Sordid Lieberman

We can categorically assert that any intelligent person who supports the Iraq occupation is lying, or intentionally attempting to deceive. Thus we accept that the statements of Bill Kristol, Cheney, Perle and Ledeen are no more than morally treasonous blather.
    Nonetheless, there is something especially loathsome and revolting about Lieberman's contributions to this toxic pool. Of course there is a special odium attaching to the turncoat; the ostensibly liberal man and Democrat who on one issue  runs interference for Bush, taking the side of the demons.

   Yet there is something else that sets Lieberman apart from the rest of the jackals. This is his tone. By and large the rest of them lie with the  truculent brio of a John Gotti or an Al Capone. The style model here is Newt Gingrich.
    Lierbrman in contrast, cloaks his foul utterances in the guise of sweet reason; appearing before us as a would-be soulful gentle and thoughtful man. The effect is nauseating. In effect he practices a double hypocrisy: that of his words and that of his very being. All men who would deceive practice false sincerity. Yet Lieberman's version of insincerity seems especially debased. One is reminded of Hannah Arendt's thoughts on the banality             of evil  

•  lieberman is a neo-con

  always has been, always will be.
  He does more for the neo-con movement
  staying out of the GOP then joining it.

  by nathguy on Thu Jan 04, 2007 at 07:22:35 AM PDT

•  where's the substance

  to this diary? I agree with the sentiment, but there's nothing here. Waste of time.

  by ubertar on Thu Jan 04, 2007 at 07:51:59 AM PDT

  •  Well, it would be fine for

    an Open Diary entry.

    Oh, and there's one at the top of our front page now . . .

    by wader on Thu Jan 04, 2007 at 07:53:49 AM PDT

  •  style

    le style, ce'st l'homme

    by arion on Thu Jan 04, 2007 at 08:00:54 AM PDT

    •  diary is too short

      but props for the Arendt cite. A few juicy quotes would be all you need...

      by Snarcalita on Thu Jan 04, 2007 at 09:16:17 AM PDT

      •  Banality of Evil

        The phrase is taken from Arendt's book EICHMANN IN JERUSALEM" The premier philosopher of totalitarianism, Arendt was explicating how a seemingly ordinary law-abiding sort of man could in fact be a monster. I hesitated to underline this too much, since even for me   to compare Lieberman to Eichmann is too much. Yet he deserves it.  

        by arion on Thu Jan 04, 2007 at 01:43:14 PM PDT