Richard Blumenthal Vietnam Service Controversy

New York (GaeaTimes.com) Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal apparently seems to have been lying about serving in Vietnam. The American lawyer and politician is a member of the Democratic Party. He has been the Attorney General of Connecticut since 1991. He is now a candidate for in U.S. Senate Election for the seat which was held by Christopher Dodd.

Richard Blumenthal’s lying around came to open spot light when NY Times reported that Mr. Richard Blumenthal never served in Vietnam. ‘Not serving in Vietnam’ cannot, for obvious reasons, be considered a guilt but on numerous occasions Blumenthal gave impressions that he did serve in Vietnam during the wartime. The NY Times report says that he took repeated several steps that enabled him to avoid going to war. He obtained at least five military deferments from 1965 to 1970. The report clearly points out how Blumenthal’s speeches have been misleading and ambiguous at times about his serving in Vietnam. To quote from the NY Times report,

At a 2008 ceremony in front of the Veterans War Memorial Building in Shelton, he praised the audience for paying tribute to troops fighting abroad, noting that America had not always done so.

“I served during the Vietnam era,” he said. “I remember the taunts, the insults, sometimes even physical abuse.”

John R. Bohrer written in Huffington Post,

The examples of Paterson, Vitter and Ensign offer salvation to Blumenthal’s ambition, saying, ‘Batten down the hatches and ride out the storm as long as you can. Forget the toll it takes on your family! Forget the toll it takes on the effectiveness of your office! Because there’s always the chance you’ll beat the rap, and people will forget, and no matter how egregious your error, you will retain POWER.’