Lamont Aide Will Apologize for Comment

AP ^ | 8/11/6

[SmithL]

Waterbury, Conn. -- Democrat Ned Lamont's campaign manager said he will send an apology to the mayor of Waterbury for describing the city that backed his opponent, Sen. Joe Lieberman, as a place "where the forces of slime meet the forces of evil."

Tom Swan said the comment was made to a reporter on Tuesday, after the city voted heavily for Lieberman in the Democratic Senate primary. He said the comments were in the context of a broader discussion of state politics in which former Mayor Philip A. Giordano was the "slime" and former Gov. John G. Rowland was the "evil."

Giordano is serving a prison sentence on federal child sex charges and Rowland, a Waterbury native, was forced to resign in 2004 and served a federal prison term for corruption.

[OldFriend]

James Carvile must be writing Lamont's material.

[TWohlford]

Sometimes it's a great thing that elections last so long. In this case, we're gonna watch the Lamont team totally fall apart, much like the Dean team [insert scream here].


Tim

[b4its2late]

And Connecticut democrats want this guy in the US Senate? Time will tell if the whole state does too.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Democrat Ned Lamont's campaign manager said he will send an apology to the mayor of Waterbury for describing the city that backed his opponent, Sen. Joe Lieberman, as a place "where the forces of slime meet the forces of evil."

I guess he belatedly realized that Lamont was going to really need the votes from the Democratic town in question that he just insulted in order to get elected in November.

[MarkT]

If elected, Lamont will be Connecticut answer to Cynthia McKinney...

[JohnLongIsland]

the RATS elected a person whose family's background is commie.

[GOPJ]

...will send an apology to the mayor of Waterbury for describing the city that backed his opponent, Sen. Joe Lieberman, as a place "where the forces of slime meet the forces of evil."

Ummmm, if he said that about my city, we wouldn't accept the apology...

[pgyanke]

Besides, he was actually describing Ithaca.

[JohnnyZ]

This guy's geography is terrible

[#1CTYankee]

The more this guy opens his mouth, the better chance we have he won't get elected.

Not too bright are you Ned?

[Young Scholar]

Democrat Ned Lamont's campaign manager said he will send an apology to the mayor of Waterbury for describing the city that backed his opponent, Sen. Joe Lieberman, as a place "where the forces of slime meet the forces of evil."

Obviously not good politics, but who can really argue with this?

[MaggieCarta]

Sometimes it's a great thing that elections last so long. In this case, we're gonna watch the Lamont team totally fall apart, much like the Dean team [insert scream here].

Yeeeeeeearrrrrhhhh!

[Toby06]

Lamont will not get elected. A lot of republicans and independants voted for him to force Joe to run as an independant.

[billhilly]

Ain't hate grand. It can win elections to please left wing cukoos, and it can blow up planes to kill those same left wing cukoos, and they don't know the difference.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

You summed it up nicely. I can't wait for the Connecticut freak show.

[My2Cents]

"where the forces of slime meet the forces of evil."

A case of projection if ever there was one. This pretty much describes the Lamont campaign.

[BlackElk]

Whatever the despicable child-molesting behavior of its Rowlandite former mayor Jailbird Giordano and of Rowland himself, Waterbury is the most socially conservative major Connecticut city. Its current mayor, Mike Jarjura is a conservative Catholic who was a very socially conservative state representative and, when challenged in a legislative primary by a pro-abort, pro-homosexual challenger, was offered the GOP nomnation, declined it and beat the social revolutionary in the primary.

I don't think anything good of Rowland, described in Red Ned's campaign manager's phony apology as "evil." Normal Americans would think that Giordano molesting a thirteen or fourteen year old girl whom he rented from her prostitute mother would be at least as evil as Rowland's petty corruptions but, hey, Red Ned is a Demonrat leftist and would not want to offend constituency groups like child molesters.

Waterbury will anchor Lieberman's re-election victory.

[#1CTYankee]

Oops, it wasn't Lamount.

Aren't the campaign manager's the one's that are suppose to keep the candidate from saying something stupid?

[Dante3]

No, it was not good politics. Still it was just someone mouthing off. I'm sick of all the apologies.

It has gotten to a point where I end up defending people whose views I dislike. I have no respect for wimps who come unglued at every statement and need to see their therapist.