Damn, What Did I Miss ??? - Anybody Know Which Left-Wing Blog Went...

[WillyT]

"over-the-top" with its criticism of Lieberman?

On ABC's 'This Week', they had some mention of a Blog that went overboard in knocking Lieberman. Even managed to get Lamont to agree in that assessment.

Anybody know which blog it was (was it us, LOL?), who wrote it, and if we have a link to it?

Thanks in advance!

:hi:

[charlie]

1. Firedoglake

and the Lieberman-in-blackface pic earlier this week?

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

2. What the fuck was that about?

I haven't been following the whole CT ordeal, because I don't care, but shit like this doesn't seem very productive. It'd be like the freepers... well, no. They're so vile that there's no comparison.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. firedoglake posted a pic of Lieberman

in black face.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. yeah that's what I was thinking too

Dumb move. I like that website but that was a dumb idea.

[Reciprocity]

5. Meet Joe Blackface

Slate
http://www.slate.com/id/2147153/?nav=fix

<Snip>
Meet Joe Blackface: Blogger Jane Hamsher, who writes at Firedoglake and who has been covering the Ned Lamont-Joe Lieberman Senate primary race at Huffington Post, posted a photograph doctored to show Lieberman in blackface alongside President Clinton. Hamsher and other Lamont supporters had taken umbrage with the Lieberman campaign for distributing flyers near black churches that disparaged Lamont's civil rights record. The photo was removed at Lamont's request, according to an apology posted by Hamsher.

[MADem]

10. Pretty brutal, that....but it sure focused the debate on JoeMentum's

tactic of playing the "race card." Hell, even Al Sharpton got up on the tellyvision and noted that LBJ, the GREATEST civil rights president in history, lost black support and the backing of MLK because of ..... THE WAR. He observed that JoeMentum was a bit insulting with his flyer, in essence, writing them all off as "one issue voters." Sharpton has been outspoken, on TV and elsewhere about this very subject (along with Jesse Jackson, et.al.):

http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2006/aug/01/ct_sen_exclusive_sharpton_blasts_lieberman_for_racial_flyer_says_its_like_tactics_used_to_smear

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.

As Election Central reported exclusively yesterday, the Lieberman campaign has acknowledged producing and distributing the flyer, and has defended it as raising legitimate questions about Lamont. The flyer, which was distributed in and around black churches, shows a picture of Joe Lieberman clasping arms with Bill Clinton. It questions why Lamont resigned from an exclusive country club only just before beginning his Senate campaign, and includes a couple quotes from Lamont about his decision in a New York Times story from July.

Sharpton faulted the Lieberman campaign for bringing up the country club issue.

"I think it is very unfortunate and disappointing," Sharpton said, adding that he wished the campaign would focus instead on "the issues that are of concern to voters, particularly African American voters -- like this war, which has certainly bled from our community at a disproportionate rate, and questions about Lieberman's closeness to Bush throughout Bush's tenure."

[Blue-Jay]

6. Never even heard of "Firedoglake" until just now.

Why is a mostly unread blog getting media attention all of the sudden?

Wait! I know! It's the liberal media! Oy.

[MADem]

8. It's not bad; it's where bloggers go to get shit to steal, actually

Good analysis, a bit of "reportage" and a willingness to pick up the telly-phone and ask a direct question and quote the response.

It's a bit artsy-fartsy/niche-y in the blog world, I guess one might say, but not unknown.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. It's quite widely read, actually

for instance, between April 6th 2006 and July 6th 2006 (before this story), GD had 275 threads mentioning it - about 3 per day. And I assume a name like that always refers to the website.

[idgiehkt]

13. Firedog Lake kicks ass.

They do the best coverage of the Plame scandal because they actually know what they are talking about. Jane Hamsher is the Hottie who emceed one of the panels at Yearly Kos. You should remember her, because she's a cutie.

[charlyvi]

16. Yeah. The Plame Scandal brought Firedoglake to prominence

Christy Hardin Smith is an ex district attorney; she worked very hard on explaining the nuances of Fitzgerald's legal reasoning. Good blog.

[Canuckistanian]

15. "mostly unread'?

It's made quite a splash on the lefty blog scene and I'd say it was in the major leagues along with Kos, Atrios and Greenwald. They've been THE source for the Lamont/Lieberman battle.

I read it every day.

[alfredo]

7. the DailyKos has been the target of Joe's people.

[raysr]

9. That picture with

Clinton is great! LMAO

[MADem]

11. The original, with accompanying text, makes no bones about what

Joe was going for...

[alfredo]

14. Which image, I don't remember.