Joe Lieberman is being a selfish and self-entitled prick in the wake of his loss to Lamont Tuesday by insisting on running as an independent candidate. Not only is he demonstrating pompous self-importance, but his proclamations are serving as perfect sound bytes for Republicans desperate to paint Democrats as outside the mainstream. “For me, it is a cause, and it is a cause not to let this Democratic Party that I joined with the inspiration of President Kennedy in 1960 to be taken over by people who are so far from the mainstream of American life,” he said. Wow, words like that are the GOP’s dream come true–what better tactic for tarring Democrats as an extreme anti-war Left than for one of their own to be repeating this nonsense?
If Lieberman’s tantrum isn’t enough proof he’s helping Republicans, then Karl Rove’s call to Lieberman after the primary offering his support straight from the White House should remove all doubt.
“For the sake of our state, our country and my party, I cannot and will not let that result stand,” he declared in his concession speech. How pompous. What his state, the country and the Democratic party really need is for him to stop sabotaging Democratic efforts to regain control of Congress in November. If Lieberman really cared about the Democratic Party instead of just keeping his patrician privileges he would shut his mouth, slink off into a corner, and reflect on why he has failed so miserably. The answer lies in him and not in the people who sought his political demise.
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Yep, he’s a nutter.
JOhn.
My respect for him lessens by the day. I feel it is his right to run as an Independant, but he should have accepted his defeat with poise and dignity.
I wonder if he’ll switch parties now – the Republicans are backing away from their candidate and pretty much openly supporting Lieberman in the Senate race.
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