A few stories are in danger of slipping into the ether:
- The election is officially over.
- Judge dismisses Golden Hill Paugussetts' suit. This likely ends their (hanging by a fraying thread) chances of building a Bridgeport casino.
- In his latest column reprinted in the Courant, George Will shows us the magic of selective quotations and an absence of context.
- Gov. Rell is thinking about whom to name to her administration. Sadly, that is as much information as the article provides - no leaks, no speculation, no fun. :(
Consider this an open forum.
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I think Bluecoat is on to something...
Does anyone know why State Representative and Soundkeeper Terry Backer is supporting Broadwater's LNG terminal in Long Island Sound? As a Democratic state legislator with an allegedly strong environmental record, his silence can only be seen as a ringing endorsement of the project.
I've heard the rumors but could it be that Rep. Backer's silence is a result of having a financial stake in energy concerns that will benefit as a result of the LNG terminal?
There's a company, PurePower, on the SOTS C.O.N.C.O.R.D site that uses the same address as Rep. Backer's Soundkeeper office. At the very least, that should raise some eyebrows.
Rep. Backer supported the Cross Sound Cable and received hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions to his non-profit as a result. Maybe he's selling Long Island Sound out again to pad his wallet on this one, too.
Does anyone have an interest in looking into this?
Brass Boy - Of course we can disagree on the President, Webb, everyone else, but George Will left out the part where the President, after Webb answered his "Hows your boy?" with "Lets bring him home", answered with "Thats not what I asked you."
Without that happening, I would agree, Webb sounds like a jerk. But it did happen. If my aunt...
At best, Webb is a self-righteous twit. Plus, anyone who wants to go mano-a-mano with George Will on the topic of writing is an idiot. Webb's writing skill is sophomoric and on par with that of Lindsay Lohan.
Webb is a tough old Marine, Scots-Irish, and for all the self-important moaning of George Will and BrassBoy, his willingness to pick a fight with our boy-king is precisely why we're going to see Webb on the national stage long after 2012.
Yeah, he has a macho swagger. But unlike most blowhard conservatives, he's earned that swagger.
With the election results certified, you can now register as a member of the Connecticut for Lieberman party.
What's rude and classless about "I'd like to get them out of Iraq, Mr. President"?
The guy's son is a Marine in Iraq and he just spent a year campaigning that the war was a bad idea to being with and then improperly prosecuted - I'm not sure what answer he was expected to give.
We could do this all day and never convince each other, so I'm going to post this, let you have the last word, and then get back to being miffed that the Courant didn't provide us with any gossip about Rell's appointees:
I don't see how "I'd like to get them out of Iraq, Mr. President" is somehow provocative enough to get a rise out of the President (who, incidently, was called by his title in the quote in the WaPo story; the title is missing from George Will's version). Maybe Webb just isn't very good at being rude, classless, and provocative, but that statement, complete with respectful use of the title, just isn't that rude, classless or provocative.
Also, the campaign is over and no "posturing" is necessary and he still said it?!?!?!?! This is what outsiders who get elected to Congress look like when they actually believe what they were saying from the stump, instead of it being empty "campaign posturing."
Self appointed "Sound Keeper" is a phony. He and the other self appointed defender of the enviorment. Kennedy, operate a shake down organization with the complicity of a ignorant and stupid public. Blummie plays the same game, going after minor problems on TV every other night, while the rowlands and that ilk mislead and churn and earn ----
Webb's kid is in a war zone, and he's supposed to say "he's fine" and smile? Those are the manners of an alcoholic family.
Gossip Score:
BrassBoy 1
Courant 0
Webb is a one term wonder. His bruteness and antics have a place in the House, not the Senate.
Waah, the new Democrats don't like conservative boy-hero George W Bush.
In the reality that Republicans would rather not acknowledge, Webb's son was just shot at in Iraq -- the tank next to his had 3 Marines killed.
Regardless of whether wilting conservative lilies like it or not, serving yourself, having a son who serves, and being willing to stick up for those troops in harms way is actually a big plus. I don't think anything in this episode is likely to hurt Webb's re-election six years hence.
Since the displeasure of the dauphin seems to be expressed through coordinated PR bitchfests like the one BrassBoy is spouting (seemingly unrelated to anything), I'm guessing that BB agrees with Will et al that highlighting this guy is supposed to accrue to the Republicans' benefit somehow. I can't really see how that's supposed to happen: if anything, the transparent fraud of the conservative movement will just make more veterans and southern whites join Webb in the ranks of "former Republicans."
Petulance is Newt Gingrich shutting down the entire Federal government because Clinton wouldn't let him ride on Air Force One. Webb's reaction to Commander Codpiece's posturing was exactly appropriate.
bluecoat, I fail to see any connection between what I wrote and your diatribe that referenced me. I'm writing about a Senator from Virginia and somehow you wrap it around the CT state legislature??????
hank you bluecoat for correctly pointing out that there are vast differences between being a mainstream conservative and a neo-con. Sadly, the neo-cons and the religious right have given all of us mainstream conservatives a bad name.
Stick with your initial instincts on Webb cgg. In the long run, they will prove correct.
bluecoat, I didn't see myself defending Bush's attitude over the past year on this blog.
Get over your own self-righteous pompous attitude.
Regarding Rell's appointments.
Rumor has it that Omaera at DMR will get reappointed and the deputy commissioner du Pree will be shown the door. For Cathy Cook to become deputy she would have to swallow her principles. O'Meara has defended keeping people institutionalized and she is just the opposite. But you never know. Cook has been shilling for Pfizer for years and sees nothing wrong with that. An interesting aside at DMR is that O'Meara is one of the 14 appointees that ended up getting fined in the Moody fundraiser investigation. Moody has also gotten cozy with former Rowland stooge Marty Zito who's pulling down $108,000 as Chief of Staff/Enforcer/Empty Suit at DMR. He was the only person to refuse to cooperate with the investigation and absolutely nothing happened to him. Deputy Commissioner Dupree on the other hand refused to play ball with Moody as noted in the investigation report. We should keep score on who paid fines and who keeps their jobs. The higher number of the fourteen that get reappointed, the more Lisa Moody looks like Peter Ellef in a dress.
Alright! Some reasoned and thoughtful debate from ProgCT! Yesssss!!!
p.s. whores or not, I'd much rather look at either one of the current first daughters than the last one. sheesh...
Bluecoat,
I would hope not myself. O'Meara and Cook would be the strangest of bedfellows but I don't think she gave up her senate seat in a hopeless run for comptroller for nothing. O'Meara actually donated $100 to Cook's campaign. He used his Cape Cod summer home address instead of his Connecticut address which, based on looking through the the Sec. of State Campaign finance site over the years is not that uncommon.
well, I sure hope Jim Webb will be able to spend more time with his son in a few years when he's home from Iraq and the VA GOP puts up a candidate smart enough not to utter obscure racial taunts in front of a video camera
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