Democrats: Punk-Ass Bitches or Hostages to Lieberman?

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5/24/2007
Democrats: Punk-Ass Bitches or Hostages to Lieberman?:

The Rude Pundit thinks that the whole goddamn compromise on the war funding bill, which is really about the blood and bones and brains of soldiers forced to fight for another $100 billion or so worth of time, comes down to Senator Joe Lieberman, that boil Connecticut inflicted on us last year. Keith Olbermann hinted at this the other night on Countdown while talking with Howard Fineman, who quickly dismissed the idea that Joe Lieberman had anything to gain by jumping to the Republican caucus. But what Fineman's not getting about Lieberman is that it ain't fun to have power if you never use it, and what's more pleasant than to threaten to dick over the very people who need you.

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Check out the man of Lieber's May 16 comments to the Republican Jewish Coalition, as reported in the Hartford Courant: "It is to the everlasting credit of President Bush that in the war against Islamist extremism he has shown the courage and steadfastness to stand against the political passions of the moment...I believe that each of us should be grateful that we have a commander-in-chief who does not believe that decisions about war should be driven by poll numbers. And each of us should be grateful that we have a commander-in-chief who does not confuse what is popular with what is right for our security as a nation." If one is so willing to prostrate oneself, Kissinger-like, before the mad leader, one is willing to play hard ball to make sure that the war continues.

In the same speech, he chided Democrats and Republicans as "delude" for thinking that ending the war won't cause political consequences. Shortly after threatening that anti-war politicians will "be held accountable," Lieberman said, "I know that we can rise above the anger and smallness of our politics." So, just to follow the ball bouncing off the rubber walls of the crazy room, Joe Lieberman says that politicians are fucking their political careers over if they defund the war, but he wants them to rise above politics. Lieberman added, "Now is not the time for reflexive partisanship and pandering to public opinion. Now is the time for the kind of patriotism and principle America’s voters have always honored."

But, wait, wait, wait just a fuckin' second here, Joe - you just said that the public will hold politicians accountable for not supporting the war. And in that one sentence you said that the public is against the war, but the voters will love you if you support it. The ability to hold contradicting thoughts in one's head that you assert are both true? That's called "motherfucking insanity."

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While the right is crowing about the President having "won" this round, well, the Rude Pundit's pretty damn certain that at least some of the "victory" belongs to Joe Lieberman, and that the families of the coming dead Americans owe him much thanks.

Read the entire thing here

[Geek_Girl]

1. More like heavily influenced by the DLC

nt

[DUyellow]

2. all of the above

[MuseRider]

3. Throw Joementum to the curb.

I know they will lose their one vote but hell, would the results be any different? At least they would not have had to buy the damned war.

[davidwparker]

4. I'd prefer he'd jump. Reid sucks and then maybe Connecticut won't elect

their Democratic traitor the next time.

[porphyrian]

5. Punk-ass hostages to fear, more like it.

They really want less people to vote.

[IndyOp]

6. I'm with porphyrian - "Dems are punk-ass hostages" (n/t)