Thursday, September 14, 2006
Billed as a "major speech," Ned Lamont addressed the Yale Law School yesterday, laying out his criticisms of the Administration's priorities in the War on Terror: Courant: Lamont Says Focus On Afghanistan
In a speech at the Yale Law School, Lamont said America is on the wrong path and will not be truly safe until it is out of Iraq.
"Today we have five times more troops in Iraq than we do in Afghanistan," he said. "We spend more in eight weeks in Iraq than we do in an entire year in Afghanistan. These decisions are wrong and they have left us less safe."...
The full text of the speech is here.
Lamont must be good on security, because Jimmy Carter has come forward to say he would take it most kindly if the folks of Connecticut would defeat Joe Lieberman for him, and he's an expert on these things: Jimmy Carter urges defeat of Lieberman
Carter, who appeared on CNN's "Larry King Live," criticized Lieberman's support of the war and his decision to run as an independent. Carter did not mention Ned Lamont, the Democratic nominee who defeated Lieberman in last month's part primary.
The ex-president says he's lost confidence in Lieberman and doesn't wish to see him re-elected.
Joe Lieberman responded in a statement, saying he has disagreed with Carter on foreign policy for a long time. The senator says the former president's comments are not a surprise...
Folks at the Lamont blog are most pleased: "Among ex-presidents, President Carter is the one I respect the most. He was honest during his presidency and he’s still honest now..." "Isn’t it nice to think what things might be like with Jimmy Carter back in the White House? A true human being..." Aren't we all?
Note that Carter didn't actually endorse Lamont, he just trashed Lieberman. That Carter, always going negative...
And in, "It's good to have a fat check book if you want to run for Senate" news, the Democrat nominee is dishing out an additional $1.5 million for his campaign:
Lamont dipped into his personal fortune again, writing checks totaling $1.5 million for his general election bid, his campaign confirmed Wednesday. Lamont gave his campaign $1 million on Sept. 11. He wrote a $500,000 check on Aug. 22...
Pffft...chump change.
In addition, in order to prevent an "attack-blog" gap, the Lamont folks have launched their own answer to The Full Lamonty. It's called...are you ready?...The Truth About Joe. Eh. Anyway, the Lamont folks are pushing the fact that Lieberman has missed an awful lot of votes over his Senate career, including and particularly 33 of 63 votes on Iraq since the invasion. Not only that, but the incumbent is a "flip-flopper." Hey, it worked for Bush.
Responding from their own attack-blog, the Lieberman folks accuse Lamonst of running a "non-stop negative campaign"...
Well, we did some checking, and guess what? Joe Lieberman’s career voting record through this year is 93 percent. And Ned Lamont’s career voting record during his six years on the Greenwich Board of Estimate and Taxation? 93 percent...
93% is an A! A for both of them! And gold stars, too...
A B+ for Joe's newest commercial. I like the bit where Joe erases the line on the blackboard between Democrats and Republicans. Minus points for not knowing what to do with his hands. "It's about people, not politics..." OK, I just have one question, will the buttons say "We are the people," or "We are the people..."? De Niro fans will recognize the significance of the distinction.
The blackboard thing is ironic in a way. Is Ned Lamont a "teacher," or isn't he?
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