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Its pretty funny. No: He is not their candidate, but he is their Senator. What have you done for me today? That is the question Democrats cry. The past is forgotten, past good deeds done by Lieberman dont count for squat. Thats the way it is with New England Democrats. All Loyalty forgotten.
The term Yellow Dog Democrat means more in this election than before. With their stance on the war New England Democrats prove they really are yellow dogs.
IMO, he should walk seperate. Completely alone with a sign that says "Lieberman for Senate"
That image of him walking by himself will impact far better than marching with the mean spirited Democrats and make them look like the dumb snotty clique we all knew in school.
The Lieberman situation is a classic test of loyalty, ideology and power.
All of the pieces are on the board for great political drama.
The Democrats name a guy who is a pure anti-war ideologue, and a thin majority of voting Democrats choose him, on that one single issue, over a proven liberal Democrat.
The Republicans, knowing they could never beat Lieberman, let an ethically-challenged compulsive gambler have the slot. Now the race is wide open, but the ethically-challenged gambler is stubbornly holding onto the spot on the ticket, refusing to relinquish it.
Independents outnumber everybody, but in the normal two-party lock-up, they have to choose one party's candidate over the other.
And then you have Lieberman himself, a Liberal hawk, in the FDR mode. Were he not an Orthodox Jew, he might not be such a hawk, and he almost certainly would not have been the Vice-Presidential nominee. But he is, and he was, and the drama of a narrow wedge of bitter-enders on the war tossing the Democrat Vice-Presidential candidate out of the party is national news.
So, Republicans (like me) are going to skip party loyalty to vote for the closest thing to an FDR Democrat (hey, FDR WAS right on World War II, and along with Lincoln is one of the top two wartime Presidents in our history).
Partisan Democrats have a mini-civil war: is the Democratic Party really just an anti-war party? Will the pro-war Democrats and the Dems who like and respect Lieberman really throw him under the bus because the party says so?
How about the Jewish Democrats? The whole Jewish community was intensely proud of Joe Lieberman, with reason. Plenty of Jewish Democrats get the Iraq/Israel link and see what Joe Lieberman sees. Are THEY going to vote against Israel in order to remain loyal Democrats this election?
And Independents are going to come stomping out of the woodwork and DECISIVELY win this election for Lieberman, demonstrating to anybody who cares to look that Independents are actually the political plurality in the country, and the majority-makers, and that if someone runs appealing directly to them (and to hell with Republican OR Democratic partisans) he wins.
Big time drama in little Connecticut.
Lieberman will be the winner, decisively, and the lessons taught by this will reverberate in a whole lot of interesting ways all across the country for fellows like Bloomberg.
The Lieberman situation is a classic test of loyalty, ideology and power.
All of the pieces are on the board for great political drama.
The Democrats name a guy who is a pure anti-war ideologue, and a thin majority of voting Democrats choose him, on that one single issue, over a proven liberal Democrat.
The Republicans, knowing they could never beat Lieberman, let an ethically-challenged compulsive gambler have the slot. Now the race is wide open, but the ethically-challenged gambler is stubbornly holding onto the spot on the ticket, refusing to relinquish it.
Independents outnumber everybody, but in the normal two-party lock-up, they have to choose one party's candidate over the other.
And then you have Lieberman himself, a Liberal hawk, in the FDR mode. Were he not an Orthodox Jew, he might not be such a hawk, and he almost certainly would not have been the Vice-Presidential nominee. But he is, and he was, and the drama of a narrow wedge of bitter-enders on the war tossing the Democrat Vice-Presidential candidate out of the party is national news.
So, Republicans (like me) are going to skip party loyalty to vote for the closest thing to an FDR Democrat (hey, FDR WAS right on World War II, and along with Lincoln is one of the top two wartime Presidents in our history).
Partisan Democrats have a mini-civil war: is the Democratic Party really just an anti-war party? Will the pro-war Democrats and the Dems who like and respect Lieberman really throw him under the bus because the party says so?
How about the Jewish Democrats? The whole Jewish community was intensely proud of Joe Lieberman, with reason. Plenty of Jewish Democrats get the Iraq/Israel link and see what Joe Lieberman sees. Are THEY going to vote against Israel in order to remain loyal Democrats this election?
And Independents are going to come stomping out of the woodwork and DECISIVELY win this election for Lieberman, demonstrating to anybody who cares to look that Independents are actually the political plurality in the country, and the majority-makers, and that if someone runs appealing directly to them (and to hell with Republican OR Democratic partisans) he wins.
Big time drama in little Connecticut.
Lieberman will be the winner, decisively, and the lessons taught by this will reverberate in a whole lot of interesting ways all across the country for fellows like Bloomberg.
Another Democrat for "Show Me the Money"!
When are the party minions going to realize their "leaders" are out for themselves?
I thought this party was the party of inclusion. The blacks and other minorites better wise up. If this does not prove the Jewish vote you are really not wanted here any more I don't know what will!
We need the lesser evil - Lieberman needs to win.
If he doesn't, the moon bat bloggers will NEVER shut up....
This will be so great when Lieberman wins and refuses to caucus with these commies.
This is going to blow up in their faces.
Unless they can destroy him, but they would
never try that.....
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