What Will Joe Rule Out?
My guess is nothing.
CTBlogger caught Senator Lieberman weaseling around on MSNBC:
When you watch this clip, please to thank the following Democrats Liebercrats who stood behind Joe.
State Central Chairwoman Nancy NiNardo
House Speaker James “I’ll crush you” Amann
AFL-CIO President John Olsen
State Senator Bill Finch
State Rep. Pat Dillon
Waterbury Mayor Mike Jarjura…feel free to add other Liebercrats to this list in the comments. Each one of these individuals should be reminded of the shenanigans they pulled throughout the summer and after the primary as Lieberman does the following:
- Throws the public opinion of Democrats in Connecticut and the country under the bus.
- Slaps Chris Dodd’s [presidential candidacy] in the face.
- Refuses to rule out switching to the Republican Party.
- Hints at endorsing a Republican candidate for President.
Things to think consider:
- About a year ago–and in fact on the very day before Ned Lamont officially entered the race–The Norwich Bulletin reported that Lieberman refused to rule out an independent run.
- About nine months ago, I personally asked if Joe Lieberman would rule out an independent run–an encounter that was reported in the Bristol Press. He wouldn’t rule it out.
- About eight months ago, Greg Sargent asked Lieberman’s deputy press secretary Noah Kores if the Senator would rule out running as a REPUBLIC PARTY candidate.
Joe Lieberman’s refusal to rule out supporting a Republic Party candidate for President in 2008 and his refusal to rule out changing parties tell me that it’s only a matter of time before Joe Lieberman comes out in support of a Republic Party Presidential candidate and switches his affiliation (and caucus) to the Republic Party.
The Kosputin-Lamont faction of the the party threw Lieberman under the bus last year. It’s just payback. That’s politics.
Any way you slice it, the majority of voters in Connecticut voted for Lieberman over Lamont. Get it? Voters _in Connecticut_. Not the distributed network of kos vanguard revolutionaries, remote-controlled from the Berkeley command center.
Next time, if Ned decides to give it another go, he’d be better off not acting like the ventriloquist’s dummy of the moonbat brigade.
Regards,
P.
Just more LIEberman for LIEberman Party politics.
UMM, Goombah… While many in CT left (and the national left) may participate at dKos, there is no “Berkeley command center” as most left bloggers consider Kos a lightweight that just happens to have a community full of bright bulbs.
The left blogosphere is not run in the “top down” way that the far-right-wing talking point zombies have embraced. Markos’ only influence is in what goes on his site, not the rest of the blogtopia.
The day that the left blogosphere adopts the right wing philosophy of “win at all costs” (one philosophy that Markos shares with other right wingers) is the day that independents, like myself, will stop participating and interacting with Democratic supporters.