Lamont: U.S. Weaker Because of Iraq War

[Rose Siding]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Democrat Ned Lamont said Wednesday the U.S. is weaker because of the war in Iraq backed by rival Sen. Joe Lieberman, and he called for shifting forces to Afghanistan and elsewhere.

"We have sacrificed our daughters and sons and our treasure in a war we didn't have to fight," Lamont said. "We have ignored the real threats and security needs in the war we should be fighting, the one against the terrorists. ... Senator Lieberman believes that President Bush has it right in Iraq. I believe that he's dangerously wrong."

The Democrat, who upset the three-term Lieberman last month in Connecticut's Democratic primary, spoke at Yale Law School _ Lieberman's alma mater. Lamont received a degree from Yale School of Management.....

Lieberman campaign spokeswoman Tammy Sun called the speech "partisan, slashing rhetoric.".....

"It is the job of Congress to provide the necessary checks and balances, to work with the president when he's right, but to hold him to account when he's wrong," Lamont said. "President Bush rushed us into this war based on trumped-up intelligence, and Senator Lieberman cheered him on every step of the way. President Bush failed in the execution of this war, and Senator Lieberman failed to hold him to account."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/13/AR2006091300311.html

[BattyDem]

1. "partisan rhetoric"

That's GOP code for "the truth" :eyes:

[IndianaGreen]

2. Kick Joe's ass, Ned! Kick his ass!

Lamont's campaign got a boost Wednesday from former President Carter, who offered a blistering critique of Lieberman's support for the Iraq war. "He was one of the originators of public statements that misled the American people into believing that the Iraqi war was justified," the former Democratic president said on CNN's "Larry King Live."

"He's joined in with the Republican spokespersons by saying that Democrats who disagree are really supporting terrorism," Carter said. "So for all these reasons, I've lost my confidence in Joe Lieberman and don't wish to see him re-elected."

Jimmy Carter is opposed to Holy Joe, and he is right!

Larry King repeats on CNN at midnight. Do not miss an entire hour with Jimmy Carter!

[John Gauger]

3. The president is a moron

Tell me something that isn't painfully obvious.

[Bobbieo]

4. We are weaker because of Bush's War with Iraq

As nasty as that sob Saddam Hussein is and was - he never would have allowed Al Quaeda inside his borders.

[Alacrat]

5. Bush is known to be a skull from Yale his father also, is

Lieberman, or Lamont? I can obviously see the ties between Lieberman, and Bush. Lamont doesn't seem so elitist, but was he one also?
I'm just curious.

[ShockediSay]

6. It's not the Skull; the question is whether it's full or it sounds hollow.