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Blumenthal was hired in the Bill Clinton [[White House]] in August 1997 as a speech writer and  advisor on [[globalization]].<ref>http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/resources/1999/impeachment/video.transcripts/blumenthal.html </ref>
 
Blumenthal was hired in the Bill Clinton [[White House]] in August 1997 as a speech writer and  advisor on [[globalization]].<ref>http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/resources/1999/impeachment/video.transcripts/blumenthal.html </ref>
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Blumenthal was he source for [[racist]] and [[Islamophobic]] attacks on candidate [[Barack Obama]] during the [[Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign]].  
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Blumenthal was he source of [[racist]] and [[Islamophobic]] attacks on candidate [[Barack Obama]] including allegations which became known as the [[birther]] movement during the [[Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign]].  
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In 2009, the [[Obama]] White House barred Blumenthal from serving in the [[Obama administration]] and the Clinton [[State Department]] because of him being the source of false rumors and attacks on candidate Barack Obama.
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In 2009, the [[Obama]] White House barred Blumenthal from serving in the [[Obama administration]] and the Clinton [[State Department]] because of him being the source of false rumors and attacks against candidate Barack Obama.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/23/republicans-are-blaming-hillary-clinton-for-the-birther-movement-thats-wishful-thinking/ </ref><ref>http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2015/09/26/washington-post-confirms-hillary-clinton-started-the-birther-movement/ </ref>
    
U.S. Federal Judge Richard Posner called Blumenthal one of America's top public intellectuals.<ref> http://home.uchicago.edu/~rposner/TABLE II.pdf "Data for tables in Chapter 5 of Richard A. Posner, Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline" where Posner talks about the data he used for his book Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline.</ref>
 
U.S. Federal Judge Richard Posner called Blumenthal one of America's top public intellectuals.<ref> http://home.uchicago.edu/~rposner/TABLE II.pdf "Data for tables in Chapter 5 of Richard A. Posner, Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline" where Posner talks about the data he used for his book Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline.</ref>
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