Ned Lamont comes across as a smart businessman and an even-tempered politician whenever he is on TV or on radio in various interviews. That is why his vicious television commercials against Dan Malloy is that much more disappointing.
If you have not seen it, the commercial virtually accuses Malloy of stealing from the public to build his house in Stamford. it asks the question of how someone on a public salary could afford a $2 million house unless he did something untoward.
I wish Ned had spent more money on the issues instead of the ad hominem attacks.
Lincoln, if you’d been paying close attention for the past several weeks, you would know that Ned Lamont is only now responding to Dan Malloy’s torrent of dirty attack ads for weeks. It was Malloy who started on the low road, not Ned Lamont. It was Malloy who accused Ned of racism in the work place, which is a stunning accusation when Mr. Malloy’s own son was guilty of racist behavior, and when the town of Stamford had seen scores of racial bias cases filed against it.
It was Malloy who has been calling himself the “clean elections” candidate because he was taking public funds, implying with that phrase that there was something “unclean” about Ned Lamont’s campaign funding.
I’m glad to see Ned Lamont get tough with Malloy, fight back hard and not let Malloy’s dirty tactics and scurrilous accusations go unanswered.
Good for Ned. He’s showing guts. Indeed, if you read Greenwich Time columnist Sarah Littman’s recent column a week ago, she tee’d off on Malloy, explaining how she lost respect for Malloy because of his dirty tactics:
“After former Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy’s 2006 antics…the fact that he’d resort to nasty tricks should come as no surprise. But the degree to which he has been willing to recycle Joe Lieberman’s 2006 accusations against his opponent, Ned Lamont (all of which have been debunked), has made me lose respect for a man whom I previously held in good esteem…
“I was particularly disgusted by the competition Malloy held on his Facebook page, inviting members of his group to come up with the most insulting reason why Lamont wouldn’t attend a July 27 debate… As parent of teens, who believes kids learn as much from our actions as our words, I find it reprehensible that Malloy, who wants our votes as a leader and a role model, would engage in such juvenile behavior…
So it is very important to make clear who is responsible for the dirty tone of this debate: it’s Malloy, not Lamont.
Comment by Sean — August 9th, 2010 @ 6:18 pm