Lowell P. Weicker Jr Endorses Ned Lamont
Enough of
Joe Lieberman:
The majority of Democrats say they support Sen. Joe Lieberman in spite
of his backing the war, since Iraq, after all, is only one of many
issues facing voters.
Hello! To characterize the most monumental
screw-up of our times as "only one of many issues" is like admiring the
theater marquees on Broadway with King Kong on the loose.
Iraq
is a war based on falsehood for which thousands of young Americans have
been killed and wounded. It is a policy mistake that has drained the
life's blood of financial resources from all our endeavors here at
home. It is the issue that shapes all other issues.
Ned Lamont
has taken a clear stand on exiting this insanity. Sen. Joe Lieberman
has made staying the course the cornerstone of his term. In his TV
advertisements, Sen. Lieberman belatedly pleads for a civil dialogue on
the war issue. How do you dialogue on a mistake based on a lie? A
candid and wise man would have admitted his error and moved on in a new
direction. Not so the incumbent senator.
Lieberman isn't wise enough to realize how stupid he is.
I want to see brave men and women stand up with Ned Lamont in the days
ahead and say: Enough! We don't want to be cast in the image of
President George W. Bush, of whom Sen. Lieberman is so enamored.
America is better than the portrait painted by this Republican
administration.
I speak as an independent who has seen the
two-party system corrupt itself to the point of irrelevance during a
dangerous time in our history. Ned Lamont can start the reform process
by providing opposition to a Republican Party too long in power. What
is needed is Ned Lamont's voice for health care for all, funding for
our cities, and public education from kindergarten through college that
works for our children.
He might be an underdog, but that only
points to being outside a Democratic establishment that at the state
and federal levels has failed miserably to uphold its end of the
two-party system. [...]
Go, Ned! Give voice to what all of us feel so deeply: a return to an
America of high ideals, reverence to the Constitution and concern for
the frail. That is a patriotism sorely needed.
Great editorial.
Posted at 11:39 am by blogswarm
