Uncle Toms and Turncoats

[candy331]

A snippet on Lieberman, will Joe really sell out?

Traitorous politicians are harder to deal with. Rumors abound that Democrats, perhaps even former vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman, will find a compromise that allows Mr. Bush to succeed in privatizing part of Social Security. Senator Lieberman was Al Gore’s running mate in the 2000 presidential election, a role that should make him an honored elder statesman. Sadly however, Lieberman is the Democratic point man in the effort to do away with Social Security. Even Clintonite, DLC triangulators like Paul Begala have felt emboldened to call Joe out on the street to settle things mano a mano. “Look,” said Begala, “any Democrat who rescues Mr. Bush's assault on Social Security ought to be defeated in a primary and allowed to begin their own retirement early."

As satisfying as it may be to imagine Lieberman being run out of town on a rail, it is too early for celebration. Democratic movers and shakers have decided that the only good Senate candidate is an anti-abortion candidate. Black Democrats aren’t the only part of the base who now get the cold shoulder.

www.theblackcommentator.com

[BushIsBurning]

1. After Joe Liarman is run out of town, let's open it all up..

[Career Prole]

2. What's with the link? n/t

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