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Lamont says Sestak’s Democratic principles come ‘from the heart’
A former U.S. Senate candidate who challenged his party’s incumbent in Connecticut endorsed Democrat Joe Sestak’s candidacy on Monday, saying that Sestak “knows where he stands politically.”
Ned Lamont, who beat Senator Joe Lieberman in the 2006 Democratic primary in Connecticut before losing when Lieberman ran as an independent in the general election, equated the pressure Sestak has felt from party leaders not to run against Arlen Specter with what he experienced in running against Lieberman. Taking a not-so-subtle jab at Specter, he said that “Sestak shares Democratic principles. That comes not from political calculation, it comes from the heart.”
Lamont’s comments came during a conference call with reporters and bloggers, shortly after he endorsed Sestak during an event outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Despite Lamont’s eventual loss to Lieberman, Sestak called him “someone we are modeling our campaign upon.”
“This is someone who very strongly felt that the war in Iraq was truly a tragedy … and despite the establishment not wanting him in the race, he got in and he ran,” Sestak said of Lamont.
Lamont returned the compliment on Iraq.
“I think if Joe Sestak had been there … when we were walking lock-step in to the war in Iraq, I think Joe would have spoken up,” Lamont said.
Before he went on to criticize Specter on a range of policy issues during the call, Sestak said: “While I honestly respect Arlen Specter’s service, I believe the last 30 years should be nothing like the next 30 years.”
October 19, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Tags: Arlen Specter, Joe Sestak
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David Diano
Oct 19th, 2009
“I think if Joe Sestak had been there … when we were walking lock-step in to the war in Iraq, I think Joe would have spoken up,” Lamont said.
WOW!! What a complete misread of Sestak!!!
Does Ned know that Sestak voted to give the Bush
administration a blank check on Iraq? Does he know that Sestak participated (from far offshore) in Iraq? Joe WAS there in lock-step and didn’t speak up.
“Sestak shares Democratic principles. That comes not from political calculation, it comes from the heart.”
Seriously??? This proves that Ned hasn’t the first clue about who Sestak is.
1) Most people in PA hearing this are asking: Ned La-who?
2) The politicos and Specter endorsers are shaking their heads (and laughing their @sses off).
3) “I believe the last 30 years should be nothing like the next 30 years.”
Sestak has stated that, if elected, he plans to serve only two Senate terms (12 years). What’s he planning to do about the following 18 years?
(He’ll have a lot of time to think about it after he loses.)
4) I wish he told us in 2006 that he planned to serve only two terms.
westpadem6
Oct 19th, 2009
Man… Specter got the Vice President tonight in Pittsburgh… and Joe got Ned Lamont. Is this some cruel joke?
Joe modeling his campaign on Lamont? Joe has to really practice in the mirror to be a fake progressive.
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me
Oct 20th, 2009
“WOW!!”
Good bong hit, was it, Mr Purity Troll?
“Does Ned know that Sestak voted to give the Bush
administration a blank check on Iraq?
After campaigning to end the war and re-deploy forces. Hm, why did you leave that bit out?
“Does he know that Sestak participated (from far offshore) in Iraq? Joe WAS there in lock-step and didn’t speak up”
Yeah, because mutineers are really electable.
David Diano
Oct 20th, 2009
“me”
Sorry, I “left out” Joe’s anti-war campaigning. It’s more common knowledge than Joe’s pro-war voting record, so I assumed that was understood.
“mutineer”?
Joe could have resigned as a act of conscience (or at least made the request). It’s not like the Navy wasn’t happy to get rid of him.
The only “evidence” of Joe being against the Iraq War from the start are Joe’s campaign speeches (which have proven worthless).
Joe made it sound like he had an anti-war stance that got him kicked out. But we found out later that it was for his abusive treatment of subordinates (aka “poor command climate”)
Joe’s shown himself through his votes and actions to be a pro-war, pro-executive branch, no-accountability congressman.
Drunken Sailor
Oct 21st, 2009
What is Congressman Sestak or Senator Specter doing about the $320,000,000 daily fuel bill for our Marines in Afghanistan and the $750,000 per year per soldier that we have in that country? Why, they are out raising special interest money for their own campaigns, of course! Incumbents are destroying our country. Spineless.