Word: connecticut
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...Lamont's victory over Joe Lieberman in last week's Democratic Senate primary in Connecticut precipitated the expected torrent of rubbish from left-wing blognuts and conservative wingnuts. There was a nauseating triumphalism on both sides, the unblinking assertion that this one poorly attended summer primary provided a lesson of earth-shattering significance to the future of American politics. Maybe it did, but I hope...
...wingnuts used Connecticut as a rationale for continuing to wave the bloody shirt of Islamist terrorism as a partisan bludgeon. Vice President Dick Cheney, the nation's wingnut in chief, actually said Lieberman's defeat would give aid and comfort to our terrorist "adversaries and al-Qaeda types." On the other side, Eli Pariser, the executive director of MoveOn.org and therefore, perhaps, the nation's blognut in chief, proposed the "death of triangulation"-that is, the end of Clintonian moderation-in a Washington Post Op-Ed piece and announced a return to ... well, the party's stupid excesses...
...FILE NOT FOUND On the eve of the Connecticut primary, Senator Joseph Lieberman's website goes as dark as the horse Ned Lamont rode in on. Joe's campaign alleges the outage is a Lamont dirty trick, "almost Rovian"--which makes things awkward when Rove gives Lieberman a sympathy call the next...
...according to Justice Department Public Information Officer Tom Carson.Prior to Smiley’s sentencing in federal court on Sept. 21, the probation office will compile and write a pre-sentencing report that will be submitted to the judge, Carson said.After federal sentencing, Smiley will then be sentenced in Connecticut state court on Sept. 22, according to The New York Times.Smiley faces up to ten years in prison and a fine of over 1.6 million dollars. However, his suggested sentence is 57 to 71 months, according to sentencing guidelines.At Harvard, the librarians and administrators who attended the Aug. 7 meeting...
...Lieberman as a distinguished public servant and argue that Lamont's victory represents the end of the long tradition of strong-on-national-defense Democratic leaders in the mold of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and John F. Kennedy. The GOP plans to try to broaden the argument beyond Connecticut, a liberal stronghold, and work to convince viewers and voters that Democratic nominees across the country have more in common with Michael Moore and liberal bloggers than Main Street America...