Democrats vs. Lieberman
The Washington Post’s Shailagh Murray updates us on the moonbats’ war against Joe Lieberman. The moonbats’ war against Lieberman is based almost entirely on Lieberman’s support for the Iraq war.
Now, Lamont has turned the Democratic primary into a horse race, giving Lieberman his first real test since he joined the Senate 18 years ago, according to Democratic operatives and analysts in Connecticut. Party leaders were so rattled by the challenge that Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-NV) called Lamont asking him to back off. “Some of the party brass said, ‘Ned, don’t jeopardize a safe seat,’” Lamont recently told students at Southern Connecticut State University, who gathered for a meet-and-greet session. “But you’re not going to lose a senator. You’re going to gain a Democrat.”
I suspect that Old Harry doesn’t want that type of moonbat Democrat in Washington. It’s laughable to think that Lamont could beat Lieberman in the general election. He’d get slapped silly, which would be a major embarassment for the DNC.
Lieberman caused a stir recently by floating the possibility that he might enter the general-election race as an independent, were he to lose the Democratic primary. To do that, he would have to collect 7,500 signatures and file them by Aug. 9, a day after the primary. That means he would have to start the petition process even as he is campaigning for the Democratic nomination against Lamont. But now Lieberman describes speculation of an independent candidacy as “greatly overblown.”
Sen. Lieberman is downplaying that threat but you can bet that he’d follow through with that threat. It’s about time the DNC got embarassed for alienating the few sensible Senate Democrats.
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May 1st, 2006 at 9:44 am
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May 1st, 2006 at 12:35 pm
I have a lot of respect for Sen. Lieberman. Although there are certainly many instances where I have disagreed with his position, it’s heartening to know that there are still democrats out there that don’t toe the party line just to appease the powers that be. I’d rather know that he has his own mind and own opinions, even if I don’t agree with them.
May 1st, 2006 at 12:37 pm
What “Immigrant right”? I am an immigrant, sorry the “legal” one. All the rights are protected in the constitution of this country for those of us who obey the law.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:29 pm
I live in Greenwich. I know Ned Lamont. He used to be a typical liberal before BDS set in. He’s a rich guy who wants to be a senator. No better or worse than most other rich liberals who want to use our money to feel good about themselves.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:03 pm
Thanks for that information, Cato. BDS is spreading like wildfire, isn’t it?