Comments on: Dems Back Lamont, Shun Lieberman Bid

Give Full Support To Primary Winner, Wary Of Senator's Independent Run

[alphaa10-2009]

The Lamont turnout was a clear rebuke to Lieberman's politics, which endorse Bush-style corporate interests at the expense of ordinary Americans. The Connecticut vote was even more disturbing to Lieberman's cronies in Washington for the message it sent-- no matter what value placed on seniority, dissatisfaction with Bush is now intense enough to poison the career of even a veteran pol.

Lieberman should have known better-- another sign his career was over. He had received ample warnings about a sea change in voter attitudes toward Bush, and yet he chose to ignore them, and entrench himself more comfortably with the perks and privilege of the Senate Club.

[tfest1]

Lieberman's website is hosted by theplanet.com. I don't see anything on their website concerning a denial of service attack.

That aside, a hacked website can be fixed pretty quickly.

I don't understand what all this nonsense is about. Is Lieberman on that internet committee with that idiot senator from Alaska who thinks the internet consists of "tubes" ?

Heaven help us all.

[wufnik]

Wy do you still have this dopey question up? Are you people really that tech illiterate? Or just Republicans?

[roger_inkart]

Even if a website is 'hacked' it can usually be brought back in in a matter of hours (at most.) Lieberman clearly is exploiting this trying to garner votes in an election he's probably going to lose.

It wouldn't surprise me at all if this was actually a hoax. It's classic Rove: attack yourself, blame your opponent and hope that the media licks it up. I only hope it's not enough to keep him from losing the primary!

[jmelia2]

What do you expect from an ISP provider you pay $16 a month for?
Cheap with his own momey but not with ours!

[bobbynixon]

They always say that any press is good press. Well, I4ve seen Lieberman in the news every day for the last few weeks and only today saw his opponent4s face. Whether or not the Connecticut constituents are in favor of a new Senator the mainstream media has certainly helped the Lieberman campaign.

[dixxson-2009]

I saw a texas politician last year on tv, Bushe's brain! He said that in texas one day before elections his opponent found a bug located in his campaign office.
He said by the location the timing and discovery it was obvious it was self planted. His opponent was behind in the polls and won the election with this ploy.
The manager was Bushe's Brain CARL ROVE! The fact that Lieberman would stoop to such tatics or threaten to run as a independent indicates that just like former NY mayor ED KOCH he never was a true democrat!
WITH THEM IT'S ALL BOUT ME ME ME ME ME""""

[mbaesq]

Lieberman's desperation is showing clearly now - he's unable to garner support for his Republican brand of Democratic politics among disgusted CT voters, so he relies on unfounded accusations and slurs. Who was it who said, "18 years is enough for a Senator?" That was Joe Lieberman, during his 1988 campaign against Weicker. If he was right then, he is certainly right now.

[mbaesq]

Lieberman's desperation is showing clearly now - he's unable to garner support for his Republican brand of Democratic politics among disgusted CT voters, so he relies on unfounded accusations and slurs. Who was it who said, "18 years is enough for a Senator?" That was Joe Lieberman, during his 1988 campaign against Weicker. If he was right then, he is certainly right now.

[seth_watson]

This is some of the most reckless and irresponsible journalism I've ever seen.

With a site that has been down for 24 hours, the Lieberman campaign, faced with the toughest political battle of the Senator's very long career, goes on the attack with no evidence whatsoever at all of sabotage by his primary opponent, ONE hour before the peak voting time in the state. And CBS chooses to report this as a potential Lamont issue???

You guys at CBS got played up one side and down the other. And now you're peddling this slanderous *** on your homepage with two hours of voting left??

This is as close to an illegal in-kind contribution as you could give.

Shameful!

[gdsingleton]

I know I always go on the Internet the day of the election to learn who I'm voting for.

Does this mean Rove is consulting for Democrats now?

[BlueInWI]

I would appreciate the media investigating the type of web infrastructure Joe purchased for his site, how much he paid for it, how scalable it was, how many users it was designed to handle?

Was he on a dedicated redundant server, or a shared hosting plan for $15/month? Maybe he prepared for his web site traffic as well as he helped prepare the country for the Occupation of Iraq. Unfortunately, he nor anyone else in Congress has had us start paying the $500,000,000,000.00 dollar bill for the Iraqi occupation yet.

[memekiller]

Not paying his bill has been a godsend for Lieberman. Being negligent on a $15 fee has given him millions of dollars worth of press to lay the groundwork for being "robbed" of his seat.

I assure you, Lieberman has gained a lot more votes from story headlines like this one than he lost by not having his site up for one day -- and he'll still lose.

[smithnewyork]

If Leiberman can't protect the security of his own campaign website, how is he supposed to protect us from terrorists?

[rebrane]

"I'm concerned that our Web site is knocked out on the day of the primary, you'd assume it wasn't any casual observer," Lieberman said.

Well, I suppose that if evidence like this was good enough to start a war, then it's definitely good enough to launch this attack.

[kentgs]

Joe has got to know that this looks like pure desperation--worthy of the Orange County,California
Republican who had his opponent arrested for attempted murder the night before the polls openned.
The charges were dropped after the morning papers were on the street.

[wadyaknow]

Sick of bus-kissing Joe.
Sick of the lies, the war, the Terri Schiavo nonsense. Tired of Joe being for Joe.
Please voters in CT vote Lamont.
We need this as a national message so we can restore the Democratic Party.
Then we need to elect Russ Feingold as President!!!