Lieberman said Ned's supporters were on a "jihad" against him

[usregimechange]

Senator Lieberman and his supporters are cracking under the pressure of a close primary, becoming angry and unhinged. Instead of talking about the issues, they are attacking you personally ... yes, you. Senator Lieberman himself said Ned's supporters were on a "jihad" against him. High-profile Lieberman backers have called you "radicals" seeking to "terrorize the senator throughout the summer." The specific choice of words is calculating and no mistake. It's the typical George Bush/Karl Rove tactic peddled by Republican smear merchants like Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity (who have both endorsed Senator Lieberman). This is what we can expect for the next six weeks, and we need your help to fight back today:

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The senator's campaign is also desperately attempting to undermine the groundswell of support behind Ned by belittling your ability to make a difference in the democratic process. "Smoke and mirrors from the beginning," Sean Smith, his campaign manager, said of you last week. Well, Sean is right about one thing: there is smoke, and where there's smoke, there's fire. This campaign is setting the country ablaze with the hope that ordinary Americans can reclaim the country from those who have us steamrolling down the wrong track on issues like Iraq, health care, and energy independence. The next FEC reporting deadline is this weekend. Show Senator Lieberman we are more than just "smoke and mirrors" by reaching our goal of five hundred new contributors.

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[Old and In the Way]

1. He sounding more like a Republican every day.

I'm beginning to think the real Joe Lieberman is finally being exposed.

[Botany]

2. ay ayayaysyayayayayayayayaya (arab call)

I want to join "Ned's jihad," too. I think he needs $50.00 from me today.

Hope you liked that kiss Joe ..... Remember Michael kissed Fredo in the Godfather II.

[Clark2008]

8. LOL Botany.

I think you mean a Muslim call to prayer, but your point is hilariously funny, given the context.

:rofl:

[Botany]

10. No, it is a throaty trill .... usually done by Arab Women.

Translation being we don't like you, your family, your house, your animals,
or the air you breath.

By the way did i ever tell you that you are my Fav?

[MADem]

12. Also pro forma during mourning, at a funeral

And with the right emphasis, it can be a battle cry or a celebratory expression.

It's all in the tone!

The word of the day:

ululate \UL-yuh-layt; YOOL-\, intransitive:
To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals.

He had often dreamed of his grieving family visiting his grave, ululating as only the relatives of martyrs may.
-- Edward Shirley, Know Thine Enemy: A Spy's Journey into Revolutionary Iran

She wanted to be on the tarmac, to ululate and raise her hands to the heavens.
-- Deborah Sontag, "Palestinian Airport Opens to Jubilation", New York Times, November 25, 1998

She used harrowing, penetrating nasal tones and a rasp that approached Janis Joplin's double-stops; she made notes break and ululate.
-- Jon Pareles, "On the Third Day There Was Whooping and There Was Moshing", New York Times, August 18, 1998


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Ululate derives from Latin ululare, to howl, to yell, ultimately of imitative origin. The noun form is ululation; the adjective form is ululant.

http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2000/08/04.html

[Clark2008]

3. Desparate enough?

(Note: Not the OP, but Lieberman)

[GodlessBiker]

4. Go Ned Go!

[Norquist Nemesis]

5. He's been spending way too much time with Rove and the rest

of the Cons. He's using the same tactics.

[dogday]

6. Sounds like it came straight from Rove himself

:shrug: Joe, come on, using the terra card? Oh my!!!

[Norquist Nemesis]

7. JINX!!!!

[dogday]

9. Great Minds and All !!!!! nt

[K8-EEE]

11. Oh Brother....Talk About Joe-Mentum!

That Joe-Mentum is gonna carry him right out of the Democratic Party.

[MADem]

13. The flopsweat desperation of a candidate WANTING to inject a faux

'religious discrimination' element into this race. That IS what it is all about, here. That IS what he is doing--and he ought to be ashamed of himself.

[Lusted4]

14. I think Al Gore should come out in support of Lamont

He should say he thinks the stress of being cheated out of his Vice Presidency has shoved him over the edge, off Zell MIller cliff. And that Joe has that sickness that kidnap victims get for there captures.

[aquart]

15. So. His opponents are pro-terrorism.