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Monday, June 12, 2006

 

Cup of Joementum

Joe went to another diner today. The New Haven Independent was there. Sounds like the campaign still isn't going so well:

"If you're Democrats, I need your help," he told two firefighters.

Do they deserve to know if Lieberman's making a party switch? Is there a date by which he'll make up his mind? "Not really," he responded, rushing out the diner door towards his tinted car. "I don't even think about it."

"I'll always be a Democrat, so I guess the best way to answer all these questions" is to win the primary, he concluded. Then he ducked into his car....


And also at the diner:

This table of diners contained seething criticism while speaking with Joe, only expressing concern about a "lack of values" and "lack of integrity" in Congress. "Are you going to stand up for your thoughts and vote your conscience? I know you haven't always done that in the past," charged the woman, who declined to give her name.

When Lieberman moved on to the next table, she said, "I am not supporting him — absolutely not."

Her husband, Nick DiGioia, chimed in. He used to support Lieberman, but sees the Democratic Party as moving away from the concerns of "the average guy." He sees the "erosion of real, meaningful wages" and health care. Democratic politicians are "more concerned about their electability" than issues affecting the working class, DiGioa said. "[Lieberman]'s really a moderate Republican. I'm voting principally against the incumbent – get some new blood in there."

Comments:
"I'll always be a Democrat, so I guess the best way to duck all these questions" is to win the primary, he concluded. Then he sped away in his car...."
 
At right around 1:40 in this video (WTNH news coverage of the Bristol Diner Debacle) Lieberman makes the same desperate plea: "August 8th, if you're Democrats, there's a Democratic primary so I'd be honored to have your support"

The thing that strikes me is that he doesn't appear to be looking at anyone when he's saying it, as if asking for support is beneath him.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oAwpshxUUc

That's the video that I intended to link to in my previous comment.
 
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