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Friday, September 08, 2006

Connecticut: Lieberman is a fake, no matter how you slice it...

The dialogue on Huffington Post about Lieberman's return to Washington is worth a glance--DC Senate Dems and Joe Lieberman :
So let me get this straight, Joe Lieberman ignores the will of Democratic primary voters, hires a Republican pollster, accepts campaign assistance from the former Bush Administration Iraq spokesman, refuses to help down-ballot Democrats in Connecticut and for this he is greeted by his Democratic colleagues as a hero??
What the hell is wrong with the Washington, DC Democratic Party?

Now, call me jaded, but somehow this just doesn't surprise me....

I particularly like this comment, however:
Joe Lieberman is NOT running as an Independent. He is running under the rubric of a fake party which he had to make up, "Connecticut for Lieberman". Why people continuously make this error is a mystery to me - it gives Joe legitimacy that he does not have....

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