An appeal to the voters of Connecticut
Guest post by Edward Copeland
Today I want to appeal directly to any Connecticut voters who may stumble in here. While it seems clear that Censorin' Joe Lieberman will get re-elected as an independent, thanks in no small part to Ned Lamont's post-primary bungling, you all need to think about what message sending Lieberman back to D.C. will give.
I don't know if Lamont can revive his candidacy -- maybe he should try a real Machiavellian move and make appearances or ads with the "official" Republican candidate Alan Schlesinger where they both gang up on Lieberman's sense of entitlement to the office over the actual party nominees voters selected in the democratic process. This election has never been purely about Iraq -- this is about a senator who has lost touch with his constituents and his party. This is about an egomaniac so obsessed with his own self-worth that instead of accepting the voters' opinion -- you know, the way a democracy is supposed to work -- he decided to keep running as his own one-man party in a pique of pissiness.
On top of that, look at who has been giving him much of his campaign money post-primary -- the same people who funnel millions to Dubya and his right-wing colleagues. While Lieberman says publicly that he will caucus with Democrats if re-elected and Democrats have promised him that he will keep seniority if elected as an independent, which party will control the Senate is very close. Since we know Lieberman has communicated with Karl Rove and received much GOP help, who is to say that he hasn't made a deal with Republicans as well? And if the Senate outcome is close or tied, he might not choose to caucus with the Republicans since they are really responsible for saving his ass.
Connecticut is not a conservative state -- Bush got his butt kicked there twice and Lieberman has agreed with him and the GOP a lot. He's not a real Democrat and he never has been. The people of Connecticut owe it to themselves and to the country not to send this charlatan back to the Senate -- especially since if they do, they are unlikely to see him back in Connecticut much again.
Then again, maybe that's why they want him to win.
Today I want to appeal directly to any Connecticut voters who may stumble in here. While it seems clear that Censorin' Joe Lieberman will get re-elected as an independent, thanks in no small part to Ned Lamont's post-primary bungling, you all need to think about what message sending Lieberman back to D.C. will give.
I don't know if Lamont can revive his candidacy -- maybe he should try a real Machiavellian move and make appearances or ads with the "official" Republican candidate Alan Schlesinger where they both gang up on Lieberman's sense of entitlement to the office over the actual party nominees voters selected in the democratic process. This election has never been purely about Iraq -- this is about a senator who has lost touch with his constituents and his party. This is about an egomaniac so obsessed with his own self-worth that instead of accepting the voters' opinion -- you know, the way a democracy is supposed to work -- he decided to keep running as his own one-man party in a pique of pissiness.
On top of that, look at who has been giving him much of his campaign money post-primary -- the same people who funnel millions to Dubya and his right-wing colleagues. While Lieberman says publicly that he will caucus with Democrats if re-elected and Democrats have promised him that he will keep seniority if elected as an independent, which party will control the Senate is very close. Since we know Lieberman has communicated with Karl Rove and received much GOP help, who is to say that he hasn't made a deal with Republicans as well? And if the Senate outcome is close or tied, he might not choose to caucus with the Republicans since they are really responsible for saving his ass.
Connecticut is not a conservative state -- Bush got his butt kicked there twice and Lieberman has agreed with him and the GOP a lot. He's not a real Democrat and he never has been. The people of Connecticut owe it to themselves and to the country not to send this charlatan back to the Senate -- especially since if they do, they are unlikely to see him back in Connecticut much again.
Then again, maybe that's why they want him to win.
posted by Michael J.W. Stickings at
12:10 AM
1 Comments:
When you're a small state like Connecticut, it's hard to give up a blue chip candidate like Joe Lieberman, who's shown in the past that he can work both sides of the aisle to make things happen. Remember the so-called "nuclear option" and the "gang of 14" that stopped it?
Your argument is that the party's what matters, not the people... perhaps Connecticut doesn't see it that way?
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