Hotline On Call: Do You Really Want To Stake Your Hopes With Ned Lamont?
Lamont is apparently a Not-Ready-For-Prime-Time-Player:
We’re not in the business of judging winners and losers; there are plenty of well-informed Nutmeg State voters who can make up their own minds. But putting aside the (curiously ironic) blogger charge that Sen. Joe Lieberman‘s strong performance in last night’s debate was marred by his rudeness, many Connecticut and nat’l Dems likely got up this morning asking themselves if they really want to stake their hopes with Ned Lamont.
Beyond his obvious deficiencies in stagecraft and presentation (more than excusable for a first-time statewide candidate running against a three-term incumbent Senator who has run twice in nat’l elections), Lamont handed at least three issues to Lieberman on a silver platter.
What were the issues? Read on…
Here’s the richest load of bull you’re likely to see, from our old ‘friend’ Jane Hamsher:
Lieberman came off as a rude Republican a**hole, with nothing in the tank but personal attacks.
That’s really incredible, coming from the, ahem, lady who calls Lieberman ‘Rape Gurney’ Joe…
Ya’ know Mark, it seems like you’ve quoting and linking Calamity Jane (Hamsher) a lot lately. Are you sure that’s wise? I mean, in order to quote her, you’ve actually got to read her. And I keep getting this vision of Darth Siddious luring Anakin Skywalker down the path to the Dark Side.
Just saying.
I’ll consider that a fair warning and keep my guard up…