Let me say up front that she doesn't hate Lieberman. She is not always happy with him but she doesn't hate him. She listens to AAR and reads all my crazy emails and understands our issues with Joe Lieberman.

However, I grew up in West Haven (I'm in MI now) about 5 miles from Westville which is where Joe Lieberman lived. My dad was very involved in politics and adored Joe Lieberman. They were friends when Lieberman just started out and Lieberman has always been seen as a working man's friend. My dad was a mediator for the labor Dept and so he had a lot of respect for Lieberman. My dad died in June of 2001 and so I have no idea what he would think of this mess. Before he died he told me he was worried about the White House being controlled by republicans. He was VERY pro America and I can't imagine him saying anything bad about this country no matter what. Honest to God, on his deathbed he would wake up and tell us all that he loved us and then say, "What a wonderful country we live in, this is a wonderful country!" He said it so much we decided to put it on his tombstone, right next to St. Anthony and the NY Giants logo. (The Giants logo we had to fight for because it is a Catholic cemetary.) I tell you this for what it is worth in understanding my mother. My mother thought what my father thought until he died. Sometimes I think she is still trying to figure out what she thinks on her own. It has been interesting. Anyway,



Having said that this is her take on what happened last night...

She said that there were about 1700 people there and that there were about 100 people there supporting Lamont.

When Lieberman got up to speak people booed and hissed. My mother said that she heard it but Lieberman went on speaking and it didn't interrupt him. She said that he gave a good speech and that people were engaged. This part, I think is most important, and that is that many people at her table and that she spoke to after about it felt that it was in very poor taste. These are seasoned politicians and my mother's words were that Joe Lieberman is a gentleman and the people who booed and hissed appeared ignorant. You don't do that at this kind of thing, she said. She also said about ten times that Lamont is from Greenwich. Lieberman is from New Haven. We're from New Haven essentially and Lamont mine as well be from NYC in the eyes of many people. He is from 'way over there' as my mother put it. He's a millionaire, you know, she told me a few times.

She also said that when Obama got up he defended Lieberman and spoke about his environmental record and how he was always there for the working class people in CT.


I could be wrong but I don't think Lamont can beat Lieberman. Another friend of mine from the New Haven area who is more my age, 42, has kind of dismissed Lamont to me as well. Same idea, he's from Greenwich, what does he know about CT. Greenwich is not working class CT. I do think that Lamont will do better than my mother and friend think, but I really think that people will stand behind Lieberman on a local level. He has been good to the working class people.


Another interesting point from last night is that DeStephano and Malloy, the two dems running for governor were there and they seemed to be more Malloy supporters than Lamont supporters. Malloy is from the Greenwich area as well, according to my mother, and DeStephano from New Haven. My mother does seem to think that Malloy will win, again the money issue came up, so who knows really.

Please keep in mind that my mother, God Bless her and pray for me that she never reads this, is a combination of George Costanza's mother and Maude. Yeah, I'm not kidding. She speaks her mind and says some really smart stuff and then every so often George's mother comes out to play. Every Greenwich comment was said by George's mother, you with me...