Obama becomes a Lamont-Democrat
Matthew Continetti in The Weekly Standard,
Also on August 9, the political action committee of one of the party's most popular and promising figures, Sen. Barack Obama, sent Lamont a check for $5,000.Lamont's the future.
Footnote: I've got a bet going with Rich Miller that Lamont doesn't break his primary total in the general. Here's Peter Brown laying out the math behind the bet.
And I think Lamont's the future for Democrats regardless if he wins or loses. That's Obama's bet.
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Interesting.
I think that dingbat in Michigan who knocked off the moderate incumbent that same day is the future of the GOP.
Looks like we will have a future of moderate Dems who think that Iraq is a drain on American resources and prevents us from fighting our real enemies going up against some borderline fascist social conservatives who want government to dictate every detail of your personal life.
It we are both right, it looks like a good time to be a Democrat.
I suppose that Senator Obama will need to report the justification for his support of Lamont to Chairman Madigan, just like he is required to report to the Chairman background on Alexi's banking history before the head dem chooses to support him. I bet that Obama never realized that he would still be reporting to Madigan once he reached the United States Senate.
....borderline fascist social conservatives who want government to dictate every detail of your personal life.
Skeeter,
Let's hope Ned Lamont has but some distance from his uncle Corliss Lamont when it comes to civil liberties,
From the History Network,
In 1979, he and another group signed another advertisement in the Times (June 24) which stated that "Vietnam now enjoys human rights as it has never known in its history..." and approvingly quoted a resolution of the National Lawyers Guild that "clearly recognizes...that the reeducation program for [a half-million] former Saigon personnel carried out by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam was absolutely necessary...". What a great civil libertarian
....wonder what Lamont thought of his Uncle at the time?
Interesting Bill:
Ned Lamont has an uncle with some extreme views.
Walberg, the guy from Michigan who is now the GOP candidate for Congress personally has some extreme views, which match the views of many in his party (Coburn, Frist, Allen, etc.).
Which do you find more troublesome?
Corliss Lamont,
He defended Stalin's purge trials and executions.
He defended Stalin's pact with Hitler.
He defended Vietnamese re education program in 1979.
He paid a visit to Castro in 1991,
Corliss Lamont was 91 years old when in June of 1993 he traveled to Cuba with his third wife Beth. Fidel Castro was very friendly and spoke at length with Corliss, for Lamont had for many years campaigned to call off the U.S. embargo of Cuba. Lamont suggested that Castro sue the U.S. government over the CIA attempts (well-documented) to assassinate Fidel.
Ned Lamont a wealthy man because of his family. He's using the wealth to run for the Senate.
He might want to comment on his family's ideological interitance. It's a lengthy one, on the record, from a very prominent progressive American.
Which is more important, Bill:
Extreme views of AN UNCLE?
or
Extreme views of Walberg and Frist and Coburn?
No wonder you all keep losing elections. You keep trying to grasp any dirt on Democrats and you can't see that your own house is a wreck.
Clean out the GOP and then worry about the relatives of Democrats.
I don't find the views of Walberg, Frist, or Coburn similar to those of Stalin, the NVA, or Castro.
That you, and supporters of Lamont do --or in fact worse-- is an issue all voters should consider.
It comes out when you ask Lamont-Democrats how they feel about Lamont's family fortune and the politics of the family.
Lamont-Democrats pooh-pooh Corliss's support of Stalin, and instead call Senator Frist an extremist.
So I think you and Lamont deserve a platform for speaking far and wide.
Sen Obama should donate more.
I'm not going to compare the merits of the two because I could not care less what the uncle thinks.
I do care what Frist thinks and what Walberg thinks and what Coburn thinks, since they are elected Republicans so far out of the mainstream that they need a telescope to see most of the voters.
An uncle or an actual Senator?
Most rational people couldn't care less what some relative thinks.
According to Baar, an uncle's views means more than a Senator's.
Baar thinks we should forget about the extreme views of the candidates and talk about relatives.
If I was an Illinois Republican, I would make the same argument, since Illinois Republicans HAVE no other arguments.
Good riddance to Lieberman and others who support the President’s inept war against terrorism. I may not agree with Lamont, but I’d rather stand with a politician who will give an honest appraisal of conditions in Iraq. Unless the President has the guts to send more troops and resources to bring stability to that country, it’s time to bring our troops home.
Corliss Lamont was a prolific writer, widely published, President of the American Humanist Association, with an endowed Chair at Columbia Law named for his work on Civil Liberities.
Corliss left a huge imprint on American progressive and liberal thought, so what's really important is what does Ned Lamont think of him.
The family connection makes it even more interesting since he certainly must have had opportunities to discuss.
For example, Corliss Lamont traveled to Cuba in 1993 to encourage Castro to see the US for trying to assisnate him.
Would Ned Lamont encourage Usma bin Laden or other terrorists to do likewise?
What nonesense Bill. Put down your Fox News Channel talking points. If I lived in Connecticut, I would be more interested in how Lamont stands on jobs, health care, alternative energy development and social security.
That's what needs to be told anon.
You and Lamont believe jobs, health care, alternative energy, and socials security are higher priorities then, as Lieberman said,
“I’m worried that too many people, both in politics and out, don’t appreciate the seriousness of the threat to American security and the evil of the enemy that faces us — more evil, or as evil, as Nazism and probably more dangerous than the Soviet Communists we fought during the long Cold War,” Mr. Lieberman said.
It's a difference in the seriousness of the threat that really needs to be more widely discussed.
If you disagree, great, but you should be out there, preferably not anonymously, telling Americans.
Obama put $5,000 out there behind Lamont which leads me to believe he shares your concern for jobs, health care, alternative energy development and social security.
Netanyahu told Israel yesterday,
in each generation there are those that rise up seeking our destruction. But since Hitler, there has not risen such a bitter enemy as Iran's president, Ahmadinejad, who openly declares his desire to annihilate us and his development of nuclear weapons in order to carry out this desire. Until he carries out his scheme, he is using his covert forces: in the south, Hamas, a Sunni force, and in the north, Hizbullah, a part of the Shiite arc that extends from Tehran to Lebanon
I think America is next after the Jews finished. I'm glad the United States in in the middle of that Shiite arc working with Muslim allies.
I don't want to pull out and abandon the Shiia working with us to the slaughter as we did in 1991.
It's a big difference and people should be counted on where they stand.
Sen. Coburn believes in the death penalty for abortion providers.
Walberg, the Republican from Michigan who knocked off the moderate incumbent last week, believes that all abortions should be banned, no exceptions.
What is more important: The views of Coburn and Walberg or the views of the uncle of a guy running for Senate?
I know Baar's view on that issue, and that is why I now consider him a fool.
Wow, this Baar is waaaayyy out there on the nutball looney-tunes right. Must suck to be him.
Obama makes another political mistake. Remember Alexi endorsement. When Lieberman wins, Obama will be 0 for 2. And this guy is being talked about as Presidential candidate. What a joke.
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