AM (k7Ddt)

98

Remember Kerry's Christmas in Cambodia story?  He probably was in Cambodia.  He just wasn't supposed to say shit about it.

 

Except that in Kerry's case, it was "seared" into his memory that Nixon was addressing the troops on the radio that December, and too bad for him that Johnson was still President until the following January. 

I'm starting to think the US Senate is where dummies go to play shuffleboard and steal our future.


Posted by: Boots at May 18, 2010 10:51 AM (06JTY)

99

Oh, yes, am I the only one who thinks Blumenthal bears an eerie resemblance to Reinhard Heydrich? 

I saw that comment on last night's thread and it finally answered that inkling feeling that I had seen him somewhere before.

I did not serve in Liddice.  Definately didn't serve there.

Posted by: Herr Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 10:51 AM (wuv1c)

100

if  mr. blumenthal assays the "i mis-spoke" defence, couldn't mr. souder just as easily attempt the "i mis-poked" defence?

 

Posted by: boggo sienkiewicz at May 18, 2010 10:51 AM (GkYyh)

101 I held the boy up and put his penis in my mouth.....Jim Webb stole my summer love story and used it in his book!

Posted by: Mr. Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 10:51 AM (G6QuB)

102 Fry them all with Naplam......................

Posted by: Dr. Strangelove Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 10:52 AM (k7Ddt)

103 LOL, this is the best thing that could have happened since Piss Dodd shit on us by deciding not to run.

Let him continue to defend this crap right up until elect5ion day. Yes, the MFM will cover for him but this is where the internets and the attack ads come into play.

Posted by: Vic at May 18, 2010 10:52 AM (6taRI)

104 and i was mocked when i pointed out his Germanic facial structure.

Dick's dad is German.  He fled the Nazis.  His name is Martin A. Blumenthal.

Posted by: wtfci at May 18, 2010 10:53 AM (EbpbH)

105 63 why do these guys always lie about service in Vietnam?  I mean are they that ashamed of themselves and that full of guilt that they need to lie?   It just denigrates and disrespects the Vietnam vets and that is just horrific..

The same reason they lie about raising taxes. On the left, it is more honorable to have lied your way out of serving, but they know they have to make believe for the rube voters. And they assume the rube voters are too stupid to figure it out.

Posted by: nine coconuts at May 18, 2010 10:53 AM (DHNp4)

106

I lost a lot of good men at The Fall of Reach. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night screaming after having nightmares about Covenant Elites hiding in my closet

Posted by: Richard " Master Cheif" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 10:53 AM (t72+4)

107 I remember serving at the battle of Antioch.

Posted by: the dick blumenthal at May 18, 2010 10:53 AM (7VvJB)

108 #92  Germany banned naked shorts (and CDSs) as of midnight (their time). As I said in a previous thread, they must have gotten some really ugly news to do this now. The shorts are going to murder them. (Banning naked shorts is only the first step, and the "legit" shorts aren't going to wait around.)

Just heard about that on Rush (love being able to hear Rush under the collective noses of my lib colleagues - praise Gaia for streaming radio stations on teh Internets). 

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 18, 2010 10:53 AM (9hSKh)

109 All these lies about me in the press have raised my blood pressure!

Posted by: Pulsating Dick Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 10:53 AM (YVZlY)

110 I don't trust Georgy Bush.... He lied about his military record and joined the Texas ANG to get out of going to Vietnam. He still was elected !!!!

Posted by: Col Blumenthal (Maverick) USAF Ret. at May 18, 2010 10:55 AM (k7Ddt)

111 I was the only one to survive the battle at Thermopylae were we lost our good King Leonidis.  I have an eye patch at home.

Posted by: the dick blumenthal at May 18, 2010 10:56 AM (7VvJB)

112 In another life I served in the Revolutionary War.

Posted by: Dickie Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 10:56 AM (P33XN)

113

I MUST SAY THAT AS A COMBAT VETERAN OF DUBIOUS WORTH, THAT MR BLUMENTHAL IS A AMERICAN HERO. WE PROGRESSIVES SAY WHATEVER WE WANT AND WE BELIEVE IT. JUST YESTERDAY I WAS WALKING ON THE MOON. YOU MAY SAY THAT I WAS WANKING OFF LISTENING TO MY CD COLLECTION  OF OBAMA WONDERFULLNESS. BUT IF I BELIEVE IT  SO IT IS.  DURING MY 60th TOUR IN DETRIOT , OR DANANG I HAD 458 KILLS. SO TEABAGGIN FREEDOM LOVING CAVEMEN YOU WILL JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.

WHAT WE SAY TODAY WE BELIEVE AND IF IT NEEDS TO CHANGE TOMMOROW , WELL READ 1984 AND UNDERSTAND HOW WE ROLL, BITCHES.

PS-BUY BUY BUY

V SHAPED RECOVERY FOR OBAMA FACIST REGIME

and nothing for the proles

 

Posted by: professor von poopypants at May 18, 2010 10:56 AM (mWAdQ)

114

(just to play along, ben, it's really irrelevant--just fucking around)

from the wiki bio:

It was also rumored that [Heydrich] had some Jewish ancestry Â— his grandmother's second husband had a Jewish-sounding surname  Â— and these rumours were later used by Heydrich's superiors in the Nazi Party to exercise a measure of control over him.

Seriously, it matters naught.   But it's an odd bunch to be pointing out as German-looking.

Now Karl Wolff , even Heinrich Himmler, just to take two examples from Heydrich's page, I can see. 

Posted by: s'moron at May 18, 2010 10:56 AM (UaxA0)

115 These stories about Dick Blumenthal are false!  He was with me when I wore my lucky hat to Cambodia.  He was also there in the shit right with me when Nixon ordered us to go into North Vietnam on Christmas 1968.

Posted by: John F'in Kerry at May 18, 2010 10:56 AM (9hSKh)

116

Other war exploits of Blumenthal's:

fought Dix

fought the Battle of Hamburger Helper

marched into Paris, Texas

manned the Pinot Grigio Line

flew coach

At happy hour, they called him "Old Beer and Nuts". 

 

Posted by: mark c at May 18, 2010 10:56 AM (SBIko)

117 I was with Ceaser when we defeated Pompey. It was my plan that caused Ceaser to develop this great victory. SPQR.

Posted by: Centuriun Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 10:57 AM (k7Ddt)

118 This is all fine and good but what has this got to do with racist Arizonians stickin it to poor Mexicans?

Posted by: An MSNBC Producer at May 18, 2010 10:57 AM (ocHBO)

119 Germany banning naked shorts won't stop traders from naked shorting the Euro.  Those trades don't clear in Germany.

Posted by: wtfci at May 18, 2010 10:57 AM (EbpbH)

120 He's dummer than a bag of dicks.

Posted by: raisin at May 18, 2010 10:57 AM (8NiWI)

121 But I did get a blowjob in South Park, Colorado from a very short, chubby Vietnamese hooker. Best $5 blowjob I've ever had. And my name's not "Joe".

Posted by: dick blumenthal at May 18, 2010 10:58 AM (7b1Uc)

122 Queue the "taken out of context" excuse in 3,2,1,...

Posted by: dogfish at May 18, 2010 10:58 AM (Y8gUw)

123 Same thing happened to me when I played Neil Armstrong in Moonshot. They found me in an alley in Burbank trying to re-enter the earth's atmosphere in an old refrigerator box.

Posted by: Kirk "Blumenthal" Lazurus at May 18, 2010 10:58 AM (erIg9)

124 I was asked to draw the Mason-Dixon Line.  I served my country in this way, so shut up.

Posted by: the dick blumenthal at May 18, 2010 10:59 AM (7VvJB)

125 You say 'Listen here, Lance'... Lance? What the fuck did I just hear? Lance?

Posted by: Kirk "Blumenthal" Lazurus at May 18, 2010 11:00 AM (erIg9)

126 Even I can't defend this guy.

Posted by: Baghdad Bob at May 18, 2010 11:00 AM (WKOg4)

127 Germany banning naked shorts won't stop traders from naked shorting the Euro. Those trades don't clear in Germany. The shorts will have their way. There's always a way to go short. I wonder if governments ever pine for the not-long-past days when shorting bonds was basically impossible.

Posted by: Monty at May 18, 2010 11:01 AM (4Pleu)

128

"Germany banning naked shorts"

Please don't let them ban stompy boots... 

Posted by: a depressed moron with German Heritage at May 18, 2010 11:01 AM (YVZlY)

129 Yo asshole! This campaign's dead. Ain't no Chris Angel Mindfreak, David Blane trapdoor horse shit jumpin' off here!

Posted by: Kirk "Blumenthal" Lazurus at May 18, 2010 11:01 AM (erIg9)

130 Ted Striker: My orders came through. My squadron ships out tomorrow. We're bombing the storage depots at Daiquiri at 1800 hours. We're coming in from the north, below their radar.

Posted by: snapdragon at May 18, 2010 11:01 AM (5Etcj)

131
I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the Blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank

Posted by: Richard "Rolling Stone" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:02 AM (t72+4)

132 All right fellas, we're gonna make camp, rest up. Y'all might be in for a treat. You know back before the war broke out I was a saucier in San Antone. I bet I could collar up some of them greens, yeah, some crawfish out the paddy, yo'! Ha! I'm makin' some crabapples for dessert now, yo! Hell yeah, ha!

Posted by: Kirk "Blumenthal" Lazurus at May 18, 2010 11:02 AM (erIg9)

133

I rewemember "Alabama Long Snake Bloomy" He cheap...Sucky-Fucky ... Five dolla US GI and he only give Two dollar..  You cheap GI.....You cheap GI... I give you Clap for two dollar....

Posted by: Sonyai Nyguen from Hue City at May 18, 2010 11:02 AM (k7Ddt)

134 I was the one who suggested to King Leonidas I that the Spartans should concentrate our defenses at the pass of Thermopylae. 

Posted by: Dick Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:02 AM (9hSKh)

135

I can't get no respect.

Posted by: Reverand Dr. Atty. General President Prom King Blumenthal RN IV, esq. at May 18, 2010 11:03 AM (gbCNS)

136

One time Ted Kennedy and I cleaned out a bar in Vietnam.

I think it was Vietnam. I don't know...there were a lot Asians in there. I do know that.

Posted by: Dickie Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:03 AM (P33XN)

137 OK; I was a peacetime Marine.  I'm very quick to point that out whenever the subject comes up as all Marines should; doesn't take away from teh fact I'm a Marine and I served, but this steaming pile of shit loses the title i my book

Posted by: sladenyv at May 18, 2010 11:03 AM (saiGq)

138 4 Anybody else think he looks a bit like Eliot Spitzer?

Posted by: Intrepid at May 18, 2010 02:22 PM (92zkk)


YES! The guys a total clone, right down to the arrogance. I bet he's gotta pay to play too. I was over at ABCNEWS' website and all the libs can say is "Bush Lied too! WHAAAAA!"

Posted by: Iblis at May 18, 2010 11:03 AM (9221z)

139 My words were taken out of context.

Posted by: Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:04 AM (Y8gUw)

140 Calm,  down, this is FUCKING GREAT. 

Let him stay in the race.

Another R pick up.

Why do these people think the voters are that stupid.

Go joo boy go!

Posted by: Kemp at May 18, 2010 11:04 AM (2+9Yx)

141

As I held at Issus, I noticed Darius faltering and gave Alexander the signal . . .

Posted by: Parmenion Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:04 AM (UaxA0)

142 "A Democratic AG, running for the Senate, lies about military service and stays in office and race."

But don't you see? Because he's a liar/fraud, it means he's more qualified for the AG job. He's better able to spot the behavior in others due to familiarity. Plus, he's now aiming for Senate. Lying is double-plus good for that job. You guys are waaay off here. This all makes him stronger.

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi (D, Losing is Winning Land) at May 18, 2010 11:05 AM (swuwV)

143 On second thought, maybe a close aid should tell him that he was "in" his wife and see how many follow up questions that provokes from dick dickenthal

Posted by: sladenyv at May 18, 2010 11:05 AM (saiGq)

144 Hmmmmm.

I remember when Mohammed and I took the troops and sacked Medina.  I said to the Mo B.I.G., "You know Mo.  This is a big fucking deal!".

Posted by: Mullah Biden at May 18, 2010 11:05 AM (MwCol)

145


"Germany banning naked shorts"

Midget aficionados hardest hit.

Posted by: s'moron at May 18, 2010 11:05 AM (UaxA0)

146 I remember serving at the battle of Antioch.

Posted by: the dick blumenthal at May 18, 2010 02:53 PM (7VvJB)


the holy hand grenades fell like rain.....

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 18, 2010 11:06 AM (foPGG)

147 Yea... I remember the time me and Col Ted Kennedy made a sandwich out of that cheap dink hooker. I was on top, she in the middle, and Ole Ted was on the bottem.....Those were the days ...just before Tet in 1968....

Posted by: Dick "The Stud" Bluminthal at May 18, 2010 11:06 AM (k7Ddt)

148

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee......................

Posted by: today's stock market at May 18, 2010 11:07 AM (YVZlY)

149

I started a street gang when I was a kid. We called ourselves The Big Dicks and we drove the Vietnamese out of our neighborhood.

Good times, man. Good times.

Posted by: Dickie Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:07 AM (P33XN)

150 I blame Bush/Cheney for our loss in Vietnam....

Posted by: Barack Obama at May 18, 2010 11:08 AM (k7Ddt)

151 For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Tommy sees!

Posted by: Tommy at May 18, 2010 11:08 AM (ocHBO)

152 I took Dr. Amy Bishop's high chair.

Posted by: Dick "Balls of Steel" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:08 AM (u+34p)

153 I led the French in their last successful Naval engagement against the Rainbow Warrior.

Posted by: Dick "Big Napoleon" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:08 AM (9221z)

154 That wasn't an artillery piece that Hanoi Jane straddled...

Posted by: Dick "The Cannon" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:09 AM (YVZlY)

155
Who else is excited?

I got wood.

Posted by: Mr Peebles at May 18, 2010 11:10 AM (uFokq)

156 I'd love to see a Vietnam vet kick the shit outta this turd.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 18, 2010 11:10 AM (P33XN)

157
Today is a big primary day in PA, KY, and AL.

Where else?

Posted by: Mr Peebles at May 18, 2010 11:11 AM (uFokq)

158

So this is the fine thanks I get for fighting the xenomorph infestation on LV-247. If it weren't for me convincing Bishop to remote pilot that drop-ship we would have never made it out alive.

Posted by: Richard "Game Over" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:11 AM (t72+4)

159

Today is a big primary day in PA, KY, and AL.

I think you mean AR for Arkansas.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 18, 2010 11:12 AM (P33XN)

160
oops, make that AR

Posted by: Mr Peebles at May 18, 2010 11:12 AM (uFokq)

161 When I was at Harvard I fucked that crazy bitch (Dr. Amy Bishop), in the ass.

Wasn't that tight, and she didn't talk dirty.

Posted by: Ann Marie Cox at May 18, 2010 11:12 AM (2+9Yx)

162 Way-way OT.  Arizona Utility Board responds to Los Angeles:

http://tinyurl.com/33wvkon

"I received your message; please receive mine.  As a state-wide elected member of the Arizona Corporation Commission overseeing ArizonaÂ’s electric and water utilities, I too am keenly aware of the “resources and ties” we share with the City of Los Angeles. In fact, approximately twenty-five percent of the electricity consumed in Los Angeles is generated by power plants in Arizona.

"If an economic boycott is truly what you desire, I will be happy to encourage Arizona utilities to renegotiate your power agreements so Los Angeles no longer receives any power from Arizona-based generation."

Posted by: CUS at May 18, 2010 11:12 AM (wOGfT)

163 It was a bitterly cold day in Germania.  I patted my loyal dog on the head one last time before I rode out to my Caverly unit, currently located at the rear of the Barbarian horde's position. I then gave the most rousing speech in the history of rousing speeches:

"Fratres! Three weeks from now I will be harvesting my crops. Imagine where you will be, and it will be so. Hold the line. Stay with me. If you find yourself alone, riding in green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled; for you are in Elysium, and you're already dead! Brothers, what we do in life, echoes in eternity."

Any similarities to that Gladiator movie are purely coincidental!

Posted by: Dick "Maximus" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:12 AM (9hSKh)

164 What does "accepting full responsibility" mean, exactly, to this guy? Screw all of you, I'm still running anyway and I'll exploit veterans as a political backdrop for my non-Vietnam Apology Tour to do it? Talk about empty bullshit.

He might as well say "sooOOry" in that nasally musical way where the voice rises at the beginning and falls at the end.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at May 18, 2010 11:13 AM (swuwV)

165 What's DrewM's e-mail address?

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 18, 2010 11:13 AM (SbFur)

166 I love the smell of aftershave in the morning!

Posted by: Blue Dickinthal at May 18, 2010 11:14 AM (usjNq)

167 As some of you may know I am a Dentist in the US Navy Reserves, and it just so happens, my patient during that news conference was an Active Duty Army Recruiter. Since there is no base with a dentist near us, he is allowed to come to me. We both had a real good laugh about Blumenthal's "misplaced words"?

Posted by: nevergiveup at May 18, 2010 11:14 AM (0GFWk)

168 I was on Apollo 27 with Chuck Yeager and Eddie Rickenbacker. We played moon-polo with the lunar rovers until Eddie got stuck in some soft cheese.

Posted by: Dick "In Space It's Never Miller Time" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:14 AM (u+34p)

169 Look, you assholes, I was in fucking 'Nam. How else could I have got this rash?

Posted by: Dick Bloomin'phallus at May 18, 2010 11:14 AM (9Sbz+)

170
2girls1ace@gmail.com, I think

Posted by: Mr Peebles at May 18, 2010 11:14 AM (uFokq)

171

"sacked Medina."

I thought Glenn Beck did that.

Posted by: reason at May 18, 2010 11:14 AM (XiVKO)

172 Look over HERE!! SOUDER !!11!11!!!!!

Posted by: The MFM at May 18, 2010 11:15 AM (sYxEE)

173 Sure it was tough, serving in Korea as a doctor. And when I got back, I really missed the entire fun loving gang: Hawkeye, BJ, Klinger and his dresses - and the hot nurses we had our way with. I especially miss all the wacky hi-jinks and insipid moral lessons. But hey, that's war.... I should know.

Posted by: Dick "4077th" Blunebthal at May 18, 2010 11:15 AM (uKraB)

174 apocolypse now

Posted by: Richard at May 18, 2010 11:15 AM (t72+4)

175

I grew up in a log cabin that I helped my grandfather build.

Posted by: Dick Lincoln Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:16 AM (gbCNS)

176 Seriously, we have got to get Dick Blumenthal hooked-up with Lace Wigs.

Blumenthal may in fact have a full head of hair, but the resemblance to Spitzer makes him look like he has a bad comb-over.

Posted by: Arbalest at May 18, 2010 11:17 AM (BqSr3)

177

 I piloted a glider into Manhattan with microscopic explosives planted in my neck to save the president after his plane crashed and this is the thanks I get ?

Posted by: Richard "Snake Plissken" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:17 AM (t72+4)

178 Dick 'the head' Blumenthal, " 'scuze me guys but I've got to run and phony up my military record any buy those naked shorts before they are banned.  I've got my eye on a hot intern."

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at May 18, 2010 11:18 AM (r1h5M)

179 Dick deep in shit is pretty deep.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 18, 2010 11:18 AM (QMtmy)

180

manned the Pinot Grigio Line

 

i plan on using this in a different context in the future

Posted by: Ben at May 18, 2010 11:18 AM (wuv1c)

181

McMahon or whoever the Republican nominee ends up being needs to make one and only one campaign spot--the segment of the video of "when I got back from Veitnam" and beat and then a white on black screen with one word:  LIAR.

 

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 18, 2010 11:18 AM (B+qrE)

182 Posted by: Richard "Snake Plissken" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 03:17 PM (t72+4) I thought you were dead.

Posted by: Had to be done at May 18, 2010 11:18 AM (uKraB)

183

I'd love to continue this press conference, but really...my C-5's about to leave, and I really need to get back to Afghanistan...

Bloom, out!  Peace!

Posted by: Dick "Totally a War Hero" Blumenonion at May 18, 2010 11:19 AM (XiVKO)

184 I've got a purple hard, too. Oops, did I just misspeak?

Posted by: Bloom Dickinthal at May 18, 2010 11:19 AM (SBIko)

185
Anyone remember Rep Jim cocksucker McDermott lying about his service in Viet Nam, too?

Posted by: Mr Peebles at May 18, 2010 11:20 AM (uFokq)

186 Obama's wife sure dresses well. Let's put her on the cover of every magazine we can till this blows over.

Posted by: The MFM at May 18, 2010 11:20 AM (G6QuB)

187

I grew up in a log cabin that I helped my grandfather build.

Tippecanoe and Blumenthal too!

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 18, 2010 11:20 AM (P33XN)

188 Blumenthal threw the grenade than Max Cleland landed on.

Posted by: Ben at May 18, 2010 11:20 AM (wuv1c)

189

why do these guys always lie about service in Vietnam?  I mean are they that ashamed of themselves and that full of guilt that they need to lie?   It just denigrates and disrespects the Vietnam vets and that is just horrific..

He lied about the damn swim team, too, so I think he's just an asshole.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 18, 2010 11:21 AM (XdlcF)

190 Hey, I was there. Were you? How dare you question this. I saw Jim Webb turn Blumenthal upside down and put that boy's penis in his mouth.

Posted by: Agent Orange at May 18, 2010 11:21 AM (swuwV)

191 I earned my purple heart blocking bullets for Hillary when she landed in Bosnia.

Posted by: Dick Rambo Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:21 AM (gbCNS)

192
I thought you were dead.

Posted by: Had to be done at May 18, 2010 03:18 PM (uKraB)






Yeah, you and everybody else.

Posted by: Richard "Snake Plissken" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:21 AM (t72+4)

193

I usher dozens of POW's out of Germany and serve as spotter for untold numbers of various ambush schemes, all completely unbeknownst to my, admittedly buffonish, prison commander, and this is the thanks I get?

Posted by: Col Dick "Hooo-gannn!" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:23 AM (XiVKO)

194 O/T but sweet:  AZ utilities board responds to LA boycott of state.

No power to the sheeple!

Posted by: DarkLordOfTheIntarWebs at May 18, 2010 11:24 AM (Xu5Z7)

195 I remember it well, it was hot nasty planet, a bug planet. But we dropped in the shit anyway.

Posted by: Dick "Rico" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:25 AM (6taRI)

196

As Vice Presentent and Ice Cream Czar of the 0bama Regime, I hereby award this Congressional Medal of Honor to Master Sgt. Rear Admiral Dick Blumenthal, he can teach all of us a lesson in girding our loins.

Posted by: what am I sayin' God love ya at May 18, 2010 11:26 AM (+FkcS)

197 I don't give a shit how he spins it, he lied!

Posted by: GarandFan at May 18, 2010 11:26 AM (6mwMs)

198 I served but I didn't serve, serve in Vietnam. Posted by: Dickey Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 03:25 PM (m2CN7) Ah that's Dickey "Whoopie" Blumenthal

Posted by: nevergiveup at May 18, 2010 11:26 AM (0GFWk)

199 I infiltrate and destroy the entire Borg complex, and this is the thanks I get?

Posted by: Dick-luc Blicard at May 18, 2010 11:27 AM (XiVKO)

200

O/T but sweet:  AZ utilities board responds to LA boycott of state.

No power to the sheeple!

is that real?? where did you get it? I thought it was more llike 40 percent of the electricity in LA was produced by AZ

Posted by: Ben at May 18, 2010 11:27 AM (wuv1c)

201


Connecticut...... err I mean Vietnam......I love this place at night. The stars... there's no right or wrong in them. They're just there.

Posted by: Sgt. Richard "Elias" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:27 AM (t72+4)

202 Didn't Blumenthal serve with Kerry in Cambodia?

Posted by: nevergiveup at May 18, 2010 11:27 AM (0GFWk)

203 16 He says he 'misspoke', a few 'misplaced words' and he 'accepts full responsibility' but he won't say he lied about serving in Vietnam.

Why do democrats misspeak so much?  Did they not learn to speak before kindergarten?  Are they just a bunch of lying dumbfucks?...wait I think I just figured it out.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 18, 2010 11:27 AM (IqfKc)

204 Me and 299 of my best friends kicked some Persian ass, didn't we

Posted by: Dick Leonodis Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:28 AM (sYxEE)

205 I always know when it's a trap!

Posted by: Dick "Ackbar" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:28 AM (9hSKh)

206 I did serve in Nam fron 67 - 68.  This peice of S---t is not worth the sweat off my a--.  Why would anybody support him?

Posted by: Bill at May 18, 2010 11:28 AM (mIUnd)

207 One does not simply halo-jump into Mordor.

Posted by: Dick Blumen-baggins at May 18, 2010 11:28 AM (XiVKO)

208 wow!  can't wait to pass this news on to my ex, who actually was in the Mekong Delta in 1968.  imagine!  he could have avoided Agent Orange poisioning, other injuries, and stayed state-side to try out for the Haaavaad synchronized swim team, just like 'little Dicky Blumenthal'!

Posted by: the Butcher at May 18, 2010 11:29 AM (8g9qq)

209

Service Medals won by Richard Blumenthal while not in Vietnam:

Distinkish  Cervix Cross

Conjugational Medal of On Her

Buzzed Star with 5 leaf cluster

3 Champaign Ribbons

 

 

 

 

Posted by: mark c at May 18, 2010 11:29 AM (SBIko)

210 Mr. Blumenthal@104 beat my shtick... so to speak.

Posted by: Agent Orange at May 18, 2010 11:29 AM (swuwV)

211 One year ago Richard Blumenthal was leading the charge to confiscate bonuses from AIG and wall street execs. Karma is a bitch.

Posted by: elliot m at May 18, 2010 11:29 AM (RB5UU)

212

Have you heard of the new movie Machete?  That's a modern day adaptation of my 1st tour in Cambodia.

Posted by: Dick Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:30 AM (GwPRU)

213  
When he says"I" he means "we" as in "the country".  Like a reverse royal "we".  It show how truly humble he really is and how... he...  um...

Aw.  fuck it.  The guy's a liar.

Posted by: Dang at May 18, 2010 11:30 AM (UA4gE)

214 The Democrat misspoke and the Republican misspoked. Seems about the same to me.

Posted by: kansas at May 18, 2010 11:31 AM (mka2b)

215 When reminded that he never actually served in Vietnam, Mr. Blumenthal replied, "Fuck you, you fucking Spanish American, you fuckin' pogue! I was there. I was in the shit with the grunts."

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 18, 2010 11:31 AM (P0dId)

216 207

O/T but sweet:  AZ utilities board responds to LA boycott of state.

No power to the sheeple!

is that real?? where did you get it? I thought it was more llike 40 percent of the electricity in LA was produced by AZ

Posted by: Ben at May 18, 2010 03:27 PM

The immense energy of my power of self-satisfaction will power Los Angeles

Posted by: Ed Begley Jr at May 18, 2010 11:32 AM (sYxEE)

217

I remember this one time me Roger Moore, Richard Burton and Richard Harris dropped into the Congo and kicked some African ass. We called ourselves The Wild Geese or something like that.

Posted by: Richard "Blood & Guts" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:32 AM (t72+4)

218

Interesting Note.

Richard Blumenthal was the only Commander of the Marines Toy's for Tots  program that sustained massive casualties

Posted by: Ben at May 18, 2010 11:32 AM (wuv1c)

219

My dad served during Korea.  He wasn't IN Korea and never to my knowledge claimed as much.  He was always very specific that he served DURING Korea, and took offense because people forgot those "forgotten war" veterans.  His service was denigrated by people glossing over korea as if it didn't happen.

Now Tricky Dick here would be honorable in making those same points: he is unhappy about the reception soldiers from his time of service were denigrated because of Vietnam atrocities (real and fabricated), and wants to claim some measure of honor for all those that served at that time.  But what does he do? 

He claims to be fucking Carlos Hathcock instead of taking pride in what he actually did do (which was not negligible).

Disgrace.


Posted by: s'moron at May 18, 2010 11:32 AM (UaxA0)

220 Does no one tell the truth or have integrity anymore?   Have people all assumed "everyone else is doing it" and getting away with it and getting ahead, why should I have morals and scruples and get no where, I'll do it too"

Posted by: curious at May 18, 2010 11:32 AM (p302b)

221 The first time I went to Paris, they served day-old baguettes and cheap vinegary wine on the Champs-Élysées. So I besieged those bastards and shelled the city for 4 months.

That'll teach those frogs to mess with my lunch.

Posted by: Helmuth vonBlumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:32 AM (foPGG)

222

The immense energy of my power of self-satisfaction will power Los Angeles

great simpsons reference

Posted by: Ben at May 18, 2010 11:33 AM (wuv1c)

223 218 One year ago Richard Blumenthal was leading the charge to confiscate bonuses from AIG and wall street execs. Karma is a bitch.

Posted by: elliot m at May 18, 2010 03:29 PM (RB5UU)

Didn't he have a little on-air run in with Beck?

Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at May 18, 2010 11:33 AM (YVZlY)

224 Posted by: Ben at May 18, 2010 03:27 PM (wuv1c)

Our good buddies over at Hot Air just put this up a short bit ago.  Ed doesn't seem to think it's anything but legit, so that's good enough for me.  (Break my heart if it ain't.  Play hardball, get hit in the head, wind up with brain damage...)

Posted by: DarkLordOfTheIntarWebs at May 18, 2010 11:33 AM (Xu5Z7)

225

"Deep in the shit" is a reference to that time he single-handedl fended off those who had downed Joe Biden's helecopter.

Posted by: rdbrewer at May 18, 2010 11:34 AM (faju2)

226 Can I get me a Viet Nam license here?

Posted by: John "the hunter" Kerry at May 18, 2010 11:34 AM (VUzeH)

227

I single handedly won the three-legged race at the church picnic. Ask Aunt Bea.

Posted by: Opie Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:35 AM (gbCNS)

228

Finally!  Tough sanctions aimed at crippling the Iranian regime:

Clinton says, "We're going to take away their birthday and practice making threatening gestures at them in the mirror until they come around.  Iran will reel under my bitchiness!"

http://tinyurl.com/2bzrmh7

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at May 18, 2010 11:36 AM (r1h5M)

229 218 One year ago Richard Blumenthal was leading the charge to confiscate bonuses from AIG and wall street execs. Karma is a bitch.
Posted by: elliot m at May 18, 2010 03:29 PM

Those AIG goons had us surrounded at Bastogne, and the CEO demanded our surrender.

NUTS! I said in defiant reply

Posted by: Dick "Shifty" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:36 AM (sYxEE)

230

I still have shrapnel in my leg from the raid on Entebbe. Those Ugandans were shooting true that day let me tell you.

Posted by: Richard "Sword of Gideon" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:37 AM (t72+4)

231

Well, I did step in dogshit one time in the park. 

Posted by: Dick "Dick" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:37 AM (faju2)

232 I can't help but notice that Alabama's Dale Peterson in the Greatest. Ad. Evah. boasts of serving as a Marine "during Vietnam." Not IN Vietnam, but DURING Vietnam. Clearly not the outright deception that Blumenthal served up, but it does put the emotionally evocative name into play.

I'd argue that anyone in that situation should say they served "in the late Sixties" or "in the Seventies" or "in Germany/Korea/stateside/wherever during Vietnam."

I'd love to know what Blumenthal has said about Swift Boaters, John Kerry and his Winter Soldier deceits. And did he ever badmouth W's National Guard service? Any blather on either front will bite him in the ass now.



Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at May 18, 2010 11:38 AM (a5ljo)

233 I swam up the Mekong river and rescued 50 downed pilots. To pass on what I learned,  I established the elite "Snorkeling School" in the Navy. Just ask Massa.

Posted by: Dick The Snorkel Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:38 AM (9221z)

234 Remember what I said a couple of threads ago about politics being show business for ugly people? Viola

Posted by: dagny at May 18, 2010 11:38 AM (Rg8WT)

235 I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor.  That's my dream.  It's my nightmare.  Crawling...slihtering...along the edge...of a straight...razor.  And surviving.

Posted by: Richard Blumenthal, last known transmission at May 18, 2010 11:39 AM (FkKjr)

236

Re. the response to LA's economic boycott of Arizona, I wish the response had focused on Gay Marriage i.e. as you have opined on Arizona law we feel the need to respond to your persecution of the Gay and Lesbian communities and hereby declare no electricity for you, homophobe! 

Did the MSM ever acknowledge the ridiculousness of California cities boycotting Arizona?  California being the home of the homophobe - twice rejecting Gay Marriage?  Did any cities announce a cut of ties with California after the second time Califronia voters rejected Gay Marriage aka bathed in their hombophobia (per the MSM)?  Oh that's right, it wasn't California's fault it was the Mormons.  The Jooos apparently being too busy. 

Posted by: East Bay Jay at May 18, 2010 11:39 AM (ocHBO)

237

Aside from my stint in Bewitched, I also captured an entire company of Viet Cong.

Sure it was in orange County in 1976, but it was still a lot of those fuckers!!


Posted by: Dick York Blumenthall at May 18, 2010 11:39 AM (UaxA0)

238

By "went to Vietnam" he means "went to Bangkok". And by "killing Charlie" he meant "helping David Carradine with his auto erotic asphyxiation"

Posted by: Ben at May 18, 2010 11:39 AM (wuv1c)

239

That AZ letter is fantastic.

My favorite part is how Los Angeles' Mayor actually stated that he did not mean to have a negative impact on his citizenry, ONLY ARIZONA'S.  As if, by calling it, he somehow absolves himself of blame for any consequences that might come from the boycott.  Like that letter.

AZ:  Eat shit, L.A.  No more electricity.
L.A.:  You can't do that!  See, I already enacted The Circle-Circle-Dot-Dot Contingency Response...

Posted by: reason at May 18, 2010 11:40 AM (V40IZ)

240 Blumenthal would have married his foxhole buddy but he died before they could get to a chapel. There's a book about it...Love Story. There's a lot you don't know about him.

Posted by: sheriff Joe Biden at May 18, 2010 11:40 AM (Lt+t9)

241 His biography about his war experience, "Profile in Mispeak".

Posted by: Ben at May 18, 2010 11:40 AM (wuv1c)

242

From Malkin:

The White House appears to be laying the groundwork for President Barack Obama to shake the hand of each senior at Kalamazoo Central High SchoolÂ’s commencement ceremony next month.

Seniors are being asked to provide their birthdates, Social Security numbers and citizen status to the Secret Service so background checks could be performed. Such a check is required for anyone who gets within an armÂ’s length of the president, students were told at their senior breakfast Friday.

 

Posted by: Barack Hitler Hussein at May 18, 2010 11:41 AM (s3LK6)

243

"Yessir, they shot me right in the buttocks.  You want to see?"  Dick "Forest, Forest Gump" Blumenthal.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at May 18, 2010 11:41 AM (r1h5M)

244 227 The first time I went to Paris, they served day-old baguettes and cheap vinegary wine on the Champs-Élysées. So I besieged those bastards and shelled the city for 4 months.

That'll teach those frogs to mess with my lunch.

Posted by: Helmuth vonBlumenthal at May 18, 2010 03:32 PM (foPGG)


Okay, this is really weird. Sometimes there's accidental wisdom in sockpuppets.

I was referencing Helmuth von Moltke and the Prussian Siege of Paris in 1870-71. The guy that von Moltke put in charge of the siege was....Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal.


Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 18, 2010 11:42 AM (foPGG)

245 Ooog ough grauuu chaazh!

Posted by: Dick Neanderthal at May 18, 2010 11:43 AM (u+34p)

246 "You go ahead and listen to John Kerry, New Guy. He knows 'ti-'ti: very little. You can tell he ain't never been in the shit because he ain't got the stare, the 1000-yard stare.

Marines get it when they've been in the shit too long. It's like they're really seeing beyond. I've got it. Someday, you'll have it, too."

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 18, 2010 11:43 AM (P0dId)

247 why do they need some kids ssn?  and what happens when they don't have one because they are ILLEGAL? or is kalamazoo the only place in the us that has no illegals?  omg what if one of their parents changed their names and has been hiding in plane site from the law?  OH THE CAN OF WORMS!

Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 18, 2010 11:44 AM (BpwZe)

248 Posted by: East Bay Jay at May 18, 2010 03:39 PM (ocHBO)

Meh, leave it be.  No point widening the issue beyond the group already concerned.  (Unless La Raza has a Flaming Rainbow Burrito division, in which case you just let nature take its course.)

Personally I like taking my issues one at a time and not linking unrelated causes together.  Which is one of a hundred reasons I'd make a poor Democrat.

Posted by: DarkLordOfTheIntarWebs at May 18, 2010 11:44 AM (Xu5Z7)

249 Are you going to believe me or your lying ears.

Posted by: Dick Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:44 AM (iyyNK)

250 Seniors are being asked to provide their birthdates, Social Security numbers and citizen status to the Secret Service

Ver ar you papahz?

Posted by: Sgt Schultz at May 18, 2010 11:44 AM (wOGfT)

251 See, the Democrats can't be guilty of hypocrisy (the worst crime EVER) because they have no standards to betray.

Except when they cheat on their taxes. In a rational world that would be hypocrisy that justifies being stoned to death.

Posted by: lutefisk at May 18, 2010 11:44 AM (fkgyi)

252


I'm sorry, did I say Vietnam? I meant Verdun 1916. Damn dirty Weimars

Posted by: Richard "Blood & Guts" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:45 AM (t72+4)

253

never mind, if they don't have proper documentation obama will just sign their diploma and they'll be legal like his auntie

Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 18, 2010 11:45 AM (BpwZe)

254 Don't listen to any of Blumenthal's bullshit, Rafter Man. Sometimes he thinks HE'S John Wayne.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 18, 2010 11:45 AM (P0dId)

255 I hope one of those high school kids kicks Obama in the nuts.

Posted by: Waterhouse at May 18, 2010 11:46 AM (u+34p)

256

Looks like Dick has gone full retard.

You never go full retard, Dick.

Posted by: wiserbud at May 18, 2010 11:46 AM (IHbof)

257 AZ needs to run a week long EMF test on all of the transmission lines headed west to determine if they interfere with the navigation of migratory butterflies. Would require turning the power off for 12hr a day.

Posted by: Jean at May 18, 2010 11:46 AM (vb5IK)

258 I can't help but notice that Alabama's Dale Peterson in the Greatest. Ad. Evah. boasts of serving as a Marine "during Vietnam." Not IN Vietnam, but DURING Vietnam. Clearly not the outright deception that Blumenthal served up, but it does put the emotionally evocative name into play.

What are you saying?

Posted by: FUBAR at May 18, 2010 11:46 AM (1fanL)

259 Are those ACTUAL MARINES or SEIU ACTORS PORTRAYING "MARINES"??????????????????

I've never heard anyone in the military, Veteran of the military, washed out or any thing else who would ever condone a military man misrepresenting his service.

Posted by: Rose at May 18, 2010 11:47 AM (BYsJS)

260 South Korea : N. Korea responsible for torpedo attack on warship.

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 18, 2010 11:47 AM (SbFur)

261 If I knew a single conservative in Kalamazoo, I would send them a bag of "Don't tread on me pins."

Posted by: Jean at May 18, 2010 11:48 AM (tTdaQ)

262 look.....he wanted to go to vietnam but HE WAS A BIG PUSSY!

Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 18, 2010 11:49 AM (BpwZe)

263 I was there when the Vietnamese were drunk and celebrating Christmas in a fashion reminiscent of Jenjis Kahn

Posted by: Dick "Dick" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:49 AM (faju2)

264 I had to give my men a motivational speech back during the big one just before battle.  I told them this:

We're not going to just shoot the sons-of-bitches, we're going to rip out their living Goddamned guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks.

We're going to murder those lousy Hun cocksuckers by the bushel-fucking-basket. War is a bloody, killing business. You've got to spill their blood, or they will spill yours.

Rip them up the belly. Shoot them in the guts. When shells are hitting all around you and you wipe the dirt off your face and realize that instead of dirt it's the blood and guts of what once was your best friend beside you, you'll know what to do!"

Posted by: General Dick "Patton" Blumental at May 18, 2010 11:51 AM (6taRI)

265 I was there with Patton and the Carthaginians when we fought Rome.

Posted by: Dick "Dick" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:51 AM (faju2)

266 If I knew a single conservative in Kalamazoo, I would send them a bag of "Don't tread on me pins."

I lived in KZoo last year... there are a couple of local morons on here

Posted by: Doc at May 18, 2010 11:51 AM (WKOg4)

267 How many drops is this for you Lieutenant?

38......simulated.

How many combat drops?


uh..2.....including this one.

Posted by: LT Gorman at May 18, 2010 11:52 AM (tTj19)

268 Yeah, I knew guys who tried to serve their country, oops, I mean avoid Viet Nam, by joining the reserves. No luck unless they knew someone. Course the Coast Guard also hand an upswing in volunteers.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 18, 2010 11:52 AM (iyyNK)

269

We were in the shit that makes Cambodia look like Kansas. 

Posted by: Dick "The Body" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:52 AM (faju2)

270 South Korea : N. Korea responsible for torpedo attack on warship. Posted by: Dr Spank at May 18, 2010 03:47 PM (SbFur) Don't worry: Admiral Blumenthal is on the case

Posted by: nevergiveup at May 18, 2010 11:52 AM (0GFWk)

271 I got ridiculed by everybody when I was building the Ark, too.  Who's laughing now?

Posted by: Dick "Noah" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:52 AM (1fanL)

272

AZ needs to run a week long EMF test on all of the transmission lines headed west to determine if they interfere with the navigation of migratory butterflies. Would require turning the power off for 12hr a day.

during the laker games would be preferable.

Posted by: Ben at May 18, 2010 11:52 AM (wuv1c)

273

Thene there was this time me and my buddies were negotiating with some guy to fuck his sister.  She was willing to do every other guy in my group, but not me.

She said I was "too beaucoup."

True story.

Posted by: Dick "too beaucoup" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:53 AM (wWwJR)

274 from Petersons' site: "Born in Mobile, Alabama, in 1945, Dale moved to Birmingham when he was eight years old. He joined the Marine Corps in 1963, returning to Birmingham in 1967, where he became a police officer. He graduated from the University of Alabama with a B.S. degree in Sociology in 1971. " --- Makes no specific claim, but he enlisted or was drafted at 18.

Posted by: Jean at May 18, 2010 11:54 AM (6Njk9)

275 Nothing but a bunch of slack-jawed faggots around here.  That shit would have made you into a goddammed sexual tyrannasaurus, just like me.

Posted by: Dick at May 18, 2010 11:54 AM (faju2)

276 I was a hero in Vietnam, but I'd prefer never to talk about it. Yet, the nightmares still haunt me.

Posted by: Dick Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:57 AM (6lRYQ)

277 no one loved him long time........

Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 18, 2010 11:57 AM (BpwZe)

278 I ain't got time to bleed.

Posted by: Dick "The Body" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:57 AM (faju2)

279 So where's my courageuous restraint medal? After all, I did restrain myself from serving. At least five times.

Posted by: Danger Dick Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:57 AM (R2fpr)

280 Remember when I said I'd kill you last Sully?

I lied.

/Damn, I lied again.

Posted by: Dick "Matrix" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:57 AM (9hSKh)

281 from Petersons' site: "Born in Mobile, Alabama, in 1945, Dale moved to Birmingham when he was eight years old. He joined the Marine Corps in 1963, returning to Birmingham in 1967, where he became a police officer. He graduated from the University of Alabama with a B.S. degree in Sociology in 1971. " --- Makes no specific claim, but he enlisted or was drafted at 18.

Posted by: Jean at May 18, 2010 03:54 PM (6Njk9)

Yeah.  I'm thinking that if he's not lying, he can go ahead and say what he wants.

Unfortunately though, if he's a bammer, he can drop dead.

Posted by: FUBAR at May 18, 2010 11:57 AM (1fanL)

282 Click my name to see a video of me heading to the polling place in November.

And before you ask, Yes I am good at Tetris too.

Posted by: I'm Not actually this guy at May 18, 2010 11:59 AM (tTj19)

283 I once served at the Vietnam Country Club in Massachusetts, back in 1966. I think it was the second set, and I was ahead of that asshole John McEnroe 30- love.

Posted by: Dick 'Jimmy Conners' Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 11:59 AM (w9bVp)

284 I was never under oath when I lied. So just you try to get me disbarred, losers.

Posted by: Tricky Dick Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 12:00 PM (gbCNS)

285 This guy so disrespects the military.  Are you sure he served, anywhere?  Are you sure?

Posted by: curious at May 18, 2010 12:01 PM (p302b)

286

Yes, I was in the shit.  Let me read you a passage from my field diary:

Here we are again bro... Just you and me. Same kind of moon same kind of jungle. Real number 10 remember... Whole platoon, 32 men chopped into meat... We walk out just you and me, nobody else. Right on top huh? Not a scratch... Not a fuckin' scratch. You know who ever got you. They'll come back again. And when he does I'm gonna cut your name right into him... I'M GONNA CUT YOUR NAME RIGHT INTO HIM!

Posted by: Dick "Dick" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 12:01 PM (faju2)

287 IIRC during the Vietnam era only 25% of our defense resources were involved in the IndoChina theater, so Blumenthal should have let this go years ago.

Posted by: Jean at May 18, 2010 12:01 PM (tJF9l)

288 i remember when charles sorry, charlie was hiding in the jungle ready to slit my throat

Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 18, 2010 12:01 PM (BpwZe)

289

Looks like Dick has gone full retard.

You never go full retard, Dick.

Posted by: wiserbud

 

Tsk tsk. Such terms are passe. Here we say, "he's gone full Biden".

Posted by: Danger Dick Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 12:02 PM (R2fpr)

290
Unbelievable how these mutts can torture the language and warp reality.  Joe Wilson (also with 5 deferments) gets attacked by dems, at the same time they're lining up behind this fucking liar in support.  Unbelievable.

Posted by: Dang Straights at May 18, 2010 12:02 PM (fx8sm)

291 I knew that if Pico and Alvarado could find find their way outta East L.A., they could find their way back into this gook valley.

Posted by: Lieutenant Dick "Tirebiter" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 12:02 PM (uKraB)

292 Vietnam is for pussies.  Try destroying cyborg killing machines.  In the future.

Posted by: Dick "John Connors" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 12:05 PM (1fanL)

293

So if he was never in 'Nam....why was he hiding his watch up his ass for five years?

Posted by: Dick Blumenthal's son at May 18, 2010 12:06 PM (V40IZ)

294 Posted by: Dang Straights at May 18, 2010 04:02 PM (fx8sm)

Did you mean Dick Cheney?  If you did, that was the Brainfart of the Century.

Posted by: FUBAR at May 18, 2010 12:06 PM (1fanL)

295 I served many years in the Army as a infantryman/paratrooper/Drill Sergeant and two years voluntary in 'Nam, not as a cook, clerk or truck driver (although there is nothing wrong with those mos's), two combat tours and I do mean shot at and missed and shit at and hit tours. These are not misplaced words as this poseur Blooming idiot is professing, he is the worse cancer of liberals that try to ride on the backs of TRUE GREAT WARRIORS serving our Country, my wish would be to hear him say that in front of me so I could punch his sorry ass in the mouth that goes for the traitor john kerry to boot!!!

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at May 18, 2010 12:09 PM (6QzUF)

296

You guys need to back off of him.

I mean, if he's got Chris Dodd saying he's a good guy, he must be--I mean he can't be...

What was my point?

...something about looking honest in comparison maybe...

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 18, 2010 12:10 PM (XdlcF)

297 'Nam Grunt, my feelings exactly.

Posted by: Vic at May 18, 2010 12:12 PM (6taRI)

298

Tsk tsk. Such terms are passe. Here we say, "he's gone full Biden".

*updates White House style guide.

Posted by: Rahm Emmanuel at May 18, 2010 12:12 PM (wWwJR)

299 Since I am a Viet Nam vet (yes, I was there -dd214 upon request) perhaps I can shed a little light on this subject.  In a time when reservists were automatically being sent to the Nam (I never called it that, but it's cute) two things stand out in my memory.  One:  Almost all naval reserves were put on ships.  Two:  Jarhead reserves went to Nam.  I'm old, cranky, and often forgetful, but I think that's right.

Posted by: TimothyJ at May 18, 2010 12:14 PM (IKKIf)

300

I have come here to eat paté and kick ass....and I'm all out of paté.

Posted by: Dick "Rowdy" Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 12:16 PM (IHbof)

301 Since I'm on my stump against this treacherous bastard, I was an NCO both tours and only lost two brothers due to combat and yes I think about those Brave Men everyday since they died.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at May 18, 2010 12:17 PM (6QzUF)

302

I kid you not...I HAVE SEEN SOME SHIT!

I still wake myself up screaming and still hear the sounds of the babies screaming and explosions, the whores tricking you with a little "licky licky" so they can fry your ass. You never know when your numbers up.

What? Vietnam?

No.

 Granada man, Granada.

 

Posted by: Chuck at May 18, 2010 12:17 PM (s3LK6)

303

Many times I would sneak into my big sis Brenda's room when she was away at softball practice. I made a beeline to her fashion doll collection, and liberated "Ken" from his pleather carrying case. Stealthily I returned to my room where I exchanged Ken's outfit for my G.I. Joe's combat fatigues. Every time I removed Ken doll's trousers, I felt the anticipation right before that hard, tight little plastic ass appeared in all its naked glory.

The image is seared in my brain.

 

Posted by: Dickie Blumenthal might be The Ghey at May 18, 2010 12:18 PM (+FkcS)

304

Mother Teresa's got nothing on me. I fed lepers with my own spoon.

Posted by: Rabbi Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 12:20 PM (gbCNS)

305 Don't go to the next thread about illegals, they should all be made to leave the USA, this thread is very important in stopping these liberal pussies from trying to be something they can never be!!!!!

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at May 18, 2010 12:24 PM (6QzUF)

306 Blumenthal is what most Americans are all about today, including some of the scumbags who post here.

Posted by: A Casual Observation at May 18, 2010 12:34 PM (ITzbJ)

307 barack makes a note to himself....showing papers is never a good thing....

Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 18, 2010 12:34 PM (BpwZe)

308 Step aside A$$ hole. I am so tired of liars.

Posted by: sandi at May 18, 2010 12:47 PM (mFp4E)

309

33 You know the guy in the famous photo of the flag raising on Iwo Jima, the one with just his butt showing?  That was me.

Actually, that guy was Cpl Harlon H. Block.  His Mom saw Rosenthal's famous picture several days prior to being notified that he'd been killed in action on Iwo on March 1, 1945, and immediately recognized him, because she recognized his butt, apparently.  For years the Army believed that Block was another Marine named Hanson, Mrs. Block insisted she knew her boy.  James Bradley's book Flags of Our Fathers recounts the story well.

Cpl Block was 20 when he was killed.

Posted by: Sharkman at May 18, 2010 12:48 PM (Zj8fM)

310 Would the Republican base support a similar liar?  Easy answer-No.  For Dems, it's par for the course.

Posted by: ed at May 18, 2010 12:50 PM (Urhve)

311 However, if this despicable liar did actually make it into the Senate, he would gladly be accepted into the Club by our betters in the Republican Party.

Posted by: ed at May 18, 2010 12:55 PM (Urhve)

312

So if he was never in 'Nam....why was he hiding his watch up his ass for five years?

Posted by: Dick Blumenthal's son

 

He was timing himself when he led the Haaaavhad men's AND women's swim teams to victory. And how else was he supposed to hold it?

P.S. Speaking of Haaaaaavhad, I gotta get my resume worked over by Sublog. They need another Delaware man there.

Posted by: Blue Hen at May 18, 2010 01:00 PM (R2fpr)

313 I lead the assault on Topo Gigio, bitches!

Posted by: Richard the Dick at May 18, 2010 01:02 PM (VXBR1)

314

How do you accidentally 'misspeak' when talking about whether or not you were in Vietnam?

Say, for example, he was tending bar on a yacht in the waters off Perth, Australia. He could honestly say that he served on a boat south of Vietnam. Did you ask if he was serving his country or G&Ts? Did you not hear him say of before Vietnam? Well, that's your problem. So unless you ever worked for AIG, he doesn't owe you an apology.

Posted by: FireHorse at May 18, 2010 01:06 PM (cQyWA)

315 FUBAR: My fear is that the loud and ringing sound of MARINE and VIETNAM drowns out the subtle distinction between IN and DURING.

What Dale says is not untrue. But exactly why does he need to mention the word Vietnam at all? Isn't Marine veteran enough?

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at May 18, 2010 01:17 PM (a5ljo)

316

Blumenthal would have had more luck claiming he fought in Tuzla. It's worked for someone else before. Right, Hilary?

Posted by: Phil at May 18, 2010 01:32 PM (cBaCB)

317 my wish would be to hear him say that in front of me so I could punch his sorry ass in the mouth that goes for the traitor john kerry to boot!!!


Grunt, if your wish is ever granted you'd better have video for us morons to share the moment. It'll be like that vid of Buzz Aldrin & the troofer....x1000.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 18, 2010 01:58 PM (foPGG)

318 Anybody else think he looks a bit like Eliot Spitzer?

Yes!  It must be the rat-like beady eyes. 

Posted by: Lady in Black (formerly Twinks until I found out what it really meant) at May 18, 2010 01:59 PM (vrF64)

319 There was this one time I went to the MARINE-a and had some VIETNAMese food.

I was "deep in the shit" that evening, I can tell you. I must have used up two whole rolls

Posted by: Zimriel at May 18, 2010 02:07 PM (FYU6e)

320 Dick "Deep In The Shit" Blumenthal Says He's Staying In During

Posted by: Dick Headline Editor Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 02:09 PM (Wmjm0)

321 It was just a few misplaced digits on my income tax form.  I figured the IRS would let it go, especially since there is a D at the end of my screen name.  Close is good enough, right?

I'm a Vietnam vet like Tom Harkin, man.  I was overseas in Japan, just like Tom.  I still have nightmares about some of those bar girls.  That counts.  How about a break?  I thought hard about giving tens of thousands to charity before I didn't.

Why are they picking on me?


Posted by: MarkD at May 18, 2010 02:20 PM (YhZfg)

322 I was in Korea too. Took a sliver from a desk chair and got a purple heart. No. Really. Wanna see my scar?

Posted by: Dickless Bloomentwat at May 18, 2010 02:54 PM (rVJH4)

323 You know, I never intended to revolutionize how we viewed space and time.  I was only looking to create a better breakfast sandwich - a project which was to eventually become the Egg McMuffin, though I let McDonald's claim credit for it, because I'm that kind of a guy.  But, in my search for the better breakfast sandwich, I realized that space and time were not the unalterable entities that all had assumed.  I knew that Michelson and Morley (working on an experiment I had to beg them to undertake, the stubborn imps) had happened upon an interesting phenomenon, but it wasn't until I was looking down at the egg on my new Egg McMuffin sandwich that I realized, like I was shot with a bolt of lightning, that time and space were variable.  There was just no other way that the invariance of physical laws could be preserved.  It was clear to me ... but only because I am a super-genius, the likes of which this universe has never encountered.

Later, not wanting to be mobbed everywhere I went, along with needing the time to carry out my duties as the captain of seven different Hah-vahd teams (as well as representing the US in 12 separate Olympic games - but only because they begged me), I dropped the manuscript off with my friend, Albert, and asked him to publish it under his name.  I was, quite obviously, the most modest person of super-genius status that this world has ever seen.  In fact, I was the most modest and the greatest super-genius.  It's been a true burden.

But, that is neither here nor there.  The cold hard fact is that you are one of the luckiest people in history to be able to read my words.  Consider yourself blessed by the Blumin' Dick.

Posted by: Dick "don't thank me" Blumenthal, Super-genius at May 18, 2010 02:55 PM (Qp4DT)

324 But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

Posted by: Maybe Not A Warrior Blumenthal at May 18, 2010 02:59 PM (gbCNS)

Posted by: a guy in Ace's unit in WW2 at May 18, 2010 03:02 PM (7b1Uc)

326

Me and Sir Elton were nighted at the same time.

Posted by: Sir Richard Bloomenhearted at May 18, 2010 03:03 PM (rVJH4)

327 He deserves to serve during the Senate.

Posted by: Spartan Fan at May 18, 2010 03:04 PM (LwWtU)

328 I kicked the field goal that won the first superbowl.

Posted by: Dickie the Gipper at May 18, 2010 03:05 PM (rVJH4)

329 I invented (trhough years of trial and error) the dog collar, nut harness combo employed by S&M afficianados worldwide!

Posted by: My Dick, your Bloomenthal at May 18, 2010 03:06 PM (rVJH4)

330

How dare this cock sucker steal the glory from me and my friends who served multiple tours in Laos and Vietnam.  Many of my brother's in arms gave their all so this unrepentent asshole could stand before the American public and lie about his sacrifice. 

A little sidebar Blum: I've personally shot men in engagements for less than stealing our valor.  Consider yourself a very lucky prick.

Bandit 32

Posted by: Fish at May 18, 2010 03:24 PM (M5t+h)

331 Just remember, it's not a lie if you believe it.

Posted by: George Costanza at May 18, 2010 03:26 PM (Kn9r7)

332

@70: "Dick's father Martin is actually pretty heroic.  Fled the Nazis..."

He fled heroically?  The concepts of fleeing and heroism don't usually go together.

Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at May 18, 2010 03:45 PM (kmEfr)

333 Personally, I was stationed in 'Nam back in '66. I don't like to talk about it much, but thought I'd mention it today. Special Op's, CIA. We were just 'adviser's' back then and I'm not supposed to talk about it. We did some ugly things, but we were fighting the good cause. Oh yea that's right....I remember now, I did actually work for the CIA back then.....but I was a hash slinger on the line in the cafeteria @ Langley. Silly me, I thought I was actually SOMEBODY. Don't hold it against me though, I'm a Democrat with a bad memory. Aren't we all?? MAJOR FACE PLANT with this idiot...if this guy doesn't go down our poor country is in big trouble. **Side note....I actually was one of those adviser's (not CIA, but Marine)....got out in '73. And I don't think this guy is funny. How DARE he take the credit of facing that shithole when he was a world away?????

Posted by: Waiting to Retire at May 18, 2010 05:17 PM (2kf2s)

334

I am 40ish. I KIDDINGLY tell friends I served in Vietnam (it references a story about a trip to a bar one night while on leave). A hot, taller than me asian chick asked me to dance. We danced a little and sat down to talk and drink. A guy comes up to us and starts shit about "what are you doing with my lady?" I said, I didn't know, blah blah blah, sorry., blah blah blah. He said something about how he "picked her up in 'Nam". The guy looked maybe 5 years older than me and the chick was about 6 feet tall, so I called him out on it. He threw me his military ID card insisting it was true. Another problem with his lie was that his ID card showed that his DOB was in 1964. That pissed me right the fuck off, so no more Mr. Cowardly Soft Spoken Nice Guy Tolerating An Egomaniac Dumbass. I called him an asshole for lying about it, I know people who were there, etc. He literally said "It's go time." So, right over my shoulder into a heaving spazm of crying she-man "oh god it hurts" "i'm dying, call an ambulance" he went...  

At any rate, it has been "go time" with these lying assholes for several elections now. I wish the GOP & anyone out there with political/media clout would finally take of the gloves, throw those fuckers into the bar and walk out of any fight leaving everybody stupefied.

 

Dead give away: Progressive Liberal Politicians that are Anti Military "Veterans". They are either lying about said service or signed up knowing they could use their "service" on their resume and get carte blanche for any and all anti military statements made in their political career (see Murtha & Kerry).

Posted by: ed davis at May 19, 2010 06:42 AM (nBE5A)

335 its that rigid german facial structure.

Posted by: منتديات at May 19, 2010 06:17 PM (RMzgq)

337 Possibly you will cheap authentic jordan shoes ask for that wellness complete complete method as well an perfect provide pounds inside the placing on cheap jordans free shipping even devoid belonging toward the sport.Nike oxygen Jordan producer is routinely not on account belonging toward the distinctive edition was found jordan air max fusion.

Posted by: jordan air max fusion at June 28, 2011 09:45 PM (vHK9J)

Hide Comments | Add Comment | Refresh | Top

Comments are disabled. Post is locked.
244kb generated in CPU 0.0761, elapsed 0.2684 seconds.
64 queries taking 0.211 seconds, 465 records returned.
Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink.

Support





Donate to Ace of Spades HQ!


Contact

Change the At to "@" and the DOT to "."




Intermarkets' Privacy Policy
Support


Donate to Ace of Spades HQ!


Search Thingy



Archives

Monthly Traffic

  • Pages: 154907
  • Files: 1757
  • Bytes: 4.8G
  • CPU Time: 150:10
  • Queries: 4460455

Content

  • Posts: 22824
  • Comments: 5930392

Feeds


RSS 2.0 Atom 1.0