Lamont Opposes Surge In Yale Speech

You Beat Me To It (0.00 / 0)

Here is what I was going to say:

Ned Speaks - I'm Disappointed

Ned spoke at Yale last night - as reported in the New Haven Independent:

Lamont reiterated his opposition to the continued American presence in Iraq...

But he stopped short of advocating complete withdrawal from the country and instead made clear that "we have a human, strategic, and political obligation to the people of Iraq" to restore the country to normalcy after the war and long American involvement....

Again and again, Lamont emphasized his belief in the unlikelihood of finding an American-driven answer to the problems plaguing Iraq. "There is no military solution to the situation in Iraq," he said-an opinion, he told those assembled, shared by high-ranking military officials, members of both parties, and "maybe even by Joe Lieberman," he joked...

...With 2008's presidential election not too distant, Lamont voiced his support for Sen. Chris Dodd, whose announcement ceremony he attended. Considering the rest of the challengers, Lamont was hardly discriminating, in light of who they would be replacing: "I really like them all. I mean, they're all so much better than the alternative."

I would have liked to see stronger support for disengagement. I would have liked to see stronger support for candidates who advocate disengagement.

I've said it before and I'll say it again - opposing the surge is too easy. We need to get out now.

And supporting all the candidates is a copout.

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by: Jon Kantrowitz @ Thu Jan 25, 2007 at 17:17:52 PM UTC

I believe (0.00 / 0)

that was Ned's position throughout the campaign, and its a position that I, personally, agree with. He supports redeployment to nearby nations incase troops are needed for humanitarian aid and other non-frontlines duty.

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by: ATalbot @ Thu Jan 25, 2007 at 18:57:14 PM UTC

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Redeployment to nearby nations (0.00 / 0)

is complete withdrawal from Iraq - and he stopped short of advocating that yesterday.

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by: Jon Kantrowitz @ Thu Jan 25, 2007 at 19:38:00 PM UTC

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Ned is being a good Democrat. (0.00 / 0)

I know it may sound like a copout, but when it boils down in the end--when the primaries produce a nominee on either side whom would you support? the Democratic nominee or the Republican one? I think that is what Ned Lamont is trying to say with his support.

Until there is a viable (read: electable) third or fourth party candidate, we're stuck with the donkey or the elephant. And, I'm sick of the elephant for a long time.

The arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice. --Martin Luther King, Jr.

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by: connecticutyankee @ Thu Jan 25, 2007 at 21:10:17 PM UTC

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We'll All Support The Dem Nominee (EVEN HILARY?) (0.00 / 0)

But Ned can and should do more to influence the process of choosing the nominee - as should all good Dems.

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by: Jon Kantrowitz @ Thu Jan 25, 2007 at 21:24:54 PM UTC

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Video will be posted shortly (0.00 / 0)

My laptop is now fixed and so I can get my videos out again.

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by: ctblogger @ Thu Jan 25, 2007 at 21:31:20 PM UTC

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it's still early (0.00 / 0)

I will give  him a year or so before saying it's a copout.

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by: greenpeas @ Thu Jan 25, 2007 at 22:59:20 PM UTC

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So fair (4.00 / 1)

So fair to have Ned refered to as "former Senate candidate Ned Lamont" rather than "multi-millionaire neophyte Ned Lamont talks at Joe Lieberman's alma mater".

Of course I have always seen fairness to Ned in the Independent.

because Connecticut voters count: http://www.CTVotersCount.org

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by: BlastFromGlast @ Thu Jan 25, 2007 at 22:13:01 PM UTC