Lieberman: Lamont Runs Negative Campaign

[wakeme2008]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Connecticut-Senate.html

September 12, 2006
Lieberman: Lamont Runs Negative Campaign
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 6:19 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Joe Lieberman bemoaned the nasty tone of Ned Lamont's campaign -- even as he swiped at his Democratic rival, accusing him of waffling on the Iraq war.

''Ned Lamont is running one of the most negative campaigns that I can remember,'' Lieberman said in a telephone conference call with reporters Tuesday. ''He constantly criticizes, criticizes, criticizes. And he blames me for just about everything, maybe except the weather.''

...more at link..........

[goclark]

1. Goclark wants to blame you for the weather too JOEY!

[BronxBoy]

6. LOL n/t

[saltpoint]

2. Joe will lose this race. And properly so.

[fooj]

3. Boo fucking hoo.

[Semi_subversive]

4. I think Joe needs a big glass of STFU!

Whiny-assed baby!

[Vincardog]

5. HEy LIEberman if you can't take it drop our. Respect the voters.

[Demit]

7. What a whiner. Even his words on the printed page whine.

It's getting kind of embarrassing how low-status he sounds. He doesn't seem to realize it, either.

[stepnw1f]

8. prove it! Point Out the Negativity

If you are so righteous, then point out the negativity so the voters can believe you.... you won't, because you can't. You will lose this election....

[rpannier]

15. Lamont said

"Liberman is not doing a good job representing CT and then provided facts to back it up."

joementum is using the o'lielly-hannity definition of negative and smear.

[stepnw1f]

18. all projection (nt)

[Pale Blue Dot]

9. ...

:rofl:

[Totally Committed]

10. Cry me a river, a**hole!

:nopity:

Joe needs to go. The voters told him so, but he thinks he owns that seat.

Get lost, Joey!

TC

[Jeroen]

11. (VIDEO) Bush & Lieberman Commemorate 9/11

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs4NbmMNRZs

[unhappycamper]

17. a most excellent video

Have you thought of starting a tread with that video??

[Jeroen]

21. Good idea. I will post it in GD. Thanks.

[rooboy]

12. Here's a positive thought for you Joe...

you're a fuckwit. I'm positive of that.

[HereSince1628]

13. If the poo sticks Joe, ya gotta wear it.

The best defense against dirty campaigning is being very clean and very well polished.

Joe ain't clean and his rejection of the Democratic Primary results left him with a dull finish.

[ihelpu2see]

16. Ned has done nothing but point out the obvious, that is not a negative

campaign. Mr. Lamont has also provided a purposal on education and health care.... Lets see yours Joe..... No child left behind.... was that yours??????? Saying that Ned some how brought down your web site was a lie and a negative campaigning. So Joe go home!

[rpannier]

14. OH WAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Joe you are such a whiner!

[951-Riverside]

19. Ned Lamont is a poopy doo doo head!

*pouts*

[Demeter]

20. The Ugly Truth Is So Negative; Let's Feed the Voters Some Pretty Lies!

What a GOP retard Lieberman is!

[BattyDem]

22. Hey Joe ...

It's not Ned Lamont's fault if the truth about you happens to be negative! :P

[quiet.american]

23. So, now it's "Woe-mentum," eh, Joe. n/t

[VegasWolf]

24. Ah, poor widdle Joey. Shows he doesn't have what it takes in a tough

world. We're better off with this clown gone.

[depakid]

25. I can't imagine why any citizen would vote for that man

His whining by itself is a reason to want him gone.

He's an embarrassment to the state of Connecticut.

[Arugula Latte]

26. Call the Waaah-mbulance! Widdle Joey's fweewings are huwt!

Cuz dat mean Ned tole da truf! :cry:

:nopity:

[struggle4progress]

27. Translation: Joe's producing a real mudslinger of an ad

[LynnTheDem]

28. Want some cheese with your whine, lieberman?

Just like a rightwingnut...whine whine moan bitch and whine.

[sofa king]

29. That's because you suck, Joe.

You're taking money from Republicans. What sort of deal did you cut, you weasel, and how long has it been in place? Since 2000?

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vets_for_Freedom

[tanyev]

30. Joe. Everything you've done lately NEEDS to be criticized.

Get a clue.

[IndianaGreen]

31. Lieberman is the one that is running a smear campaign, here is proof

Text of Lamont e-mail:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2821598

Compare Lamont's e-mail to the selective excerpt the Lieberman people are feeding the Connecticut press:

Democratic Senate candidate Ned Lamont, who recently denounced Sen. Joe Lieberman for his public scolding of President Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair, lauded the senator at the time for his eloquence and moral authority.

Lieberman's staff on Saturday called Lamont's recent criticisms hypocritical in light of a 1998 letter sent by e-mail. However, Lamont said he stands by his position that the public rebuke exacerbated the situation.

The Lieberman Senate office released copies of the letter, which Lamont sent to the senator shortly after Lieberman took to the Senate floor to chide Clinton in September 1998.

"I supported your statement because Clinton's behavior was outrageous: a Democrat had to stand up and state as much, and I hoped that your statement was the beginning of the end," Lamont wrote.

http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=5386910&nav=3YeX

And here is the same sentence in the proper context:

I supported your statement because Clinton's behavior was outrageous: a Democrat had to stand up and state as much, and I hoped that your statement was the beginning of the end.

Unfortunately, the statement was the beginning of a process that has turned more political and morally offensive. I'm the father of three and the thought that Clinton testifying about oral sex before the grand jury may be broadcast into my living room is outrageous. The Starr report read like a tabloid, not a legal recitation, and that streamed into my home via every medium available.

This sorry episode is am embarassment to me as a father and to us as a nation. If Clinton had a sex problem, mature adults would have handled this privately, not turned it into a political crusade and legal entanglement with no end in sight.

You have expressed your outrage about the president's conduct; now stand up and use your moral authority to put an end to this snowballing mess. We all know the facts, alot more than any of us care to know and should know. We've made up our minds that Clinton did wrong, confessed to his sin, maybe should be censured for lying --and let's move on.

And here is the kind of people that are running Lieberman's campaign, as Holy Joe conveniently pleads Shabbat, he has his campaign manager do his dirty work for him. Someone ought to remind Holy Joe of the biblical injunction against making false witness. Holy Joe's "observance" of Shabbat is as phony as the "D" that used to follow his name. Here is Holy Joe's campaign manager, Sherry Brown, showing how much she has learned from Karl Rove's playbook:

Lieberman was unavailable for comment Saturday because he was observing the Jewish sabbath. His campaign manager, Sherry Brown, said in a written statement that Lamont's hypocrisy "knows no bounds."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2821598#2822985