tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495370285259319605.post6125574792219915561..comments2022-11-17T06:52:27.131-08:00Comments on Larilla Speaks: A Man Without a Country: Joe Lieberman is Screwed.jabuspubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289071266937620113noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495370285259319605.post-86419475380271429432008-11-09T13:20:00.000-08:002008-11-09T13:20:00.000-08:00You speak the truth...You speak the truth...jabuspubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07289071266937620113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495370285259319605.post-35656283512029306042008-11-09T02:19:00.000-08:002008-11-09T02:19:00.000-08:00I dunno, I'd say Connecticut has a pretty strong p...I dunno, I'd say Connecticut has a pretty strong progressive electorate, as evidenced by Lamont's showing in the 2006 primary... At any rate, if Lieberman wanted to follow the mandate of douchebag Republicans, he ought to have run as a douchebag Republican in the first place. Either way, his political career is over, and the question of party affiliation is academic at best. From here on out, he's just a garden variety douchebag. A Douchebagian douchebag, you might say...Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03715333077435437447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495370285259319605.post-59554826034680648282008-11-08T14:08:00.000-08:002008-11-08T14:08:00.000-08:00You make a good point about following the mandate ...You make a good point about following the mandate of those who elected him, and I think a sizable percentage of Connecticans (?) at the time supported Bush and the war, including most republicans. Running as an independent, while showing his hubris,and being elected mainly by republicans (they ran a token candidate)and conservative democrats allows him to follow the mandate of those who elected him- douche bag republicans. As far as dishonoring himself, I couldn't agree with you more - he loves himself more than party or country.jabuspubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07289071266937620113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495370285259319605.post-7149008538791207132008-11-07T19:22:00.000-08:002008-11-07T19:22:00.000-08:00I'd love to see Lieberman run for his own seat on ...I'd love to see Lieberman run for his own seat on the Republican ticket in 2012. Especially if Ned Lamont decides to take another crack at him, without a viable independent to split the vote (you will no doubt recall that Lamont edged Joe out, with a bit of a margin, in the primary). And if the outcome of that race were to finally give the democrats their filibuster proof majority (although they'll just as likely get it in 2010), it would be the most poetic kind of justice...<BR/><BR/>I have to disagree with you on one point, though: my feeling is that in a representative democracy, an elected official is expected to follow the mandate of his consituency (at least our elected officials here in Oregon are - just ask Gordon Smith), rather than follow his conscience. That's why it's called representative democracy, is it not? Joe stomped on that mandate when he traded in his own party allegiance to keep his job two years ago. That is, to my mind, the most dishonorable thing a politician can do, and he deserves whatever comes to him.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I just blogrolled you, so you'd best keep this thing going. ;-)Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03715333077435437447noreply@blogger.com