'The Hartford Courant wouldn't publish a positive, smiling picture of Ned Lamont on its cover if God Himself commanded it.' "Ned Wins, Joe's In!" By Lori Price 27 Dec 2007
'The Hartford Courant wouldn't publish a positive, smiling picture of Ned Lamont on its cover if God Himself commanded it.' "Ned Wins, Joe's In!" By Lori Price 27 Dec 2007 When Joe LieberBush lost the Connecticut Democratic primary - despite the Hartford Courant exerting every fiber of its being to insure that Reichwinger Joe would emerge victorious - their actual headline read: "Ned Wins, Joe's In!" Also, they showed equivalent sized photos of BOTH candidates, smiling. Prior to that day, the Courant wouldn't publish a positive, smiling picture of Ned Lamont on its cover if God Himself commanded it.
It was as surprising as a snowstorm in globally-warmed Connecticut in December...
Joe Lieberman allegedly violated Connecticut election laws with a huge cash infusion - $387,000 in 'petty cash' - spent days prior to the Democratic primary. In all likelihood, that's how Connecticut voters were able to get cute little Lieberman "basset hound" postcards on election day (insert eye-roll here), explaining to them where they could "find Joe" on the ballot (Lieberman, per Connecticut election law, was listed fifth.) These postcards were likely paid for by KKKarl Rove's cronies with the grand 'petty cash' infusion. It's interesting to note that the Hartford Courant didn't see fit to publish an article on the Lamont complaint to the Federal Election Commission as a cover or lead story.
In the runup to the primary and election, the Hartford Courant reminded Connecticut readers on a daily basis that Ned Lamont was 'the millionaire cable TV businessman from Greenwich,' in order to alienate voters. The Courant's obsession with wealthy politicians was another oddity, since - in seven years - their editors never referred to 'the multimillionaire Halliburton executive' occupying (and I do mean occupying, since neither Cheney nor his boss was ever elected) the vice president's mansion. Moreover, the Hartford Courant never referred to the 'multimillionaire pharmaceutical industry executive' when referring to former Defense Secretary, war criminal Donald Rumsfeld.
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