Bump
Posted on 08/16/2006 6:16:52 AM PDT by NJRighty
In the past week, my victory in the Connecticut Senate primary has been labeled everything from the death knell of the Democratic Party to the signal of our party's rebirth. Beneath all of this punditry is a question that I want to face directly: how the experience I will bring to the U.S. Senate will help Connecticut and the Democratic Party during this time of testing for our country.
I ran at a time when people said "you can't beat a three-term incumbent," because I believed that President Bush, enabled by Sen. Joseph Lieberman, had weakened our country at home and abroad. We're weaker economically, because we're more dependent on foreign energy and foreign capital. Our national security has also been weakened, because we stopped fighting a real war on terror when we made the costly and counterproductive decision to go to war in Iraq.
My confidence that Connecticut was ready for a real debate and a real choice this year was founded not only on current events but also past experience. It was my career in business that shaped my outlook, and helped prepare me to run the race I did.
In 1984, with a loan from People's Bank, I started Campus TeleVideo from scratch. Our offer was unique: Rather than provide a one-size-fits-all menu of channels, we let the customers design their cable system based on the character of the community being served.
From the moment I filled out that loan application, I've been in every part of the business--pulling cable, hiring workers, picking a good health-care plan, closing deals, listening to customers and fixing problems. It's been profitable, and it's been instructive, a quintessentially American experience. Here, entrepreneurs have the freedom to be successful in ways the rest of the world admires.
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Gosh, that's why so many self-made, hard-working business owners are flaming liberals, huh?
Lamont is a joke. He's not even very bright. Not smart.
Hey Lamont, GFY.
Wasn't New Orleans mayor, Ray Nagin, in the cable TV bidness? That sure made him qualified. /sarc
Rush's morning update really nailed it this morning. Neddy Lament isn't ready for the big leagues.
I wish to commission a poem dedicated to Ted called
A Terrorist's Lament (or Lamont).
I heard yesterday that Lament made his money the John Kerry way.
you betcha.....LOL
Post #9
Hey Lamont, you big dummy!
Hi-dee didili-doo neighbor.
I remember when Sick Willie Clintooon and Algorey were out pulling cable in schools so that every school could be connected to the internet.
Didn't really improve Willie's and Gory's performance either.
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