Posted on 08/01/2006 1:18:36 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
Election Central CT-SEN: EXCLUSIVE: Lieberman Camp Speaks Out About Flyer Attacking Lamont On Race; Lamont Camp "Disappointed" With Tactic By Greg Sargent | bio
A flyer questioning Ned Lamont's record on race which was produced by the Joe Lieberman campaign has now been obtained by Election Central.
EC received a copy this afternoon from the Lamont campaign. You can view the flyer here in our TPM document collection.
The Lieberman campaign has now acknowledged to us that they produced the flyer, which was distributed in and around black churches. A Lamont spokesperson blasted Lieberman for the flyer, saying the Lamont campaign was "disappointed" with the tactic.
"People have reported to us that it was distributed at churches in the minority community," Lamont spokesperson Liz Dupont-Diehl told Election Central.
The flyer contains a picture of Joe Lieberman clasping arms with Bill Clinton. It hails Lieberman's record on civil rights while blasting Lamont's record on race. It questions why he resigned from an exclusive country club only just before beginning his Senate campaign, and includes a couple quotes from Lamont about his decision in a New York Times story from July.
"According to Lamont: He didn't pay as much attention to race...until he got into the Senate race," the flyer reads. "Stand by the guy who has stood by us and always will. Vote for Joe Lieberman for U.S. Senate."
Dan Gerstein, an adviser to Lieberman speaking officially on behalf of the campaign, confirmed that the campaign was behind the flyer and defended the tactic.
"We're surprised that the Lamont campaign wants to make an issue of this," Gerstein told Election Central. "This flyer simply states the facts, and in particular repeates a very questionable statement Mr. Lamont made which raises many questions he has yet to answer. If he's so concerned about discrimination, why didn't he resign from this club before he became candidate for u.s. senate? Also, what are the policies at the club and why won't he answer that question?"
But the Lamont campaign dismissed the tactic as a dirty trick. "We have been consistently disappointed with Senator Lieberman's tactics throught the campaign," Lamont spokesperson Dupont-Diehl said. "We prefer to focus on the issues."
Lamont says the club isn't discriminatory, though he has acknowledged that the club isn't perfect on race. In the flyer the Lieberman camp left out a couple other of Lamont's quotes in the July Times story, which read as follows:
"It's not as diverse as it should be," Mr. Lamont said. "I didn't pay as much attention to that before the race began, to tell you the truth.
"They don't have any discriminatory policies," he added.
Ha--Good one Joe.
After appearing with the disgraced Clinton, will Joe stress family values?
Joe's getting pretty desperate!
The real truth is that the only time anyone in Greenwich thinks of race is when they see a person of color walking the streets without a rake in his hand.
I don't like this even though I AM more pulling for Lieberman here. The insinuation that Lamont is a bigot solely because he belongs to some country club that's is "not as diverse it should be," etc., is ludicrous. If anything, I'd not be surprised if Lamont were to Lieberman's left on race issues (e.g., favoring racial preferences more than Joe).
Or a mop.
I just LOVE Democrat primary season!
Me too, it's like Christmas in July/August.
No, the Greenwichers only trust Hispanics with mops.
Remember, it was Michael Skakel who claimed it was black dudes who murdered Martha Moxley, apparently while he was up in the tree being a Kennedy, that is, literally, a jerkoff.
Leiberman is a pro-Israel Democrat. As far as I can tell, the only energetically pro-Israel candidate. Of course, the worst blow to Israel's iterests this year has been the downfall of Tom Delay...
Was that the Kennedy who hid in Europe for like 15 years?
?? are you pro-Lieberman ??
?? Isn't that a little out of your district ??
What have you gone and done now???
Don't Democrats always dismiss truth-telling as a dirty trick?
When advised of this complaint, Senator Lieberman was reported to be somewhat worried, troubled and quite concerned. :)
...or a shoe-shine kit.
What have you gone and done now???
That radiation thing finally kicked in.
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