By J.R. Dunn October 2, 2018
The great solon Richard Blumenthal, hero of An Loc, Ia Drang, Khe Sanh, Hue, and Tet, has explained to us that “Who lies in one instance, lies in all.” Blumenthal was referring to Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who hasn’t lied about anything, as far as anyone has been able to tell. But we can turn it around to focus on the party that Sen. Blumenthal was speaking out for. In how many instances has Christine Blasey Ford lied?............Read more
My Take - The article starts out calling Bulmenthal "the great solon", which confused me as it isn't capitalized and the real Solon was highly revered. Here's what that means:
"Solon was a particularly wise lawgiver in ancient Athens who was born in approximately 630 B.C. and lived until about 560 B.C. He was one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece, and he implemented a number of reforms in Athenian law. In English, his name has been used generically since at least 1625 to refer to any wise statesman. Contemporary American journalists, with whom the term is especially popular, have extended the meaning even further to include any member of a lawmaking body, wise or not. In fact, today the word is sometimes used ironically for a legislator who displays a marked lack of wisdom, rather than a profusion of it."
Then the article calls him a "hero of An Loc, Ia Drang, Khe Sanh, Hue, and Tet, which was meant to mock Blumenthal's military claims. Which makes taking a position against Kavanaugh of “Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus, meaning false in one thing, false in everything", serious hypocrisy on his part.
Oh, one more thing. Trump called him out on this and one person is quoted as saying that it was hypothetical of Trump to do so as he received deferments also. But Trump didn't mislead anyone on any claims about military service to become President of the United States, as Blumental did to become a United States Senator.
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