Anyone see the anti-Lamont teevee ad?

[Nutmegger]

I just seen it last night. The ad states that Lamont would in fact increase healthcare costs and that he voted that way on the Greenwich Town Council. Then at the end, it says "now you know the real Ned Lamont". Followed by LIEberman approving that message.

[wordpix]

1. huh? How does Greenwich Town Council vote relate to universal health care

[monarch]

2. Looks like Joe is getting desperate!

If that's all he's got, Lamont's victory is ensured! Watch for Joe to go independent before the primary. I'll bet he's doing the calculations right now to decide how long he can stay in the primary race before he'll have to start getting signatures.

[OctOct1]

3. It seems to be playing all weekend

I have seen it at lest 4 times and I have not been in front of the TV much
this weekend. They must have the prime time slots. during the morning & evening news. I hope Ned slams back.

[Nutmegger]

5. I must have seen it at least five times this weekend

The new Lamont ad is pretty good. It shows people dumping their LIEberman lawn signs and replacing them with Lamont signs. :)

[bigwillq]

4. I just saw it.

On during "Wheel of Fortune" here. :)



IF that's how he voted, that's how he voted. I don't agree with his choices on those issues if indeed true. I'm hoping he has learned a lot since that time and would support some of those issues now.

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

6. I googled on this and turned up some interesting stuff

There's more on myleftnutmeg.com, too - the mailingpiece is supposedly posted there, but I haven't found it yet


http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/5/15/113317/069


Lieberman's Lies
by goldrick
Mon May 15, 2006 at 08:33:17 AM PDT
A recent Lieberman mailing sent to Connecticut's registered Democrats was as sleazy and Rovian as they come. It proved once again that Joe Lieberman, while pandering to right-wing Republicans, will viciously attack any Democrat he can to further his own career.

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I am a member of the Democratic Party in the town of Greenwich, Connecticut and I can tell you that the mailing was nothing but a pile of deliberate distortions. First, consider this: When Ned Lamont spoke before a packed house of the Greenwich Democratic Town Committee earlier this year, his speech was interrupted numerous times by powerful applause, and he was accorded a long standing ovation when he finished. When we selected delegates to the state Democratic convention, 29 members ran for spots, not one of whom declared his support for Lieberman. Our town selected 22 delegates, of whom 16 pledged for Ned Lamont, and 6 were uncommitted. Again, we elected not one person who supported Lieberman. If Ned Lamont were the turncoat that Lieberman is trying to make him out, would we be supporting Ned so enthusiastically? Of course not.

Lieberman's mailing accused Ned Lamont of cutting funding for our schools and town libraries. It might interest outsiders to know that the Greenwich school system then and now maintains the highest level of per student funding in the state of Connecticut, a state which itself ranks among the highest in the country in spending on education. So the notion that Ned joined the Republicans to cut funding for education is ridiculous. You might also be interested to learn that the Greenwich Public Library is one of the largest town libraries in the country with one of the highest circulations in New England. It is extremely well funded, and recently added a major new wing and auditorium.

The Lieberman smear went on to suggest that Ned Lamont "voted with Republicans on the board of selectmen 80% of the time." That charge obscures the simple fact that town issues rarely result in a clash of partisan ideologies. Whether to put a new sidewalk on Riverside Avenue, or construct a traffic circle in front of Old Greenwich Elementary School, or how to repair broken sewer mains are the simple, non-ideological stuff of most issues dealt with by town government. As the old saying goes, "there is no such thing as a Democratic or a Republican way to lay a sewer system." So Lieberman's attempt to suggest that Ned Lamont somehow abandoned his party when elected to town office is complete bunk.

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Karl Rove's strategy has always been to go straight for the other guy's strengths. In 2004, faced with the fact that his own candidate, George Bush, had purposely avoided combat duty, while the other guy, John Kerry, was a certified American war hero, Rove launched a campaign to smear Kerry's war record. In suggesting that Ned Lamont is not a loyal Democrat, Lieberman is taking a page straight out of Karl Rove's playbook. It is as clear as daylight that Lieberman has abandoned the Democrats on issue after issue- from supporting the Neocons on the Iraq War, to joining the Republican's Katrina whitewash commission, to short-circuiting Democratic attempts to block right-wing judicial nominations, to backing Bush's attempts to privatize Social Security, and providing bi-partisan cover for Bush's illegal wiretapping. So in order to cover up his own AWOL status from the Democratic Party, Lieberman is desperately trying to turn the tables by insinuating that it is Lamont who is not the real Democrat.

[Jimdish25]

7. Desperate Joe...

Thanks to REACTIVATED for clearing some of that up. The commercial in question was one I had not seen when the subject came up in a meeting with Ned last nite in Wilton. I won't go into the details or suggestions except to say that some of Ned's supporters were more than a little upset at the negative tone and the distortions therein. I listened and so did Ned.

When I got home sure enough the commercial came on and I paid close attention. Not knowing about the specific issues but understanding a little about local politics (and Greenwich CT - a town that rarely bonds out any project because of their unique financial situation), the only conclusion I could draw was "How desperate is this guy?". That commercial is a real turn off. Both nasty and irrelevant to the office under consideration. I'm sure Ned will address this in some way but it's almost not worth repeating. The more you see of Joe the less appealing he becomes. We'll be moving on to subjects of interest to the people of Connecticut and the citizens of the US.

Anybody here seen my old friend Joe? Can you tell me where he's gone?

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8. Anyone see any Lieberman supporters lately?

They used to be very vocal about their support and vehement about Lieberman being a shoe-in. Lately? ehhh..not so much. I've been waiting for one of them to report on having participated in my experiment to wear a Lieberman button in public. I wanted them to feel the love of the CT voters that they claim to know so much about.