Thu, August 10, 2006
Loserman—10:03 AM
A couple of years ago, when Joe Lieberman was turning a blind eye to obvious election and polling results and continuing to proclaim "jo-mentum" in his presidential bid, we all thought he was a myopic cretin. But clearly we had not realized the extent of the problem.
After losing the Democratic primary for the Senate seat he's held for 18 years, Joe says he'll sign up to run in the general election anyway, as an Independent. (Jesus – take a hint, Joe!) Now, it's obvious that this stupid decision will be a Nader influence on the election. But the question is, who will he suck votes away from? The man who bested him in the Democratic primary, or the Republican challenger, with whom his views are more closely aligned? I guess we should hope for both in equal amounts.
It's astonishing that, in a period when the Democratic party is fighting for its life (and mostly fighting with itself, shamefully), we have a guy like Lieberman, whose approach is to capitulate to the president and his mistakes. We should be electing guys like Lamont, who are talking about real change. The party should be speaking with one voice, and that voice should sound a lot more like Paul Hackett than Joe Lieberman. If Howard Dean were really doing his job, he wouldn't be allowing DNC operatives to marginalize Hackett, and he'd be hiring a "jo-sassin" with a sniper rifle.
Joe Mulder — Thu, 8/10/06 12:34pm
Maybe the "jo-sassin" could stop at an ATM machine first.
Bee Boy — Thu, 8/10/06 1:22pm
Oh, fine work, sir! It took me two or three times to get that... and it's my thing!
Joe Mulder — Thu, 8/10/06 4:06pm
I know; I could have gone "thrift-store-dar" or something, which would have been in the same territory as "jo-sassin," but I added yet another layer. Apologies to all those of you who aren't Jameson, because you have no hope of knowing what in hell we're talking about.