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Question: What two words does a blackmailer fear most? Answer: “Go ahead!” Once a blackmailer’s ammunition is gone, so is the threat, as long as the victim is willing to incur the consequences. As our government’s most abusive pit pull, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), continues to bully, threaten, and oppress churches of all faiths in our country while waving the carrot of “tax exemption” in the faces of church leaders, it is high time that the persecuted faiths have their “Epiphany,” and, in unison, tell Uncle Sam where else he can put that carrot. Davy vs. Goliath aside, there...

The question most frequently asked in Connecticut of right-wing voters is: Whom do you intend to vote for on November 7? There are only two patriotic answers to that, but hang on as the drama unfolds. Voting is what you do every two years—and then, mostly, repine, wondering whether democracy really does anything for you beyond giving that little throb of tactile pleasure in recording your enthusiasm for one candidate or—and this pleasure is very keen—your loathing for another candidate. That last is a vital contribution to democratic hygiene, effected by candidates who arouse every hate gland in your withered...

Surrender is not an option Sunday, September 24, 2006 Copyright © 2006 Republican-American What if America did it Ned Lamont's way? What if America "redeployed our troops out of Iraq," then sat down with the Islamic terrorists to find out "why they hate us" and then mended our ways? Mr. Lamont is hardly alone in thinking surrender will win the war against terrorism. But neither he nor his acolytes have considered the consequences, and those arising from surrender aren't very pretty.

  Connecticut US Senate If the general election for US Senate were being held today between Ralph Ferrucci, of the Green party, Timothy Knibbs, of the Concerned Citizens party, Ned Lamont, the Democrat, Joe Lieberman, of the Connecticut for Lieberman party, and Alan Schlesinger, the Republican, for whom would you vote? (names rotated) 9/19/06 Lamont Lieberman Others Undecided Likely voters 45% 47% 3% 5% Republicans (26%) 15% 66% 8% 11% Democrats (39%) 62% 36% 0% 2% Unaffiliated (35%) 47% 45% 3% 5% 8/21/06 42% 44% 3% 11% Based on 600 completed telephone interviews among a random sample of likely...

This poll is still on Rasmussen's premium section, but got leaked onto the blogosphere. Topline numbers: Lieberman (I-Inc.) 45% Lamont (D) 43% Schlesinger (R) 5% 550 Likely Connecticut Voters +/- 4.5% MOE

New Haven, Conn. -- Democrat Ned Lamont said Wednesday the U.S. is weaker because of the war in Iraq backed by rival Sen. Joe Lieberman, and he called for shifting forces to Afghanistan and elsewhere. "We have sacrificed our daughters and sons and our treasure in a war we didn't have to fight," Lamont said. "We have ignored the real threats and security needs in the war we should be fighting, the one against the terrorists. ... Senator Lieberman believes that President Bush has it right in Iraq. I believe that he's dangerously wrong." The Democrat, who upset the three-term...

If the election for United States Senator from Connecticut were today, and you were standing in the voting booth right now, who would you vote for? Republican Alan Schlesinger? Democrat Ned Lamont? Independent Joe Lieberman? Or some other candidate? 7% Schlesinger (R) 38% Lamont (D) 51% Lieberman (I) 1% Other 2% Undecided

(Greenwich-AP, Sept. 9, 2006 6:05 PM) _ It'll be a battle of big names as high-profile supporters come out over the next several weeks for U-S Senator Joe Lieberman and Democratic Senate candidate Ned Lamont. Grammy-nominated singer Moby, a frequent campaigner for Democrats and a Darien native, has offered to hold a concert or other help for Lamont to bring out the vote. They met at a recent Hurricane Katrina fund-raiser. He's said on his Web site that Lamont's party primary defeat of Lieberman was, quote, "awesome." Meanwhile, Republican New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to headline a...

HARTFORD, Conn. --Democratic Senate candidate Ned Lamont, who recently denounced U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman for his public scolding of President Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair, lauded the senator at the time for his eloquence and "moral authority." Lieberman's Senate office this week released copies of a letter that Lamont sent by e-mail to the senator shortly after Lieberman took to the Senate floor to chide Clinton in September 1998. "I supported your statement because Clinton's behavior was outrageous: a Democrat had to stand up and state as much, and I hoped that your statement was the beginning of the...

At the Hebron Harvest Fair today, Moonbat leftist Ned Lamont was touring the fairgrounds and when approaching the Veteran's led Hamburger booth, was immediately led away and to the other side of the midway to avoid having contact with the vets.

Ned Lamont, who this week chastised Senator Joseph I. Lieberman for his public rebuke of President Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, wrote to Mr. Lieberman at the time praising the eloquence of his speech on the Senate floor. “I supported your statement because Clinton’s behavior was outrageous: a Democrat had to stand up and state as much, and I hoped that your statement was the beginning of the end,” Mr. Lamont, then a cable television executive, wrote in an e-mail message to the senator’s Washington office on Sept. 16, 1998, two weeks after Mr. Lieberman’s speech. (snip) At the...

If Sen. Joe Lieberman’s Democratic colleagues are anxious to get rid of him, they gave no indication of it in their first gathering since Lieberman lost a Connecticut primary to Ned Lamont last month and launched an independent bid. “I don’t think there’s any of us out there saying ‘Goddamn, I hope Joe doesn’t win,’” said Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.), who has endorsed Lamont in the general election.Indeed, Democratic senators applauded Lieberman at their weekly policy luncheon, when Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) asked him to brief the caucus on upcoming port-security legislation.“Welcome back,” said Reid, who was scheduled to...

new Public Opinion Strategies (R) poll finds Ned Lamont (D) trailing Sen. Joe Lieberman (I), 51% to 35%, in the Connecticut U.S. Senate race. Republican Alan Schlesinger receives 4% of the vote, while 10% remain undecided. Key finding: When asked which candidate is running a negative campaign, 40% say Lamont compared to 19% for Lieberman. Editor's Note: Though a Republican firm, this is the Lieberman campaign's internal poll

WASHINGTON -- The Iraq War is center stage again in Connecticut's increasingly nasty Senate race. Ned Lamont, whose upset of Sen. Joe Lieberman in last month's Democratic primary was fueled in large part by his opposition to the war, took fresh aim at Lieberman's staunch support of the conflict in a new television ad Thursday. The senator fired back, calling Lamont's stance on the war "dangerous," and complained, "at some point my opponent has to start dealing with fact and not just be a perpetual whiner." The Lamont commercial features a young man solemnly reading some of the names of...

You could feel the temperature drop as Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut entered the Senate chamber yesterday for the first time since he lost his Democratic primary last month and became an independent candidate. Democratic leaders Richard Durbin (Ill.) and Charles Schumer (N.Y.) kept a safe distance. Christopher Dodd (Conn.) gave him a perfunctory handshake. Harry Reid (Nev.), the minority leader, turned his back; when Lieberman approached, Reid indulged him in a quick handshake then quickly busied himself in another conversation. Republican Susan Collins (Maine), spying Lieberman alone in the center aisle, rushed over with a hug and a kiss...

EAST HADDAM -- Connecticut's Democrats had most of the staples at their summer picnic Sunday -- pasta salad, burgers and speeches about serving blue-collar workers and taking back the governor's seat. But one longtime fixture of Democratic party gatherings was absent: U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, the party's former vice presidential candidate. While he stayed out of the public eye Sunday, political allies with whom he'd campaigned and served for decades -- including fellow U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd -- cheered on his Democratic opponent, Greenwich millionaire Ned Lamont, with the same adoration they once showered upon Lieberman. Lieberman, who lost last...

Or as Rush calls him, Ned Lament...

I was attending a local Greek Festival in Orange, Connecticut when Local Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro and Senate candidate Ned Lamont show up to press the flesh. I saw him, approached with my camera and said "Hey Ned, smile for a photo". He gets closer as I get ready to snap another and ask "How does it feel to be 'Mr. September 10th?'" You can see how his expression sours ever so slightly, even though the expression on his supporters' faces were much more obvious. He responds "What do you Mean Sptember 10th?" I said "I think you know what I'm...

From the reigning analysis of President Bush's 2004 re-election victory, and lately from Ned Lamont's defeat of Joe Lieberman in Connecticut's Democratic Senate primary, you would conclude that the "base" -- the most ideologically pure wing of each party -- is all that matters. But the pivotal Senate battle unfolding in Tennessee for the seat of retiring Majority Leader Bill Frist shows that isn't so. Or consider California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's resuscitation of his re-election prospects by moving to the center. His latest accomplishment: pushing through a landmark cap on greenhouse gas emissions through the Golden State legislature. It is...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Senate candidate from Connecticut, Ned Lamont, who won his primary race over an old guard incumbent this summer, will join John Edwards, Phil Angelides, and hundreds of rank-and- file leaders from California's largest and fastest growing union next week to rally for fundamental change in healthcare and the labor movement, in Sacramento and in Washington, D.C. The 2nd Annual SEIU United Healthcare Workers - West (UHW) Leadership Conference, on September 8th and 9th at the San Jose Convention Center, will gather 2,000 frontline healthcare workers from across the state -- leaders of...