Dick Gets It Wrong. Treats Liza Minnelli Like a Lawyer on His Team. Didn’t Know Their Names Either.

Senator Richard Blumenthal reminded a Stamford audience that the mind bogglingly rich often live in another world, especially when they had to spend no time making their fortune. Other people’s names can be a terrible inconvenience to them. The New York Post published an item yesterday on Sergeant Blumenthal botching the name of popular cultural staple, Oscar winner Liza Minnelli at a Stamford event Friday night. She sang the song about her name and he still got it wrong.

Not the first time. Many veterans who served with Blumenthal during his long tenure as attorney general in Connecticut suspected he had no clue what their names were. He proved it during a 2005 Second Circuit argument over the federal government’s proposal to close the Navy’s submarine base in New London, Connecticut. The government’s lead lawyer introduced those assisting him to the court. Blumenthal, making one of those high profile appearances he craves, decided to do the same. Trouble was he know remember their names. Insiders recall that the government’s lawyer later asked Blumenthal if he’d like him to introduce Dick to his own staff.