(Yes, it's still Connecticut week. If you don't like it, I suggest you take a dKos hiatus until next Thursday.)
Hilarious moments in politics:
Embattled Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman - facing a possible primary defeat Tuesday because of his strong backing for the Iraq war - yesterday launched a Hail Mary attack on the Bush administration's handling of the war.
"I supported our war in Iraq but I have always questioned the way it was being executed," Lieberman said.
"This administration took far too many shortcuts. We continue to suffer the consequences, as do the Iraqi people."
Lieberman, an 18-year veteran of the Senate and a former vice presidential nominee, has been stunned by polls showing anti-war challenger Ned Lamont might win the Democratic primary.
"It sounds like he's finally starting to wake up," said Lamont spokeswoman Liz Dupont-Diehl.
"Always questioned"? You know, I wonder what Lieberman's god thinks about all of the lying he's been doing these past few months.
There have been several contested primaries in which the people-powered movement has taken an active role. McJoan has already talked about the Marcy Winograd challenge to Jane Harman. There was also the Tester/Morrison primary in the Montana Senate race.
In neither of those two contests did our "opponent" in the race get anywhere near the abuse and attention as Joe Lieberman has. And it's because they did not run dishonest, lie-filled campaigns while insulting those who might not support their candidacy.
Lieberman has "always" questioned the handling of Bush's war? Who the hell is he kidding? He actually told those of us who were actually questioning the war that:
It is time for Democrats who distrust President Bush to acknowledge that he will be Commander-in-Chief for three more critical years, and that in matters of war, we undermine Presidential credibility at our nation's peril.
So where does he come off making this sort of bullshit lie? Who the hell does he think he is, rewriting history this way? Let's see his campaign come up with examples of Lieberman's principled opposition to the handling of the war. Because when we tried to point out the folly of Bush's war plan, Lieberman told us to shut the fuck up.
Christy at FDL documents Lieberman's words on the war, and there's nary a hint of criticism among them.
Always questioned the way it was being executed? Oh…really?!? Let’s go to the film, shall we?
Here’s a YouTube of Joe Lieberman leading off for the Republican argument in the Senate on the latest attempt to rein in the mess that is Iraq at the hands of George Bush. Watch here to see Lieberman start the debate for the Republicans.
Here’s Joe Lieberman at the beginning of the Iraq mess, and he can’t get to the microphone fast enough to praise George Bush’s eloquence.
And here’s Joe Lieberman, in response to Rep. Jack Murtha’s call for a withdrawal of troops. (Hint: Before the primary got close, Lieberman wasn’t supportive.)
There is always the ever popular STFU Democrats — don’t criticize the President, ever, or you put us all at risk. Can you say final straw?
Lieberman, and his attack chicken Attila the Hen, may have convinced some journalists at the NYTimes and the NYDailyNews that he’s been thinking this about the Iraq mess for a while, but the tape doesn’t lie. This new attitude is for one reason alone: Lieberman wants to win the primary, and he’s willing to say anything to get there.