Ned Lamont issues statement on Lieberman endorsement of McCain

Source: Ned Lamont

2006 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Ned Lamont issued the following statement today on Sen. Lieberman’s endorsement of John McCain for President:

During our debate last year, Senator Lieberman intoned that he wanted to “elect a Democratic President in 2008,” and that my election would “frustrate and defeat our hope of doing that.” With his endorsement of John McCain today, it is now clear that Joe Lieberman is the one working to defeat our hopes.

Last year, Senator Lieberman pleaded with voters to consider his full throated support for the invasion of Iraq as merely a “single issue” in the context of an otherwise progressive agenda. His endorsement of Senator McCain reminds us that the war in Iraq is actually Lieberman’s predominant issue, trumping all else – or maybe he is looking forward to joining Sen. McCain in a duet rendition of “Bomb, Bomb, Iran.”

A McCain presidency would make privatizing social security more likely, investing in our middle class less likely, and tipping the balance of the Supreme Court for decades a near-certainty. The court is one vote away from overturning Roe v. Wade and further expanding the power of the Presidency at the expense of our civil liberties and constitutional freedoms. It is ironic that Lieberman’s fellow Connecticut senator, Chris Dodd, is today courageously leading the congressional charge against illegal wiretaps, not to mention bringing America’s combat role in the Bush-McCain-Lieberman war to an end.

With voters just weeks away from making their first decisions, Democrats are lucky to have many extraordinary candidates running for President. I am disappointed that Senator Lieberman does not feel the same way.

Read more: http://nedlamont.com/news/2255/statement-on-lieberman-endorsement-of-mccain

...he would have won. He probably has learned his lesson, but we're still stuck with the piece of filth for 5 more years.

I'd love to say more, but I kinda like DU and would
prefer not to get TS'ed

:grr:

Ned Lamont looks like a shoe-in in 2012.

IOW There won't be an election in 2012...

It is obvious that little georgie is doing everything he can to further his agenda of turning this great experiment in democracy into a faxcist state with every passing day. The more congress bows to his excellency, the more he demands from the capitulation cadre. The more he demands from the complicit congress and the more they acquess to him, the more he requires of them. It is a feeding frenzy for the fascist "president".

Check history. This ignorant, inbred piece of shit no more deserves to be president than I do. I do not deserve it because I am not educated enough nor worldly enough to even dream of leading the most powerful country in the world. (At least it was.)

W. never even won an election. It was given to him. He immediately started taking our freedoms. He sat still for 9 minutes after 9/11. He LIED about Iraq. He lied about everything.

His puppet master, Cheney, is the face of evil. 666 666 666 666 666 666 666 666 666 666 666

His heart is afraid to quit.

PURE EVIL.

Another year? Oh, God please NO!!!

the justice department you just throw them.

Can't agree with either the "shoulda been more aggressive in 2006" or "Ned is dead" comments.

the republicans will turn out in force once again to help re-elect their boot licking pal LiberSCUM.

He has finally confirmed the he has totally sold out to the fascist party.

and he was aggressive. He was also backed by most of the Democrats in Connecticut.

Lieberman was elected by Republicans after the RNC refused to back their own candidate.

Also by many Jewish voters who felt an obligation to vote for him. A friend who did has told me many times how sorry she is that she voted for him.

Backing appeared after the primaries, but it wasn't as strong as it could have been. In fact many more moderate democrats seemed very suspiciously quiet about the whole deal.

Instead, Clinton and the Party supported Traitor Joe rather than Ned Lamont.

If you are going to lay blame, put it where it belongs.

...the only Democrat to openly support Holy Joe was Mary Landrieu, and one can hardly conisder her a Democrat--hope Holy Joe repays the favor for her and she sinks like a rock.

I do not recall ANY leadership assistence for Ned either...

There was no doubt where lieberman stood on Iraq or FISA.

The people in Conneticut deserve exactly what they got. In 2008 Lieberman will be irrelevent

Ned was a breath of fresh air, and I can't believe the voters were taken in by Lieberman.

It's just that Lieberman campaigned for the democratic votes in CT by precisely what Lamont said in his statement, that he was a "Democrat" - obviously Lieberman lied or now has taken leave of his senses. I'll say one thing, Lieberman will never win another election in CT EVER!

I volunteered for him, met him, and heard him speak. When he was this aggressive he was slammed for being "negative Ned" and not having his own ideas. When he did lay out his ideas, nobody in the press covered them. :banghead:

McCain won't win a single primary, leaving Lieberman swinging in the wind.

Got Embarrassment?

If not, you should.

Shame on you, Connecticut.

Shame on YOU.

Repeat -- it was the Republicans who elected Lieberman.

and there are Democrats that that have voted for Lieberman for many years and there are independent voters and in Lieberman's case there are those that vote for Lieberman because of his Jewish faith.

Lieberman was able to pull enough Democrats away from Lamont and the fact that there wasn't a credible Republican candidate with support from the RNC made it easier for Lieberman to win.

It will be easier to beat Lieberman next time he is up for re-election if he runs. And considering that he did not run as a Democrat he might be stuck running under a different party affiliation.

And that party should be GOP, because he hasn't been much of a Dem lately.

If I recall, someone took over that political party and remove Lieberman from it.

I doubt that he would run as a Republican it would substantially hurt his re-election if he ran again.

he recently moved from New Haven to Stamford and registered as a Democrat.

he got too many democratic votes PLUS the RNC poured millions of dollars into Lieberman's campaign and worked their asses off for him in CT. Sadly they abandoned their "own" candidate.

we (AFC north fans) got a real race on our hand, don't we?

P.S.: Wasn't it GREAT to see Miami beat Baltimore?!?!?!

It is always good to see ANYONE beat Baltimore. A defense led by an overrated thug.

if only to remind those fuckin' idiotic Connecticut Democrats who voted for this ass wipe named Lieberman that they fucked up and have in essence not only voted for Bush's policies, but for Republicans such as Collins and McCain. I hate those fuckin' turncoat Democrat pieces of shit who voted for that lout!

remember, he won the primary forcing lieberman to run as a third party. He got a majority of the republican vote because their candidate, sclesinger or whatever was invisible on the campaign and in the polls.

i still rock my Ned Lamont bumper sticker and t-shirts i got from the rallies as a way to say "I told you so"

I couldn't vote for Lamont as I lived in New York at the time, but I did volunteer for him during election day. I still have my Lamont button to remind me of how I tried to prevent this fiasco called Lieberman.

Many town committees endorsed Lamont also. The problem was that Lieberman deceived the voters of CT, claiming to have "democratic values" and positions on all of the issues except for Iraq. He LIED, but it's too late now.

do a re-call?

I mean I'm not one to throw aspirations concerning the ethics of politicians or being embarrassed by them, I live in Louisiana, but Connecticut I thought had a decent education system ...

Federal offices don't fall under the recall statutes. So no do-overs for the idiot Democrats that voted Quid-Pro-Joe in.

He's perfectly justified in saying that.

Please run again next time!!!

If only someone like Harold Ford had pulled out a victory, we would not have needed to rely on that little shitheel Lieberman to maintain a Senate majority.

And LIEberman is a wanker!

Lamont should run again, we need men like him in Congress.

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He's nothing but a bloodthirsty ghoul. I cannot think of anyone more of a turncoat to the DEM party than this flagrant boot-licker of lil-b*sh.
backing a warmongering GOPer for president. I doubt there's any on DU, but those Dems who voted for LIEberman should write him a personal letter of "you've let me down and our an affront to decency with your warmongering".

What a STAIN on the Senate he is...

Personal apprearances for their boy, Joe even AFTER the threatened to go 3rd party if the Democrat won the primary. Personal appearances for the DEM? Forget it. Makes me fee sick.

Then we had Harold Ford go on TV and ENDORSE Joe over the DEM- and the DLC REWARDED him with a top spot for his troubles.Also makes me sick.

Then top DLC internet bloggers went to WORK for him:

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Lieberman_hires_former_Christian_Coalition_spokesman_1121.html

And that goes for the rest of the "moderates" and DLCers who still supported that traitor after he said he would go 3rd party if he didnt beat Lamont (D)- they should all be ashamed of themselves if most of them still werent out scapgoating "far left liberals" and "nut roots keyboard warriors".

Okay- so WHY does the Lieberman's DLC still have one single ounce of credibility? WHY are they the ones who strut around DU talking about party loyalty??

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We know who they are.

Why are they allowed to post here?

Good to know that Karl Rove and his machine can not silence you.

Man, the Republicans in Connecticut must either have a very WARPED sense of humor for putting LIEberman back in the Senate over their own, or they hate us. Hmm, maybe they knew what the DLC pretended not to be wise to when they turned their back on Lamont, LIEberman was always a Republican.

Can they throw his butt out?

tie breaker. Republicans would get all the committees and the right to floor manage bills. I suspect Joementum will defect AFTER the nominations are sewn up so he can get his name out their AGAIN. Of course, we will pick up 4 seats in '08 so he will be completely irrelevant then. We can kick him out finally at that point.

what a freaking mess!

Joe LIEberman should be forced out of caucusing with the Dems and the Democratic Party (Joe's respected friends and all) should PUBLICLY DECLARE JOE IS A REPUBLICAN and is working AGAINST THEIR INTERESTS.

I don't see any other way. He has to be publicly denounced and removed from his democratic appointed posts. It's as simple as that. Make a scene Dems. It's about time.

What a jerk.

they will both end up on the heap

Why not, he sucked McCain's!