Wednesday, August 9, 2006

Hollow Victory At this point it seems that Senator Lieberman is not going to win his primary (He didn't) Lieberman Defeated in Democratic Primary. This is too bad. In many ways Joe Lieberman is the sort of democrat I like, You can't have a entire party of Joe Liebermans, but its best for the democrats to have some Democratic Leadership Welcomes Lamont. I also don't like elections that settle around single issues and become little toy referendums Jury Out on Lieberman Effect. The thing is done and Connecticut is its own state. I have Maryland to contend with. Joe Lieberman seemed to take the tack of deliberately not getting what was going on. His explanation of his Iraq war convictions Lieberman Explains His Stance on Iraq - New York Times came too little too late. a trite phrase for a trite approach. He had plenty of advocates of the right-stripe at the end the reactionary blog contingent, nevermind that these same people were calling him 'loserman' as in Sore-Loserman a few short years ago (and will someday again). As well he had friends in assorted members of the neo-conservative camp like Robert Kagan. They were desperate not to lose the few remaining voices outside their own camp. The Iraq war was a miasma of bad faith, it has nothing to do with firm foreign policy, necessary national security. I realize that it was politicaly difficult to be against it a few years ago - I lay that against those who made it difficult. Having the courage of ones convictions also calls for being able to tell good from bad, not just staying the course. I do not trust the current administration to prosecute the 'war on terror'. I do not see that they have the comprehension and competency to do so successfully. Do not war things war will not repair. All that happens is that you gain the intoxication of making things worse. It is like enabling a drunkard. - - - 11Aug06. I expected him to at least make a show at running as an independant, which does little more than demonstrate his sense of entitlement to his office, but seizing upon the latest incident as validation Lieberman Seizes on Terror Arrests to Attack Rival - New York Times is enormously wrong. 11:57:43 PM    comment [];trackback [];

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