Wes Clark stumps for Ned Lamont (link to video and pictures)

[Larkspur]

from the official Lamont blog
cross-posted at GD-Politics

http://nedlamont.com/blog/1683/rally-w-general-clark-at-uconn">Rally W/ General Clark at UConn

“Ned Lamont will go to Washington, and he will be the key to changing the course in this country.” – General Wes Clark

There was an enthusiasm at UConn earlier today only matched by the days immediately preceding the primary election in August.

Two big differences: the crowd was a bit larger and the weather a bit colder.

Somewhere around 300 students yearning for change filed into the area outside the Student Union to get a glimpse of Ned Lamont and General Wesley talking about Iraq, change in Washington, D.C. and the importance of electing Ned to the United States Senate this November.

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I didn't make it to this rally due to work, but looks like it went off well.

[Nutmegger]

1. Very, very good!

Damn it, I couldn't make it. I could almost feel the energy and excitment just from viewing that clip.

[FrenchieCat]

2. Here's some press on the rally!

http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2006/10/lamont_the_gene.php

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/state/hc-06152812.apds.m0880.bc-ct--connoct06,0,690954.story?coll=hc-headlines-local-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29Mk6_bVRTU

[FrenchieCat]

3. and more!

Clark stumps for Lamont, slams Lieberman on war
By ANDREW MIGA
Associated Press Writer

October 6, 2006, 3:57 PM EDT
STORRS, Conn. -- Democrat Ned Lamont won retired Gen. Wesley Clark's stamp of approval Friday and hammered home the anti-war message that propelled his primary victory.

"He's got loads of courage, common sense and integrity," Clark, the former NATO commander, said at a rally outside the University of Connecticut student union. "Ned Lamont will go to Washington and he will be the key to changing the course for this country."
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Clark sharply criticized the Bush administration's handling of the war. He blamed Lamont's opponent, Sen. Joe Lieberman, for supporting Bush's Iraq policies.
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George Bush says stay the course," Clark said. "How can you stay the course when you're in a ditch? Joe Lieberman has been part of that ditch."

He added, "The truth is, (Lieberman) didn't control the steering wheel, but he was sort of supporting the elbow of the guy who drove us into the ditch."

Clark said the Iraq and Afghan wars have strained the military and asserted that America was losing the war on terror.

Lamont accused Bush of turning his back on the advice of top military advisers
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--connecticutsenate1006oct06,0,7873671.story?coll=ny-region-apconnecticut

Wesley Clark boosts Lamont campaign
Former NATO commander chats with veterans
MATTHEW HIGBEE [e-mail]
Article Launched:10/06/2006 11:55:28 PM EDT
DERBY — Nearly every morning, the regulars take their posts in booths at McDonald's to talk politics over coffee. Most are veterans who served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, so the Iraq war is an ongoing topic. That topic got an extra buzz Friday when Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Ned Lamont stopped by in the company of retired Gen. Wesley Clark, the former NATO commander and a potential presidential candidate in 2008. Lamont, followed by an entourage of reporters, shook hands with the veterans, and was quickly pressed on whether he would support a Constitutional amendment banning desecration of the U.S. flag. "I fight for the flag every day," he responded, declining to take a position. On the Iraq war, Lamont was more definitive.
"This administration rushed us into war. Now, the veterans are speaking up and saying this war is not making us safer," he said in a part of his stump speech that criticized his opponent, Sen. Joe Lieberman, for giving the Bush administration a "rubber stamp."

Lamont defeated Lieberman

http://www.connpost.com/news/ci_4453858

[connecticut yankee]

4. Great!

Let's hope it helps. A lot.