Vietnam (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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> There's no comparison. I think if Bill had spent as much time trying
to
> reconstruct his traffic accidents as Blumenthal has spent over the
> years reflecting on his military service, Bill's driver's license
would
> be long gone by now.
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> Blumenthal has had plenty of practice, Bill, I assume, hasn't.
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> It is hard to explain this away as a slip of the tongue: "I wore the
> uniform
> in Vietnam and many came back to all kinds of disrespect"  [
> http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Critics-weigh-Blumenthal-s-
> words-491710.php
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That one is new to me, and makes think I should retract some of the
specifics of my post.

But I still believe that Blumenthal is not so much evil as he is
careless.  And carelessness is sufficient grounds to reject him as an
elected official under many circumstances (a point I did not make
earlier).


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