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Is the phrase "Connecticut Yankee" or "Connecticut Liar"?
« on: May 28, 2010, 07:25:40 AM »
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Earlier, Quinnipiac University gave Blumenthal good news: Its latest poll found that a majority of residents believed he misspoke, not lied, when referring to service in Vietnam. He leads Republican Linda McMahon by 19 percentage points among military households and 25 points overall.
- http://www.ctmirror.org/story/6223/buoyed-poll-blumenthal-still-steps-carefully-toward-memorial-day

How does this happen?   :facepalm:  Is his opponent so distasteful that a confessed liar outpolls her?  Or is lying becoming a non-issue? Maybe we just have low expectations of our "statesmen" these days.

Maybe it says something about the people of Connecticut...  (not ALL of them, of course!)

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Re: Is the phrase "Connecticut Yankee" or "Connecticut Liar"?
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2010, 08:19:17 AM »
Connecticut is a pretty liberal state.  Honesty isn't a high priority around here. A candidate with a liberal agenda far overshadows something so trivial.  [barf]

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Re: Is the phrase "Connecticut Yankee" or "Connecticut Liar"?
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2010, 09:39:09 AM »
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Honesty isn't a high priority around here.

Real shame!

I saw the infamous press conference last week, with all of the pumped up vets behind him.

Pathetic, enbarassing, obviously staged, arrogant, no apology, playing word salad.

Looks like the political honesty bar is now scraping the ground.

Makes me sick to my stomach.
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Re: Is the phrase "Connecticut Yankee" or "Connecticut Liar"?
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2010, 09:21:42 PM »
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playing word salad

A lovely phrase!  stolen...

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Re: Is the phrase "Connecticut Yankee" or "Connecticut Liar"?
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2010, 06:17:08 PM »
Quote from: Jamie B on May 28, 2010, 09:39:09 AM
I saw the infamous press conference last week, with all of the pumped up professional vets behind him.

Fixed it for you.  Disgusting, they were.
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