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WWF comes to Greenwich this Memorial Day
Draft-dodging liar Dick Blumenthal has been invited to speak at the same Memorial Day service his WWF opponent, Linda McMahon will be attending. UPDATE: He’s bowed out or, as Greenwich Time puts it, “sought another deferment”. Good line.
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Joe Biden – God love him – makes fun of Blumenthal’s “war record”
I do believe they’re members of the same party, aren’t they? Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday took an unexpected dig at Democratic Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal for misstating [uh, that should read, "lying about" - ED] his military service … Continue reading
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Dick Blumenthal and the Ballad of the Fake Beret (a work in progress)
Music here:Ballad of the Green Beret Put silver wings, on my own chest I’ll pretend, I’m America’s best, Call me a man, but then someday, you will know, I wear a fake beret Trained to serve in privileged lands I … Continue reading
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All Blumenthal, all the time
Minnesota Peg sends along this link to a WSJ editorial: Richard Blumenthal, the Democratic Senatorial candidate from Connecticut, is in trouble this week for lying about having fought in Vietnam. The former Marine reservist admits he “misspoke” on several occasions … Continue reading
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Blumenthal: the gift that keeps on giving
Reader Diva4ever sends along this profile of our creepy senatorial candidate, and former Harvard swim team captain (ha ha) Dickie Blumenthal, from American Spectator. Excerpts: Unfortunately, Dodd’s replacement as the Democratic standard-bearer, state attorney general Richard Blumenthal, is no walk … Continue reading
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Where is Blumenthal?
Niantic, Connecticut blogger Steven Frishling was attacked by TSA goons last week and had his computer seized by federal government officials embarrassed at the exposure of their silly, weak response to the Captain Underpants bombing attempt. The blogging world rallied … Continue reading
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Blumental wins one, refuses to shut up
AG gets will selling house for half its value overturned. The state attorney general claimed victory Friday in a legal battle stemming from 2005 that challenged the legitimacy of a sales agreement in which an elderly Greenwich woman agreed to … Continue reading
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Blumenthal does something right
Walt sent a link to this story about our state Attorney General and it seems only fair, after the scorn I heap on the man, to acknowledge when he gets on the right side of something and in fact leads … Continue reading
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Cuomo apes Massachusetts’s lead, Blumenthal to follow
Andrew Cuomo, who sat back in the weeds while Massachusetts assembled a civil fraud case against Madoff feeder funds, has now charged Ezra Merkin and his feeder fund, Ascot, with the same claim. Connecticut’s courageous Attorney General, Dick Blumenthal, now has a … Continue reading
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Our next senator at work
Overlawyered.com reports on an NPR story debunking the phthalates plastics ban Although most coverage of the CPSIA debacle (this site’s included) has focused on the lead rules, the phthalates ban (phthalates are an ingredient often used to make plastic soft … Continue reading
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Chris Dodd leaves Senate, will grow ethanol in Iowa with Countrywide funding
Chris Dodd, already in trouble with his sweetheart mortgage deals, his Irish castle and his attempt to protect the AIG bonuses, is encountering serious difficulty raising money for his upcoming reelection campaign. I heard yesterday from a reader that her father, a … Continue reading
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The Connecticut senate race begins
Republican Simmons, the only announced challenger to Dodd that I’m aware of, is going after the man for his AIG “Dodd Amendment”. Good for him, but I doubt this tempest will last long enough to deprive Dodd of the Democrat nomination … Continue reading
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Blumenthal: “It wasn’t me, it was Eliot!”
Greenwich cops charge duo in tryst blackmail scheme.
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Richard Blumenthal, toadstool
Connecticut’s Attorney General seems determined to change our motto to “The Me Too State”. He has, after the big boys have shown him how to do it, sued Microsoft, tobacco companies, George Foreman’s Grill Master and the Girl Scouts of America. … Continue reading
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