-- cross post: AmericaBlog
Look, I rarely post because I truly don't have the time. However, I read my blogs DAILY ... shoot multiple times daily. I gotta speak my peace.
It's starting to look like PUMA land around here all over again. I can't stand Joe Lieberman either and I will shake my tail feather if and when the people of Connecticut finally come to their senses and VOTE HIS AZZ OUT! But give me a doggone break. Obama ain't even had his inauguration and folks are already having fits.
What's with all the anger, all the hostility, about this latest party issue? It wasn't too long ago that we were all mad at Bill and Hillary. How did that saga play out, again? The only difference between what Lieberman did and what the Clinton's did is that he supported McCain. Big deal! None of them wanted Obama to win and all of them actively worked against him until it was in their best interest to come on home. Heck, if you want to get technical, Hillary bashed Obama just as long and probably more fierce than Lieberman did. Yet Hillary and Bill came around and now she's probably earned her place as SoS ... and somehow the rest of us managed to move on. What a concept!
Don't get it twisted. This thing with Lieberman isn't based solely on his decision to campaign ... HARD ... for McCain. This goes back to our failed attempt to oust him 2 years ago. We wanted him gone but he gamed the system and beat us ... and Ned. Whether folks want to admit it or not, this IS about revenge. We wanted a guaranteed method to get rid of him and he gave us what we thought was our fastest route. But y'all obviously didn't pay one bit of attention to any of Obama's campaign speeches. Based on the reaction around the blogosphere, there's no way you could have. If you ever listened to the man at the top you wouldn't be surprised or upset about this outcome.
Obama has been going around for well over 2 years saying he wants "to bring people together" and "we can disagree without being disagreeable." If anybody should be pissed and want Lieberman gone it's our President Elect but remember what he did last spring during one of his campaign stops (after being attacked by the Clinton's, right wing yackers and the media)? He simply brushed off his shoulders and moved on. Why can't we do the same? Why did we all work so hard to support the man's candidacy if we can so easily and so quickly ignore one of the biggest themes of his campaign?
Maybe Lieberman will thank Obama by holding hearings against him, you say? For what? If Obama doesn't do anything illegal, unethical or suspicious then what does he have to worry about? Seriously I think y'all need to do some Tina Turner Buddha chants and see where this thing goes before the knee-jerks lead you to the barn for pitch forks and torches. Can we at least let the man take his oath of office, get all the new Senators and Congress men/women in place, BEFORE we burn the whole joint down?
I swear y'all bout to give me a migrane! I need to go home and watch the rerun of "Chocolate News" ... folks don’ got me all worked up over this shiggidy. And yes I did mean to say "folks don’ got ..."