One-Note Ned Stumbles Again

A day or so ago I mentioned that One-Note Ned Lamont had decided to criticize Joe Lieberman for his rebuke of Bill Clinton during the 1998 Lewinsky scandal. Lieberman fought back in a couple of ways - he issued his own statement in response, but better yet, released a letter that Ned Lamont wrote to him in 1998 praising him for rebuking Clinton (ouch!):

Democratic Senate candidate Ned Lamont, who recently denounced Sen. Joe Lieberman for his public scolding of President Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair, lauded the senator at the time for his eloquence and moral authority.

Lieberman's staff on Saturday called Lamont's recent criticisms hypocritical in light of a 1998 letter sent by e-mail. However, Lamont said he stands by his position that the public rebuke exacerbated the situation.

The Lieberman Senate office released copies of the letter, which Lamont sent to the senator shortly after Lieberman took to the Senate floor to chide Clinton in September 1998.

"I supported your statement because Clinton's behavior was outrageous: a Democrat had to stand up and state as much, and I hoped that your statement was the beginning of the end," Lamont wrote.

How soon they forget, but this is so common among the lefties. They issue statements today reversing what they said yesterday while blindly believing that yesterday's words have disappeared into the ether and cannot be recalled.

Granted, people can change their minds over time, but failing to note his previous praise of Lieberman makes this latest criticism look more than a little disingenuous.