OK, enough of this "woe is me we were denied entrance" crybaby stuff from the Lamont bloggers. I was at the event and every person's name was on a list. Your ticket had a # to match your name, if it didn't match you didn't get in. I got it because I was friends with a congressional campaign who are supporting Lieberman. I was required to give them my name days in advance in order to make the list. That and the fact that they closed off streets, banned all cameras and backpacks, etc, was not surprising to me for an event that is attended by the President of the United States.
It's pretty clear that the tickets both of them had were NOT THEIR tickets. Security didn't have them on their list. They ADMIT they were crashing the event, and now are whining that they got caught and playing the martyr. Stop acting like it was some sort of fascist evil move on Lieberman's part.
That being said one of the speakers did say something about the "shrill minority of the party hijacking the primary" that got my blood boiling. Sure being lectured by bloggers who don't live here ( Kos, Atrios) about who we should vote for can be somewhat annoying, but nothing is being "hijacked". It is the democratic process, and since Lamont leads the polls the guy basically insulted the majority of CT democrats in that statement.
Personally I'm still on the fence about who to vote for. Lieberman has an arrogance about him coupled with his support of the war, the Schaivo issue, the Plan B issue and his willingness to trash other dems time and again makes me not want to vote for him, but he still does have a legitimate record of delivering on many issues in our state (Groton sub base, etc) and as a senior senator he is on many powerful committees.
I met Ned Lamont. He didn't impress me that much. Other than his latching onto Lieberman's unpopularity in regards to the war, what else does he bring to the table? Is this the guy I want in the well of the senate representing me on the important issues for the state of CT other than the war? A guy with virtually no political experience whatsoever? I'm still debating that. His goofy ads don't really add a sense of seriousness either.