CT SENATE DEBATE OFFICIAL THREAD

[Greeby]

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cspan_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS

Lets get ready to rumble! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[rodeodance]

1. rumble away. I will REC

[radfringe]

33. fyi : live streaming link

Ned Lamont Debate: Open Thread
http://www.crooksandliars.com/
By: John Amato @ 10:14 AM - PDT
The debate will be live streamed here.
http://www.nbc30.com/index.html

[Sydnie]

2. ready

stayed home from work just to watch this today!


Go Lamont!!

[Greeby]

3. Whaddya know, Schlesinger got invited nt

[Sydnie]

4. Interesting format

No opening statements and cumulative time usage.

[patricia92243]

6. I like that. If a candidate wastes his allotted time, it's his fault.

[Sydnie]

13. I don't know that I've ever seen a debate like that before

I am very interested in how it will work out. You make a good point. Let Lieberman talk about his teachers and his "roots". Who gives a shit about that? :rofl:

[Greeby]

5. Senator Droopy speaks

And I try hard not to drop off :boring:

[Mass]

10. Lieberman is going to run out of time if he continues like that.

[Norquist Nemesis]

11. LOL! "I'm tired of the partisanship! Now, let me attack my opponent."

[caledesi]

19. That is exactly my interpretation. NT

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

57. LOL

[BootinUp]

7. Partisan gridlock says Joe?

I wish there was gridlock. What an interesting phrase though.

[Greeby]

8. Oh great, now he's whining about "Lamont attack ads"

:nopity:

[Sydnie]

9. Lieberman - you lost and yet you run anyway

And you talk about Lamont attacking???

Free pizza and beer joke? What a jerk!

[babylonsister]

22. That pissed me off, too. He's immediately on the offensive. nt

[Nite Owl]

12. Time to stop the attacking

so Joe the truth hurts?

[Greeby]

14. Schlesinger: "No difference between Lieberman and Lamont"

Riiiight :eyes:

[Norquist Nemesis]

15. OMG! The (R) just said a dirty word!

"Liberal!"

[stopbush]

16. Joe reading bedtime stories to the audience.

I'm already halfway asleep...

"We should blame Kim Jong Il for the nukes, not us."

[Norquist Nemesis]

17. Joe's 18 years must have been a blur

He sounds like he's been absent the whole time in getting things done.

[helderheid]

18. Ned has gotten smooth.

[babylonsister]

23. He found his groove, I hope. Sounded factual and forceful. nt

[Greeby]

20. Schlesinger blames the Clenis, suprise, suprise nt

[MiniMe]

21. But nails Lieberman also

Ned stuck to the subject.

[patricia92243]

24. That's good - now listen to Joe whine.

[Norquist Nemesis]

27. hunh??? Did I hear that?

Schlessinger: We shouldn't blame the Clinton administration...Joe you showed more outrage over President Clinton's affair than North Korea getting a nuke. Where were you, Joe? Where have you been? (paraphrased, but still picking up jaw off floor)

[keta11]

25. I love this. Both Lamont and Schlesinger are ganging up

on Lie-berman's record on North Korea

[Norquist Nemesis]

35. LOL! He's keeping a tally

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

"I've counted about for or five attacks on me so far."

[caledesi]

26. Schlesinger is pissed at the Repubs for supporting Lieberman. and

he is taking it out on this MOFO. Rightly so.

edit: usual stuff

[Nite Owl]

28. He didn't expect an attack

fromt the Republican side? That's interesting.

[caledesi]

29. No, Holy Joe seemed visually surprised. nt

[Norquist Nemesis]

30. ROFL!

That was too funny hearing Schlesinger tell him he had more outrage over Clinton's than Bush's foreign policy! "Where were you, Joe?" :rofl:

[stopbush]

41. Karl musta promised him, but Schlesinger has been deserted by the Rs

so he's under no obligation to toe the R Party line.

Now Schlesinger's acting a bit nutty.

[Nite Owl]

51. Just what it sounded like

like he was clearly the Reopublican nominee.

[Sydnie]

31. a little terror in the afternoon from the repub side

He just did this smilie :scared: on live TV! :rofl:

[helderheid]

32. oh Joe, WAAAAAHHHHH.

[eleny]

34. I hope Schlessinger's fire appeals to CT Republicans

:evilgrin:

[MissB]

40. mmhmmm.

If for some gawd-forsaken reason I was a Republican from CT watching this debate, my choice would be clear.

He just said something to the effect that Joe drank the koolaid. :rofl: This is cracking me up.

[eleny]

He's going for broke!

I'm glad he's there. After all, this is one of the only good chances he has to get Republicans to vote for him. I hope he peels a good number away from Joe. He could give Ned some real help today.

[caledesi]

36. No "do-overs" JOE! nt

[berner59]

45. Schlesinger is a bit of a nut...

He's like a crazy man...no wonder the repubs didn't want him...what a contrast between whiny wascally wabbit Lieberman and the calm intelligent Lamont...yikes.

[madinmaryland]

62. "whiny wascally wabbit Lieberman"

:rofl:

[Greeby]

37. Someone pissed in Schlesinger's coffee

:evilgrin:

[Sydnie]

38. Schlesinger must have seen Man Of The Year this weekend

He thinks he's the "Dobbs". :rofl:

[babylonsister]

39. Wha-a-a, is Schlesinger telling a SS bedtime story? Yawn. nt

[keta11]

42. Schlesinger = Every debate needs to have a CLOWN

on stage!!

[MissB]

44. Aw... c'mon. Give 'im points for

telling Joe that he drank the koolaid.

[keta11]

53. No! I love the fact that Lamont is attacking from the

serious side while Schlesinger attacks through comedy.

[Norquist Nemesis]

47. Grandpa Munster in his younger days

I can't help it. That's what he looks like and the image just doesn't go away.

[eleny]

50. You're right

There was something about him and that's it.

[Armstead]

43. Strange how this makes me hope the republican makes a good showing

CT is going to have a Democratic Senator. The only reason it's a race is because Holy Joe has the GOP vote, to give him an edge over Lamont. So he is the real conservative candidate.

So I'm sitting here hoping that Schlesenger can make a good enough showing and attack Joe and Lamont to peel away enough of Joe's GOP base to put Lamonte in.

Edit:there was an embrassing typo I removed.

[napi21]

48. Schlesenger does sound a lot better than he did when I saw him

on Tweety's show some months back. I hope he pulls a lot of Pubs away from Joe!

[Vinca]

46. I think Schlesinger is doing a HUGE favor for us.

He might be a clown, but he's going after Holy Joe more than he's going after Lamont. If he can pull some 'pukes away from Holy Joe, that's a good thing.

[MiniMe]

49. Agreed, he is pretty much leaving Ned alone

[MiniMe]

54. OMG, Lieberman is shooting daggars with his eyes at Schlessinger

Over social security

[Norquist Nemesis]

52. So, will Schlessinger tell the audience who came up with the scheme

that he's talking about?

[stopbush]

55. Joe looks stunned that Schlesinger is going after him.

Joe may have to switch his bash Lamont strategy for today. Schlesinger's attacks are allowing
Ned to take the high ground and stay out of the fray.

[bigscott]

58. just want to thank you guys

for keeping us posted - this is making my DAY here at the office:yourock:

[Norquist Nemesis]

60. He does indeed!

:rofl:

[napi21]

56. How can a man who has been in the Senate 18 yrs keep saying

all the systems are broken? YOU wERE THERE JOE! Why didn't you fix them???????

[Norquist Nemesis]

61. It's stunning.

That's what I was referring to (above) with the past 18 years being a blur.

[Hepburn]

78. Lamont is gooooooooood on this right now ~~ the 18 years.

He is kicking LIEberman's butt on how things are worse. OK, Joe, you wanna run on your record ~~ here it is!

:applause:

[patricia92243]

59. Joe and the Repub are using all their time up. Which will leave Lamont wi

with the last word - hope he can close the deal. The last thing people will have in their minds will be what Lamont says.

[stopbush]

63. Schlesinger wants to build a big wall and bar ANY road to citizenship

for illegals. "I'm the son of a legal immigrant."

[keta11]

67. And then he appeals to everybody to think of

relatives who died overseas waiting for US citizenship. What a canard, he doesn't know how hard it is to legally migrate to the US.

[Norquist Nemesis]

64. Ooops! Schlesinger just lost the Illegal Employer votes

'Build a wall! Build a wall!'

Hey, maybe we can get some phantom pfunds for that project.

[BootinUp]

65. Schlesinger is an ass, channeling Reagan very poorly.

There you go again Ned.

Problem is he sounds like a sleezebag.

[keta11]

76. Sleazy is an understatement. Supposedly he got banned from

casinos in AC or Foxwoods for card-counting and gambling under assumed name and ended up in debt owing the casino.

[Hepburn]

66. OMG...

...until I saw him live, I had NO clue what a total idiot Schlesinger is. Sheesh, where in the hell did the Repukes find this asshole? He almost makes LIEberman look good.

IMO, Lamont is the clear choice out of this group. Schlesinger comes across sooooooooo slimely. I mean, he could run a challege to the Chimp on the "smirk" issue.

This West Coaster is finding this live tele-cast very intersting. I sure as hell hope Lamont beats both of these idiots very, very soundly!

:hi:

[Sydnie]

68. Lieberman parades out his pork barrel

"Ned doesn't have such a record" ... no fucking duh! He hasn't been a Senator for 18 years like you have Joe!

[Norquist Nemesis]

74. But wait! He said the system is broke!

[MiniMe]

69. Does anybody else find Lieberman's voice irritating as heck?

He slurs his words and sound like the whiniest person alive

[babylonsister]

72. Everything about him is irritating...imho. nt

[bdamomma]

97. lieberman is trying to save his own ass, that's why he is so

whiny.

[Norquist Nemesis]

70. Ok, boys! Time to bring up Joe's "worth"

He's not living in a log cabin eating dog food, ya know.

[SpreadItAround]

71. Is it bad that as a CT voter I don't even care about this debate?

Seriously, I despise Holy Joe and would not be able to even stand listening to his bullshit for more than ten seconds.

[napi21]

79. That's OK. As long as you don't vote for him! n/t

[SpreadItAround]

87. Yuck, I would never! ;)

[patricia92243]

73. Is anybody keeping tabs on how many attacks Joe is DELIVERING?

He said he was keeping tab on how many he gets.

[Norquist Nemesis]

77. Just count the number of times he's opened his mouth.

[hfojvt]

99. I think it is ironic when incumbents think it is an attack

when you criticize their record. Defend your record, if you can, do not whine about attacks.

[stopbush]

75. Joe just admitted that he doesn't understand the challenges faced

by a small business owner. "I don't understand how 9/11 had anything to do with your laying off
68% of your employees."

WTF? Hey, Joe, I lost my job after 9/11 as did many of my neighbors in NJ. Business CRASHED for many of
us. Where were YOU to help out during that?

[Norquist Nemesis]

80. uh-oh...Joe's running his mouth and running out of time!

Now he's going to resort to interrupting! :rofl:

[Sydnie]

81. Lieberman is done - out of time

:rofl:

[Hepburn]

82. LIEberman...

his voting record is over 98%??? Ummm, yeah, Joe, you were there...you were just voting the WRONG way 98% of the time, too! Sheesh! It probably would have been BETTER if you HAD NOT been there. :eyes:

[MiniMe]

83. Joe just ran out of time. Bwaa Haaa Haaa

[Hepburn]

88. Hopefully...

...the same will happen on election day! :hi:

[BootinUp]

89. Put a gag on him!

[Greeby]

84. Asking Schlesinger about why he's been left out in the cold nt

[Connie_Corleone]

85. OMG!! Lieberman is so obnoxious!

He has that attitude like he's better than everyone else, and he has to educate Lamont because he's ignorant or something.

[gumby]

86. Lieberman reminds me of Cheney.

It's the smugness of power combined with that 'I'm smarter than you' cadence.

[gumby]

90. Dittohead Alert !!

Schlessinger just said "drive-by-media." Rush must be so proud.

[Norquist Nemesis]

92. Then he swore the most vile of words!

"Liberals!"

[Vinca]

91. Lamont has won this round hands down. nt

[Greeby]

93. Partisan this, partisan that

Put a sock in it, Loserman :nopity:

[Greeby]

94. That was fun

See y'all back here for Round 2 on October 23rd :hi:

[MiniMe]

95. Lamont is the only one that got his closing finished

Schlessinger and Lieberman both ran out of time and had to stop mid-sentence.

[MallRat]

96. Did anyone ask Lieberman to pledge to caucus with the Dems?

And did anyone call him on his non-committal statements about whether a Democratic majority in the House was a good or a bad thing?

[NewJeffCT]

98. Time to write, call & email people

Now is the time folks – please write some letters to the editor on this debate, or call in WTIC afternoon talk radio. Colin McEnroe is on from 3-6pm (EST) and has been pretty friendly to Lamont. 1-800-966-9842. They do syndicated stuff after McEnroe, and then don't go back to local folks until 5:30AM tomorrow (Diane Smith & RWer Ray Dunaway) and then a really far right guy in Jim 'Buddy' Vicevich from 10-12.

[e-mail] is the Hartford Courant, by far the biggest state newspaper.

[e-mail] is the Manchester paper, pretty Lamont friendly so far.

[e-mail] is the New Haven Register

[e-mail] is the Stamford Advocate

http://www.wtnh.com/ is the main Channel 8 website.

Also: http://www.wtnh.com/Global/category.asp?C=1199&nav=menu29_14 is their comment section

http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=108358&nav=menu29_14 is their “suggest a story” form

The other main TV stations in CT:
www.wfsb.com (CBS affiliate)
www.nbc30.com (NBC)
http://fox61.trb.com/ (Fox)