Sean Smith, Joe Lieberman’s campaign manager, has made some serious and curious allegations. He went on Fox News about an hour ago and made unsubstantiated claims that the Lamont campaign has sabotaged not only their website, but also their email. He claimed they were unable to contact their voters via email. He also said that they had reqested the Connecticut Attorney General investigate the incident and demanded that Ned Lamont denounce these tactics. Then, after a commercial break and another segment, the Fox Anchor, Bridget —, made a brief announcement. She said that Fox News had been scratching around the story and that the problems with Lieberman’s site did not appear to be related to a late payment and that the attorney general was investigating.
After that, they introduced a Republican and a Democratic advisor, asked them about the allegations. They did not know anything about it. Now they keep repeating the question: “Is the Lamont campaign engaged in dirty tricks?”
Here’s the problem. Here’s an image of Lieberman’s site from yesterday:
I’ve received that message before. And it was because I changed credit cards and forgot to update it with my server company. Furthermore, they are also claiming that their email is knocked out and that they cannot contact their voters. Here’s what Tim Tagaris told me about that.
They sent out a mass email this morning asking people to attend a victory party at 5 PM — 3 hours before the polls close. They have no tools for voter contact/mobilzation/communication.
Most importantly, we have offered to send someone over to fix their own site, and they haven’t responded.
Tim
So, how can they send out a mass email to their supporters if their email is knocked out.
Write Fox News at dayside@foxnews.com and tell them to stop telling spreading baseless allegations about Ned Lamont on election day.
Also, tell Fox News to read this.
It’s not just Fox. Chris Matthews at MsNBC and Norah O’Donnell have also benn running with this “story.”
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haha … tomorrow is another day Joe!
Technology has departed today, just as the CT voters will make clear to you at the end of this voting day.
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If Smith really said that the Net troubles were the work of the Lamont campaign it seems like there’s an open and shut cause for a libel action here. The most sympathetic take on Lieberman’s Net troubles would be that there was indeed a hack attack. But everybody knows this is easy to verify and prove — sites do it all the time. Why don’t they, especially when the evidence so far suggests that the problem is that they didn’t pay their bills? And even if it was a hack attack, to attribute it to Lamont’s campaign without solid evidence reaches almost criminal levels of irresponsibility and worse.
I’m trying to keep an open mind on this, but right now it looks like Leiberman’s campaign is attempting the most shameless dirty trick anybody — at least and Dem — has ever pulled. If he does manage to pull this primary into his win column he’ll do it at the expense of whatever respect he commanded as a decent human being.
As far as Fox, one expects nothing from them, but where in hell is the rest of the “news” establishment that could be easily verifying or shoothing down these claims? Have to wait til after the polling places close, maybe?
Don’t forget these folks in the possible libel
Lieberman Website Hacked and Down
Now, it’s always possible that a Lamont supporter could do it, but I seriously doubt it. Why? Because they have no need to.
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The orange world has an update on that on that.
CNN has this bogus issue story on their home page right now, complete with the unsubstantiated allegations, and the denials from the Lamont campaign.
But the headline is “Web site attack blamed on ‘dirty politics'”. Of course, no attempts at all from anyone at CNN to actually ‘investigate’ any of this.
The byline of the stenographer-in-charge of this is ” Robert Yoon
CNN Washington Bureau”
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Or Joe is taking the next logical step and using a page out of Rove’s campaign manual.
When in doubt, attack yourself and blame it on the opposition. By the time they can prove you wrong, you are already in office.
Like Rove as a campaign manager bugging his own office and implying it was the opponent’s campaign.
Kos has what appears to be the definitive explanation for Joe’s WebWoes. Sorry Kos deniers, but this is a must-read.
i can’t stop laughing.
My, my my….is leonardflagg.com that advertises an address in San Diego part of the same Flaggs that has one tied to the Cunningham/Wilke/Wade defense contracting and surveillance syndicate?
HahahahahahahahahahahaHAHAHAHAHA
(gasp wheeze)
(deep breath)
BWAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
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