Comments on: So Long, Joe

By: nypoet22

nypoet22 — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:57:02 +0000

michale,

seems to me that lieberman has followed neither conscience nor ideology. just like the majority of his counterparts, he follows the money:

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/industries.php?cycle=Career&cid=N00000616

By: Michale

Michale — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:34:41 +0000

Seems to me that Lieberman has always followed consience over ideology..

I may not always agree with him but I respect that he is not enslaved by Party dogma..

That's a rare trait in Congress these days..

I read one commentary about how Lieberman would be an excellent replacement for Gates at SecDef..

I have to agree...

Michale.....

By: nypoet22

nypoet22 — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:27:51 +0000

thinking that joe is the guy who represents my religion to the rest of the country just makes my skin crawl. jewish, christian or otherwise, he's more weasel than wiesel.

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:07:16 +0000

Just let me add that, here at CW.COM, Joe always got a fair shake...

But, once again, that is simply the exception that emphasizes the rule.. :D

Michale.....

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:01:02 +0000

After Barack Obama's victory, Lieberman was excoriated for his behavior in the campaign, and most Democrats wanted to see his Democratic seniority stripped from him in the Senate as a fitting punishment (Lieberman chairs a very important committee, which he would have lost). After all, the reasoning went, if he's now an Independent, then he has no more seniority as a Democrat.

Once again, we see that, beneath all the BS, Democrats are really no different than Republicans.

Both attack and vilify those who do not toe the Party line and are not ideologically "pure"...

The only difference I see is that, by and large, Republicans make no bones about this nor do they apologize for it.

Democrats, by and large, deny it vehemently..

Michale.....