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Lamont writes $2 million check to own campaign (CT Senate race)
Boston.com ^ | October 10, 2006 | Andrew Miga

Posted on 10/12/2006 8:11:16 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued

Wealthy Democratic businessman Ned Lamont is pumping another $2 million of his personal fortune into his bid to unseat three-term Sen. Joe Lieberman.

Lamont wrote the check Tuesday, his campaign confirmed. With less than a month left before the Nov. 7 election, Lamont has personally contributed $8,751,500 to his campaign.

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: cultureofcorruption; fatcat; lament; selffinancing
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1 posted on 10/12/2006 8:11:16 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
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2 posted on 10/12/2006 8:12:48 PM PDT by Alter Kaker ("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Is this different that the Lamont, two million dollar check story that was posted about twelve hours ago?


3 posted on 10/12/2006 8:13:27 PM PDT by em2vn
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To: Clintonfatigued

He's no Corzine.. what a cheapskate.


4 posted on 10/12/2006 8:14:17 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ...... http://www.pendleton8.com/)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Will he rejoin his country club when he loses?


5 posted on 10/12/2006 8:16:50 PM PDT by Uncledave
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To: Clintonfatigued
Lamont has personally contributed $8,751,500 to his campaign.

Is he playing Cheech or Chong?
6 posted on 10/12/2006 8:16:51 PM PDT by kinoxi
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To: fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; Kuksool; zbigreddogz; JohnnyZ; Galactic Overlord-In-Chief; ...

It must be nice to be able to write one's self a check like that for a political campaign.

Democrats- the party of the common man.


7 posted on 10/12/2006 8:17:49 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Nihilism is at the heart of Islamic culture)
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Guess those leftwing bloggers are all talk and no wallet.


8 posted on 10/12/2006 8:17:50 PM PDT by RedRover
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Democrats.....the "little man's" party....


Right...

Semper Fi


9 posted on 10/12/2006 8:19:37 PM PDT by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: em2vn

Must be the same. I knew he wrote himself a $500,000 check about a month ago.


10 posted on 10/12/2006 8:21:21 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Nihilism is at the heart of Islamic culture)
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To: Alter Kaker

Here is a picture of Lamont sitting in his wife's lap:

http://www.killsometime.com/pictures/images/FatCat.jpg


11 posted on 10/12/2006 8:22:45 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Nihilism is at the heart of Islamic culture)
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To: Alter Kaker

Yeah, let's hope.


12 posted on 10/12/2006 8:23:45 PM PDT by phoenix0468 (http://www.mylocalforum.com -- Go Speak Your Mind.)
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To: phoenix0468

Yup, there's a sucker born every minute.


13 posted on 10/12/2006 8:25:20 PM PDT by umgud (I love NASCAR as much as the Democrats hate Bush)
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To: Clintonfatigued
"Brewster's Millions repeat.
14 posted on 10/12/2006 8:25:22 PM PDT by blue-duncan
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To: Clintonfatigued

Every dollar wasted is that much less available to be spent on other left-wing causes.


15 posted on 10/12/2006 8:25:26 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: jazusamo; Just A Nobody; A. Pole; California Patriot; Extremely Extreme Extremist; ...

Will this be his last one, or is there more to come?


16 posted on 10/12/2006 8:27:02 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Nihilism is at the heart of Islamic culture)
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Chump change compared to Corzine. Has CT no pride compared to its neighbors in NJ where a Senate seat comes REALLY high?


17 posted on 10/12/2006 8:28:28 PM PDT by EDINVA
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What was once the party of Ma and Pa Joad is now the party of Brandon Davis & Paris Hilton.


18 posted on 10/12/2006 8:31:17 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Nihilism is at the heart of Islamic culture)
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yeah, you just gotta LOVE the "party of the working class"

What amazes me is how many still buy into that belief.


19 posted on 10/12/2006 8:32:37 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Clintonfatigued

Now if I write myself a check for $2,000,000.00 and deposit it in my checking account shouldn't the deposit cover the overdraft ?


20 posted on 10/12/2006 8:37:10 PM PDT by festus (The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
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