You know how you know how Lieberman is running a shitty campaign? They give people like me a reason to write about their race
multiple times a day! I DIDN'T want to write about this race anymore today. Heck, I'd like to take a few days off so I can focus on some other races (and yes, those posts are being written, so it'll happen).
But noooo, the Lieberman campaign has to give further blogging fodder, so here goes.
Remember this ad? The one in which Bush talks and out comes out Lieberman's words? It's in the extended body if you haven't seen it.
Well, it's brutally effective. The Hotline blog wrote:
If Lamont wins this thing, this ad will become legendary.
It's not surprising that this ad came from Bill Hillsman, who is the best political ad maker in the country, of any partisan stripe. And thing is, he's not a partisan. Having been shut out of the DC consultant racket by the beltway mafia, Hillsman has been the admaker of choice for independent third-party candidates.
People like Ralph Nader, Jesse Ventura, and Kinky Friedman. He's also worked for Democrats like Paul Wellstone (who wouldn't have ever existed without Hillsman). And you know how Democrats made huge gains in Colorado in 2004? Hillsman was behind many of the independent expenditure ads effectively bashing Republicans around the state.
Oh, and Hillsman did the great Crashing the Gate ad I have included in this post.
But smarting from the ad (and boy is it good), the Lieberman camapign issues this bizarre statement. The attacks on Hillsman are especially weird, since Lieberman supposedly is such a bi-partisan independent.
But my favorite part of that statement is this:
HERE ARE THE FACTS ON JOE LIEBERMAN:
Joe Lieberman has been a scathing critic of the Bush Administration.
I literally ROTFLOL after reading that one.
Or how about this?
Joe Lieberman Opposes Bush's Attempts to Pack the Court with Right-Wing Ideologues, including Miguel Estrada and Dennis Shedd.
Joe Lieberman Opposed Bush's Most Egregious Nominations.
Joe Lieberman OPPOSED the Nomination of Samuel Alito to the US Supreme Court.
Psst, Joe -- how many filibusters did you join against those judges?
Case closed.
p.s. Ironically, the Lamont campaign turned to Hillsman after no beltway media firms would take the case for fear of being blacklisted by the Beltway Mafia. Thank god, for that, huh?