Breaking: Blumenthal's Soldier Supporter On Stage Today Is a Phony, Too
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 8:42 PM
Oh my.
Democratic Senatorial Candidate Richard Blumenthal held a presser today after it was discovered that he lied about serving in Vietnam. (He also lied about being captain of the Harvard Swim Team.) So, Blumenthal went before the press along with some former military men and supporters. It was a great show. Maybe tomorrow the swim team will join him on stage?
Unfortunately, one of the democratic supporters on stage with him lied about his military service, too.
Free Republic reported–
Blumenthal’s military buddy on stage is William Joseph Trumpower, aka Elliott Storm, a POW HALL OF SHAME
Here’s a photo:
The POW HALL OF SHAME winner, William Joseph Trumpower, is second from the right.
POW Network.org reported on Trumpower earlier:
WILLIAM JOSEPH TRUMPOWER
aka Elliott Storm
* CLAIMING BRONZE STAR w/VALOR device.
* Claims 2nd Lt, Claims
* Wears 3 Purple Hearts, 2 Bronze Stars w/V.
The jacket in EARLIER pictures boasted 8 ribbons.
This NEW pic has more and includes V device on Bronze Star and 2nd Lt bars..
* Claims he worked with Ollie North.
The New Haven Independent reported that Blumenthal called supporter Storm who helped him out today.
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.
Why is this not surprising?
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Published February 8, 2012 at 8:42 pm - 101 Comments
Joanne commented:
These people lie about service in the military on the one hand, but then they loath the military on the other hand.
bg commented:
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there were doubts??
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regularguy commented:
I believe wearing military ribbons which you have not earned is a crime. If so, he needs to be properly charged with said crime.
Robb76 commented:
Jeez,
Where were all these “heros” during Tet 68?
What a sick bunch of puppies.
Robb
1st Cav Div
1-68 to 3-69
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Inter Ruption commented:
Thank you for your service, Robb76. I appreciate it very much.
Kevin commented:
Typical.
Midas commented:
I would also like to thank you for your service, Robb76 – as well as other, you know, *real* veterans.
Thank you!
MANHATTAN DECLARATION commented:
Yes We Can http://www.DumpBlumy.com
YES WE CAN!
YES WE CAN!
Opaobie commented:
I made a promise to honor the memories of my fellow veterans, especially those who didn’t come home. I am still keeping that promise.
HANOI JOHN KERRY commented:
I suspect http://www.SWIFTVETS.com was behind this whole thing.
nadadhimmi commented:
Expect the damn communist media to cover this up as long as they can. These little pricks were communist when they were students protesting in the 60′s and they are gray haired , poneytailed, communist little pricks now.
Opaobie commented:
Mark Levin believes the NY Times released the story now to mitigate the damage it could have caused if it had run right before the general election. It gives Blementhal and the Dems time to let it blow over and lessen voter disgust and outrage that could swing the election if it was fresh on voters’s minds as they entered the voting booth in November.
ProLifer commented:
In a culture of corruption, where the ends justify the means, it is acceptable to lie to get elected — and to spin your way out when you get caught. This is the world we live in.
But to lie about serving in Vietnam is an affront to all veterans!
flipster48 commented:
The only way I wear my bronze star is as a small lapel pin. It’s not something to be flaunted. The brave ones were the men in my command. True heroes every one. 1st Platoon, Co A, 1/46 Infantry DaNang.
Opus #6 commented:
Straight out of central casting.
hrh commented:
Headline correction: It’s Blumenthal, not Blementhal.
And absolutely, we’re going to Block Blumy. It just got a lot easier!
Mike Dilligas commented:
NYT, Good job, you got one.
During the 2000 census count, the number of Americans falsely claiming to have served in country is: 13,853,027. By this census, FOUR OUT OF FIVE WHO CLAIM TO BE Vietnam vets are not.
Mike. Cholon 1966
Savinggrc commented:
Rob76 and flipster48, thank you.
Rob, my fil was also 1st cav, same time frame – Maj. Sam Linton.
drjohn commented:
Anyone know what Storm has lied about specifically?
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Opaobie commented:
drjohn, he’s lying about everything except these:
ACTUAL – National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Purple Heart w/1*. Served 11 Oct 1968 to 30 Jan 1970 as a USMC rifleman (MOS 0311). Has enlisted service number (not officer’s).
We call it what it is — Stolen Valor, even if a guy is a military veteran but he lies about his service, especially combat duty he never saw.
Trochilus commented:
I just know I’ve seen this guy Blumenthal somewhere . . . maybe about two years ago . . . oh wait! It’s him again!
rabidfox commented:
It sounds like the dems are throwing Blumenthal under the bus, hence the NYT covering this else they’d bury it deeper than radioactive waste.
Commieblaster, I can’t see 0bama as being that effective or willing to do anything that does not directly help himself.
neomom commented:
What is truly sad is the way he used the good, unsuspecting and proud men, sans the phony, that were on that stage. Blumy is a world class scumbag. I will send his opponent good wishes and cash.
Opaobie commented:
rabidfox, read my post #16 for a slightly different angle. The Dems seldom throw anyone under the bus if there is a chance of keeping a Dem seat. Even going to jail doesn’t stop them. They circle the wagons and stonewall investigations. Arlen Sphincter isn’t even an exception to the rule; he just was no longer viable and had become a liability to them, so they cut their losses regarding seniority and went with the younger anti-war lib, but they still went with a lib. They do practice political euthanasia on the worn out ones, as in Sphincter’s case.
Militant Conservative commented:
Just like the president surrounds himeself with fellow commies, marxists, and other anti american terds. democrats are poison.
Andreas K. commented:
It’s sad, even Adolf Hitler had more balls than those buggers. He served in WW1 on the western front in the trenches, in the mud, among rats and lice.
And remember, Hitler went to war freely. He dodged the draft in Austria, went to Munich, and when the war started, he volunteered at once.
When it comes to military service, frankly, I take Hitler over all those wannabe elites. Hitler at least had the balls to actually fight.
And yeah, the memory of the trenches certainly shaped the way he waged war later.
jakee308 commented:
You may have noticed that most veterans (with the exception of some politicians) don’t spend a lot of time bringing up their military service.
If it does come up, they are usually self-deprecating about their service and mostly praise others’ current or past service.
Even those politicians that are known to be Veterans don’t say much about their service unless prompted and the subject is topical to the situation at hand.
This is mostly because they feel HONORED to have served and are HUMBLED by the sacrifices and valor of others they served with or know of and consider their service to have been THEIR DUTY as citizens and not worthy of, to them, excessive praise. (This is similar to those who have acted heroically to save other’s lives; they shrug off the label of ‘Hero’ and most always say they just did what anyone else would have in the circumstances)
Even the most egregious of self promoting politician, if their service was real, will adhere to the above template. Only those who feel that they failed to do THEIR DUTY and feel that they are or that their service was INADEQUATE, compared to others, will feel the need to embellish their deeds. Mostly to shroud themselves with the unearned and undeserved aura of HONOR AND VALOR that they believe they are/were unable to exhibit during their time of service.
Curiously these types are mostly Democrats and those that are actually ashamed of their service or America.
squeaky commented:
blumenthal wants to know who you’re going to believe him or your lying eyes. they’re like little kids who – when they’re caught in the most obvious lie – continue it. of course – as with the obama adm – you either misunderstood what they said or don’t have the intelectual capabilities to understand.
squeaky commented:
the election of obama has brought out the “beyond reproach” group. just shut up and pull the cart and try not to disturb the dregs.
http://www.yourdictionary.com/idioms/beyond-reproach
vsatt commented:
If Elliot Storm thinks he has post-traumatic stress he might want to stop with the lies and see how much relief that brings him.
Tabbysmom commented:
I urge everyone to read CommieBlaster’s comment #25 and link to the site. It’s a wealth of information and deserves to be passed on to everyone you know.
Mahdi Al-Dajjal commented:
Isn’t it amazing? During the 60′s when it served their political interests, these same people were spitting on soldiers, beating up ROTC students on campus, burning down ROTC Centers, and protesting at Military Recruiting Offices.
Today, when it serves their political interests, they wear military pins and medals, and claim they served valiently in Vietnam.
And YES, it is a crime to wear any military medals or other insignia that you haven’t been officially awarded.
Don’t expect any prosecutions to happen for the simple reason that they’re all card-carrying members of the Democrat Party and thus have complete immunity from this kind of stuff.
In fact, it’ll never even make it into the local newspaper or onto the nightly news. And anybody who does mention it will be shouted down and ridiculed.
Phil commented:
Good job ripping off the Flopping Aces story four hours later and not giving them credit:
http://www.floppingaces.net/2010/05/18/blumenthal-lies-about-vietnam-service-says-he-misspoke-but-surrounds-himself-with-other-liars/
Carol in Tn. commented:
My Dad, spent a year in Nam. My brother three years.and has 3 silver stars , 2 gold stars and other medals. Anyone that served in that hell of a war is a HERO…but anyone that did not serve and says he did…after he did all he could to stay out of Nam is a yellow coward . There is no name for someone that did that then lies about his service. I hope voters remember the lies when election time comes around..
It is against the law to wear medals that one did not earn..and the ones that wear them should be sent to jail . They have no right to talk to any one about how to deal with the stress from war…they were never there so how do they know???
Nam Grunt commented:
Just what the country doesn’t need, another liberal democrat like John Kerry and Tom Harkin lying about their service record. I think daily of my buddies lifeless bodies lying in the mud. These creeps might as well be standing on them and wiping their feet.
Recon 2/502 101st Airborne 1970
Callipygian1 commented:
My father was a 24 year marine; served in Korea and Vietnam (DaNang; aviation Master Gunny Sgt.); He passed away 8 years ago from the effects of Agent Orange, and my mother is on full survivor benefits.
I am a Vietnam-ERA veteran, as I was in boot camp when Saigon fell. I would never even think of claiming service I did not deserve.
What Blumenthal has done (repeatedly) goes far beyond what has been reported. It calls into question his entire career, as well as his ethics. And to refute his most recent statements even further, it DOES impugn his service record.
Valerie commented:
Guys,
This is the New York Times story http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/nyregion/18blumenthal.html
“that blew the lid off his [Blumenthal's] lies” according to a Jonathan Tobin article http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/tobin/296466 at Commentary.
In brief, Blumenthal served in the military during the Vietnam War, but was never stationed in Vietnam.
However, various newspapers have misquoted him or added to his record all on their own. Both the NYT and the Commentary articles seem to pretend that Mr. Blumenthal is responsible for correcting factual inaccuracies in articles over which he has no control.
I have a real problem with the attitude expressed in both articles, because I have been involved in efforts to get factual misinformation in newspaper articles corrected, most recently during the brouhaha over the Arizona immigration law.
In fact, I just responded to a snotty email from one Ruben Navarette after presenting him with the links so that he could read the text of the Arizona law, along with an explanation of its contents that is clearer than anything he’s written so far.
Neither the NYT, Commentary or the San Diego Union-Tribune have the right to print a pack of lies, and then demand that anybody, ordinary citizens or public figures, be responsible for challenging them and correcting them. They’re supposed to do their fact-checking before they print.
Today I take no position on Mr. Blumenthal’s political ideas. But the evidence that he has lied about his service is not in these articles.
Valerie commented:
Callipygiani1 @ #50
“What Blumenthal has done (repeatedly) goes far beyond what has been reported.”
That may well be true. I’m just saying that calling Blumenthal a liar on the basis of what’s in these articles is a bit much. And that could be a problem, too.
What if he really did lie, and the real lie got edited out of the article. What then? Would a careful person reading the article then conclude that the whole thing was just a political kerfluffel over nothing?
Callipygian1 commented:
Valerie:
There is verbal proof that Blumenthal lied about his service. He convicted himself. If he were still on active duty I believe he would be prosecuted unde rthe UCMJ (Uniform code iof Military Justice) http://www.ucmj.us/about-ucmj.shtml
Opaobie commented:
Valerie, again and again, for more than 30 YEARS, he HIMSELF has been CLAIMING he served IN Vietnam (“When I was in Vietnam,….”). The articles may reinforce that false contention, but the very words coming out of his own mouth are what convict him. Why are you trying to offer excuses for a FRAUD?
Likes Opaobie commented:
I liked your comments very much especially the Arlen Sphincter one, ha ha. LMAO!!
Norman Rogers commented:
That’s an excellent catch. Kudos to the folks who spotted the fake POW.
WSC commented:
I am a Vietnam Era Veteran. I served in the military as a seven year volunteer. Starting in 1957 and serving until 1964, when I found out, that I was scheduled to be sent to Vietnam three months after I would have re-enlisted. I had already spent two years, one in Morocco and one in Korea.
My daughter went from a basket to a walker and talker by the time I got home from the second remote tour. And, in less than a year, I would be gone again. Me, I was selfish, I pulled the plug.
But, I am legally, a Vietnam Era Veteran, I am not a Vietnam, in country, Veteran. I was not drafted, I was just one in a long line of family members who volunteered without being drafted. My son was the seventh in line, when he joined the Marines.
I am not sorry that I, personally, was not involved in a shooting war. However, I am getting a bit tired of in-country Veterans and especially, those who beat the draft, constant debate on who is a Vietnam Veteran or a World War Two Veteran, or Korea Veteran or even us who were especiall, COLD WAR Veterans.
Many of them, served between the end of the Korea War Era and the Vietname Era and as far as the American Legion and VFW are concerned. Those Cold War Warriors are not elgible to belong to those organizations.
Some of us were not shot at, some of us were and if those who were shot at, did not attempt to declare themselves special. Perhaps, those who were not shot at, but served as the others did, this country, would not feel they had to make themselves lairs, to have their country recognize them.
After seven years, I got a double Good Conduct Medal and a Korea Service Medal and look at what those who serve today can wear. A chestfull of color and if those at the hightest command today have their wish, one will soon be given to the dead who failed to shoot first. It will not be the Purple Heart, it will be for taking a shot, when you should have shot first.
In ending this long message, that will most likely not be posted, if I had known where we were going. My service and my son’s service to the country, would have been replaced by the same selfish actions of those who are tearing this country apart. Othewise, “Let the other suckers serve, while we get all we can without risking our lives!”
Apparently, they have won and unless something drastic changes, soon we will be a collection of fifty States, as screwed up as Europe. Where they forgot one thing in their great advance to take over the world. Ask a person from the USA where they are from, when you are overseas and most will first say, the USA, then follow with their State. Ask a European and they will answer, first with their country and then perhaps, Europe.
Soon, those in charge of the USA at this time, will have us saying, I am from Ohio first, then say, it is one of the small countries in the USA combination.
Chris Gardner commented:
I served in the USAF in Thailand from Aug ’69 to Jul ’69 in support of the Vietnam action. I proudly wear the medals I have earned and highly respect those who gave more than just their time. I despise those who lie and steal the valor of others.
shipley130 commented:
We need to add a letter to the Deemocrat party. D-L aka Deemocrat Liars.
bg commented:
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quote is good, source is another story..
["I have to say, I'm really troubled by this as a Democrat, et cetera. It's not about being a Democrat. There are a lot of good people who fought
and died and were wounded and served with great honor in Vietnam, and
one ought never count himself in that number unless, in fact, he served
in Vietnam, not in the Marine Corps back state-side, which is perfectly honorable. But he said he served in Vietnam, and I think voters are going to have a problem with this."]
to one & all who have served.. THANK YOU!!
It Has Always Been The Soldier
It is the soldier,
not the President who gives us democracy.
It is the soldier,
not the Congress who takes care of us.
It is the soldier,
not the Reporter who has given us Freedom of Press.
It is the soldier,
not the Poet who has given us Freedom of Speech.
It is the soldier,
not the campus [community] Organizer who
has given us the Freedom to Demonstrate.
It is the soldier,
who salutes the flag;
who serves beneath the flag,
and whose coffin is draped by the flag,
that allows the protester to burn the flag.
~ Father Dennis O’Brien, US Marine Corp. Chaplain
God Bless America!
God Bless Soldiers everywhere for putting THEIR
lives on the line to protect us ALL from terrorism!
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bg commented:
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ok, so even if the following were “misspoken” (more than once) words..
“We have learned something important
since the days that I served in Vietnam”
“When we returned from Vietnam, I remember the taunts,
the verbal and even physical abuse we encountered” ~ RB
how does he explain the “phony soldier”??
which in turn begs the question..
how many authentic vets were on stage in support of RB??
which in turn begs the next question..
why would those vets allow themselves to
be lumped in with a POW hall of shamer??
did they ALL serve in Vietnam??
because from what i can see of the young lady on
stage, she looks younger than my youngest (69)..
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Valerie commented:
Opaobie
May 19th, 2010 | 11:14 am | #55
“Valerie, again and again, for more than 30 YEARS, he HIMSELF has been CLAIMING he served IN Vietnam (“When I was in Vietnam,….”).”
Then, neither article says enough. Again, if the articles leave out pertinent facts, (such as that he has been claiming he served in Vietnam repeatedly for years), that’s a problem, because both of them fail to convey much.
Take a look again at the NYT article. It says bits of quotes and information showed up in news articles, and he failed to correct them. That’s all it says. If there are, for example, a slew of video clips showing him saying those exact things, or press releases from his office, or published speeches he has made, you wouldn’t know it from the NYT article.
jennya commented:
Does anyone know Jack Bauer’s phone number? We need him to call CTU to do facial recognition on all those fools standing next to Blumenthal at his press conference. Chances are they’re all phonies too.
Opaobie commented:
Valerie, the obvious answer is that the Dems knew Blumenthal’s secret would come out eventually now that he is running for U.S. Senate. In Connecticut, nobody dug, and nobody had any reason to question. The story came out now to lessen the damage and to try to make it a two or three day story that wouldn’t come up again in November. The New York Slimes willingly aided in the task, although there were probably tears in the newsroom at having to do anything that might hurt a Liberal. It might work. According to the Washington Post, it did work.
…even some of the diehard Dems posting comments at the WashPost are disgusted, though, so it still just may sink him.
Can any veteran now remain a member of so corrupt a party as today’s Democratic Party? They need to take back the party or put it out of its misery at the next election…and Blumenthal still hasn’t won anything yet. November will tell a lot about the character of the voters of Connecticut. Unfortunately, running a World Wrestling Entertainment “impresario” (as Ann Coulter puts it) against him says a lot about the hapless GOP. May Blumenthal suffer the same fate as Benedict Arlen
SphincterSpecter.…and thanks for the kind words to those who enjoyed my posts.
Spencer de Vere commented:
So many of the fake Vets also like to talk about the hate and rejection they ‘experienced’ after they ‘returned from’Nam’ – when, in fact, they never ventured beyond the shores of the USA. The worst though, are the mongrels – and there have been a few – who speak, with great emotion, about the ‘attrocities’ they were involved in during their mythical stints in Vietnam.
Greg Butko commented:
Jane Fonda spent more time in Vietnam than Blumenthal. He is a lying draft-dodger, and embarrassment to the people of Connecticut and an insult to those who actually did serve.
Blumenthal says he takes “full responsibility” for his “mis-speaks” (lies). If he takes full responsibility, he should step down as Attorney General and drop out of the senate race.
Peter Schiff for Senate.
F15Mech commented:
I was born in 1972 so I don’t remember anything about that war unless I read about in the books.
From my service in the USAF I remember something about integrity which seams to be lacking with someone running for office.