Say Anything Blog

By Terry Trippany

The Associated Press labeled Joe Lieberman as the “Democrats’ public enemy No. 1” in an astoundingly one sided attack over the weekend in response to critical remarks the former Democrat Senator made about Barack Obama while campaigning for John McCain.

The first four paragraphs of the report were dedicated to an all out character assassination that chided Lieberman for straying from the Democrats in a betrayal that is ominously close to transforming him into “an attack dog for Republicans.”

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But the latest betrayal has upset Democrats, who often answer in clipped but polite tones when asked about Lieberman. The reason: The independent still caucuses with the Democrats on most issues except the Iraq war, and he holds their slim political majority in his hands.

“There’s a commonly held hope that he’s not going to be transformed into an attack dog for Republicans,” said Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., an Obama supporter.

What could possibly have set off the attack? Simple, Joe Lieberman crossed the line by getting specific in his critique of Barack Obama on the issues of terrorism and foreign policy concerning Iran, Iraq and Israel.

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There is speculation that if Democrats bolster their Senate majority this fall, they could seek payback by stripping Lieberman of his Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee chairmanship.

While there’s no serious talk afoot about punishing Lieberman, Kerry said, “I can’t tell you what happens next year.”

As warnings go this one seems pretty blatant. But then again, this is just “speculation”.

Stalinism is alive and well in the national Dem Party.  So much for a diversity of ideas and “crossing the aisle”.
For basically doing the same thing, Republicans have rewarded McCain with the Presidential nomination.  Go figure.