"My God, here we have a terrorist threat against hearth and home and the very first thing that comes out of their mind is how can we turn this to partisan advantage. I find that offensive," Lamont said in an interview Sunday with The Associated Press....One thing that bothers me, AP refers to Lamont as "the anti-war candidate" in the lead paragraph of the story. That phrase is incorrect, and AP should know it. The word "anti-war" in American parlance means somehow who is a pacifist, a peacenik, who is against war qua war. I have never seen Lamont say any such thing. He is anti-Bush, and anti the Iraq war. But anti-war he is not.
Lamont said Lieberman's swipe at his candidacy "sounded an awful lot" like Cheney.
"It surprised me," he said. "It seemed almost orchestrated. It's sort of demeaning to the people of Connecticut ... I thought the senator and the vice president were both wrong to use that attack (strategy) on the voters of Connecticut."
Yes, it is easier and more economical for the Associated Press and the media writ large to call Lamont "the anti-war candidate." It is also incorrect and misleading.
