Frist?! Go Ned!

fitz!

ned!

O.K. what happened to my comment? There were no comments on this thread even after I hit ‘refresh comments’. So I typed a long comment and hit submit and I saw my comment. Then I hit F5 and there are 3 first comments without mine.

I thought if I was in moderation it would tell me that. Oh well. All I said was that Jane is not cranky she lives in reality.

Here are a few still pics from Ned’s videoblog shoot. Consider it a “Making of…” type special.

Ned talks it out.
Setting up the shot.
Talking about the video blog.

Dayum, Ned comes across well.

Quick, over there! it’s……

is it

a) another missing white woman
b) another freeway sniper, or
c) another shark attack

Iraq who?

This Ned Video is GREAT. And don’t we love the speed and breadth of the TOOBZ Go Lamont. Spread the waves of cultural change……

I’d love to see that flyer and tie it around Lieberman’s neck along with his other dubyatrosses.
Is that for real!?!

Glenn on Saturday -

“That really is the essence of neoconservativsm. It’s nothing more noble or complex than a base belief that we have to wage as many wars as possible and kill as many people as possible until people are sufficiently fearful of the U.S. that they will comply with our mandates.”

Glenn on Sunday -
“War proponents continuously argued that chaos, violence and instability in Iraq would be a grave threat to American security and a great ally of Al Qaeda”

this non linear, contradictory, and oh so murderous Neo Con crap is driving me nuts - which is it kids ?!?!?!

Mmmmm. . . Spazeboy.

Ned did great. We have good outtakes too, possibly for release later in the week.

John Casper @
5

Dayum, Ned comes across well.

He does! Though I am still waiting for his “numa numa” to be absolutely certain! ; )

(love the new features! saves me from my congenital tagging inability)

All Lieberman can say about Iraq at this point is that he did what the thought was right, because everything else he could say would be indistinguishable from what Bush and the rest of that gang are saying. He can’t repeat the Bush talking points going into a Democratic primary, because it proves the case that he is the tool of the GOP.

But watch how loose his lips get if he runs on his own in the general, because he will have to appeal to the voters most likely to buy into the Bush mantra.

What he doesn’t realize is that voters of all affiliations are so opposed to the war that that tactic isn’t going to work any better for him than any other of the misguided, tone-deaf, and ass-backwards tactics that have him standing at the bottom of a hole that is just getting deeper by the day.

Jane,

Back from a week’s vaca5tion in Maine — thank you for all you are doing and for all everyone is doing in Connecticut. It really is inspiring —

Inspiring me to help out some more if I can. I see that in Maura’s post about the Lieberman, non-Union attacks on Lamont, “Maura” indicates Lamont’s phones are not being covered. Is that a small problem or a big one for his offices?

Will contributions help? What?

i just wish it were august 8 so i could finally vote for Ned. until then, there are phone calls to make, doors to knock on, one more letter to the editor.

thanks jane for all you are doing. and spazeboy and maura and ctbob and all the ct bloggers

OT grist for Mary’s mill:

CIA targeted ‘more than 10′ in Italy for kidnap, agent says

PS What is up with the non-Union Lieberman stuff? Does Ned have a labor expert/liason that is hitting this shit home with them? Lieberman has no ground game without labor.

OK, he has paid GOTV workers, but that dog doesn’t hunt….

And Glenn (brilliant as usual) today:

“That is the central incoherence which lays at the heart of the Bush administration’s neoconservative mission — one minute the objective is to win the “hearts and minds” of Muslims in the Middle East so that there will be less anti-American hatred for Al Qaeda to exploit when recruiting. The next minute the objective is to bomb as many of their countries as possible for their own good and hope that they are appreciative of all the carnage and destruction we are raining down on them in the name of warring against the evil of ’stability’.”

immanentize, it looks like Lieberman has already begun to buy an insanely large ground-game:

“Smith said they now have between 200 and 300 volunteers and paid staff, to canvass daily. Democratic workers in New Haven said the campaign told them it hopes to hire up to 4,000 workers by Election Day.”

http://www.baltimoregroupblog......ction-day/

Worrying to say the least…

mc at 7:45,
GREAT GREAT CATCH!!!!

John Casper (21):

Who says bloggers can’t write good? *g*

worrisome more is that enough R voters will reregister at the last minute for the ‘bipartisan’ senator. esp. w/ground game canvassing. I’ll bet they’ve already dialed up (or at least bought the R voting lists) encouraging such a thing.

Al Sharpton will be campaigning for Lamont this week, according to an article in this morning’s NYT. The article said that Lieberman unsuccessfully tried to convince Sharpton not to endorse Lamont.

Time spent listening to Sharpton on the campaign trail is usually time well remembered.

Worrisome fact is Lieberman’s huge money advantage, as much as 3:1. This makes Lieberman’s poor-mouthing comments all that much more hypocritical.

Breaking MSNBC…

FDA to approve Plan B for OTC (over the counter)

Jane: I’m disturbed that you would say

Maybe I’m just being negative, cranky and unpatriotic here….

This country’s original patriots were very, very cranky. Sam Adams, Tom Paine, John Adams, Ben Franklin (when he was not hanging out with the ladies), Tom Jefferson, Jimmy Madison: Difficult times sometimes brought out the worst in their personalities but the best in their efforts. So next time, use a phrase such as:

Maybe I’m just being negative, cranky and patriotic here

And thank you for being cranky!

As a Democratic operative told me recently, voting records mean much less than a) public statements and b) committee memberships.

The reason? Votes on issues are usually set by the party leadership, not the pols in question.

Bear that in mind the next time someone touts Lieberman’s “liberal voting record”.

imm, imho, that is scary news.
First it confirmas that Joezo is cash heavy and volunteer light. Are the lists of people that Joezoe’s campaign hires part of the public record? It might be in Ned’s best interest to invest resources in scrutizing those lists, as they may not contain CT’s best and brightest. CT media might be interested in the kind of people their Three term Senator has to pay to work for him the week before the primary.

Don’t forget to check out this field report from Stamford: http://mydd.com/story/2006/7/3.....9#readmore

before I comment, I want you to know jane the new features are nice but really bog down page load

back on topic

here’s what’s frightening

we all believe that oil was the reason we went to war in Iraq…this was flawed logic in the first place since america could be energy independant in five years, but that’s another discussion

if the oil fields opened in Iraq, oil would be cheaper then peanut butter, and while the lower price of the comodity would not initially pay for the war, it would have residual economic impact that might actually bring enough revenue into the economy to make the investment we’ve made with our treasure worth wile..economically (not socially, nor would it mean anything if we developed alternative energy like we were supposed to be doing)

however

the fields in Iraq are closed and that increases the price of oil, which increases the worth of the holdings for the oil industry into the trillions.

how is it POSSIBLE that the oil fields are not to capacity by now?…most people don’t know it, but if oil was excavated to capacity I beiieve Iraq has more oil then saudi arabia

at present we are securing an embassy the size if the vatican in Iraq…WHY ARE WE NOT SECURING THE RESOURCES OF IRAQ?

simple

it is eminently apparent the real purpose right now is to create the shortage of this resource, there is no other explanation, and this shortage sincreaes the value of the holdings of those that are in the oil industry

now, which families and which individuals do we suppose benefits from this shortage of oil?

anybody have any ideas?

this is getting more and more depraved as we get further into the script that the PNAC has us enacting

we are all like marionnettes…we dance with every movement of the stirngs being pulled, we move our jaws just like the ventriloquist has their dummy say whatever he wants his dummy to say

we are such puppets us Americans, look at us dance in time sinc to the mechanations of facist families, organizations and individuals who want nothing but to privatize America and the entire planet

where will we be when this is finally played out?

will we continue to allow our stings to be pulled untill there is nothing left corporations owning and running everything..as ineficient as we see haliburton running Iraq?

or will we act like humans again and finally reclaim our party, our country, our lives?

infoshaman, Jane was just being sarcastic. She and her “Hamshers of the left,” are routinely accused of being unpatriotic and irreligious.
Thanks for your concern though.

mc @ 18

“That is the central incoherence which lays at the heart of the Bush administration’s neoconservative mission — one minute the objective is to win the “hearts and minds” of Muslims in the Middle East so that there will be less anti-American hatred for Al Qaeda to exploit when recruiting. The next minute the objective is to bomb as many of their countries as possible for their own good and hope that they are appreciative of all the carnage and destruction we are raining down on them in the name of warring against the evil of ’stability’.”

I do not think that this is actually an “incoherence” in policy — it is actually the evidence that there is no policy. I am reading the Alexander Hamilton Biography by Chernow and he says some things about Aaron Burr which fit the entire Bush administration perfectly:

“To serve only politics without policy is no great achievement.”

Even Kissinger said something similar in his op ed yesterday:

Hard as it is to imagine that Iran, under its present president, will participate in an effort that would require it to abandon its terrorist activities or its support for such instruments as Hezbollah, the recognition of this fact should emerge from the process of negotiation rather than being the basis for a refusal to negotiate. Such an approach would imply the redefinition of the objective of regime change, providing an opportunity for a genuine change in direction by Iran, whoever is in power.

Cozumel @ 24

Breaking MSNBC…

FDA to approve Plan B for OTC (over the counter)

WOW…Not that I don’t believe you, but I wanna see that for myself. It has been so mangled for so long, I ‘can’t imagaine’ there isn’t some kind of fine print caveats included.

Thanks! That might be the goodest news of the day.
(hmmm…does this impact RGJozo’s short ride?)

And Ted Kennedy reminds us in yesterday’s WaPo of what Alito and Roberts said to the Judiciary Committee, how they acted on the Court since they were confirmed, and the sizable gap between the words and the deeds.

Thanks, Joe!

Blank Kludge @ 24

worrisome more is that enough R voters will reregister at the last minute for the ‘bipartisan’ senator. esp. w/ground game canvassing. I’ll bet they’ve already dialed up (or at least bought the R voting lists) encouraging such a thing.

Not to worry so much, I’m pretty sure that the time has passed to switch party affliation.

BTW, love the new features!

Ooh, new comment thingies!

I’m going to take a nap, but interested parties should listen in to the Al Franken show today, Ned is scheduled to be on around 1pm (East Coast time). If you miss it, I bet that guy who does the Ned Lamont Resource will have it.

Of course–tonight is Colbert and I promise to have a YouTube online within 1/2 hour of the show’s end. This is especially good news for West-coasters who normally would have to wait until 11:30pm local time to catch the spot.

(check out my sexy feet–thanks Matt!)

Infoshaman at 26 — we call that sarcasm…

Thanks for a great link Coz.

Hi Folks,
Here is what I got from the Lieberman campaign in my Inbox just before midnight
>>>>>>>>>>

Dear Supporter,

Joe’s Tomorrow Tour was joined by four U.S. senators today. Joining Senator Lieberman on the bus and at various events around Connecticut were senators Joe Biden of Delaware, Ken Salazar of Colorado, and Daniel Inouye of Hawaii. The tour made stops in Bridgeport, New Britain, Hartford, Glastonbury, Windsor Locks and Enfield.

Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez joined Salazar for a roundtable discussion with Hispanic media at El Mercado in Hartford. Later in the day, Senator Inouye, a World War II hero and Medal of Honor recipient, spoke passionately about his respect for Lieberman in a stop at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks. He told the crowd that he was wearing his medal of honor for the first time ever as a way of exemplifying the significance of his relationship with, and support, for Lieberman.

As the campaign made stops throughout the state, you could really feel the excitement in the large and enthusiastic crowds. Joe shook a countless number of hands at the Greater Hartford Irish festival and a Stop and Shop in Glastonbury. The state seems ready to send Joe back to Washington where he will continue to fight tirelessly on behalf of Connecticut’s families. Still, this is a close race and we need all your support. Be sure to spread our message to all your friends and neighbors these next eight days. If you haven’t already, join the hundreds of volunteers working on getting Joe the nomination.

Sincerely,

Sean Smith

Funny — nothing on the news or in the paper.

FDA weighs over-the-counter Plan B sales

WASHINGTON - The government is considering allowing over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill, but only to women 18 and older — a surprise move Monday that revives efforts to widen access to the emergency contraceptive almost a year after it was thought doomed.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200.....NlYwM3MTY-

And, here’s the mail from Hadassah — I’m leaving out all the instructions for registering, etc — but the best line is at the bottom — send this e-mail to 10 friends and tell them why they need to vote for Joe. Uh, if they can’t come up with their own reasons, why should I?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Dear Friend,

I am writing to remind you of the importance of getting out to vote on Tuesday August 8th, and of encouraging others to do the same. We are calling on our friends to help us with our E-VOTE campaign.

We need each of you to do everything you can to make sure that Joe Lieberman wins the Democratic Primary on August 8th. The future of our Party, State and Country is in our hands.

Listed below is a how–to guide to register and vote in this year’s primary. Please forward this E-VOTE message along to at least 10 (if not 100!) of your friends, family, and co-workers, and ask them to do the same! With less than a week until Primary Day, we need to focus on GETTING OUT OUR VOTE!!

I truly appreciate your friendship and support, and I know I can count on you to come through for Joe.

Warm Regards,

Hadassah Lieberman

P.S. Please join the Lieberman campaign for the final push to Election Day. We need your help.

The best ways to help are:

1. Plan to vote for Joe on Tuesday and email or call your friends and ask them to do the same. If you or they are not registered or would like to become Democrats, THERE IS STILL TIME. (See the instructions below)

2. If you are not going to be in Connecticut on election day, GET YOUR ABSENTEE BALLOT NOW. Make sure all your friends and family who are supporting Joe are doing the same.

3. Volunteer for the campaign by giving as much time as you possibly can over the next week and plan to help all day on Election day (Tuesday, August 8th). If you are interested in vounteer opportunities please call the campaign headquarters at (860) 244-2006 and ask for Liz Phillips who will schedule you to come by the office.

Today’s NYTimes Ned story

was wondering if Senator Schumer has commented on the NYT Lamont endorsement - other than ‘Doh!’

Wow, This place was busy while I was gone!I have to agree that Ned comes across very good. straight to the point and no meandering B.S.
I see I am going to be tech challenged again. New features to figure out.I bookmarked the page so I can go back later and figure this stuff out. Happy Monday everyone.

SharonW at 8:01 am Yes, the deadline for already registered Republicans to change affiliation to vote in the Democratic primary was May 8. Unaffiliated and registered Independents can register as Democrats as late as noon on August 7 to vote in the August 8 Democratic primary.

Jane, fwiw, if Ned is looking for talkingpoints in African American neighborhoods, it’s the history of legalized white supremacy, 1865- 1965, particularly lynching. They know all about it, they are just not used to hearing it from a European American, especially one running for the United States Senate.

SharonW -
wrt R crossovers.

EDIT: struck out.

See the Thread Theorist comment.

Still a few votes here, a few votes there pretty soon you’re talking about a real ‘upset’. But, OTOH, and imho, the likely hood that ‘I’ voters would break for Jozo seems low. But I play Buckner/Berra rulz.

You’d think. But I’m almost sure somebody had a link here fairly recently to CT election laws. I didn’t click thru…but the commenter indicated IT IS ALLOWED UP TO 24 hrs. PRIOR TO PRIMARY.

Sharon: I’m pretty sure that late registration is for new or unafilliated people to register to vote in the primary.

Hope so, anyway.

OT-Jane & Christy, sending an message of gratitude from the Oregon Coast. A photo. W.

Yes, there’s much to say about Iraq. But I have a gnawing feeling that I already said everything I wanted to say, years ago…

Protesting a War of Cowards and Madmen, October 2002:

It’s a coward’s war because its most vocal supporters hide in high offices and fortified bunkers as they send working-class kids across the ocean to kill and die. It’s a coward’s war because its leaders lack the decency to confront the American people with the hard geopolitical realities of oil and power behind the war’s logic, choosing instead to cower behind a weak veil of decoys and straw men. It’s a coward’s war because it pits the most high-tech military force in the world against a bombed-out impoverished land where 5,000 children die of malnutrition every month. Most of all, it’s a coward’s war because the need to lash out with belligerent violence against weaker parties is a sign not of strength and power, but of inner weakness and insecurity, typical of abusive men on the verge of nervous breakdown and empires on the verge of collapse.

As much as it’s a coward’s war, it’s also a madman’s war, and there’s a dangerous intersection between cowardice and madness where many acts of horror originate.

It’s a madman’s war because the Middle East is already in an angry uproar over the daily bloodshed of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and a war in Iraq will destabilize the entire region and breed millions of new anti-American terrorists. It’s a madman’s war because it will cost American taxpayers at least $100 billion even as millions of Americans lack basic necessities such as food, shelter, healthcare, and education. It’s a madman’s war because it recklessly trashes a half-century of international law, which will probably lead to a proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and an explosion of military conflicts. Most of all, it’s a madman’s war because it will unleash a spiral of violence that could spread throughout the Middle East and beyond.

The War Debate: Referendum on Empire, March 2003:

Proponents of US empire like to think of themselves as hard-nosed realists, but in fact they live in the delusional fantasy world of a rich sandbox bully who buys friends, beats up weaklings, calls people nasty names, throws tantrums when things don’t go his way, and goes to sleep weeping that nobody really loves him. Sadly, this isn’t much of an exaggeration. The Bush administration’s foreign policy is built on intimidation, manipulation, coercion, and violence; genuine bridge-building and principled statesmanship are largely absent. Countries that do what Bush wants are showered with praise, prestige, trade deals, debt relief, loan guarantees, and contracts with US corporations. Countries that have the temerity to disagree with Bush are ridiculed, snubbed, accused of aiding terrorism, and punished with economic cutbacks and isolation. Countries that are seen as enemies too weak to defend themselves are bombed. […]

The problem with the pursuit of US empire, aside from the obvious moral bankruptcy of ruling the world through violence, is that it simply won’t work. The neoconservative vision of a US empire so powerful and ubiquitous that the world bows in submission before its majestic awesomeness is a juvenile pipe dream. There’s no real security, stability, or peace in the unbridled pursuit of empire. Far more likely, there will be endless war, lawlessness, economic turmoil, ecological crisis, and growing ranks of enemies eager for revenge. The unique prestige and influence that America now enjoys on the international stage will be replaced by worldwide contempt.

Simply put, empire is a bad long-term investment. It was a bad investment back when colonial subjects rose up against their rulers with muskets and pitchforks — a lesson which Old Europe learned the hard way, through destructive experiences such as the British occupation of Iraq. It’s an even worse investment in an age of telecommunications, airplanes, global warming, and nuclear bombs.

Coward’s Conquest: In Iraq and In Life, May 2003:

The US won a just war. Iraq is liberated. Bush is a great leader. And these are not the droids you’re looking for. […]

America, it seems, has lost control of its own destructive might. Under the mass hypnotic spell of the mass media’s commercial, nationalistic, militaristic propaganda - a 21st century Jedi mind trick - the American citizenry has let go of the steering wheel of its democracy and allowed a power-hungry clique of corporate war fans to seize the government and wield the US military as an unabashed instrument of economic empire.

The lucrative contracts summarily awarded to Bechtel and Halliburton by the Bush-Cheney administration are typical of the flagrant cronyism that will likely characterize Iraq’s reconstruction. Sure, the US government will eventually hand over political power to an Iraqi puppet regime, but not before Iraq’s resources and markets have been irreversibly privatized and exposed to the global corporate economy, subject to WTO rules and IMF mandates. Who benefits from that? The Iraqi people or US corporations? It’s a nifty arrangement. Bush gets the power, his buddies get the cash. They pay his campaign bill, he flows them some action. They all make a killing.

Peace.

Great video, even greater idea about collecting the videos and statements on Iraq. Once again a truly inspired and inspirational action.

Latest Quinnipiac numbers. I’m looking at the ‘Ind’ column.

3. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Joseph Lieberman is handling his job as United States Senator?

Likely
DemPrime
Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Voters

Approve 55% 70% 47% 52% 56% 54% 42%
Disapprove 35 22 44 36 38 32 53
DK/NA 10 7 9 12 6 14 6

TREND: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Joseph Lieberman is handling his job as United States Senator?

Highest Lowest
Approve Approve
Jul 20 Jun 8 May 2 Feb 16 Jan 11 Sep 21 Jul 31
2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2000 2003

Approve 55 56 59 63 62 80 51
Disapprove 35 32 29 25 24 14 33
DK/NA 10 13 12 11 13 6 17

Well, that’s a fine mess. LINK:
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x11362.xml?ReleaseID=940

I just read the NYT endorsement given to Ned Lamont which contained this offending gem:

On the Armed Services Committee, Mr. Lieberman has left it to Republicans . . .to investigate the administration’s actions. In 2004, Mr. Lieberman praised Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for expressing regret about Abu Ghraib, then added: “I cannot help but say, however, that those who were responsible for killing 3,000 Americans on September 11th, 2001, never apologized.” To suggest even rhetorically that the American military could be held to the same standard of behavior as terrorists is outrageous. . .”

Holy sh*t — what an incredibly stupid thing to say!

I was beyond furious with Al Gore for picking Lieberman as his running mate in `00. Sadly, I have NEVER regretted voting against George Bush while also NOT voting for the 2000 Dem. ticket because it included Joe Lieberman.

Mine was one of the few legitimately “spoiled” presidential ballots that year. (Admittedly, casting my ballot in a state where Al Gore received, by far, one of his highest vote percentages made it far easier for me to cast a “principled” (mis)vote than, for instance, someone living in Fla. or New Hampshire - still it did my soul good).

For such an allegedly pious guy, the torture quote cited in the NYT’s Lamont endorsement editorial is just another example of Lieberman’s proclivity to cluelessly and foolishly dry-hump cowardly GOP lies and wet-kiss their blatant crimes. I don’t know how I missed this particularly offensive and superciliously ridiculous quote that the NYT dredged up in its editorial, but it certainly gave me another in a long, long line of post-Lowell Weicker era blood pressure spikes.

Lieberman’s senate obituary will reflect almost two decades of consistently poor judgment, selfish disloyalty and insouciance toward the bill of rights - especially first amendment freedoms.

Ned Lamont will be so much better for the U.S. on too many issues to count. However, it is Lieberman’s continued involvement in the most violent, treacherous, and morally bankrupt act of intentionally failed policy in U.S. history, the Iraq war, however, where we have no stronger reason to get out the vote for Lamont.

cl

Maybe this has been discussed but was Lieb’s wife, as a lobbyist for big Pharma, a player in the passage of Medicare D? Did Lieb take any position on the negotiation of lower drug costs by the gov’t?

Blank Kludge #33; wrt to OTC plan b and RGJozo- If consistent, his position will be that a pharmacist can refuse to dispense plan b because it’s just a short ride to another pharmacy…

Looking on with considerable interest from London. Quick question: is Connecticut - have I spelled that correctly - nailed to the Diebold cross?

He gets it! I’m so glad someone does. It isn’t that we need another blogger. It’s that we need to have a conversation on our foreign policy. That was the thing that got conveniently skipped during the runup to the war. And now the neo-cons don’t want to bring it it. They want to “stay the course” rather than “cut and run”. That is the battle of slogans rather than a genuine conversation.
This is a great idea. Anyone can join this conversation.

sherocket @
13

John Casper @
5

Dayum, Ned comes across well.

He does! Though I am still waiting for his “numa numa” to be absolutely certain! ; )

(love the new features! saves me from my congenital tagging inability)

Ned Numa Numa! Oh that would be awesome hehe.

Spazeboy @ 36:

(check out my sexy feet–thanks Matt!)

Is this an issue for you? I mean, should I dig around and see if I have other pictures of your feet? Or is it a sensitive subject for you?

Boy, this is a time for Freeway blogging.

“Joe wants war.” “Ned wants peace.”

I-91/95 Hartford
I-95 New Haven

and all over the state.
–
EDIT helps memory hole here:
Dru - Gotcha. Thanks.

…and a typo fix. JAMIE!

http://www.slate.com/id/2146862/fr/rss/

Qana is a remote village seven miles from the Israeli border that Lebanese Christians believe was the site of the biblical Wedding at Cana, where it is said that Jesus turned water into wine. Everyone notes the symbolic significance of Qana in the history of enmity between Israel and Lebanon: Ten years ago, during Israel’s “Grapes of Wrath” offensive, more than 100 people who had taken shelter at a U.N. compound there were killed when the Israeli army shelled it, purportedly in response to Hezbollah mortar fire.

Today, that wedding would be bombed out by the Israelis as a “gathering of dangerous insurgents.”

Blank Kludge @ 60

Boy, this is a time for Freeway blogging.

“Joe want war.” “Ned wants peace.”

I-91/95 Hartford
I-95 New Haven

and all over the state.

And with the notorious CT traffic, those messages will be seen by many.

Connecticut is NOT a Diebold state. We are still using the mechanical machines that we’ve used for over 30 years — they are in great condition, and hard to screw up.

OT re: Quality by Design - David Brooks (not the columnist)

Don’t know if this was covered in the comments (can’t catch up today, sorry if redundant)…but David H. Brooks gave $25,000 to the National Republican Senatorial Cmte in 2005, according to open secrets. Link posted on “Quality” thread.

This ought to be another dubyatross to hang around the repiglicans in 2006.

thought so -

There was lawsuit brought over FDA handling of Plan B (Link below)

FDA Chief at the time: Lester Crawford, is currently facing criminal charges (financial disclosure ‘irregularities’)

suspect sudden reversal of policy has to do with either of these 2 - someone didn’t want exposure/impact

www.crlp.org/pr_05_1114FDA.html

kirby … the old machines can be finagled as well as diebold … we used to see the paper slips with the names purposefully misaligned so that particularly senior voters would get confused or they would pull the lever for the name they wanted but the name was not over the proper lever to record their correct vote.

Corruption of elections is old school in CT …

Woah! Jane, we need some double super confirmation on this one:

From Stirling Newberry on TPM Cafe

Word from a commenter on mydd.com, and confirmed from a source on the ground is that either the Lieberman campaign, or his proxies, are blanketing African-American churches with fliers that imply that Ned Lamont is a racist.

Millineryman -

We agree. Not too familiar w/NH area, but that Hartford interchange is a beast.

Of course, the message could be almost any issue.

“Vote your heart.” “Vote for Ned.”

“Joe preaches.” “Ned teaches.”

and on and on…

Quick question: is Connecticut - have I spelled that correctly - nailed to the Diebold cross?

Nope, Sir Nev, ’tain’t. And may I inquire whether you are my long-lost moggy re-incarnate?

Zergle at 67 — am working on it right now.

Blank Kludge @
47

SharonW -
wrt R crossovers.

EDIT: struck out.

See the Thread Theorist comment.

Still a few votes here, a few votes there pretty soon you’re talking about a real ‘upset’. But, OTOH, and imho, the likely hood that ‘I’ voters would break for Jozo seems low. But I play Buckner/Berra rulz.

kirby @
63

Connecticut is NOT a Diebold state. We are still using the mechanical machines that we’ve used for over 30 years — they are in great condition, and hard to screw up.

That is frightfully good news. We’re understandably alarmed that said infrernal device might slither across the Atlantic. You get Blair; we get Diebolded. Lose lose.

Toodlepip and Good Luck

Sir Nev! Here pusspusspuss!

DON’T run out on me again as you did in ‘76!

Arrrgh, CATS!

Thanks Christy…

Here’s a comment on the same thread from someone who recieved one:

Stirling, the flyer was definitely from the Lieberman campaign, not a proxy. It was placed on windshields of cars parked in church parking lots during services. It was accompanied by a standard piece of Lieberman lit.

The bottom of the flyer said that it was authorized and paid for by Friends of Joe Lieberman and printed “in-house with volunteer labor”. (Yet again the Lieberman campaign avoids patronizing union copy shops.)

The front of the flyer had a picture of Lieberman with Clinton and mentioned Lieberman’s civil rights accomplishments of 40 years ago - marching with MLK and working on voting rights in Mississippi.

The back was about Ned Lamont cancelling his membership in the expensive Round Hill Country Club in Greenwich, including a quote from the New York times in which Ned acknowledged that most of the members of the club were white. The contrast was obviously implying that Ned Lamont is a rich racist.

The flyer was on the windshield of my family’s car at a Catholic church.

siun @ 66

kirby … the old machines can be finagled as well as diebold … we used to see the paper slips with the names purposefully misaligned so that particularly senior voters would get confused or they would pull the lever for the name they wanted but the name was not over the proper lever to record their correct vote.

Corruption of elections is old school in CT …

Jane does Lamont have an election protection operation? If he has a Lawyers for Lamont list, I can brief somebody on how to set one up virtually in a week (convenient cause that’s how much time you have)

Did he hire a Conn election attorney? He needs one. if you need recommendations, I can probably get him some names.

You have my email address and CHristy has my phone Number (I will try to email my numbers to you) if you want to see if Lamont wants to set this up.

I can tell you you two thigs to look for;

1)In a primary, the state party is not supposed to take sides or spend $ for one candidate or another, so Lieberman should not be running any GOTV, Election protection or phone banks out of state or county committee offices.

2) Historically, in a primary of an imcumbent, the dirty tricks really come out fst and furious

TIVO alert:

Ned will be on The Colbert Report tonight.

Think we’ll ever see Joe on the “Repore”? Not bloody likely!

mdhatter @
7

Quick, over there! it’s……

is it

a) another missing white woman
b) another freeway sniper, or
c) another shark attack

Iraq who?

don’t forget possible robbers in trucks stuck in puddles…
tvnews is an oxymoron

about the civil-rights flyer:

1. They got burned by their no-union-bug Bill/Joe Button. That disclaimer means it was run off by some cheap hired labor on their office high-speed copy machine.

2. From what I’ve read about the contents, it seems like a legitimate political thing to do. As a young man, Lieberman did good work on civil rights but his ardor cooled in following years. Ned’s fairly-recent membership in an exclusionary country club is also a legitimate issue.

Zergle @ 73

Thanks Christy…

Here’s a comment on the same thread from someone who recieved one:

Stirling, the flyer was definitely from the Lieberman campaign, not a proxy. It was placed on windshields of cars parked in church parking lots during services. It was accompanied by a standard piece of Lieberman lit.

The bottom of the flyer said that it was authorized and paid for by Friends of Joe Lieberman and printed “in-house with volunteer labor”. (Yet again the Lieberman campaign avoids patronizing union copy shops.)

The front of the flyer had a picture of Lieberman with Clinton and mentioned Lieberman’s civil rights accomplishments of 40 years ago - marching with MLK and working on voting rights in Mississippi.

The back was about Ned Lamont cancelling his membership in the expensive Round Hill Country Club in Greenwich, including a quote from the New York times in which Ned acknowledged that most of the members of the club were white. The contrast was obviously implying that Ned Lamont is a rich racist.

The flyer was on the windshield of my family’s car at a Catholic church.

Wow! How utterly Rovarian, the little prick.

Well, I should think that the backing of Maxine Waters and Al Sharpton will certainly lay waste to that form of assault.

BTW, I know a black minister here who absolutely balked at the idea of supporting Lieberman. It wasn’t even a consideration.

whiplash danger warning:

do NOT, repeat, do NOT proceed directly from watching a Ned video to video of Jr. (w/ his pet corgi).

think I need a neck brace… ouch!

*ilson46201 @ 77

about the civil-rights flyer:

1. They got burned by their no-union-bug Bill/Joe Button. That disclaimer means it was run off by some cheap hired labor on their office high-speed copy machine.

2. From what I’ve read about the contents, it seems like a legitimate political thing to do. As a young man, Lieberman did good work on civil rights but his ardor cooled in following years. Ned’s fairly-recent membership in an exclusionary country club is also a legitimate issue.

Yeah, I read over what’s been said about it, and it’s not too terribly blatant, but it’s very low class. Especially for a sitting senator.

Oh wait…

WAY TO GO LHP!
I hope Baby Mittens is ok….

sure would like to see that flyer - b/c right now can’t even imagine how mentioning Ned left a club for being too white is gonna help Liebushman with voters of color

hi lotus.

figured u were over here.

left a little more nonsense for you at previous thread. nobignevermind…

jane

just sent you an email with all my phone numbers

LHP - I’ll make sure Jane sees your offer and will also ask here at Lamont HQ if I see the right person ….

Thanks!

Does Diebold have anything to do with the CT elections?

CA-50 / ELECTION CONTEST TO BE FILED IN BUSBY/BILBRAY RACE MONDAY MORNING!!

http://www.bradblog.com/

John Casper

baby Mittens is back from the vet who says the huge amount of bubblegum flavored anti biotics (I still can’t get over that doggy meds come in bubble gum flavor just like kid meds)probably saved her life.

She is much improved this AM, but still need watching and lots more bubble flavored syrup. Like the kids, she just loves the pink stuff, so it won’t be hard to keep her dosed up.

She even played for a few minutes this AM, but mostly just wants to sleep and eat, as does the exhausted littleprop who was alseep on the floor in a pile of dogs when I left for work.

It was a rough night for everyone, but we seem to have come through OK. Thanks for caring

Siun

Do you know if they have hired a election lawyer? This is really important?

If they haven’t, they need to ASAP.You would be shocked to find out how many first time candidates, don’t realize they need to do that.

Thanks, Adie — saw it but haven’t yet had the courage to try it all (flowahs are backward on tech, ya know).

I’m tellin’ ya, lhp, we can’t thank you enough for taking such good care of our latest, favoritest Firepup!

Three Hips & a Hooray for lhp, li’lprop, and Baby M!

LHP - I’m at the HQ now and I’ll ask … will get back to you - email me at christina underscore siun at mac dot com

thank you!!

Speaking of conversations, we’d better be watchful of what Bolton’s up to in the UN re Iran… His comments today–and I only caught a small portion–were similar to the run-up to invading Iraq. Anyone who thinks BushCo isn’t intent and determined to invade Iran may well be painfully naive and optimistic.

The guy’s singleminded in his determination that he rules the world. Scary days indeed. November can’t come soon enough. And sidebar to Alter. Don’t worry, we get it. Democrats will be united and motivated. Unlike the Neocons, we learned from Vietnam/Nixon.

bbbbbbbbnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

wowzers! speel chek alzo

Thanks, Jamie !

I think I’m getting this.
Ghostman

Hey, *ilson, when we see egregious back on, how ’bout doing her up a big ol’ Happy Birthday extravaganza with colors and blinks and whatnots?

I know, I know! I’m just egging you folks on with X-treme HTML …

good idea lotus — and in Russian too !

С днем рождения !

but flashier!

TEST 2, 3,

Let me second lhp’s call, with a friendly amendment: candidates need not a single election lawyer, but a whole crew of them.

It’s not just about Diebold (siun’s right: old school machines could be and were hacked by mechanics, not electron pushers). It’s about protecting voter access to the polls, polling place workers doing their jobs properly, preventing improper campaigning in the vicinity of the polling place, and so much more.

And yes, I said lawyerS. On election day, everything happens at once. When you need a lawyer on election day, you need one RIGHT NOW. All too often, you need that lawyer in person, RIGHT HERE. Yes, CT is a lot smaller than most states, but you still want a crew of folks who are up to speed on the local rules of the game, on call at a moment’s notice, and ready to play by Chicago Rules.

Not the “vote early and vote often” stuff - that’s more of a tradition than a rule. Chicago Rules means if they come at you with a knife, you bring a gun. If they bring a friend, you bring five.

Mercy, there’s a BUG in the middle of that word!