Ned Lamont's Concession Speech (A Speech I Never Want to Hear)

[understandinglife]

Arianna Huffington has posted something we can only hope Ned Lamont and every other Democratic candidate reads, comprehends and acts, accordingly:

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

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"I'd like something positive to come out of my loss -- the flowering of a remade Democratic Party nourished by the fertilizer of my shitty campaign. To my fellow Democrats I want to say: Let my mistakes not be your mistakes. Let me become a cautionary tale -- an object lesson for all future Democratic candidates in how not to run a campaign.

Don't become a pawn for high-priced consultants who have their own agendas. Don't water down your message. Don't run to the middle. Don't worry about stepping on the toes of your friends (like mine back in Greenwich). Being a leader means doing the right thing, even if it sometimes makes your longtime buddies nervous.

Do speak from the heart. Do fight fire with fire. Do remain true to your core values. Do remember that it is better to be divisive in service of the right cause than to be a smiling enabler of an immoral political culture and of the destruction of our Constitution.

And most of all, do continue to fight for what you know -- what we all know -- is right. Don't give up. Learn from my mistakes. If we refuse to concede our core beliefs, in 2008 there will be no need for concession speeches.

Peace.

[Stand and Fight]

1. Recommended...

I know someone who plans to run for office someday and I will be passing this on to them for sure!

[understandinglife]

2. I do hope many, many DUers and others will send Arianna's ...

... advice to Ned Lamont to Ned and every other 2006 Democratic candidate.


Be The Bu$h Opposition - 24/7

[The Doctor.]

6. Let's hope.

And do.

K&R.

[understandinglife]

8. In_deed!

Thank you.


Not one line of software between a Voter and a Valid Election."

[UTUSN]

3. I'm TIRED of bull-shit n/t

[Imagevision]

4. The only reason lamont's behind is Lieberman has more $$$ backing him when

asswipe Joe clearly won't even say if he;ll back a repug or A dem for Governoe?!! where the fu*k is Sorros when he's needed!!

[EFerrari]

5. I"ll send it around. Thanks, UL.

:kick:

[understandinglife]

7. Thank you my friend!

Spread the message ... it's one Ned and every other Democratic candidate - be if for dog catcher or US Senate needs to "get" - finally!


Peace.

[bleever]

9. Once, we were way ahead of the wave, then we were out in front of it,

and now, KPOWWWWW!

Strike while the iron is hot, and it's almost never been this hot in American history.

No surrender; no retreat.

No concession until the letter of the law is followed.

"Popular clamor" by the "people" is not the letter of the law. It's been written carefully, by generations of elected officials, to ensure that the will of the voters, in their individual wisdoms and liberties, reigns above the will of the forceful individual or clique.

We've had the denial of this principle shoved down our throats for the last six years.

This lesson has been learned.

We're ready to move forward beyond this disruption of the American ideal.

[EFerrari]

10. Kick

[Senator]

11. Kick (Lamont and the rest in the keester)

[fooj]

12. NGU. Ever.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.- M. Twain

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