Ned Lamont to announce run against Lieberman in March!

Friends -

I just received this courtesy of www.nedlamont.com. It is critical we get Lieberman out of office so I'd like to share Mr. Lamont's appeal with you all. I've been following him closely and in a nutshell, I can tell you that he is everything that Lieberman is not. Your help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Mary

Dear Friend,

Congratulations. Since we launched www.NedLamont.com more than 1,000 people from Connecticut have signed up to volunteer, giving us the beginnings of the ground army we need to launch our campaign. During the next few weeks a team of volunteers will be individually contacting each volunteer from Connecticut who signed up and get you involved in specific campaign activities.

Because of your enthusiasm I have established a candidate committee and am in the process putting together a great campaign team.

I will formally announce my candidacy in March -- but first we need to do some more work. Joe Lieberman has already raised over $5 million and not surprisingly Republican lobbyists in Washington DC, including George H.W. Bush's former Chief of Staff, are stepping up to raise money for the Senator that was voted the most popular Democrat amongst lobbyists and Republicans in the National Journal’s annual poll.

In addition to what I will contribute, it will cost $500,000 to launch this campaign and we need to begin right now. You can make a secure contribution directly to my campaign on my Act Blue page.

http://www.nedlamont.com/actblue.html

Republican lobbyists are falling all over themselves to support Joe Lieberman. It's not just his votes for awful legislation such as the transportation bill with over 6,000 pork ridden earmarks, his unquestioning support for the 'stay the course strategy' in Iraq, or his support of last year's sham of an energy bill with billions in tax giveways to the oil producers and few incentives for conservation. During the past six years Senator Lieberman has been more likely to support the President on the big issues and too quick to criticize the Democratic alternatives.

Joe will claim he is an independent voice for Connecticut but in reality his cozy support for the Bush polices undermines our progressive values and undermines the Democrats who are promoting these values. A blue state should have a blue Senator.

Early financial support is essential if we are to build the campaign organization and show that this campaign is one to reckon with. Get our campaign started off right.

http://www.nedlamont.com/actblue.html

Winning this campaign will be a tremendous challenge. We are going to need a grassroots organization that combines the best of the old fashioned door to door politics with today's netroots.

We can only do this if we continue to grow. Please ask your friends, families, and neighbors to join us in challenging George Bush's favorite Democrat by signing up today.

http://www.NedLamont.com

Thank you,

Ned Lamont


Paid for by Ned Lamont for Senate, John Hartwell, Treasurer


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Lieberman needs to go

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Please tell me you signed up as a satirical character?

And I'm not sure why you would think so.

:shrug:

1. You're not sure why DUers would possibly be opposed to Lieberman? Really?

2. Um, your name is "JoeMentum." And you have a pic of Joe as your avatar. Are you sure you mistook DU for the Joe Lieberman Fan Club?

I just signed up a couple of days ago.

1. No, I'm not sure why there is such antipathy. A friend steered me here as a way to interact with fellow Democrats, and when I registered the rules seemed to confirm it. Am I in the wrong place?

2. There were pics of many other Democrats were available when I edited my profile. I chose Lieberman's because I like him, not because I thought this was his fan club. If there's a problem using his pic, why was it made available as a selection? Should I change it?

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

Now, with all the election thefts we've seen recently I can see why you may have forgotten that they are elected by the people not themselves, but that is in fact the way democracy works, though I understand the concepts of democracy are not that apparent anymore.

So if he has the support of the people then he will retain his seat. But if we mount a grass roots campaign that is strong enough to rid our party of that infectious DINO Fascist Repub Sympathizer that is Lieberman than buh bye to that DINO fucker.

:popcorn: :popcorn:

In fact, he's even endorsed him. So have Republican lobbyists. I'm not so sure that qualifies Joe as a "good" Democrat. He consistently votes with Republicans and he's a serious war hawk. He deserves his seat if he holds true to the principles of the Democratic Party and he does not. This is not to say he has done nothing good - he is just not a real Democrat. Are you family with the DLC? If not, do a little checking and it will help you understand Lieberman's roots.

cash to him...

We're going to need all the help we can get. I suspect good ol' Joe is going to get very viscious...look at who his friends are!