Primary Colors: Area Democrats Rally for Lamont (1 Viewer)

[KidRocks]

I like Lieberman but I think it's time for him to go and I hope Connecticut sends him packing Tuesday. Lieberman got to cozy with President Bush for my comfort and I hope the Connecticut Democrat/liberals send him and many like Lieberman a message that that policy will cost them dearly.

Let us hope that President Bush planted a 'kiss of death', sort to speak, on Lieberman.





http://www.greenwichcitizen.com/localnews/ci_4136750

The Iraq War is shaping up as the target Tuesday when supporters of Greenwich's Ned Lamont and U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman duke it out during the Democratic Party primary election in Greenwich and around the state.

They will wield the power of the ballot on behalf of their favorite candidate. Some 6,929 Greenwich registered Democrats are eligible to vote.

The winner in this expensive primary — $6 million for Lamont's campaign to date and $10 million for Lieberman's — gets to run as the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Lieberman in November.

It's a down-to-the-wire suspense story at presstime. Though polls indicate Lamont is ahead by a few points, the contest is in a statistical dead heat.

Lamont received a giant break Sunday when The New York Times endorsed him in its lead editorial. Lieberman, meanwhile, got a lift when the Connecticut Post and the Hartford Courant endorsed him...

 

[KidRocks]

I like Lieberman but I think it's time for him to go and I hope Connecticut sends him packing Tuesday. Lieberman got to cozy with President Bush for my comfort and I hope the Connecticut Democrat/liberals send him and many like Lieberman a message that that policy will cost them dearly.

Let us hope that President Bush planted a 'kiss of death', sort to speak, on Lieberman.

AHA!

Just as predicted, Lieberman lost his @ss on the way to the White House, that's what Joe gets for getting to cozy with Bush and Washington DC and for ignoring the people of Connecticut.

You want to support Bush and the war in Iraq that's fine, but there is a price to pay for that behavior now and Connecticut sent Joe packing.

Thank you Connecticut.





http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1224552,00.html?cnn=yes

Lieberman Lost the Old-Fashioned Way

He was out of touch with voters. And he's not alone. His defeat foreshadows an upheaval to come in November

So who brought Joe Lieberman down? Was it the liberal blogs? Was Lieberman the first political casualty of the Iraq War?

Both. But neither.

Yes, Iraq was the issue that crushed Lieberman in the Democratic party. And the blogs were the vehicle that helped that latent but pervasive disgruntlement among Connecticut Democrats become aware of itself. But Joe Lieberman succumbed to a political ailment (common to long-serving senators) that would have been as recognizable to Daniel Webster and Henry Clay as it was to so many 21st century bloggers: He got his head lost in the clouds of national politics and lost touch with his constituents...

 

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CT didn't send joe packing. He's going to win the election in a landslide.

 

[KidRocks]

CT didn't send joe packing. He's going to win the election in a landslide.

No way! Loserman is finished!

LOL... and I love it!

 

[Pen]

Now that Lamont has won, Lieberman confirmed that he will run as an Independent. On one hand that may split the Democratic votes, handing a win to the Republicans. On the other hand, we deserve better than a two party system. Democrats are not of one mind, nor are the Republicans. I would love to see parties like the Goldwater Rupublicans or FDR Democrats. At least you would have an idea of what you were voting for.

 

[KidRocks]

The bloggers have spoken Lieberman is out, top Democrats have abandoned Joe, the voters have rejected Lieberman, all that is left for Lieberman is for him to collect his ball and go home quietly.

Say goodnight Joe!

 

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The bloggers have spoken Lieberman is out, top Democrats have abandoned Joe, the voters have rejected Lieberman, all that is left for Lieberman is for him to collect his ball and go home quietly.

Say goodnight Joe!

He has a huge lead in the polls.

 

[RightinNYC]

There's no way the current Republican will win. Schlesinger is polling in single digits.

Lieberman will win the general by 15 points.

 

[disneydude]

The most interesting thing yet to be seen about this election is whether any of these Republicans that are saying how wonderful Joe Lieberman is (was) while come out and support him in his bid as an independent. I think you are going to see the true colors of these hypocrites.

 

[KidRocks]

The most interesting thing yet to be seen about this election is whether any of these Republicans that are saying how wonderful Joe Lieberman is (was) while come out and support him in his bid as an independent. I think you are going to see the true colors of these hypocrites.

These hypocrites are the same ones that labeled Lieberman as "Loserman" when he was running for VP. They called him all kinds of names, trashed him and his family, called him a flip-flopper, wishy-washy, weak on defense, a traitor, un-American and all the standard r-wing modem attack.

 

[RightinNYC]

These hypocrites are the same ones that labeled Lieberman as "Loserman" when he was running for VP. They called him all kinds of names, trashed him and his family, called him a flip-flopper, wishy-washy, weak on defense, a traitor, un-American and all the standard r-wing modem attack.

Didn't you support Lieberman as VP in 2000? Aren't you supporting Lamont now?

If when a Rep changes his support that makes him a hypocrite, what does that make you?

 

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Didn't you support Lieberman as VP in 2000? Aren't you supporting Lamont now?

If when a Rep changes his support that makes him a hypocrite, what does that make you?

People can change their opinions about a politician based on behavior that the politician exhibits. I used to support Lieberman. Now that he is pulling the same $hit that the republicans do (attack those of us who do not support the war in Iraq as being defeatists), I have no respect for him, and I no longer support him. If you can assert that this makes me a hypocrite, I would say you don't understand the meaning of such word.

I used to support McCain until I saw that letter that he wrote to Obama, where he exuded a severe temper and the inability to control himself. Now I see why Rove did that whisper campaign in 2000--there was some truth to it.

But we all know what the republicans are doing by supporting Lieberman. Gawd they make me f *cking sick. I really hope they go down in November. I am so sick and tired of their horse$hit. How do these people sleep at night?

 

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But we all know what the republicans are doing by supporting Lieberman. Gawd they make me f *cking sick. I really hope they go down in November. I am so sick and tired of their horse$hit. How do these people sleep at night?

I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. Care to fill me in?

 

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I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. Care to fill me in?

Here ya go:

In a telephone call with journalists, Vice President Cheney came close to suggesting that there is a new political blog out there called "al-Qaeda for Ned." His words have not received nearly the attention they deserve.

Mourning the fact that Democrats would "purge a man like Joe Lieberman" . . . our vice president went on to say this:

"The thing that's partly disturbing about it is the fact that, [from] the standpoint of our adversaries, if you will, in this conflict, and the al-Qaeda types, they clearly are betting on the proposition that ultimately they can break the will of the American people in terms of our ability to stay in the fight and complete the task."

The rejection of Lieberman made Cheney wonder if "the dominant view of the Democratic Party" is "the basic, fundamental notion that somehow we can retreat behind our oceans and not be actively engaged in this conflict and be safe here at home."

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Then there was Ken Mehlman, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, handpicked by President Bush and Karl Rove.

Speaking in Cleveland, Mehlman couldn't resist starting with a little old-fashioned redbaiting. He explained Ronald Reagan's defection from the Democratic Party this way: "He saw the beginning of the end, as a party that had vowed to fight communism became a party that set itself against those who fought communism." . . .

From there it was an easy leap to saying a Democratic Party -- cleverly renamed the "Defeat-ocrat Party" by the RNC chairman -- "that once stood for strength now stands for retreat and defeat." Translation: Anyone who dares question our botched approach is in favor of surrender.

Finally, from Tony Snow, the White House official who speaks for the president, came this analysis of the Connecticut result: "It's a defining moment for the Democratic Party, whose national leaders now have made it clear that if you disagree with the extreme left in their party they're going to come after you."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/10/AR2006081001314.html

This is what I am talking about.

 

[Hoot]

What kills me about all this...

These republicans are complaining about our democratic process, voting for the person you believe deserves the nomination.

Of course, neo-cons don't like counting votes anyway.

 

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Here ya go:



This is what I am talking about.

"came close to suggesting"? Is that suppose to be funny?

I skimmed over the rest of it and I tend to agree with Cheney. Surely Al Qaeda isn't crying over Lieberman's loss.

 

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What kills me about all this...

These republicans are complaining about our democratic process, voting for the person you believe deserves the nomination.

Of course, neo-cons don't like counting votes anyway.

Which Republicans complained about our democratic process?