A crappy novel written by someone who had zero clue about reality. Read Mark Twain's critique of James Fennimore Cooper here. It's a classic.

That said, Goldberg the Hack perfectly encapsulates the psychic trauma the Right feels at the implosion of their favorite muppet. Lieberman's near constant shilling for the crazies in the GOP will be missed by fools like Goldberg who find themselves without their figleaf and their shortcomings visible for all the world to see.