Yesterday Connecticut Attorney General and Democratic Senate Candidate Richard Blumenthal's e-mailed claim that he had not been "clear or precise" about his military service, that he had made mistakes and was sorry did not ring true. But rather than finally admit he lied and was sorry for his lie, Mr. Blumenthal decided it was the method with which he delivered his spin that was the problem.

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Caught lying about his Vietnam era service (he claimed to have served "in Vietnam" when he did not), Connecticut Attorney General and Democratic Senate Candidate Richard Blumenthal has now misspoken his way through an alleged apology. Since the story first broke, Mr. Blumenthal has claimed he misspoke, that there were "misplaced words" and that he regretted what happened but was still being pressured from veterans groups, the media and political foes to apologize for his deception. His latest statement still doesn't ring true.

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Former president Jimmy Carter has spent a good portion of his post-White House years taking anti-Semitic stances on many issues but now he is suddenly apologizing for any words or deeds that may have upset the Jewish community. "We must not permit criticisms for improvement to stigmatize Israel," Carter said in a letter sent to a wire service for Jewish newspapers. "I offer an Al Het for any words or deeds of mine that may have done so." An Al Het is a prayer which signifies a plea for forgiveness.

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The far left has a new hero and the Democrats have a new headache and both are named Alan Grayson. Representative Grayson (D-Florida) took to the House floor Tuesday night and criticized Republican health care proposals as a "blank piece of paper". That's nothing out of the ordinary in the heated debate over health care reform but then he added, "If you get sick, America, the Republican health care plan is this: die quickly. That's right. The Republicans want you to die quickly if you get sick." (source)

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He can travel throughout the world apologizing with ease for every American action since Washington crossed the Delaware, but when he calls a dedicated police officer stupid for doing his job, President Obama suddenly forgets how to say "I'm sorry." As he hemmed and hawed through a surprise appearance at the daily White House briefing, he said his words had been "ill chosen" and he could have "calibrated those words differently" but didn't back down from their meaning.

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