The Vapors

by digby

Somebody bring Little Lord Lieberman some smelling salts before he faints dead away. He is shocked, simply shocked, at the unbridled incivility of bloggers, who are just so unseemly and ill-bred. He could just die, he’s so mortified by their outrageous behavior. If he didn’t have a campaign to run, why he’d just lie on his fainting couch and sip some laudenum until all the bad people just faded away…

HARTFORD — Joe Lieberman today called on Ned Lamont to cut all ties to a Lamont campaign activist who posted a racially offensive picture of Lieberman in blackface on an influential national website.

The doctored photo, which features Lieberman standing next to Bill Clinton, was posted by Jane Hamsher, a Hollywood producer and a prominent blogger. Hamsher moved to Connecticut two months ago specifically to campaign with Ned Lamont, travels regularly with the Lamont campaign, raises money for the Lamont campaign, routinely spreads misinformation and make insulting comments about Joe Lieberman.

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The doctored photo appeared on the front page of the Huffington Post website earlier today, along with another invective-filled blog post by Hamsher.

“I have taken a lot of abuse in this campaign from Ned and his supporters, been hit with a lot of lies and smears, but this has got to be a new low,” Lieberman said.

“This is one of the most disgusting and hurtful images that has been used in American history, it’s deeply offensive to people of all colors, and it has absolutely no place in the political arena today.

“I am calling on Ned Lamont to denounce this disgusting photo immediately and sever any and all connections to Jane Hamsher. He should ban her from traveling with his campaign any more, stop accepting money raised by her, stop funneling information through her, and take off the links to her blog on his website.”

Dear me.

Keep in mind that it is the Great Hawk of the Democratic party there having a full-on, foot stomping hissy fit over some blogger. Jayzuz. No wonder nobody trusts the Democrats to defend the country.

(For those of you who haven’t been keeping up with all the tedious minutia in the Liberman blogosphere, here’s Jane’s apology.)

Oh, and by the way, somebody had better loosen Joe’s corset strings and get out the ammonia — according to the latest poll, Lamont now leads Lieberman 54-41. No wonder he’s feeling lightheaded.

Note: The quotes are from the press release. No link available.

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