Demon Joe

You have to be overly sensitive to take comments from left wing bloggers and get really upset, but it is funny that Joe Lieberman's challenger for the Democratic nomination to his Senate seat in Connecticut has to distance himself from his supporters

The challenge to Joe Lieberman

et the record show that Ned Lamont does not consider Joe Lieberman a whiny-ass titty baby. Nor does he believe that Connecticut's junior senator is a douchebag, an ass clown, or any of the other nasty names liberal bloggers have called Lieberman--whom, with those bloggers' help, Lamont hopes to defeat in this August's Democratic primary. "I really regret that rhetoric," Lamont said one recent afternoon, blushing a little as some of the derogatory appellations for Lieberman were read back to him. "I think he's a good man, I think he's a patriot, I think he does what he thinks is right. ... I just happen to think he's wrong."

It would be interesting for, say a blogger or somebody, to compare the rhetorical temperature between Lieberman's Democratic primary and Senator Lincoln Chafee's GOP Primary next door in Rhode Island. I can't really think of an objective standard for comparison, could somebody else?

Also, I am struck that Republicans tend to admire Sen. Lieberman for his brave stands and pro-US positions. Many like me have questions about some of his positions, but I think most GOPers have come to respect his integrity.

I don't know that I have ever heard of any great love for Linc across the aisle. I'm sure the Senators dig him, but I've never heard a Democrat extol his "courage and clarity." This would be a fun comparison, we need to come up with a rating system.

Politics Posted by jk at April 20, 2006 7:36 PM