| This morning on WSTC/WNLK here in Connecticut, Lieberman campaign manager Sean Smith made it official. He said this to
news reporter Erik Campano,
Are
we going to support Ned Lamont? Ah, no! (laughs)...
Listen to the audio clip (MP3 , 42kb, 10sec)
Please recommend the cross-post of this diary at DailyKos. We need national attention on Lieberman's repeated lack of party loyalty.
Oh yes, there's more... |
Smith goes on to make eroneous claims that Lamont is a
closet Republican, and that's the reason why Lieberman will not support him. As
in the past, Smith claims, without any specifics, that when serving on the
Greenwich Board of Selectmen and Board of Estimates and Taxation he voted with
the Republicans 80% of the time. Smith fails to mention that Lamont served on
these boards over 12 years ago, and that in Greenwich town politics there are
rarely divisive partyline votes as in the US Senate. The Lieberman campaign
attempted to paint Lamont as a Republican in their "Greenwich
Millionaire" TV ads, which were pulled almost immediately because they were
not effective. I assumed they would have moved onto another strategy
by now.
Lamont spokesperson, Liz Dupont-Diehl responded to Smith's
remarks by quoting from Joe Lieberman's own book, In Praise of Public Life,
saying
"it's
unfair and misleading to go back many years into an opponent's record and take
isolated votes and distort them, and here he is doing the exact same thing" (more in the clip)
Listen to the audio clip (MP3, 81kb,
20sec)
Smith's comments were in response to questions
about Ned Lamont's latest radio ad , in which he makes this
challenge to Senator Lieberman:
So I have a challenge for our junior senator. Joe, let’s both go to the Democratic primary on August 8th, and let the people
of Connecticut decide. I’ll pledge to back you one hundred percent if you win.
And for the good of the party, you’ll pledge to support me one hundred percent
if I’m victorious. What do you say Senator? May the best Democrat win.
Stories about the new Lamont radio spot
are all over the news and blogs this morning. But, it appears that local
reporter Campano was the only one to get the Lieberman campaign on the record stating
Lieberman's intentions to NOT support the winner of the Democratic primary.
Perhaps Sean Smith thinks that no one listens to AM radio anymore?
Several newspapers, including The Boston Globe picked up the story of
Lamont's ads from the Associated Press. Though the AP story does not have
the Lieberman campaign saying they will not support Lamont if he wins. |
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