Jane!

I’m guessing it would be a little unseemly for FDL to link to Schlesinger’s money site?

More than any other race, nationally, this is the one where the good guy must win. For me anyway.

Stan Greenberg at The TPM Cafe … This is a good one folks :

For Democrats, Time To Seize The Moment

http://tpmcafe.com/blog/specia.....the_moment

Ned and Alan are tag teaming? Whodathunkit.

But what about Ned, Jane? How did he do?

No arguments with everything you said here, but perhaps you should drop the “Miss” part as an insult?

Alan Schlesinger is a real character, a regular Republican guy’s guy with nothing to lose, who likes horses, the casinos and the ladies, and is willing to stand up for Joe sixpack who doesn’t want Holy Joe Lieberman sniffing into the working man’s online porn.
Ugh! Wait is he that guy at the bar that offered me $100 to go the races with him? Just kidding.I don’t know whether to nickname Alan Schles Gambling man/Gamboling man/or Dancing man. But I likey the way he talks to Joe.

Good for Schlesinger. He knows he’s going down, but he’s going to get back at the Repubs who supported Lieberman instead of him. Great Lamont comeback. I hope the rest of the debate was this good.

epu’ed from last thread….

matt has a first quick post on ned’s debate:

The second debate was incredible, and this race is extremely weird. I’m on my Treo, and I’ll have more soon.

Bob Schieffer moderated, and Lieberman went over time every single answer until Schieffer just cut his mike. Joe is a bully to the press, and Schieffer slapped him. Subtle, but hilarious..

Alan did great, again, and Joe’s people are worried. Lieberman wouldn’t even come out for post-debate questions.

Ned did much better this time. Ralph Nader was there, and the press is completely into Alan Ross Perot.

Also, Joe reiterated a call for regime change in Iran.

Yessssss!!!!!

I had heard a Schlesinger interview several months ago on Hardball. He had gone to the Republican Party honchos to see why he was getting the shaft.

He was articulate and funny with Chris Matthews. Then CT Bob did his great video interview. Alan kept saying - all he needed were Republicans to see him in the debates - and he would be off to the races.

I love that Ned & Alan are tag teaming. Love it, love it, love it.

God I hate Lieberman.

Whiney Joe has to go!!!!!

I am loving RG Joe getting b-slapped by a ReTHUGlican.
BWAAAAAAAAAAAHAHHAHAHAHA
Couldn’t happen to a better disgusting troll than RG Joe.

Oh, thank you , thank you. With the CT press blackout of a live debate, this tidbit is great. Can’t wait to see the whole thing tomorrow night. I’m so happy Alan is sticking it to the Republicans. Kind of guy I’d have a bear with but not vote for.

pwn3d!

I love it when useful idiots are useful.

So the new Joe meme will be: “Ned made Alan be mean to me.”?

Also, Joe reiterated a call for regime change in Iran.

What an idiot!

Good to see Schlesinger wasn’t a one-trick pony!

Alan Schlesinger’s political future is bright if he can pull over 25% in this election.

Schlesinger can change the entire trajectory of his life to an asymptotic upward slope if he outperforms expectations in this election.

And Alan Schlesinger knows it.

Brilliant!

UptownNYChick @ 13

So the new Joe meme will be: “Ned made Alan be mean to me.”?

I blame Clinton.

While all this footsie with Schlesinger is fine, as long as it maintains a two-front war for the Republic(an) of Joe…Alan’s still a GOPer.

In the words of Winston Wolf… ‘Let’s not start s*cking each others’ d**ks just yet’.

Pach, I was on the river when you posted the first one and I missed it. Brill! And this, too.

A very interesting race indeed…

Dr. Bong @ 12

pwn3d!

(scrathing head) Huh? My age is showing. Translation, please.

11gchaucer2:

Kind of guy I’d have a bear with but not vote for.

??

Isn’t that little ricky’s line?

:-)

Alan reminds me of Ross Perot, not only in his comic bluntness, but in the effect he’s going to have on Joe. Such held Bush’s ol man to one term.

My inquiring mind awaits more word from the debate.

GL

Mommybrain #20

pwn3d

:-)

Dr. Bong @ 21

11gchaucer2:

Kind of guy I’d have a bear with but not vote for.

??

Isn’t that little ricky’s line?

Actually, Scooter Libby’s

:-)

darkblack @ 18

While all this footsie with Schlesinger is fine, as long as it maintains a two-front war for the Republic(an) of Joe…Alan’s still a GOPer.

In the words of Winston Wolf… ‘Let’s not start s*cking each others’ d**ks just yet’.

I understand your point. To tell you the truth, if it were a choice between Joe and Alan, I’d not vote.
I do think, however, it is just nice to be able to agree on some things and disagree without screaming about being mean.

So, how does Joe like all the bipartisanship from Ned and Alan, eh?

darkblack,

Schlesinger cannot win this thing - he can only mortally wound Lieberman. Unfortunately (for him) Schlesinger has too much of a shady past.

Lieberman was dominating and suffocating the discourse - trying to make CT residents feel guilty for being mean enough to question whether or not he should go back to Washington.

This has totally changed the conversation. This isn’t about Lamont saying Joe sucks. This is about a Republican saying it too (and I’m assuming all the other party candidate at this debate, as well).

Residents of CT - take another look at Holy Joe. Do you really want him to represent you?

Ned seems to have lost steam. Are those Democratic “strategists” dragging him down, diluting his message? The same milquetoast losers who cost us in 2000 and 2004? The same losers who urged Kerry not to fight back?

Alan Schlesinger is a real character, a regular Republican guy’s guy with nothing to lose, who likes horses, the casinos and the ladies, and is willing to stand up for Joe sixpack who doesn’t want Holy Joe Lieberman sniffing into the working man’s online porn.

Ah, but I ask you, where is the candidate to protect the postgraduate’s porn?

imm:

Father Bong always said: “Measure twice, cut once.

My fingers were faster than my memory, which, considering my moniker, shouldn’t surprise anyone here…

:-)

Dr Bong @21 — Yikes! — well, I guess the bear could have a beer with Al and me. You’re welcome to join us. Thanks.

less is more
Schlesinger is s’more anger

Biggus–maybe.

But let’s just hope he wins, since Lieberman is so odious.

Right, Biggus? You agree, right?

kemo @ 26

So, how does Joe like all the bipartisanship from Ned and Alan, eh?

Wow - I hadn’t even thought about that one. All sorts of subliminal stuff going on there.

It would be great if some enterprising reporter would do an article about Ned & Alan - you, know, the Dem & Rep candidates…

Poor, poor pitiful Joe.

time for an actblue account for schlessinger. we need to send him $500k by tomorrow morning. sometimes a point of relief crosses party lines. and this certainly qualifies. schlessinger wants to take down joey “D” as much as we do for many of the same reasons. ned will be the beneficiary. pull out the visa and get going.

Biggus Diggus @ 28

Ned seems to have lost steam. Are those Democratic “strategists” dragging him down, diluting his message? The same milquetoast losers who cost us in 2000 and 2004? The same losers who urged Kerry not to fight back?

This is what drives me crazy. My own beloved candidate, Charlie Brown, has a new ad out that makes me cry. It’s a negative ad about John Doolittle, and it is so very typical. Bleah.

kemo@26 Thanks for the belly laugh. Perfect.

Biggus Diggus @ 28

Ned seems to have lost steam. Are those Democratic "strategists" dragging him down, diluting his message? The same milquetoast losers who cost us in 2000 and 2004? The same losers who urged Kerry not to fight back?

What are you talking about? Please visit Ned's website. You have no idea what he's been saying or doing in CT. Just because he hasn't been covered by the national media. You should know what you're talking about before you make statements like that.

immanentize at 2:03 pm
We have a winner.

“Poor, poor pitiful Joe”

Methinks Warren Zevon is owed an apology. ;-)

Dr. Bong @ 29

imm:

Father Bong always said: “Measure twice, cut once.

My fingers were faster than my memory, which, considering my moniker, shouldn’t surprise anyone here…

:-)

That quote-a-comment box thingy hs tripped me up more than once. Preview would be my friend if I ever used it….

:~)

Hey Biggus, you agree that Lieberman is odious, sanctimonious, mealy-mouthed and hateful, right?

Right Biggus? I mean, you do know that, right?

(totally troll-baiting here, but I’m in the mood)

dab from CT @ 36

Biggus Diggus @ 28

Ned seems to have lost steam. Are those Democratic “strategists” dragging him down, diluting his message? The same milquetoast losers who cost us in 2000 and 2004? The same losers who urged Kerry not to fight back?

What are you talking about?

Please visit Ned’s website. You have no idea what he’s been saying or doing in CT. Just because he hasn’t been covered by the national media.

You should know what you’re talking about befoer you make statements like that.

Dab’s right! I’ve been out to CT to volunteer and the enthusiasm for Ned is electric.

pach - were you at the debate? can you give more info/context of the bit tag-team bit you quote? thanks!

*xyz @ 41

dab from CT @ 36

Biggus Diggus @ 28

What are you talking about?

Please visit Ned’s website. You have no idea what he’s been saying or doing in CT. Just because he hasn’t been covered by the national media.

You should know what you’re talking about befoer you make statements like that.

Dab’s right! I’ve been out to CT to volunteer and the enthusiasm for Ned is electric.

i’ll second that!

selise @ 42

pach - were you at the debate? can you give more info/context of the bit tag-team bit you quote? thanks!

I wasn’t there, but a little bird just landed on my windowsill and began singing to me. I don’t have anything more for now, but there may be more news later.

I can’t wait to see all that bipartisan debate action!

I guess I read BD’s question differently. I too get nervous about the consultant class Democrats coming in and utterly blocking a good candidate’s forward motion. Am I a conspiracy nut to wonder why Ned’s campaign seemed to lose air right after he went up to kiss Hillary’s ring?

who doesn’t love the song birds!

The debate has to be over, doesn’t it? There’s gotta be something coming for the 6 o’clock news, right?

That Schlesinger-Ned tag team is fascinating. If Schlesinger were actually trying to win, I don’t think he’d do it that way. Bringing up the businessman bit actually is a big and unnecessary plus for Ned when that sound bite gets replayed. When has one candidate in any debate teed up a ball like that for another?

Sounds like Schlesinger hates Joe as much as we do.

It’s so weird there isn’t even a stream of the debate.

interesting tidbit at DKos:

If ActBlue wasn’t a passthrough PAC, it would be the largest Democratic PAC in the country in candidate contributions. With $11.8 million raised this cycle, that makes it bigger than the top six Democratic PAC’s combined. If you consider all PAC disbursements (independent expenditures, field programs, etc), ActBlue would be the 5th or 6th largest PAC of any ideological stripe, behind EMILY’s List, MoveOn, America Coming Together, SEIU, and maybe the UAW.

kirby was at the debate and calls in to ctbob who reports. here’s a bit….

Kirby said there were maybe 150 people there, and even though WFSB relented their embargo on reporters, they resolutely forbid any use of cameras or recording equipment. Of course, Kirby took copious notes, and also may have accidently left her digital recorder turned on while it was in the pocket of her blazer.

I’m sure she’s very sorry about that. And that she’ll be very careful not to transcribe and post any of the important bits.

Kirby mentioned Lieberman’s reluctance to directly answer the questions posed to him, and in fact after he “speechified” his third response in a row, Bob Scheiffer turned off his mic in mid-speech.

Wow - I hadn’t even thought about that one. All sorts of subliminal stuff going on there.

Yes - Ned and Alan give Joe a spoonful of his own bipartisan bs!!! Just beautiful!

Kirby covered the debate for our blog and I just spoke to her 10 minutes ago. She managed to take a lot of notes and there’s a very minute chance that she might have also unintentionally neglected to heed WFSB’s warning about shutting off recording devices. I’m just sayin’…

We’re going to have a detailed report up sometime after 7PM EDT tonight, so check in for lots of fun facts. Apparently Joe took another beating today. And Kirby got an exclusive interview with Alan Schlesinger immediately after the debate.

I can’t wait.

UptownNYChick @ 1:57 pm (#14)

So the new Joe meme will be: “Ned made Alan be mean to me.”?

No doubt, Alan Schlessinger is a mole of the vast liberal media conspiracy, and has just received his wake-up from Ted KennedyHillary Clinton’s office.

OT: The Rude One

O’lielly interviews Fartacus

[…]

Watching O’Reilly interview Bush is like watching a horny mongoose hump a steering wheel.

[snip]

Selise, you beat me to me! LOL

LindaR @ 46

I guess I read BD’s question differently. I too get nervous about the consultant class Democrats coming in and utterly blocking a good candidate’s forward motion. Am I a conspiracy nut to wonder why Ned’s campaign seemed to lose air right after he went up to kiss Hillary’s ring?

I understand where you’re coming from. I’m fed up to here with Bob Shrum and his cohorts, too.

But Ned hasn’t changed his message. He is saying the same thing he said during the primary - certainly about Bush and the war in Iraq. He has just expanded his focus to covered other issues - which he touched upon in the primary - and which he must cover for the general election.

Ned is not a firebrand. He is a soft spoken, unassuming guy. He became the focus of international interest because he deep sixed Lieberman. But he is who he is, and I admire him for that.

Now, the person who I think has been muzzled, is Tom Swan. It’s my impression that he’s great for a CT streetfight, but perhaps not for prime time. However, I’d like to see more of the CT streetfighter the last three weeks of the campaign.

Ned is his own man and he knows how to talk to a wide spectrum of the CT population. Now that the log jam has broken in terms of “Negative Ned” - and everyone can see how pathetic that is - perhaps they will open their ears to what he is saying.

UptownNYChick @ 25

dab from CT @ 27

I don’t mean to ‘harsh the buzz’, but I’m well past the point of being able to trust the motivations of politicians, especially anyone with an (R) after their name.

If Schlesinger wants to put a thumb in Lieberman’s eye (and by extension, Rove’s as well) by playing a reverse Nader all the way to election day…’I'll have butter on my popcorn please’.

After all, as kemo mentioned above…that is a form of bipartisanship, and if Joe doesn’t like the way that kool-aid tastes, well…

;>)

UptownNYChick @ 14

So the new Joe meme will be: “Ned made Alan be mean to me.”?

707!

Connecticut Bob @
54

Kirby covered the debate for our blog and I just spoke to her 10 minutes ago. She managed to take a lot of notes and there’s a very minute chance that she might have also unintentionally neglected to heed WFSB’s warning about shutting off recording devices. I’m just sayin’…

We’re going to have a detailed report up sometime after 7PM EDT tonight, so check in for lots of fun facts. Apparently Joe took another beating today. And Kirby got an exclusive interview with Alan Schlesinger immediately after the debate.

I can’t wait.

Perfect! Kirby and CT Bob rock!

punaise @ 51

interesting tidbit at DKos:

If ActBlue wasn’t a passthrough PAC, it would be the largest Democratic PAC in the country in candidate contributions. With $11.8 million raised this cycle, that makes it bigger than the top six Democratic PAC’s combined. If you consider all PAC disbursements (independent expenditures, field programs, etc), ActBlue would be the 5th or 6th largest PAC of any ideological stripe, behind EMILY’s List, MoveOn, America Coming Together, SEIU, and maybe the UAW.

I’m so glad. The work Howie has done has been awesome.

I have recommended ActBlue to everyone I know who has wanted to contribute to worthy progressive candidates.

Connecticut Bob @ 57

Selise, you beat me to me! LOL

i’ve been dying to hear about the debate, and madly refreshing the few sites i thought might have a report… thanks so much for feeding my ned addiction!

Re Loserman the Torturer, check out this diary at talkleft
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2006/10/18/133235/81
big billboards on CT interstates, tying Joe to the Repugs and Voting for Torture

Schlesinger: If you had someone doing a job for eighteen years, and after eighteen years, their record was one of complete failure, what would you do? What do you think should happen with that person?. . . Ned, you’re a businessman: what would you say about someone like that?

Lamont: I’d say, “It’s time to go, Joe!”

Priceless!

It’s time for Ned and Alan to take the debate show on the road around CT. Without Joe but perhaps with the kiss float.
Call it the bipartisan debate the issues (not the man) tour ‘06, or something like that. Invite Joe, he wont accept and if he does all the better.

the problem in this race has not been that ned hasn’t done enough, it’s that joe has been out there playing all sides passing himself off as both a democrat AND a republican and sucking up votes on both sides. at this point i don’t know that ned can woo that many more voters over to the progressive side, but schlesinger can certainly siphon off the gop votes that joe has been out courting. every vote for the actual republican is one less vote for joe.

was Joe positioned between Ned and Alan this time?

another Ore-ho cookie: a creamy smarmy bitter sweet substance of ill repute squeezed between two crunchy wayfarers

I LIKE Schlesinger too!

And there’s something I don’t get. He was thrown out of a casino for card-counting. But that makes him a compulsive gambler? Hell, in my book, it makes him a successful gambler! And it is debatable whether card-counting constitutes gambling at all. It involves careful calculations rather than reliance on a streak of good luck.

The Bush administration is full of gamblers, hoping and praying for a streak of best outcomes, rather than calculating the likely results of their actions. We could use some more card-counters, eh?

kemo @ 26

So, how does Joe like all the bipartisanship from Ned and Alan, eh?

From the rooftops!

I’d love to have someone ask Joementia “Hows that Bi-partisan soup taste now ?”

A DAY WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY — The Bush Administration celebrates the signing of the Military Commissions Act.

President Bush took the Constitution and tore it into little pieces.

And Joe Lieberman, former “freedom rider” and civil rights advocate, voted for this morally obscene bill! A law that abolishes habeas corpus and allows imprisonment and torture for anyone, terrorist or innocent American citizen, at the President’s discretion?!

(Face it, Bush is a guy who as a kid blew up innocent frogs and as a Yalie branded fraternity mates’ asses with hot coat hangers. Think he’s grown out of it? The guy’s a born bully and a smirking sadist.)

And now they’ve ganged up to torture our Constitution! How can anyone in their right mind vote for Joe “Torture Boy” LIEberman? He’s Bush’s smirking, suck-up, kissing cousin.

Eureka Springs, AR @ 65

Schlesinger: If you had someone doing a job for eighteen years, and after eighteen years, their record was one of complete failure, what would you do? What do you think should happen with that person?. . . Ned, you’re a businessman: what would you say about someone like that?

Lamont: I’d say, “It’s time to go, Joe!”

Priceless!

It’s time for Ned and Alan to take the debate show on the road around CT. Without Joe but perhaps with the kiss float.
Call it the bipartisan debate the issues (not the man) tour ‘06, or something like that. Invite Joe, he wont accept and if he does all the better.

Can I post this suggestion on the Lamont blog? I love it.

dab from CT - Of course! I know there is litle time left but what a great way to spend it!

Did whiny-titty-baby Joe piss his pants, or just stutter and pout?

Hey guys BlueAmerica is at $24,679. If we hit $25,000 we’ve got another Had Enough blitz—Angie Paccione? Howie, you out there?

Lets get going!

FIGHT BACK!!!

kemo @ 26

So, how does Joe like all the bipartisanship from Ned and Alan, eh?

Brilliant. The Republican and the Democrat teaming up against the fool. Finally, bi-partisanship that might actually accomplish something.

Dumbo @ 2:29 pm (#68)

I LIKE Schlesinger too!

And there’s something I don’t get. He was thrown out of a casino for card-counting. But that makes him a compulsive gambler? Hell, in my book, it makes him a successful gambler! And it is debatable whether card-counting constitutes gambling at all. It involves careful calculations rather than reliance on a streak of good luck.

The Bush administration is full of gamblers, hoping and praying for a streak of best outcomes, rather than calculating the likely results of their actions. We could use some more card-counters, eh?

Not sure whether I like him or not, but being thrown out of a casino for card counting doesn’t sound like a black mark to me. If you’re smart enough to remember all the cards that have been dealt, more power to you.

pictures from today’s debate from matt stoller here.

EllenG @ 74

kemo @ 26

So, how does Joe like all the bipartisanship from Ned and Alan, eh?

Brilliant. The Republican and the Democrat teaming up against the fool. Finally, bi-partisanship that might actually accomplish something.

karma’s a bitch, Joe

Some of the smartest engineers I’ve ever worked with were card counters. To be successful at card counting takes not only math and memory, it takes the ability to read the table and the people at it and get out the door before the house figures you out. Kinda like politics.

Joe kept going over his allotted time, so much so that CBS moderator Bob Schieffer had to cut him off abruptly.

AGAIN? He pulled this crap in the first debate. Slow learner.

Joe also tried to beef up his GOP credentials by calling for. . . wait for it. . . regime change in Iran. As if one FUBAR war of choice were not enough.

N e o c o n, what’s good for I***** is good for the United States. NOT necessarily.

punaise @ 76

EllenG @ 74

kemo @ 26

Brilliant. The Republican and the Democrat teaming up against the fool. Finally, bi-partisanship that might actually accomplish something.

karma’s a bitch, Joe

Q: Both of your opponents display an extreme willingness to reach across the aisle to address a cental issue, wouldn’t you agree Senator?

I don’t see how Joe survives this.

OT: St. McCain on Hardball just now:

McCain: On the issue of gay marriage, I do believe, and I think it’s a correct policy, that the sanctity of heterosexual marriage, marriage between a man and a woman, should have a unique status. But I’m not for depriving any other group of Americans from having rights, but I do believe that there is something that is unique about marriage between a man and a woman, and I believe it should be protected.

Matthews: Should gay marriage be allowed?

McCain: I think, I think that gay marriage should be allowed if there’s a ceremony kind of thing, if you want to call it that, I don’t have any problem with that. But I do believe in preserving the sanctity of a union between man and woman.

Do these guys even realize they don’t make sense? These statements have no logical consistency. And he wants to be president of the United States.

BTW, this show is being taped in front of a college audience, and maybe it’s me, but it feels like the audience isn’t buying this crap.

Dr. Bong @ 28

imm:

Father Bong always said: “Measure twice, cut once.

My fingers were faster than my memory, which, considering my moniker, shouldn’t surprise anyone here…

:-)

Yeah, and I’m teaching my kids fairness– “one divides and the other decides….”

I have to say, given a choice, if Ned didn’t win, I’d rather see Schlesinger win than Lieberman. At least you know where that guy stands; Lieberman would (will?) be the guy knifing us in the back for the next six years.

Not that I live in CT, but I’m encouraging CT voters to vote for Lamont.

Fortunately, with the latest developments, looks like Lamont could pull this one out.

McCain keeps up that kind of talk HE’S going to have to run as an independent.

Maybe he can ask Joe to be his veep.

kristinejoy @ 81

Dr. Bong @ 28

imm:

Father Bong always said: “Measure twice, cut once.

My fingers were faster than my memory, which, considering my moniker, shouldn’t surprise anyone here…

:-)

Yeah, and I’m teaching my kids fairness– “one divides and the other decides….”

to heck with that: heads I win, tails you lose. :~)

http://www.theinvisibleamerican.com has a slide-show video up on American casualties and funerals from the Iraq war.
In the middle of it is a clip of George Bush joking about not finding WMD in Iraq at a black tie event, the clip shows Lieberman in the audience laughing heartily along with the rest of the audience - YOU KNOW WHAT this would make a great Lamont TV Ad. Can’t you see it – somber piano music- Iraq war dead & wounded statics scroll slowly down a black screen accompanied by a James- Earl-Jones-like voice over – CUT TO – bush making WMD joke – CUT TO Lieberman dressed in tuxedo laughing with the rest of the tony audience. This ad would be short, as a result cheap, and COMPLETLEY DEVASTING.

Link to youtube version - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuLK9ofo9D4

Check out this guys other videos at http://www.youtube.com/profile.....leamerican

marksb @ 78

Some of the smartest engineers I’ve ever worked with were card counters. To be successful at card counting takes not only math and memory, it takes the ability to read the table and the people at it and get out the door before the house figures you out. Kinda like politics.

good point! you reminded me of an engineer i worked with in the mid ’80s (in a previous engineering life) who was wicked smart… iirc, he helped put himself through school (mit, as i recall) with trips to alantic city after he taught himself to count cards reliability. by the mid ’80s he said there was no way he could get away with it anymore.

dab from CT @ 58

Now, the person who I think has been muzzled, is Tom Swan. It’s my impression that he’s great for a CT streetfight, but perhaps not for prime time. However, I’d like to see more of the CT streetfighter the last three weeks of the campaign.

Myself, as well. In my opinion, the electorate wants to cashier the Grieviously Offensive Party, but they want to vote for someone/something, too - Candidates with passion, vision, and a desire to serve the people…Not just some cool, glib careerist who wants to triangulate their way to office. Sell the sizzle and the steak.

‘Rules? In a knife fight? No rules.’

LindaR @ 2:45 pm (#82)

OT: St. McCain on Hardball just now:

[snip]

Do these guys even realize they don’t make sense? These statements have no logical consistency. And he wants to be president of the United States.

BTW, this show is being taped in front of a college audience, and maybe it’s me, but it feels like the audience isn’t buying this crap.

What I get out of that is “You can pretend you’re married if you like, you just can’t get married”. But then again, it could mean even less than that…

from the salon.com article:

Lieberman’s Republican problem

With the ragtag Lamont campaign at his heels, the incumbent senator’s biggest worry may be a long-shot GOP candidate siphoning votes.

[…]

Lamont, the most high-profile insurgent of the year, who became the hero of the netroots, might have been expected to bask in the glory of running in November as the anointed nominee of the Democratic Party. But even after putting nearly $11 million into the race, Lamont makes no secret of preferring the freewheeling days when he was an up-from-nowhere maverick with little (aside from his own money) to lose in pressing Lieberman on Iraq. “When I was in the primary, I had no party support at all,” Lamont recalled in an interview Sunday. “I was my own man and I think everybody liked that. That’s how I feel most comfortable. It’s what I’m about.”

chisholm @ 85

McCain keeps up that kind of talk HE’S going to have to run as an independent.

Maybe he can ask Joe to be his veep.

They have already discussed it. That’s all the talk about “Unity ‘08″

Jane,
You are absolutely righ. Colbert has to invite Schlesinger in his show. Schlesinger is the rising star in The Connecticut senate race.

hi, Pach!

Linda R - I remember Mondays post debate thread and think you could be a speech writer for Ned. *s*

more from the salon.com article:

Lieberman gave a nuanced answer when I asked the yes-or-no question: Is there any circumstance under which you would not caucus with the Democrats if you are reelected? “The answer is no,” Lieberman said, seemingly ending the matter. But then he suddenly opened an escape hatch, “I want to give you a parenthetical because I’m sure that this is not going to happen. If, for instance, the Democrats tried to deny me my seniority, I’d be foolish …” Lieberman abruptly ended the sentence without ever explicitly voicing his velvet-gloved threat. But he quickly added, “The Democratic leadership and my colleagues on the floor of the Senate, a lot of Democrats, have said to me, ‘Of course, we’re going to give you your seniority. You’re a Democrat.’”

Eureka Springs, AR @ 94

Linda R - I remember Mondays post debate thread and think you could be a speech writer for Ned. *s*

Thanks — I think?

Oh, McCain just clarified he does NOT think gay marriage should be legal — big BOO from the audience.

I am curious if the independent or third party guys took issue with Joe. He worked damn hard to keep third partys out of the debate in 2000.

OK, just one more:

Lieberman admits that he has been stung by the way that he has been treated since he was beaten by Lamont. “I have not been happy to see some of my colleagues follow the traditional party rules and support the nominee of the primary, even though we had been close and two days before they had been singing my praises.”

Joe, Joe, Joe…where to begin

Maybe we need an IQ test for political office (riffing on card counting here). I know there are issues with inequality based on educational access and that sort of thing, but it would be so fun to be able to look up all the IQ’s of congressmorons. Cross-tabulate with voting record and see what the smart guys are supporting.

Not that smart=good, mind you, (think W vs. Cheney), I would totally sort it in a spreadsheet and derive amusement from it.

kristinejoy: “one divides and the other decides….”
I like that, I’ll be using that fairly soon (1yr and 3yr olds). Thanks.

I made a comment that day in response to one of yours. thought you had his sound down pat. yw

Howie Klein upstairs, gang!

Dr. Bong @
56

OT: The Rude One

O’lielly interviews FartacusNow easy on the mongoose mon!

[…]

Watching O’Reilly interview Bush is like watching a horny mongoose hump a steering wheel.

[snip]

Now easy on the mongoose mon!

When do the financial disclosures for the time after the primary come out? I am VERY curious to see who is on Joe’s list.

Joe got owned!

Blue Wind @
93

Jane,
You are absolutely righ. Colbert has to invite Schlesinger in his show. Schlesinger is the rising star in The Connecticut senate race.

Jane who?

Primordial Ooze @ 100

Maybe we need an IQ test for political office (riffing on card counting here). I know there are issues with inequality based on educational access and that sort of thing, but it would be so fun to be able to look up all the IQ’s of congressmorons. Cross-tabulate with voting record and see what the smart guys are supporting.

Not that smart=good, mind you, (think W vs. Cheney), I would totally sort it in a spreadsheet and derive amusement from it.

kristinejoy: “one divides and the other decides….”
I like that, I’ll be using that fairly soon (1yr and 3yr olds). Thanks.

It works great…. but when your kids use it outside of home, old druggies look at them strangely. :)

pnuaise @ 100 -

OMG - he actually says he’s not happy to have them support the party nominee 0 the winner of the primary…

What an asshat!!! He really doesn’t understand democracy - at all. No wonder he and Bush & Cheney are so chummy. Dictatorship, anyone?

I hope someone is making a compendium of Lieberman’s speeches, interviews and statements. Unbelievable. And every word out of his mouth makes the Dem party look ridiculous for not slapping him down in August. How dare there be tacit support of someone who is NOT the official Dem candidate. Right, Schumer?