| The bottom of the flyer said that it was authorized and paid for by Friends of Joe Lieberman and printed "in-house with volunteer labor".
The front of the flyer had a picture of Lieberman with Clinton and mentioned Lieberman's civil rights accomplishments of 40 years ago - marching with MLK and working on voting rights in Mississippi.
The back was about Ned Lamont cancelling his membership in the expensive Round Hill Country Club in Greenwich, including a quote from the New York times in which Ned acknowledged that most of the members of the club were white. There was nothing about "Civil Rights", just the information on Ned's country club membership.
The contrast between front and back is obviously an attempt to imply that Ned Lamont is a rich racist.
As far as I can see, there is nothing inaccurate or illegal about what the flyer explicitly said. The implication, however, that Ned is a racist is utterly immoral. The Lieberman campaign knows very well that Ned has an extraordinarily strong record when it comes to working with minority students. As a public school teacher, I don't know anyone, much less a wealthy business owner, who volunteers one day a week in public schools. If he was a racist, he certainly wouldn't be interested in helping kids from Harding High in Bridgeport learn how to start their own businesses.
I have made a commitment to support Joe Lieberman if he wins this primary even though he has not made a similar commitment to respect the choice of Connecticut Democrats should he lose. I find this flyer to be a new low in Joe Lieberman's desperate attempt to retain power. A tactic like this makes it a lot more difficult to imagine voting for Joe Lieberman under any circumstances ever again. |
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