Lamont and the far left
I've been involved in some discussion at other blogs about the national media's mischaracterization of Ned Lamont, who upset three-term Sen. Joe Lieberman in Connecticut's recent Democratic primary, as a "far-left liberal." The national media also claimed that Lamont was a one-issue, out-of-Iraq candidate and said other things about him and about the campaign that people I know who actually, like, live in Connecticut told me were just flat untrue.
Lindsay Beyerstein, a blogger who would love to belong to the far left if she could only find the darned thing, reports this experience (links in original):
So, you can imagine my excitement when I heard the far left was poised to take over the Democratic party from its rumored stronghold in Meridan, Connecticut. ...I was there for two days, and [Lamont] didn't promise to nationalize a damned thing. Frankly, I don't think he's serious about banning the Bible.
Hee.
