Ned Lamont's Concession Speech

[Danascot]

I stand before you tonight with a very heavy heart. Not because I lost, but because of the way I lost. And because I realize that I didn't have to.

First and foremost, I want to apologize to all of you who gave your heart and soul -- and your hopes for a better America -- to this campaign. Instead of honoring that commitment, I ran a milquetoast race, and I am deeply sorry. You wanted reform, and I gave you warmed-over political platitudes. You wanted righteous indignation, and I gave you calculated criticism.

Like Al Gore and John Kerry before me, I forgot how high the stakes were. And I played it safe. I played not to lose rather than to change the country. I forgot that I had to give people a reason to vote for me -- or a reason to vote against my opponent -- every single day, every single hour. I forgot --and how could I forget? -- how dirty the other side would play to win. I forgot that in building a successful business of my own, I had relied on my own gut instincts, not on advice from some M.B.A. textbook. I should have stuck with my gut; instead I let consultants tell me what to do and what to say.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/ned-lamonts-concession-s_b_31821.html

Between now and election day Dem candidates and campaign managers everywhere should read this every day as soon as they wake up ... if they did maybe they'd stay awake.

[MrCoffee]

1. "Joe Lieberman didn't win this election; I lost it."

Exactly like Chimpy. Exactly.

I love being kicked in the teeth over and over and over again.

[Lerkfish]

2. how do I hide a thread again?

:mad:

[Cooley Hurd]

3. No need to hide it - bookmark it and TROUNCE it when Ned wins!!!

:fist_in_the_air:

[Catchawave]

10. Not to worry....

Playing by Fight Club Rules :D

[bluestateguy]

4. For Lamont to win, Republicans have to go back to Schlesinger

When Lieberman became, in effect, the Republican candidate, that's enough to put him over the top if you figure that he splits the independent vote and still holds about 1/3 of Democrats.

We should be helping out Schlesinger in the same way a lot of conservatives lent a helping hand to Nader in 2000 and 2004.

[Greeby]

6. After his *ahem* spirited performance in the debate today

I should think some Repukes will go back to Schlesinger

[Catchawave]

12. Being re-aired on Cspan 11pm ET

He did just fine :hi:

[The Gunslinger]

8. Thats why the DEMS need to vote for the DEM

and not the canidate from the Joe Lieberman party. If Ned Loses, it's the Dems fault.

[Monkeyman]

5. Can you say Joe Sec. Defence Nov 14th

[Eric J in MN]

7. I don't buy that theory. There is no evidence that Joe Lieberman...

...wants to be Defense Secretary.

Why would he choose two years as Defense Secretary over another 6, 12, 18, 24 or more years as Senator?

[Bucky]

16. He was actually interested earlier in Bush's 2nd term. Now, not so much.

Don't know whether he would've taken it if it had been offered. It's just useless what-ifs now. But I read a couple of places that he was asking surreptitiously whether Rumsfeld might actually be on the way out. Lieberman isn't exactly pro-Bush; he's got his own agenda in all these shenanigans and supporting Bush happens to dovetail with that agenda. But he isn't exactly Einstein, either, in thinking that he could do as SecDef what he wants to see done while working under a President Bush. Despite all his cynicism and electoral craftiness, Lieberman I think is a surprisingly naive man.

[LynneSin]

9. What the hell is this - did Lamont really say this

If he did - I'm really pissed at him. Because we have two weeks until the election, now is not the time to give up. And more importantly - much good CAN come out of Ned Lamont. Sure, perhaps we might lose the seat to Lieberman; however, we have THREE very highly competitive congressional districts in Connecticut that could switch from republican representative to democratic if we have a good voter turnout in Connecticut.

And if Ned Lamont is conceding two weeks before the election than personally he can go fuck himself because this could discourage voters and possible keep some, if not all of those seats controlled by republicans.

Perhaps because I'm an Eagles fan or maybe because I've been a democrat for too long, but just because we're behind doesn't mean we should just give up the fight.

Please, someone correct me if I'm wrong. But if Lamont is just giving up like this I'm really going to be pissed. He's potentially screwing up a chance for 3 more congressional seats and that just pisses me off.

[Catchawave]

11. Click. On. The. Link. In. The. OP.

:hi:

[LynneSin]

14. Hey, I'm in Canada this week so sue me

I don't know what's gonna happen with the Lamont race, but I'm really hoping he inspires a bigger voter turnout that'll turn those three republican congresional seats into democrats ESPECIALLY since they are in predominantly democratic voter districts. If Lamont loses but we can turn some of those house seats at least the work that Lamont did would not have gone to waste!

[seabeyond]

13. dem on this board priceless... now giving concession speech 3 weeks

out ....

pathetic

[Art_from_Ark]

15. The last part of the article title was conveniently left out

"...A Speech I Never Want to Hear"

[Jeffersons Ghost]

17. how'd this crap get 5 votes? jeez give me a damn break

[Art_from_Ark]

18. Well I didn't vote for it

I knew the article was crap as soon as I clicked on the link.

[Eurobabe]

19. How can C-Span put a 'D' after Lieberdweeb's name??