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Senator Joe Lieberman Watch: Lieberman Hopes New Poll Will “Shake Up” Supporters
Sen. Joe Lieberman ,D-Conn., and his wife, Hadassah Lieberman, talk with barber Skip Franco, right, while campaigning in West Hartford, Conn., Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006 Businessman Ned Lamont opened a double-digit lead over Lieberman less than a week before Connecticut’s Democratic primary, raising the possibility that the three-term senator may have to run as an independent in November, a new poll released Thursday shows.
AP: Lieberman hopes poll will jolt backers
U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman said Thursday that he hopes a new poll showing his primary challenger with a double-digit lead will “shake up” his supporters and help him eke out a victory.
Lieberman also said he will run as an independent if he loses the Democratic primary on Tuesday, despite reservations being voiced by some national party leaders.
“But I intend to win the primary,” he quickly added.
Lieberman, 64, one of the Senate’s most well-known moderate Democrats and his party’s nominee for vice president in 2000, has been widely criticized for his support of the Iraq war and his perceived closeness with President Bush.
Millionaire businessman Ned Lamont, a political novice, was supported by 54 percent of likely Democratic voters in the Quinnipiac University poll, compared to Lieberman’s 41 percent. The sampling error margin was plus or minus 3 percentage points.
“The fact is I’m about a lot more than one issue and the future of the people of Connecticut is about a lot more than one issue,” Lieberman said during a campaign stop in West Hartford. “You always hope that a poll like this will shake up my supporters to come out and vote.”
Flap think the “FAT LADY” has sung for the Democrat primary and Lieberman is the LOSER. But, Joe is not done. He will run as an independent in a state where the majority of voters are not aligned wit either party.
Moreover, the Left Netroots NUTTERS are in the process of turning a victory into a defeat by posting juvenile, immature graphics on the blogosphere.
First it was Jane Hamsher:
and the Black-Face Flap.
Now, it is the Kossaks at the Daily Kos Via Michelle Malkin and LGF:
The REAL campaign begins next Wednesday and it is all good for the GOP no matter what the results Tuesday.
Stay tuned……
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Senator Joe Lieberman Watch: The Jane Hamsher “Black-Face†Flap
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Senator Joe Lieberman Watch: Challenger Lamont Earns New York Times Endorsement
Senator Joe Lieberman Watch: WFB – A Connecticut Quandry
Senator Joe Lieberman Watch: Bill Clinton Praises Joe Lieberman
Senator Joe Lieberman Watch: California Senator Barbara Boxer – “A Profile in Cowardiceâ€
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Cox & Forkum: Changement de Rythme
Cox & Forkum: Changement de Rythme
“Changement de Rythme” (or “Broken Time”) is a fencing term meaning “a sudden change in the tempo of one fencer’s actions, used to fool the opponent into responding at the wrong time.” Or perhaps in the wrong way, as in the case of the cartoon.
From FoxNews: Ahmadinejad’s Mideast Solution: Destroy Israel.
From CNN: Hezbollah threatens to strike Tel Aviv.
From RealClearPolitics: Iran’s Strategy Is Crudely Obvious–So Why Can’t We Fight It?.
Also by Tracinski at RealClearPolitics: What Part of ‘War’ Don’t We Understand?.
And when will Hezbollah decide to sue for peace?
When Iran uses them up…….
Technorati Tags: Cox&Forkum, Israel, Hezbollah, Iran
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Israel at War Watch: Hezbollah Leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah Threatens to Bomb Tel Aviv
A group of displaced Lebanese watch a taped television speech of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on a large screen in a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006. Hezbollah’s leader threatened to send rockets into Tel Aviv if Beirut proper was attacked, but offered a cease-fire in the air war, pledging to halt rocket attacks if Israel stops airstrikes.
AP: Hezbollah leader threatens Tel Aviv
Hezbollah’s leader offered Thursday to stop rocket attacks on northernIsrael in return for an end to airstrikes throughout Lebanon.
However, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah also vowed to fire rockets into Tel Aviv if Israel strikes Beirut proper. Israeli warplanes have repeatedly bombarded Hezbollah strongholds in southern suburbs of Beirut.
“If you bomb our capital Beirut, we will bomb the capital of your usurping entity… We will bomb Tel Aviv,” he said in a taped televised speech.
An interesting carrot and stick approach by a terrorist leader who is LOSING a war. Israel has nohing to gain in such a proposal. And the threat…….
If Hezbollah were to attack Tel Aviv with longer range Iranian missiles and/or WMD Tehran had better sound the air raid sirens at Natanz.
In issuing the threat, Nasrallah offered his first opening toward diminishing the three-week-old conflict, which has taken more than 500 Lebanese lives and killed more than 50 Israelis.
“Anytime you decide to stop your campaign against our cities, villages, civilians and infrastructure, we will not fire rockets on any Israeli settlement or city,” he said.
In his statement, Nasrallah also said his fighters have inflicted “maximum casualties” on Israeli ground troops and that his guerrillas are “fighting until the last breath and last bullet.”
Nasrallah is playing with the Europeans and the Western media cycle. Hezbollah is losing the war and Israel is closing in on their objectives.
Hezbollah bargains from a weakened position militarily and must capitulate completely for peace.
Stay tuned……..
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Israel at War Watch: Hezbollah Cowardly Blends and Then Fires Rockets
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Representative John Dingell Watch: You’re NOT Against Hezbollah? REDUXRepresentative John Dingell Watch: You’re NOT Against Hezbollah?
Cox & Forkum: The Qana MassacreMichael Ramirez on Hezbollah’s Cowardly Blending
Israel at War Watch: Israel Security Cabinet Approves Wider Ground Campaign
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Senator Joe Lieberman Watch: Lieberman Assails Lamont Campaign Over The Jane Hamsher “Black-Face” Flap
Ned Lamont center, embraces Tommie Jackson, pastor of the Faith Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church at a breakfast with Rev. Al Sharpton, right, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2006, in Stamford, Conn. Lamont is receiving an endorsement from Sharpton for his run in the Democratic primary against Sen. Joe Lieberman.
Washington Post: Lieberman Assails Lamont Over Supporter’s Blog Post
The bitter Democratic Senate primary in Connecticut erupted in fresh controversy Wednesday over a doctored photo of Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) in blackface that was posted by a blogger who has been an influential promoter of challenger Ned Lamont.
Lieberman angrily demanded that Lamont denounce the action and sever all ties with Jane Hamsher, the founder of the Web log Firedoglake, who posted the photo on another blog, HuffingtonPost.com. She travels with the campaign along with other bloggers. She is not on the campaign staff but has actively promoted Lamont’s candidacy and helped raise money for him through her blog.
The photo, showing former president Bill Clinton in dark glasses and Lieberman in blackface, appeared early Wednesday, accompanied by a dispatch attacking Lieberman, his supporters and some news organizations. There was no mention of the photo in the dispatch, and the photo later was removed. But the two campaigns heatedly traded charges as the day progressed.
Here is the photo as it appeared on the Huffington Post (before it was removed):
This FLAP occurred just as Jesse Jackson and Al sharpton were making in state appearances and endorsements for Ned Lamont, Lieberman’s opponent in next Tuesday’s Democrat Primary election.
Ned Lamont, right, the businessman who is challenging Sen. Joe Lieberman for the Democratic Senate nomination in Connecticut, confers with the Rev. Jesse Jackson in New Haven, Conn., Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2006.
The controversy came on a day when Lamont campaigned with two of the most prominent African American politicians in the country, Jesse L. Jackson and Al Sharpton. The intersection of events focused attention on two critical aspects of the Senate primary fight: the influence of the bloggers on Lamont’s antiwar candidacy and the importance of the black vote in determining the outcome on Tuesday.
Lieberman responded indignantly after the photo posting was revealed. “This is one of the most disgusting and hurtful images that has been used in American history, it’s deeply offensive to people of all colors, and it has absolutely no place in the political arena today,” he said in a statement issued by his campaign.
Lieberman called on Lamont to ban Hamsher from traveling with the campaign, refuse to take any money raised by Hamsher and remove any links to her postings on his Web site.
Lamont brushed past reporters Wednesday night in Bridgeport, saying: “I don’t know anything about the blogs. I’m not responsible for those. I have no comment on them.” (Emphasis Flap’s)
Now, isn’t this gettin’ good……..?
And Lefty Ned Lamont is such a LIAR……..Hugh Hewitt smacks Lamont down here.
Late polls have Joe Lieberman losing the nomination of his own party. However, Lieberman has already stated that he will run as an independent candidate should he lose on Tuesday.
Somehow Flap thinks this Black-Face FLAP will resurface in campaign mail and television quite a bit between now and the November general election.
Don’t think you will be seeing much of Jane Hamsher around Ned much – maybe if Kos isn’t busy…….
Blogosphere:
File this one under dog-bites-man.
I’ll have much to say about the Joe Lieberman-in-blackface controversy in a bit. I’m still reeling, however, from the shock that the progressive netroots have jeopardized one of their preferred favorite candidates with a juvenile and tasteless act. They’re generally such mature and thoughtful people who show such reliably astute judgment.
Am I alone in seeing the dark magic of Karl Rove at work here?
Dean, definitely Karl Rove at work here…….
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North Korea Watch: Iran Working With North Korea on Developing Long-Range Missiles
A visitor walks by displays of North Korea’s Scud-B missile (C) and other South Korean missiles at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul in July 2006. North Korea has been building new underground missile bases along its east coast, targeting Japan and US military facilities in Japan, a report said.
Reuters: Iran working with N.Korea on missiles: InstituteNorth Korea has been working closely with Iran to develop its long-range ballistic missiles, possibly using Chinese technology, and is building large bases to prepare for their deployment, a South Korean state-run think tank said.
Communist North Korea is also building new sites near the Demilitarized Zone border for short-range missiles and is deploying missiles with improved precision that can strike most of Japan, the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS) said in a report.
“The development of Taepodong-2 is conducted jointly with Iran, and it is possible China’s technology is used in the development of the Taepodong-2 engine,” said the IFANS report, which Reuters obtained on Thursday.
The collaboration is part of an international network, including Pakistan, that made it possible for the impoverished North to develop and deploy missiles despite scarce resources and limited testing, the study said.
It looks like Iran is trading their missile technology and oil dollars to North Korea in return for North Korea’s expertise on the manufacture of a nuclear warhead for the joint NorthKorea-Iranian Axis of Evil ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile). And China is helping both of them.
Fancy that……..
The United States should step up its deployment of missile defenses in the United States, Europe and Japan and contemplate arming Japan as a nuclear military deterrent to North Korea.
Further isolating North Korea diplomatically will do no good if they can skirt around sanctions by trading with Iran and China.
North Korean soldiers perform during the Arirang Mass Games at the May Day stadium in Pyongyang in this October 10, 2005 file photograph. North Korea has been working closely with Iran to develop its long-range ballistic missiles, possibly using Chinese technology, and is building large bases to prepare for their deployment, a South Korean state-run think tank said.
Stay tuned……
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North Korea Watch: United Nations Security Council Votes for Limited Sanctions on North Korea
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North Korea Watch: Japan Demands Vote on United Nations Resolution
North Korea Watch: China and Russia Introduce Rival “Weakened†North Korea Resolution
North Korea Watch: North Korea Failing to Respond to China’s Diplomatic Efforts
North Korea Watch: North Korea States Conditions for Return to Talks
North Korea Watch: United Nations Security Council Vote on North Korea Postponed
North Korea Watch: China Asks Japan to Postpone United Nations Resolution
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Iran Nuclear Watch: President Ahmadinejad Says Iran Desires Dialogue and Negotiations Over Nuclear Program
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he arrives for Meeting of Friends of the Chair of the 10th Islamic Summit Conference in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Aug. 3, 2006. Iran has said it only provides moral support to Hezbollah, whose July 12 abduction of two Israeli soldiers sparked the region’s latest war.
AP: Iran’s president voices new optimism
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad voiced optimism Thursday that the dispute over his country’s nuclear ambitions could still be settled through talks, despite mounting international impatience at Tehran’s rejection of U.N. Security Council demands.
“From the beginning, we have said that we have desire for dialogue and negotiations,” Ahmadinejad told reporters on the sidelines of a Muslim leaders’ summit in Malaysia.
“In the shadow of negotiations, it is possible to settle any dispute,” Ahmadinejad said. “It is possible to settle all the issues.”
Right….
Another attempt at manipulating the Western media cycle as a prelude to another stall game.
And here is the convenient excuse – the Jews.
Meanwhile, the centrifuges continue to enrich uranium at Natanz.
Stay tuned…….
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Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran still Considering P-5-Plus-1 Proposal
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Rejects Terms of United Nations Security Council Resolution
Iran Nuclear Watch: United Nations “Provisional Agreement†on Iran’s Nuclear Program
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran President Ahamdinejad Sends Letter to French President Jacques Chirac
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran President Ahamdinejad Tells Israel “To Pack Up and Moveâ€
The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.
Technorati Tags: Iran, Ahmadinejad
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Representative John Dingell Watch: “Strict Neutrality, or Dingellism.”
Via Hugh Hewitt LILEKS: Screedblog
If the Dems retake the House, Rep. Dingell (D-Mi) will chair the Energy and Commerce Committee. They handle oil and stuff. Well, the guys with the oil will love this:
“I don’t take sides for or against Hezbollah; I don’t take sides for or against Israel,” said Dingell on a local TV show. Perhaps he’s on to something. Nothing works in the Middle East anymore, after all; perhaps utter neutrality is our best options. But let’s review the others first.
The US continues to support Israel. This is becoming difficult, since many important nations with well-dressed, urbane spokesmen have decided that Israel should stop its strange policy of firing rockets on UN-run stem-cell research facilites for no apparent reason. These diplomats will tolerate a little wartime madness – we all have our moments, after all – but enough is enough, and now they must go home and sit in the basement and wait for more rocket attacks. If they’re good, they will get a snack.
Strict Neutrality, or Dingellism. This may seem odd to some, given that one side consists of bloodthirsty religious lunatics who relish the indiscriminate killing of civilians, and the other is an Islamic social welfare organization reluctantly pressed into combat. (Any objections to those characterizations, Rep. D? Just curious.) Perhaps the West, in the name of fairness, could supply Hezbollah with the tools it requires. After all, it is manifestly unjust that Israel has such wizardly munitions on their side, and Hezbollah is forced to use crude devices made from disassembled Iranian baby-milk factory equipment. And it is rather condescending to believe that Hezbollah fires its missiles randomly without caring where they land; if they had access to precision munitions, it is possible they would aim more carefully.
Arming Hezbollah, however, might alarm Iran, and that would warn the French the US is up to its crazy ways again. As the French foreign minister, M. Douste-Blazy (pronounced Vee-shee) recently said in Beirut:
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“We could never accept a destabilization of Lebanon, which could lead to a destabilization of the region. In the region there is of course a country such as Iran – a great country, a great people and a great civilization which is respected and which plays a stabilizing role in the region.â€Of course, he’s right. Without the steady, respected hand of Iran on the Middle Eastern helm, the Syrian regime might be replaced by pragmatic elements of the military unwilling to enjoy the boon of Persian dominance. One can excuse the occasional, inexplicable acts of Iranian mischief; the mullahs no doubt are busy destabilizing Iraq today, for example, but only to achieve a more stable future (Would that our leaders had such foresight!) Granted, their rhetoric is hardly helpful – a New York Times photo of a billboard in Tehran shows the well-fed adamant face of Sheik Nasrallah, a man about whose movement the gentle Democrat from Michigan has no opinion, and the billboard’s English text reads “Israel must be wiped out the world.†(sic)
Extreme? Sure. That’s how those loveable nuts talk over there. You’d have to be nuts – or a Jew! – to take it seriously. But what if the billboard suggests to a third option?
Abandon Israel, and wait for it to collapse. Since the presence of Jews on holy Arab soil is the primary cause for dreaded “instability,†then a Palestine as Judenfrei as Gaza would calm everyone down. Everyone who remained, in any case. It would mean favorable oil terms from new allies. The money spent on foreign aid to Israel could be rebated to the taxpayer in the form of “Fiddler on the Roof†DVDs, which they could study for the myriad ways in which the Jews antagonized the Tsar. (With a new commentary track from Mel Gibson!) Best of all, the United States would be respected again. We would have allies. Respect and allies matter more than what you did to get them, after all.
Give them the Jews and they’ll leave us alone. Lord knows, that always works. If you don’t want any surprises down the road, toss in Spain now. Call it a signing bonus.
Of course, Dingell’s position is ludicrous and Flap covered it here and here.
Sometimes it takes a parody or hyberbole to clearly demonstrate the
politicansmorons views.Lileks highlights the sense of importance in maintaining the GOP majority in the House this November.
Can you imagine Dingell as Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee?
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Day By Day by Chris Muir August 3, 2006
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