{"id":19256,"date":"2010-05-26T11:39:56","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T16:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=19256"},"modified":"2010-05-26T11:58:35","modified_gmt":"2010-05-26T16:58:35","slug":"bidens-blumenthal-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=19256","title":{"rendered":"Biden’s Blumenthal joke"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been doing my best to keep the Blumenthal story alive, but I thought I’d have to skip it today, running out of ammo. Thank goodness for Joe Biden, God love him<\/a>;<\/p>\n

“I didn’t serve in Vietnam. I don’t want to make a Blumenthal mistake here,” he said according to a pool report. “Our attorney general from Connecticut, God love him.” <\/p>\n

Later he said “I have a bad habit of saying exactly what I think.”<\/p>\n

Blumenthal became the brunt of Republican criticism after The New York Times reported he misstated his service record during the Vietnam War on several occasions. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, saying what he thinks has never been a problem for Biden since he never thinks. <\/p>\n

The article goes on to detail Blumenthal’s deferments and Reserve service. Odd, but they don’t take the opportunity to count Biden’s draft deferments during the Vietnam war (the answer is five<\/a> – same as Cheney – the difference being that Cheney’s deferments all came before ground combat operations in Vietnam) while Biden was studying to be the smartest man in the world whose IQ is probably higher than yours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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