Do you think they are polarizing figures CGG? That’s a yes or no question.

Oh please.

I’m fairly “to the right” yet feel strongly that a non-violent response to racism is, by WASP’s at any rate, wholly inappropriate.

On the contrary only John Brown’s response was, what I feel is “correct”; then, and now as well.

To paint the right as racist while actively practicing and promoting what amounts to the “New Slavery”; (which is exactly what the new left promotes); is the height of hypocrisy.

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A pretty good read.

This was bullshit on the Lieberman side though. I never in my life witnessed more conservatives become class warriors overnight. Never had I heard more AM radio doofus talk show hosts and their moron callers decry having some cash and being white as some horrible crime.

If I look at the map from that race, Ned won huge in Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven. Joe won almost everywhere else (excluding Mansfield area obviously). Seems to me Jesse and Al could have stayed home, those three cities would still have gone Ned, and he may have also picked up some towns on the outskirts.

I think the problem of the campaign post primary was not properly weighing pro’s and con’s in a variety of areas.

Have you read Ken Cain’s piece in GQ about the primary? Cain does an excellent job of describing the importance of the African American voter in that primary.

I’d also direct you to David Sirota’s take on this, while including the disclaimer that he later worked for the Lamont campaign..

I was pretty critical of that move at the time actually. Not sure if I posted about it but I certainly voiced opposition in the comments section here.

[quote post="820"]Also, to point out Jackson and Sharpton are oppurtunists, media whores, shakedown artists, and really not what they claim to be (”civil rights leaders”) isn’t racist.[/quote]

Please. The push was so transparent it was ridiculous. They were counting on racism to get righty voters all riled up and it worked. Meanwhile, during the primary they did just the opposition accusing Ned of being a racist.

This state is far more purple than a number of hardcore posters here will ever recognize.

Yeah Gerstein did a good job spreading that racist meme around. I was there on primary night. Ned was also surrounded by his CT Democrats, his family, and Swan. That smear was one of the nastiest things the Lieberman campaign did, and after awhile I lost count of how many of those they pulled.[/quote]

You have to admit though,….bringing Terry Schiavo’s husband to the state was one of the worst decisions I’ve ever seen in my entire life regarding campaigns. Sharpton and Jackson don’t help either. I don’t know if Mr. Schiavo asked to come here, and the campaign said yes, or what, but that was just odd and creepy.

I voted for Ned, but his campaign really did seem derail after the primary. Someone needed to say, “Okay, we got the lefty vote, now time to grab the center”,…and that never happened.

Also, to point out Jackson and Sharpton are oppurtunists, media whores, shakedown artists, and really not what they claim to be (“civil rights leaders”) isn’t racist.

Yeah Gerstein did a good job spreading that racist meme around. I was there on primary night. Ned was also surrounded by his CT Democrats, his family, and Swan. That smear was one of the nastiest things the Lieberman campaign did, and after awhile I lost count of how many of those they pulled.

Not to split hairs but GW Bush won with the majority of the votes in 2004. First time since his father in 1988.

Liberliar won by less than 50% of the vote. That’s not a majority.

Thanks a million Ned![/quote]

Not to beat a dead horse, but “Connecticut mattered” only in the eyes of… one quarter of Connecticut Democrats. To the vast majority of Connecticut residents, Joe Lieberman was and is the best man for the job.