On the Ground With Lamont/Lieberman (21 Days and Counting)

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Outsourcing Smear: Rep. John Larson convened a secret meeting on Saturday attended by CT-AFL/CIO's John Olsen (not-so-affectionately known locally as "Jimmy Olsen, Cub Labor Leader" for his diminutive stature) to go really, really sleazy and desperate on Ned Lamont.

Lieberman has evidently tapped local Democrats to come together on behalf of his "Kiss My Ring" party so the smear won't look like it's coming from him. Spazeboy does an elegant, effortless deconstruction of the lies in Lieberman's latest Bush imitation ads (which look like they were lifted from CTBob's YouTube, above). As the Hotline Blogometer asks, "Are negative ads really what Lieberman needs right now?

Aren't voters looking for a reason to come back to Lieberman?"

. Don't They Know He Marched in '63: Ned Lamont was greeted with warmth and enthusiasm when he spoke last week at an African-American church, and Maxine Waters is coming to town to campaign for him. Joe tried to compete by visiting the Mt. Aery Baptist Church last night with a huge entourage and a cameraman. "He was told he could worship with the congregation, but not speak, and the camera could not come in," according to a member of the church.

Maybe they're still stinging from this Lieberman quote, from the floor of the US Senate in 1995:
Affirmative action is dividing us in ways its creators could never have intended because most Americans who do support equal opportunity and are not biased and don't think it is fair to discriminate against some Americans as a way to make up for historic discrimination against other Americans.

I'm sure Lieberman would rather they remember this quote, from a speech to the Congressional Black Caucus in 2000: >>>cont

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