Dramatis Personae
Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General of Connecticut
Reporters
REPORTER 1: Mr. Blumenthal, is it true you lied [1] about serving in Vietnam?
BLUMENTHAL: Everyone has a slip of the tongue now and then. I remember Alan Shepard told me — while we were walking on the surface of the moon together — that he was a full admiral; when, of course, he was only a rear one.
REPORTER 2: You’re saying you were on the moon?
BLUMENTHAL: In fact it was the inspiration for my famous dance.
REPORTER 3: So, you do admit you weren’t in Vietnam?
BLUMENTHAL: It depends on what your definition of “in” is.
REPORTER 4: You want to be the next senator of this state. Don’t you think it’s important that elected officials be truthful?
BLUMENTHAL: Yes. And I’ve been as truthful as any politician. That’s a fact. That’s why I was the one who exposed the Watergate cover-up.
REPORTER 5: It’s also being reported that you lied about being captain of the Harvard swim team. It seems you weren’t even on the Harvard swim team.
BLUMENTHAL: Next you’ll tell me I didn’t win those seven gold medals at the ’72 Olympics.
REPORTER 6: Is there anything you haven’t done?
BLUMENTHAL: I haven’t been elected senator. Nor is it likely will I.
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