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The favorite guessing game here in Connecticut is "what will Joe do?" What will Joe do if he loses on August 8? Will he drop out, run like a bastard or jump into the arms of the GOP? While the Q-Poll this morning was encouraging, the risk is that people get over-confident and don't show up to Connecticut to get people out to the polls. Most people feel that Joe's decision to either drop out or create a three-way race is predicated on how he does vis a vis Lamont on August 8. If it's close, he'll probably stay in. If he gets his ass handed to him, he's certainly much more likely to drop out. Which means that the money and resources will go to Democrats in the three hotly contested House seats where it belongs, and really strengthen the Democrats' chance to take back the House in November.
So even if you're thinking that the race is safely in the bag (and I certainly am not -- other polls put this race much more close), it's really important for November that people show up and help Ned GOTV. Joe is going to need to be decisively and thoroughly beaten on August 8 so that he doesn't stick around and pull the Democratic party apart in November, and in the process selfilshly throw the House to the GOP.
What you can do:
Volunteer to help out by coming to Connecticut
Send a personal postcard to family, friends and neighbors in Connecticut
Meanwhile, Lieberman's plans to flood the state with 4,000 paid field staff is not going so swimmingly -- something Matt Stoller predicted a while back (and rumor has it that out-of-state GOTV gun for hire Tom Lindenfeld may have been shitcanned). I have no doubt that we will have much more fun amongst ourselves than a bunch of people working for $60 a day to show up and heckle Ned (as the LieberYouth are now doing) for someone they probably don't care very much about. My inbox is filled with emails from bloggers and big lefties who are swarming here for election night, so I hope everyone can find their way here, knock on some doors and share in the excitement.
--p.s. from MODERATOR-- ck says in comment:
For those who want to help Ned Lamont but can't make it to Connecticut, MoveOn.org is hosting a Virtual Phone Bank.
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ned!
Colbert!
Things are looking really nice. Go Lamont!
I felt like Ned was talking straight to me in that video.
I’m coming, Mr. Lamont!! See you this weekend!!
hello, i was wondering if you could add some other candidates to your act blue page.
I wanted to introduce you to mike stagg and Stacey Tallitsch both hardcore democrats running for congress in Louisiana.
thank you.
Keith
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ot - hillary clinton calling for key bush official to resign - blitzer keeping us in suspense and won’t say who yet.
Rumsfield!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200.....NlYwM3MTY-
Remember how bummed we were about the endorsements Joe got from NARAL and PP (National Offices) and some CT labor unions.
End it on Tuesday.
Please do come to CT!
We’ve got a room from Sat-Wed. and would like another person to share Sun.-Wed. (got someone Sat. night). $50/night. It’s at the hotel across from the campaign HQ and rumor has it that the Tues. night soiree will be there.
I have complied with Great Leader Jane’s instructions-I have sent emails and postcards to all CT dems I know, and thrown in a few quid as well. Alas, my relatives are all Repugs. Go kick his ass!
My money went to Connecticut today, since I can’t. Also my hopes and prayers for Nutmeggers to save our republic.
GO NED!
gee, who would have guessed it was rummy after today’s events. thanks kristinejoy, now i’m not locked the situation room.
Orcinus says it all.
‘Bottom feeders’
http://www.dneiwert.blogspot.com/
~~~
I know, its been flogged to blog-death, but someone had to wrap it up and put a bow on it.
~~~
OK, add Tbogg’s take cuz its good, really good (and lotsa comments too!)
http://tbogg.blogspot.com/2006.....ut-in.html
We who cannot come salute you. And support you however we can. It’s gonna be a heckofa time. GO NED!
Yeah, Hillary is on the attack. Maybe BigDog felt the winds change up on stage with Joe. They get it, now.
Hey Jane- I’m coming to CT (New Haven)- is there a way to meet up with other FDLers?
What great guy, can he be anymore sincere?
Don’t forget to bring your hatchet with you!
I mean a central contact point? M/VG
I can’t watch Ned anymore without getting all teary-eyed. This is the big one, folks.
kristinejoy 8 -
My goodness! :)
Keith, I appreciate you asking, others haven’t been so approprite. I don’t speak for fdl, but I think you’d be better off waiting until after the August 8 primary in CT. After August 8, I would start with Howie Klein. I don’t know if he’s the decision maker, but he’s probably the best place to start. JMO
…knock on some doors and share in he excitement.
That certainly sounds like fun, but maybe you mean the excitement? Feel free to delete this comment. ;)
op99 @ 23
or quote it.
M/VG
You can send me an e-mail if you want at my name at macdotcom. I’m collecting cell numbers and will be trying to keep contact with FDLers. We’ll be in Meriden, the Ned HQ. I’ll send mine back to you.
fran, what did you think about Joe criticizing the President of the United States during a time of war?
Did you see those Q poll numbers?
There isn’t going to be a “Plan B.” Joe’s not going to get 33% of the vote.
How about coming over to Ned?
I haven’t heard back from the Lamont campaign about whether phone calls from out of state Dems to voters in-state would be welcome. During the Kerry campaign I got calls from California. I know they have their hands full, but if there’s a way to get call lists in the hands of those of us who are willing to dial, it’s something we could do. Screening might be an issue, but perhaps Jane and Christie would be able to identify known not-crazies who volunteer from FDL.
Fran, be careful what you wish for.
EPU’d from last thread.
Hillary calls for Rummy to resign.
Looks like the big Dems are already learning some important lessons from the
Lieberman fiascoLamont campaign. Bodes well for November…timewarp, thank you I missed that.
nice one Rayne.
LindaR, you still here?
timewarp #29:
The Clintons might be an accurate trailing indicator of voter sentiment.
The Nefarious Leslie @ 32
Here!
al-Scooter at 4:33 pm
ROTFLMAO
I am calling for Move-On’s Ned Lamont campaign.
I was so excited to mentally pack this morning w/TRex. What fun.
Jesus General has the funniest post up on the College Republicans - advice from the General. Hilarious.
Canvassing for Joe
I’m in Boston this week and will also be traveling next week, but have volunteered to help Ned on Sunday.
Can’t help as much as I’d like but every little bit counts. And I’ve already sent in my absentee ballot with a big X next to Ned Lamont’s name. It felt wonderful!!!
OT - but I have been wondering this for a little bit. EPU’d from downstairs -
Fran, why do all your posts have weird line breaks?
Just seems like you are copying and pasting them from somewhere, which seems strange.
Oh yeah, I am in Southern California - not Connecticut.
Hah!
Impeach W
Get it?
____________
Hey Leslie we still all on for tonight?
Jane,
The attack on you is being WAY OVERPLAYED! Joe has to answer to voters – you do not! I’m sure everyone reading FDL agrees.
So what if you pissed Joe off. He’s pissed me, you, and his constituents off many times. How can he be taken seriously when he’s taking money from ALL THE WRONG CORPORATE INTERESTS?
Your readers come to FDL because you two strong women have your hearts and minds in the right place This is clearly an effort to silence you (and your valuable message). Do not doubt yourself, we are all behind you!
Think of the extra press coverage as FREE publicity. You go girl, and FDL please keep this talented person making graphics for FDL.
You came to Connicut to fight - Keep It Up!
al-scooter #33 — my thoughts exxactly! But interesting that she is not holding back until next week, they have washed their hands…
Poor Joey.
Speaking of hatchets…
Hilary’s playing hatchet girl for the neocons, to get favors from them later. Or maybe this was part of the “deal” to get Murdoch’s support.
I don’t trust the woman, anymore. NY can keep her as a Senator, until the Democrats have a strong enough majority to jettison its refuse.
Trying to decide who needs to go next: Biden, HRC or Schumer.
M — once you get here, contact Christina (Siun) at the Meriden headquarters. I’m sure we’ll all be getting together.
DaleFromIndiana — many thanks.
The blogs are now equating Jane with Mel Gibson. We are way under their skin! You go girl!!!!!
I’d go for Biden. I’d say that both Schumer and Hillary are untouchable for now. NY politics is a tough nut to crack. No one is averse to playing rough and tumble.
No Jane, we shold thank you.
Stephen @ 47
Jane got picked up for DUI? She resisted arrest? Why are we just hearing about this now?
Lieberman is not only going to lose, but lose big. After that he can do as he pleases, nobody will care. But it will be a huge wakeup call to the party leadership. Instead of rats deserting a sinking ship, they will all be trying to jump on the bandwagon. I think the Republicans know this better than anyone. They are hoping Armageddon in the middle east will work to their advantage. As usual the people are ahead of the curve on this. It’s all about war. An Americans are sick and tired of it.
Jane Hamsher should get a Nobel Peace Prize.
As a loyal FDL’er, it was sure a pleasure to read your comment Dale.
Lieberman’s spokesperson, Dan Gerstein is on MSNBC calling Ned a racist. The effort worked, people. Joe is lying now. Gerstein keeps saying Joe “has been a consistent critic of the President’s handling of the war.”
Thanks Jane. I’ll be based in New Haven. I tried to phone the NH HQ several times today but the phone was always busy. Seems possible that same thing might be true at the Meridien HQ too! I hope not- are there alternate #s?
And, BTW, where’s the victory party gonna be?
OT - everyone’s favorite guy, Pat Robertson, now believes in global warming.
-Go Ned!
John Casper @ 26
Well I’ve thought about it John, but everytime
the level of the attack gets personal with
very hurtful language and pictures and (I think you know the ones I’m refering to) I stay with
Senator Lieberman.I’m very aware of the cowardly attack on Joe Wilson and his wife
Valerie and regret watching oterwise intelligent Democratic Liberals doing the same thing.
Stephen, who on MSNBC is interviewing him? Is this Hardball?
Did Gerstein use the word “racist?”
Please be specific.
Well I did hear a rumor that Jane was secretly working on a snuff film, tenatatively titled The Passion of the Coultergeist.
Politics is rough business…if those wingnuts can’t play hardball, they should go home to their cheeto enclaves and cry to their mommies :)
Dan Gersten is EXACTLY the kind of Dem that the Lieberman’s of the world accuse the grassroots of being.
You call your DEMOCRATIC opponent a racist, then it just makes it easer for the rethugs to pick it up and run with it in the general election.
Remember this little accusation did not start with the graphic. It began when Joe’s campaign printed those nasty fliers.
Proud Fran? Who are you going to support on August 9th? The Democratic nominee or the turncoat?
John in Ca and NefLes — I don’t think I’m going to make it tonight. Things are clicking in this chapter I’m working on, and I don’t want to offend the muse!
But I’ll be there if I get finished.
Jane, I’m gearing up for the big weekend. Be sure to keep me posted on what you’re up to and where the action will be.
From tomorrow at 6PM (gotta make a living) ’til late Sunday night, I’m going all-out with covering the campaign and blogging ’til it hurts!
And I’m taking Tuesday off (can’t Monday, sadly) to go on the road with Kirby and do some live- and video-blogging!
I’m ready. And reporting for duty.
Oh … paging Dan Gersten, paging Dan Gerstern, please come to the courtesy video phone
LIEberman is wrong: DEAD Wrong
Thanks for this Ava
Personally, I think Lieberman will be shell-shocked come Wednesday morning, and won’t have the spirit to run at all. He’s been taking his privileges for granted for far too long to be able to pick himself up and do it the hard way.
You guys all rock!
LindaR, and then I disappear on you! Sorry ’bout that. You gonna be there tonight?
I’ve decided fran is a boy trying to sound like a woman. And I think fran is a troll/spy. And I think the gig is up. If I were spying I think I’d shut my piehole,.
Gersten=Gerstern
Don’t know how to edit
John Casper @ 56
John, he was interviewed on Hardball by Chris Matthews sub. He kept saying that Jane was part of Lamont’s campaign. Over and over. Also, kept insisting that Lieberman has consistantly challenged Bush. Yeah, right…
It was somewhat sickening…
Mike Barnacle is filling in for Tweety.
Gerstein’s first attack was that Lamont had resigned from an all-white country club. Reverend Al(?) retorted that Bill Clinton had to do the same thing (when he ran for Prez). Then Al mentioned that Lieberman had paid for flyers to be distributed at Black churches, documenting the Lamont affiliation with all-white golfers; which Gerstein acknowledged as the truth. If that ain’t playin’ the race card, I’m Ricky Bobby.
John Casper & timewarp:
Sorry, I couldn’t help the snark.
But I’m hoping that the Clintons - bless their risk-averse, triangulating hearts - will lead the DLC types into working with us for a change. All people like Jane, Christy et al are doing is pledging their lives, fortunes and sacred honor (or large fractions thereof) to blaze the trail back to a saner society. While it’s sad that the people who ought to be leading this trend are following it (maybe), at least this is a strategem that has its elements in alignment for once.
It’s a start.
I would like to nominate Joe to be the president of a brand new, very exclusive, club.The DINOGA* Club.
*Dem In Name Only Go Away.
al-Scooter @ 68
I totally agree. Because when their hearts are in the right place, they are both excellent and talented politicians. I think that Hillary’s hiring of Peter Daou was a good omen.
HopeSAT — that one, regardless of gender, certainly has some limitations with writing persuasively.
Making veiled or outright hostile comments and then criticizing others for doing the same is not persuasive.
My other concern, Fran, is that your arguments seem to be based largely on the perceived hurtfulness of statements made about Sen. Lieberman. Emotional arguments touching on what is nice and fair, seem a little dodgy under these circumstances. Sen. Lieberman’s record as a senator is what is on the table, and, to a lot of voters, that record shows him to be an un-faithful Democrat and elected representative.
Some folks are expressing their dissatisfaction with pretty strong language (and imagery), but challenging the tastefulness of the language and imagery does nothing to address the substantive underlying complaints.
*regretfully stows bag of troll-chow back in the cubbard*
HopeSpringsATurtle @ 64
And I’ll raise you one. *fran* and *lo*: separated at birth? Same syntax and other similarities.
M…
good luck in Conn. Say hi to everyone for me.
Go Ned!!
Jane,
Is there any way those of us who cannot come can still help by, say, getting lists of people to call — either to remind/encourage them to vote, and/or arrange transportation/babysitting/etc. if they’re otherwise housebound?
Perhaps this could be accomplished via the Roots Project?
Agree Jenny
Damn, Hardball was great. Sharpton shoved that piece of literature handed out in black neighborhoods right in Gerstein’s face. Gerstein sure tried to tie the blackface stuff back to Lamont, but Sharpton wasn’t having any of it and neither was the host. “It was a blogger, not the campaign!” they both said emphatically.
In any case, Gerstein made me nervous just to watch. He was incredibly twitchy. That guy is feeling the heat intensely. He looks ready to blow.
Incidentally, here I am a CT resident and I would so be helping this weekend but I’ve had some vacation time scheduled to be in New Hampshire for a long weekend. My cousin would shoot me if I backed out and my son’s going back to college shortly and wants to visit. However, I had kept the primary in mind before scheduling this and will be back in time for that, of course.
I don’t even know if I’ll have any internet access while there. I’ll be going into election info and FDL withdrawal. Ack!
Hey everyone.
Please don’t forget about Patricia Madrid in New Mexico this weekend. If you can give $5, do it.
Venceremos!
Atrios links to this incredible joe-moment.
http://ctbob.blogspot.com/2006.....gator.html
Warning, its hilarious.
Sharon W -
Sharpton was the perfect diffuser to address this controversy. He’s to the point, funny and tough. I love it.
timewarp 4:54 p — I need to see more evidence of change on the part of DLC as a whole. The bit that came up recently where the DLC dissed the netroots in spite of soliciting and culling ideas from the netroots for their SinceSlicedBread.com effort was offensive. They actually took the ideas, used them as their own, and then bashed the netroots.
Re Hillary’s call for Rummy’s head: Could this simply be the beginning of Joementum’s exit strategy?
Jenny from the Blog @ 73
WE NEED TO START PLANNING FOR THE ELECTION NIGHT SPIN.
I know, it’s bad luck to count your chickens this way, but it’s absolutely necessary to control the spin next Tuesday night, and the next day as well, because it’s the real prize for this.
We want the story to be about the collapse of the DLC centrists. They will want the story to be about the hijacking of the Democratic Party by bomb-throwing bloggers.
It’s vital that we have people lined up and ready to go and explain what this victory means, and to claim triumph in the name of the great majority of Americans that are fed up with this administration and its enablers. And we need to say that the old ways of the Democratic Party is over.
Maybe you have some better idea of what the key points need to be, but it is vital that we get ready for this ahead of time, because having no message for the post-election post-mortem will deprive us of the biggest prize of all.
If this is spun as the loony left throwing out the noble maverick, then Lamont (and by extension, us) will be badly injured. Lamont is poised to be our spokesperson in the Senate. If he is marginalized from the very first day, then we are once again marginalized.
Seriously, we need to take care of this. Yes, win the election, but god, please be prepared for this part.
And be ready to throw a few bombs Schumer and Clinton’s way too. They threw their support behind a loser, and they are out of touch with America. Be sure to stick that in there.
HopeSpringsATurtle @ 66
Excuse me while I wipe away the tears of laughter.Your a class act Turtle!
fran, Lieberman’s the one supporting the veiled white supremacy agenda of the neocons.
Why are Maxine Waters, Jesse Jackson, and Al Sharpton all on the ground in CT campaigning for Ned?
“Personal,” who the heck is worried about “personal”. Your boy Joezoe has our military in Iraq and Afghanistan without a battle plan in a no-win situation. You want “personal,” try an IED. They are really “personal.”
Where’s the “personal” attack from Ned fran? Do you have a link?
As far as Joezoe’s concerned imo he is enabling a bunch of people who are no better than clever, veiled white supremacists. If you have evidence to the contrary, please, I am so interested.
fran, we’re not playing canasta here. If your Emily Post book of political manners is upset, too damn bad. You’re guy, Joezoe, has sold out the Bill of Rights. That’s the best damn defense we have against Terrorism, a free and open society, where everyone is held accountable, under the law.
:::::best curtsey::::thank you.
I have seen the doctored photo of Lieberman with his black face. I dont know how it is offensive to African Americans. This is simply lampooning Lieberman as he tries to be black friendly while his record speaks otherwise. It was a good idea to remove the photo but JANE can defend hereself because she never meant to offend Blacks and is the last person to be racist.. It was only to show the ridiculous and low life tactics that Lieberman is using in his vain attempt to keep his Senatorship.
His raising of a non isuue is only a last minute attempt of a desperate looser who will catch any straw to stop his drowning. I KNOW HOW JANE MUST BE FEELING. BUT HEY JANE KEEP YOUR HEAD UP. YOU HAVE NOT DONE ANY THING WRONG. THE LAMONT COMPAIGN SHOULD BE ETERNALLY THANKFULL TO YOU FOR BRINGING MUCH NEEDED ENERGY AND SPIRITS.
We must let the Triangulators push to the front of the anti-war parade on August Ninth. Hillary, Dianne, et al., will all find their way to the van and exhort us to follow their glorious lead against this criminal enterprise, BushCo.
Thank you G C 90, that was sweet.
Slate weighs in on the kerfuffle (with pic!) — Politicians, beware of the crazy bloogers!
For those who want to help Ned Lamont but can’t make it to Connecticut, MoveOn.org is hosting a Virtual Phone Bank.
fran @ 57
This has to be the most mendacious pack of bullhockey I’ve ever seen.
You will support someone because you think people are picking on him, never mind the issues, never mind right or wrong?
I knew a kid that used to pull crap like that–I’m sure we all did. Somebody who instigated fights, then ran to the teacher and turned on the tears and claimed everyone was being mean to him/her, boo hoo hoo, I didn’t do anything, they just started ganging up on me, wah wah wah! But it didn’t take long for teachers to realize what the snivelling little manipulator was up to and turn on him.
Joe Lieberman has done next to nothing for real Americans in 18 years. That is the issue. Period.
So argue his record, and leave off the schoolyard bullshit. Because people are onto Lieberman, including the teachers. Joe’s pissed off enough people that he’s up for a most deserving option: Getting expelled, like the garbage he is. We’ll have to see how that pans out.
It’s been a crappy few days, but it is nice to have a couple of things that make you feel like there are people you can admire.
For me today, it’s Jane and JAG.
Jane and the Lamont campaign and the possiblity that one of the disastrous voices in the chorus might get replaced - it’s just wonderful. The Kiss Float may go down in history. Siun and Jane and TRex and Maura and CTBob and … it just goes on. The best - win, lose or draw - the best.
My other highspot, JAG Says - Let’s Do This The Right Way (paraphrasing)
It really almost makes me kind of sniffly. These are the guys under the gun - with the direct pressure from every source (and no support from Haynes) including internal pressure from so many competing interests and principles they have on the line. But they still show up in front of Congress and buck the CIC and DOJ.
Who expects anyone in such a tough spot to actually just dig in and try to do the right thing these days? It makes me feel very small and very proud.
Thanks for the MoveOn link. Happy to help on Monday (worky this weekend)and hurrah for flat feel phone service!!
Jenny from the Blog @ 80
Absolutely, and he also clarified that Lamont’s country club wasn’t exclusionary. He pointed out that unlike Bill Clinton’s country club it wasn’t ALL white. And Gerstein and Lieberman had no right to try and turn this into race-baiting with that awful piece of literature he handed out.
Then Gerstein tried the…but, but, but Lieberman marched with Martin Luther King! To which Sharpton brought forth an absolute stroke of genius point that I never knew. Martin Luther King wouldn’t support Lyndon Johnson who had done more for the blacks than any politician with the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act for one MORE important reason and THAT was the immoral Vietnam War. For King the far bigger issue was that immorality. Damn, he was good. Even the host was all “whoa, good one,” although not in those words. :)
How come no news organization is giving the history of “the picture”? Why it was created is the REAL story. It should be made known that the picture was the result of the flyer (non-union-printed) and was a jab at lieberman and not in any way racial commentary.
Mary at 96
I concur. Once you get past Colonel in the military so much of it is bootlicking and being a good yes-man. The JAG lawyers like Swift and those in your link make me proud to have served.
Sharon W -
Thanks for the play by play! I’ve sworn off all TV news shows and if it’s not up at C&L I miss out. Much appreciated.
I second Dale at #43.You go girl! Go Ned! Stuck here in Santa Fe with health issues.Dammit!
Hey Mary — forgot to send a shout-out and say thanks about the info on ACLU. I see that those weenies at Stop the ACLU have already been dogging Levin, too, in regards to JAG’s testimony. Will have to follow up on this ACLU news with Levin’s office.
Thanks Phoebes and Steve.
Senator Lieberman does not want to talk about the US invading and occupying the Middle East. Senator Lieberman does not want to talk about the high cost of energy. Senator Lieberman does not want to talk about the environment. Senator Lieberman does not want to talk about Congress selling America cheap to the nearest lobbyist. Senator Lieberman does not want to talk about Congress enabling the executive branch to break the separation of powers and shred of the Bill of Rights. Senator Lieberman does not want to talk about state sponsored torture and secret prisons supported by our tax dollars.
Senator Lieberman wants to talk about a photo that was taken down next to a post that was not. Senator Lieberman has never questioned the accuracy of that post, but he loves talking about the photo that was taken down.
Hey fran, I know you can read and write. What did you think about the post Jane wrote that was the next to the photo that was taken down?
Rayne @ 81
You are right, they will deal with us only when they learn they have no other option. Eventually they will. They are threatened in the way that all petty beuracrats are - for it is personal to them, they feel that their livelihoods are somehow at stake (which is true to some extent).
And in the meantime, I don’t mind terribly if they do take our good ideas and run with them as if they are there own, because the bottom line is that they are good ideas.
And in the meantime, they are saddled with Dean and the netroots, which are definately changing the face of the Dem Party. Which reminds me, I got a fundraising call from the DNC the other day and the kid on the phone was totally psyched (and very well informed) about Lamont. For that reason alone, I gave money!
I turned the Stop the ACLU people to Warner Bros. I think they may have to raise some legal fee money soon…
Jane- what about posting that link that ck gave for moveon phone bank as an update to the article? THAT would be a GOOD thing to have up top. #95 (sorry can’t figure how to repeat the fancy html
http://political.moveon.org/ph.....Q&t=3
twolf1 @ 99
No mulligans in politics, my friend. The deed is done and back-explaining it when it appeared without explanation is too time consuming and complex for the average family and friends of Harrison Bergeron.
G C/ Regarding Photos @ 90
Well I’m not a fan of Janes but I know she would not do anything that would offend a
minority in fact what I have read is mostly
hopeful and helpful but it’s a slippery slope
to be on when you use graphics that way.
Fran - you do realize, don’t you, that the “attacks” Americans are undergoing in Afghanistan and Iraq — those are the ones that are actually, truly, “personal” and
“hurtful”.
HSAT - you are a class act! Huge class.
{{{{{HSAT & FAMILY}}}}}
From a morning thread, this is for you, Jane –
http://www.firedoglake.com/200...../#comments
What looseheadprop says at 8:05 am –
The Media — repeat, the MEDIA — are trying to Swiftboat Ned Lamont by going through Jane.
Think about it.
Swiftboating never happens in a vacuum — it’s the MEDIA that turns it into a story, by repeating the GOP smear ad nausem. The MEDIA has become the propaganda organ of the Right Wing GOP, and it is our job to stuff their lies back in their faces.
The WaPo story by Dan “Tiny” Balz is the clue. He puts on his best concern troll face, reports the story of how a NED LAMONT supporter did something that might hurt NED LAMONT, and presto!!! — a Swiftboat Smear campaign is born.
Unfortunately for them, they chose to drive their Swiftboat through Jane Hamsher. BIG MISTAKE. The only question for our team, is how and when to respond. Keep your eyes on the prize, which is electing NED LAMONT and kicking Joe Lieberman under the bus.
But on August 9th, I suspect Tiny will rue the day he took on Jane Hamsher.
timewarp 5:12 pm — I’d be okay with DLC’s use of netroots ideas, had actually submitted one of my own, if they didn’t bash the submitters.
Says a LOT about how they feel about their constituents.
BTW Rayne - Levin’s “Why not” to the Gen saying he didn’t feel he should respond to the Cheney/Bush “last throes” fibs - PRICELESS.
I’m waiting for Stewart to do a clip with all the questions that generated the huge long paaaauuuuuses.
John Casper @ 104
John, Jane is a wonderfully wise woman
but of wisdom and kindness Ive heard it said
that wisdom begins when you realize kindness
is more important! Father Fran
twolf1 @ 97
Because for some people there is no excuse, no justification. It’s a fact. There are some images people won’t tolerate. There are some people who know those people exist and are wise to just not go there in a political situation. Explanations seem to turn into excuses.
Like I’ve been saying since yesterday, we have an unusual and new dynamic forming when the bloggers unite in the real world to back a campaign. Associations can be made directly to the candidate rightly or wrongly.
When we write and joke amongst ourselves, when we know very much so that our humor goes as far as Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” and what sarcasm, satire, tongue-in-cheek are and there is no problem. However, the unfortunate reality is that in a campaign one has to be careful of any possible ill-perceived missteps.
Lord knows there’s plenty of offensive blogging out there, but when someone ties that directly to the real-world candidate because of associations it gets really sticky.
OK, *fran* is officially creeping me out.