I used to think Richard Blumenthal was a good, not great, but a good Attorney General. After today's New York Times story, in which it was revealed that Blumenthal on at least one occasion, claimed to have served in Vietnam during the war, when, in fact, he received numerous deferments and ultimately served in the Marine Reserve and did not even get close to Vietnam, I no longer have respect for the man.
According to the Times, in March, 2008, Blumenthal said: "We have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam”. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/nyregion/18blumenthal.html On other occasions he parsed his words in such a way that would mislead most of us into thinking that the fact that he "served during the Vietnam war" meant that he was in active duty and fought in the war itself. As far as I am concerned, it would not have mattered to me one way or the other if he had served in the war; however, it matters greatly to me that he would mislead people into believing he served and fought in the war.
He has lost my vote. I do not need yet another prevaricator in this particular Senate seat.
For more information see the following: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100518/pl_ynews/ynews_pl2113 and http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/nyregion/18blumenthal.html
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