the declaration of independence
joe lieberman's independence that is.
yup, little neddy lamont ousted the most paradoxical of marquee democratic senators yesterday in the connecticut primary. he beat the incumbent, lieberman, by a narrow margin. just for refreshers, for those who may not keep up with "yankee politics," mr lamont ran on a campaign platform that went something like this (for the sake of this statement the word like when refering to the war should be read as a synonym for support): ned lamont doesn't like the war, bush likes the war, so ned lamont doesn't like bush, joe lieberman likes the war so he must like bush, so ned lamont doesn't like lieberman. mr lamont is flawless in logic but short on ideals...and by short i mean, "really, neddy, that's how you won the primary. dude, that's amazing. you totally wouldn't be able to pull that crap off in a party that wasn't slow-dancing with death."
long story made short: sen. lieberman will test the waters as an independent this november, possibly giving the republicans an edge that they otherwise would not have. the liklihood of connecticut actually electing a republican is to say the least: mind-boggling, to say the most: unlikely. but lieberman's running will cause the democrats a problem in winning the majority vote. runoff??
anyway, for the sake of all connecticut-ians (i don't know what they actually call themselves) i hope that they are wiser in voting than the primaries indicate. lamont, if his platform is any indication, is a one-issue candidate and will do nothing to help the democrats public image in the long run (or, really, the short).
i know who i'd vote for.
yup, little neddy lamont ousted the most paradoxical of marquee democratic senators yesterday in the connecticut primary. he beat the incumbent, lieberman, by a narrow margin. just for refreshers, for those who may not keep up with "yankee politics," mr lamont ran on a campaign platform that went something like this (for the sake of this statement the word like when refering to the war should be read as a synonym for support): ned lamont doesn't like the war, bush likes the war, so ned lamont doesn't like bush, joe lieberman likes the war so he must like bush, so ned lamont doesn't like lieberman. mr lamont is flawless in logic but short on ideals...and by short i mean, "really, neddy, that's how you won the primary. dude, that's amazing. you totally wouldn't be able to pull that crap off in a party that wasn't slow-dancing with death."
long story made short: sen. lieberman will test the waters as an independent this november, possibly giving the republicans an edge that they otherwise would not have. the liklihood of connecticut actually electing a republican is to say the least: mind-boggling, to say the most: unlikely. but lieberman's running will cause the democrats a problem in winning the majority vote. runoff??
anyway, for the sake of all connecticut-ians (i don't know what they actually call themselves) i hope that they are wiser in voting than the primaries indicate. lamont, if his platform is any indication, is a one-issue candidate and will do nothing to help the democrats public image in the long run (or, really, the short).
i know who i'd vote for.
posted by nicholas at 11:35 PM
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Hooray! Now I can finally print those New Federalist Bumper Stickers I've been designing. This is the happiest day of my life.
Time.com posted an article on why Republicans love this loss for Lieberman it included this quote. "Democratic officials said they can already imagine the ads in November races saying that Lieberman, once within a few hundred votes of being Vice President of the United States, is now 'not liberal enough' for the Democratic Party."
That's something you can win the heartland with.
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