So Blumenthal "misspoke" when he repeatedly cited his Vietnam experience. He held a press conference with his VFW friends to show their support for him.
But, what a second! To be a VFW member you must be a veteran of a foreign war. You don't qualify by simply being on active duty while a foreign war is going on. You must actually have been in the combat theater. Blumenthal must have mis-wrote when he filled out his application.
But he brought his buddies to support him, decked out in VFW caps and jackets with patches and records of grand achievements:
Vets Express Their Support for Prevaricator
But wait a second! Here's one of the supporters mentioned:
Elliott Storm is a Blumenthal supporter. The campaign called him and asked him to show up; he called up his friends in the “Vet Pack” to join him, friends who, like him, travel around the country talking about ex-soldiers who contend with post traumatic stress syndrome.
Storm, who lives in Milford, wrote a book on the subject, called These Scars Are Sacred.
“If a man wore a uniform during those turbulent times, they were rejected and called ‘babykiller,’” Storm said at Tuesday’s event “People are still attacking veterans who served in Vietnam.” The Times story about Blumenthal’s service is a yet another example of that, he claimed.
Storm is a man who should know about having their service attacked. Particularly if their service claims don't really match up with their service.
Storm Makes the Big Time on POW Network
Add a claim of a commission he didn't earn, some medals he never was awarded, some disabilities he really doesn't have and you've got a fine guy to support Blumenthal.
What a tangled web we weave...
3 comments:
Umm Isn't illegal now to claim military honors you did not earn?
A note to anyone browsing the link:
At the bottom of the page is a posting of this individuals' criminal record.
Not pretty, not pretty at all.
Its a federal crime to misrepresent the medals you are awarded. As many fake Medal of Honor winners have found out. If memory serves, its called the Stolen Valor Act.
These carpetbaggers like to dress up in the OD greens or khakis now because it serves their political purposes. Or in the case of Storm and his ilk, stroke the ego and assage the guilt of being a gutless coward. To the 9th Circle the lot of them.
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