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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 08:56 AM Original message |
The NYT/GOP hit piece on Blumenthal |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. He lied. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. "He did not accidentally claim to be "in" Vietnam." |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. sorry, but im not with you on this one Pro |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. He lied one time? |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:37 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Is that the standard now? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Can you prove it was a lie and not a misstatement? n/t |
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vssmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Everyone in politics lies |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:41 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. yeah, but brazen lies are next level shit |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well, it is up to us folks in Connecticut to decide if this is a big issue or not. |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Don't worry.... |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Well, we are not the land of purity in politics either. (Eddie Perez...see ya). |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. You're right. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
4. Where were people parsing every sentence last January in the MA race |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Yeah, the guy the media |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yep, in spite of the fact that he is over his head as Senator |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
9. The GOP opposition SOURCED hit piece you mean... |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Oh, Linda McMahon totally supplied the info. She couldn't have beat him any other way. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. He said it two years ago... |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Ah, another GOP family values idiot bites the dust. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:40 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I hope he makes a clean slate of it. Apologizes. Take responsibility. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Either that or we get ...Merrick Alpert as our candidate. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. I don't know too much about him...what can you tell me? |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
17. Nothing but a hit piece |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
19. I think the most damming is that the Times could only find one quote. |
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Kdillard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:00 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. It was just a desperate move by Linda McMahon's campaign to |
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MidwestRick (604 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
23. I've discussed this in other threads... |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. The Primary isn't until August |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
25. He either served in Vietnam or not. If he didn't and claims he |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. But you don't live in CT, I do. I don't want McMahon as my Senator. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:44 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Did she claim to serve in Vietnam? Has McMahon done things |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:52 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. McMahon??? She ran WWE which looked the other way when wrestlers took |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:58 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Oh my God she is the wife of that sleazy piece of crap |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. They have been sleazy for years. She has thrown all the WWE money behind |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
28. He lied, plain and simple - nobody made him do that. nt |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
29. “We have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam,” |
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greencharlie (827 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
30. well if he didn't LIE... |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Who, Merrick Alpert? That is it. he has never held office and worked on Gore and |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
31. The timing is atrocious but politics can be messy sometimes. nt |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
38. One youtube is worth 1,000 words - |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Everything is recorded, but this isn't likely to be |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Combined with his 5 deferments - |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Deferments are only relevant when hypocrisy is involved |
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philly_bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
41. Shameful front-page hit by Times. Hope it helps him. (nt) |
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Metric System (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
42. This smells: |
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lakercub (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
44. I'm just seeing this |
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lakercub (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 01:04 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I would like to point out |
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