At Huffington Post, Cenk Uygar has a screed against Joe Lieberman and the press that's trying to prop him up by tearing us down (
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...) which includes the following line:
He isn't just buying Republican talking points, he's selling them.
This to me is the fundamental difference between the Dems in whom we are often disappointed but nonetheless support in their current positions (but probably not for POTUS) and the ONE "DEM" (soon to be Independent) whose re-election we are almost all hoping to prevent.
Many Democrats sometimes fall into the trap of repeating Republican talking points. Even my own Senator, Barack Obama, who emerged out of the pack in the Illinois primary due to grassroots support, recently did this with his strawman arguments about religion and politics ("Some say..."). But among Democratic national office holders, only Holy Joe does this consistently and with obvious glee, viciously savaging his "fellow" democrats while literally kissing up to Republicans. He has figured out that this is what will get his mug on national TV (especially Fox News) every week -- something that has become far more important to him than representing his constituents.
The longer Joe Lieberman is a national "Democratic" figure giving "bipartisan" cover to Bush and the Republicans' policies and statements on Iraq, judicial nominations, patriotism, and the like, the harder it will be for us to get Democrats elected EVERYWHERE. THAT is why Joe has to go.
Now that Lamont has shown in the debate that he offers a credible alternative, please spread this message to anyone you know in Connecticut, or anyone you know who might know someone in Conncecticut, or... in other words, to EVERYONE you know. (You might also want to pass along the blog post Kos frontpaged last night explaining why the pundits who claim we're all "fascists" trying to "purge" the Democratic Party are full of shit: http://lerani.blogspot.com/...)
Thank you. The country you save will be your own.