LOL-Sharpton Blasts Lieberman for Racist Flyer=Clinton Smearing

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CT-SEN: EXCLUSIVE: Sharpton Blasts Lieberman For Racial Flyer; Says It's Like "How People Smeared Bill Clinton"
By Greg Sargent | bio

Al Sharpton has just sharply criticized Joe Lieberman for a flyer circulated by the Lieberman campaign questioning Ned Lamont's record on race, saying that it reminds him of "how people smeared Bill Clinton."

In a phone interview with me, Sharpton, who has endorsed Ned Lamont, criticized Lieberman for what appeared to be the first time during this campaign. He hammered Lieberman for the flyer, saying it was "beneath" Lieberman and "beneath the kind of person I thought he was."

Sharpton also told me that he planned to raise the issue of the flyer in a private conversation with Lieberman he intended to have before going to Connecticut to campaign for Lamont tomorrow.

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[Ian David]

1. I don't know if bringing Sharpton into this is doing Lamont any favors n/t

[wyldwolf]

2. yeah... I kind of agree... him and Jesse Jackson

I like Sharpton - but If I were a Lieberman campaign worker, I would seize this opportunity.

Commercial:

Announcer: Joe Lieberman blah blah blah (with background images of Clinton, Boxer, etc.)

Meanwhile Ned Lamont blah blah blah (with background images of Sharpton and Jackson)

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But having civil rights heroes defend your civil rights record can have its advantages...

[snowbear]

3. I'd use Al Sharpton's assistance if he offered it..

I mean.. if I were Lamont.

I love his personality and spirit.. I can't see how anyone could not like him?