| Tuesday, July 04, 2006 |
| Goodbye, Holy Joe |
 I've never really been a fan of Joe Lieberman. I thought he was a poor choice of running mate for Al Gore in 2000, and an even worse candidate for president in the 2004 primaries. And while Lieberman can be engaging on the stump -- he does one hell of a "Shecky Lieberman" routine -- and comes off as funny, self-effacing and engaging -- he is simply too sanctimonious, too club-you-over-the-head religious, too Likudnik, and far too neoconservative for me. In other words, Joe Lieberman is a Republican. He just doesn't know it yet.
Case in point: Holy Joe says if Connecticut Democratic voters reject him in the primary and choose Ned Lamont, he'll run anyway, as a Republican Independent, possibly splitting the Democratic vote in November, despoiling the democratic process, and proving that for Joe, it's not about the party, it's all about him.
I don't always agree with Kos, in fact I disagree with him more and more often about the real power of the "net-roots," I wholeheartedly concur with this thought:
"An interesting kind of 'Democrat,' Lieberman thinks he is," he wrote. "One who doesn't respect the wishes of his state's Democratic voters, one who will split his state's vote on the left and potentially hand the election to a Republican." Yup. And whether Lieberman wins or losese in August, I think the Democratic Party would be well rid of him.
Update: Hillary says if Lieberman loses the primary and then runs as an independent, she'll be backing the Democrat.
Tags: Joe Lieberman, Lieberman, Ned Lamont |
posted by JReid @ 12:48 PM   |
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