lie detector

We're hearing from the New York Times blog that the Lieberman camp hasn't ruled out asking that the election results be invalidated as a result of the "attack" on their web site.  This is making me think that the Lieberman camp may well have originated this attack from within in order to have ANOTHER excuse not to abide by the primary results.  Do I hae any proof of that?  Noooooooo!  We don't need no steenkin' proof, and apparenlty neither does Dan Gerstein!  Why bother?  It's so much more fun to hurl baseless accusations.

We just heard Gerstein on Colin McEnroe's show wailing and gnashing his teeth about how the attack which started YESTERDAY MORNING has crippled their ability to campaign effectively, and that the campaign staff have been unable to send and receive internal emails.  (Apparently there weren't enough G-Mail invitations to go around and eighteen hours simply wasn't enough time for them to scare up some more.)

Pathetic.  Who are these people?  They are clearly not to blame for the mistakes they've made in building their web site on the cheap without even minimal security arrangements or any kind of back-up plan.  But you know, I think I like this policy of blaming Ned Lamont and those liberal bloggers  for your own mistakes and incompetence. If I get pulled over for speeding on the way to the airport tomorrow, I will be sure to tell the police officer that the Lamont campaign sabotaged my alarm clock AND speedometer so I'm not to blame and insist on having this ticket invalidated.

Apparently, anything bad that happens to Joe Lieberman today is Ned's fault.  Bob Geiger (who's sitting next to me here in the Blogger Room at the Sheraton) has the scoop in a piece called, "Lieberman's Dog Gets Fleas --Joe Blames Lamont".  Here's a couple of excerpts:

7:00: Lieberman will slip going up the stairs to the stage at his final campaign rally. Spokesman Sean Smith will claim that Lieberman staffers saw someone wearing a Lamont t-shirt fleeing the scene with a jug of "Acme Axle Grease."

8:00: A prank call from someone claiming to be George W. Bush will come in to Lieberman's cell phone and offer Joe the job of Secretary of Defense when he loses tonight.

"This is yet another cruel trick by Ned Lamont," Joe will say mournfully. "To try to fool me about the job I really want, is such a low blow."

Indeed.  You left out a couple of things, though, Bob:

6:30pm: Lieberman's pants split up the back as he bends down to pick up a constituent's baby and insists  that pro-Lamont fairies invaded his closet last night and weakened the seams.

7:40pm: Joe chips a tooth while eating a plate of fried clams. Staffers claim they saw a suspicious clam sneaking out the restaurant's back entrance wearing a Lamont t-shirt and missing a section of its shell.

More details as they develop, gang!  The Lieberman Pathetic Excuse-a-Thon juggernaut is churning onward...