Future President Russ Feingold today told George Stephanopoulos on ABC This Week that Joe Lieberman's recent neocon remarks prove Joe "doesn't get it."
Well, I like Joe Lieberman, but I support Ned Lamont, because Joe is showing with that regrettable statement that he doesn't get it. He doesn't get it. The fact is that we were attacked on 9/11 by Al Qaeda and its affiliates and its sympathizers, not by Saddam Hussein.
Feingold is one of the few with the cojones to remind America that despite the recently foiled terrorist plot in the U.K., we're still fighting the wrong war.
And unfortunately Senator Lieberman has supported the Bush Administration's disastrous strategic approach of getting us stuck in Iraq instead of focusing on those who attacked us. I mean, look at the places that have been attacked: India, Morocco, Turkey, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Somalia, Spain, Great Britain. What does this have to do with Iraq? And Senator Lieberman is stuck on that point. Ned Lamont and I believe that we should refocus on those who attacked us on 9/11 and not simply try to cover our tracks because this was such a very poor decision in terms of the overall battle against the terrorists who attacked us.
Emphasis added.
Steph asked President Feingold if Liebe(R)man should pull out of the race. Feingold:
I think that's his own decision. It would be better for the Democratic Party, I think it would be better for the people of Connecticut, it would be better for the country if he did it.
Poor Joe has no friends at all. Awww.
The full video is at Think Progress.