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Leveraging Lieberman, Lamont Fundraises
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Ned Lamont.
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One time Joe Lieberman rival Ned Lamont, running for governor in Connecticut, takes advantage of the senator's recent rise in the health care headlines to solicit money for his race.
Lamont (D-CT) starts by saying the health care crisis in the Nutmeg state is real, adding: "Yet, as we've all seen, Senator Lieberman is now threatening to weaken or derail health care reform in the Senate. If he succeeds in his efforts, we will see health care costs continue to surge faster than inflation and wages, making coverage even more unaffordable and bankrupting our small businesses and working families alike."
He attempts to connect Lieberman to the governor's race, saying: "The next governor's job will be a lot easier if Congress can manage to overcome Senator Lieberman's obstruction and pass a health care reform bill that begins to reform the system and contain costs."
"Please stand with me on health care -- contribute to our exploratory committee today," he wrote.
MoveOn also staged a rally targeting Lieberman outside the White House gates.
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Indie Pro
December 15, 2009 3:12 PM
MoveOn also staged a rally targeting Lieberman outside the White House gates.
I was sure TPM would ignore this. Instead, you left out the part about Obama:
Today, MoveOn.org members will hold an emergency rally outside of the White House telling President Obama to not allow Senator Joe Lieberman to hold health care reform hostage, and to urge the President to fight for real reform with the public health insurance option. MoveOn members want to remind the President that the country elected him, not Joe Lieberman, to fix our nation's broken health care system.
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Viva!America!
December 15, 2009 4:14 PM in reply to Indie Pro
Oh Wow! Now TPM is not just covering the WH, they are now covering FOR the WH?
I think, Indie Pro, you have jumped the shark.
Did I use the term right?
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Indie Pro
December 15, 2009 4:26 PM in reply to Viva!America!
if you are likening me to a tv sitcom, I guess so.
But, there are stories TPM DC doesn't cover. Can't get them all, I reckon.
Dean has called for killing the bill, and using reconciliation. There's been others, of course.
But this line at the bottom of this post seems to negate the actual press release of MoveOn which doesn't target Lieberman, it targets Obama, concerning Lieberman.
But duly noted, you don't appreciate me. Ok.
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Viva!America!
December 15, 2009 4:43 PM
Well, Ok. It's just that this sentence was just ???:
"I was sure TPM would ignore this." So I'm sorry.
And dude, what's up with this?:
"you don't appreciate me."
As my mother can well knows, I do not respond to pity or guilt. So quit it.
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Indie Pro
December 15, 2009 5:05 PM in reply to Viva!America!
it wasn't about pity or guilt. It was more about the many times you've let me know you don't agree with me, or commenters like me. It was failed sarcasm, I guess.
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