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Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Wednesday News Round-Up
- News of the official Ned Lamont announcement in Hartford on Monday is hitting the AP wire tonight:
"This president plays on our fears, not our hopes," Lamont said in a written statement. "In too many ways our country is going off course. And Connecticut's Senator Lieberman is doing nothing to stop it - and is in fact supporting many of the president's misguided policies."
And the expected ridiculous retort:"We're proud to put Senator Lieberman's record against anybody's," said Sean Smith, Lieberman's campaign manager. "We'll see if (Lamont's) angry one-issue candidacy is what Connecticut Democrats are looking for."
Wow. Lieberman's campaign really sounds exactly like Karl Rove or his "pal" Sean Hannity talking about the "loony left." Is this really a Democrat speaking? We'll see if Lieberman's Rovian, no-issue candidacy is what Connecticut Democrats are looking for. - Also from the same article:
A recent Quinnipiac University Poll showed that Lamont faces a difficult task. The poll found that 68 percent of registered Democrats said they'd vote for Lieberman, while only 13 percent said they'd back Lamont. Ninety-three percent of those polled said they had not heard enough about Lamont to form an opinion.
So let me get this straight: 13% of registered CT Dems support Lamont, but 93% don't know enough about him to form an opinion? That means some respondants - at least 6% - are saying they'll vote for him while admitting to knowing nothing about him. Inspiring that type of no-questions-asked opposition can't be the best sign for an incumbent. - That official announcement? This Monday, March 13th, 4pm, Old State House, Hartford (get there at 3:30pm). Directions and more info are available at the newly-redesigned NedLamont.com.
- Headline from The Hill: "Vulnerable GOP pair team up on reform":
Reps. Christopher Shays (Conn.) and Heather Wilson (N.M.), two of the House's most vulnerable Republican incumbents, joined forces yesterday to urge their party leadership to embrace their plan for a nonpartisan Office of Public Integrity to enforce House ethics rules.
In case you haven't been following this story, that's pretty much the Lieberman-Collins plan for an independent ethics office, rejected in committee last week in the Senate, which Shays will be introducing in the House. Given that Shays and Lieberman are best buddies now, this isn't surprising. Backscratching all around, and Shays gets to look like a "reformer." I do wonder what Diane Farrell thinks about her GOP opponent working to pass the same legislation as her preferred Democratic Senate candidate, a week after her GOP opponent endorsed said Democratic candidate. And all this on the day some more bombshell Abramoff revelations come out. Great timing, all around.
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"We're proud to put Senator Lieberman's record against anybody's," said Sean Smith, Lieberman's campaign manager. "We'll see if (Lamont's) angry one-issue candidacy is what Connecticut Democrats are looking for."
They can kid themselves it's a one issue campaign. Joe Lieberman hearts Bush & believes its ok to sell our ports to the UAE. Joe Lieberman hearts Lynne Cheney & doesn't believe in academic freedom. He also *loves* media censorship & doesn't believe the hearing impaired (which he equates with children) are capable of deciding what they want to watch. Joe Lieberman hearts Alito & Santorum and is fake prochoice. Holy Joe hearts Jerry Falwel & appears on Save the Jews for Jesus infomercials. Joe stonewalls dissenting constituents with a fake congeniality. Oh my, was that one issue? Sorry I got carried away.
They can kid themselves it's a one issue campaign. Joe Lieberman hearts Bush & believes its ok to sell our ports to the UAE. Joe Lieberman hearts Lynne Cheney & doesn't believe in academic freedom. He also *loves* media censorship & doesn't believe the hearing impaired (which he equates with children) are capable of deciding what they want to watch. Joe Lieberman hearts Alito & Santorum and is fake prochoice. Holy Joe hearts Jerry Falwel & appears on Save the Jews for Jesus infomercials. Joe stonewalls dissenting constituents with a fake congeniality. Oh my, was that one issue? Sorry I got carried away.
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at 11:30 AM
& Just what *are* Lieberman's ties to the religious right? Seems like we've only scraped the surface.
# posted by at 11:32 AM
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"This president plays on our fears, not our hopes," Lamont said in a written statement. "In too many ways our country is going off course.
Lamont got that right! In fact the president & his creatures are pretty darn nihilistic. They create fires and Lieberman runs around shouting "danger, red alert" !
Lamont got that right! In fact the president & his creatures are pretty darn nihilistic. They create fires and Lieberman runs around shouting "danger, red alert" !
# posted by at 11:36 AM
at 11:36 AM
How about the fact that Lieberman believes that Pfizer is "doing the Lords Work" in terms of family values etc, and receives more contributions from them than any Dem or possibly even Repub, and between 1998 & 2003 he cosponsered 9 bills that would give Pfizer taxbreaks and patent extensions. (The buying of the Preznit. Charles Lewis). The Lord's Work indeed! Apparently the Lord's work comes at a hefty price to citizens who can barely afford generic brands.
# posted by at 12:56 PM
at 12:56 PM
In addition, to helping pharmaceutical companies contribute to the rising cost of healthcare, Lieberman supported school vouchers. School vouchers = old segregationist trick of the Cracker South.
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