Lieberman got what he deserved

Not a moment too soon. Connecticut Democrats were not taken in by Joe Lieberman's blackmailing with his Independent Campaign and loudly gave him the boot on Tuesday. Boy, did Senator Lieberman need it. First of all, let's be clear, anyone who claims Democrats are weak on terrorism are just a bunch of republican shills repeating a spin line.

In fact Democrats are not weak on terror, we just disagree with the republicans on how to do things. First things first, the war in Iraq is an illegal war that was set up by the Bush Administration, The Bush Administration has changed its tune everytime it starts getting unpopular. First, Bush said that the US went into Iraq to find these WMD's he claimed existed. Then, Bush danced around and said that they went into Iraq to participate in Nation Building. So I'd now like to ask Mr. Bush what the hell are we still doing in Iraq? For the past three years we have continued to hear bullshit from the mouth of Secretary Rumsfeld. Rumsfeld is in my personal opinion a man who just cannot handle the truth. So he instead turns the crank for Bush and continues to repeat the spin line that somehow the US has turned the corner on Iraq?

I got a question for all of you, do you think something is up when a President continuously says Stay The Course, We've Turned the Corner on Iraq and we don't see actual evidence of real progress.

So how does this tie in with Joe Lieberman?

Rather then acknowledging the war was poorly planned and that there were many problem s in Iraq like almost everybody else with a brain could figure out. Mr. Lieberman decided to join in and become the head Democratic party cheerleader (after Zell Miller left) for George W. Bush. I should point out that there is footage of a state of the union address where there is footage of Joe Lieberman standing up and applauding the president, and the camera will clearly show that not one other person in the entire Democratic Senate Caucus (that's right not even Ben Nelson of Nebraska, the most conservative democrat, applauded Bush) except for Joe Lieberman applauded him on Iraq. That should simply say it all. Joe Lieberman lost not only because of his position on Iraq, but he lost because when he got confronted with the facts he was the only one in the Democratic Senate Caucus to not even bother changing his views on the matter. There is room in the Democratic Party for people who are moderates, we have not problem with that. Simply there is no room for people like Joe Lieberman who is wildly out of touch with an overwhelming majority on their viewpoint on Iraq.

Let me also be clear just because Lieberman voted 90% of the time with Democrats does not mean we demand a rubber stamp, simply put Lieberman was dead wrong on Iraq and he refused to listen to reason when confronted with the facts, so unfortunately that will kill your career in this party.

Joe Lieberman looked like a fool in his concession speech, he came off as angry and pissed off. He acted like a child without his bottle, he whined and complained and bitched and moaned. What does that say about Joe Lieberman's character, it shows that he has become a career politician who thinks that he is "entitled" to his seat and shouldn't even bother having to face a challenge. Lieberman's Campaign pretty much went the way of Dare I say it the Liberal 2006 Election Campaign? I think the Liberals should take a look at this race and look at all the mistakes Lieberman made because most of them are really similar.

1. At one point in the polls Lieberman and the Liberals both led their opponents.

2. Even before the election and months before both of their respective opponents were considered Jokes and not to be taken seriously.

3. Eventually they both went onto lose as both became arrogant and claimed they had the right to govern/have their senate seat.

So in essence I think that there are many lessons to learn from this election and I hope everyone takes it to heart.