John's Blog

Daily Show on Lieberman Loss
Actually the "zombified Adlai Stevenson" seems like a better candidate than many of the choices we've been given lately. And now I see that Lieberman is showing his true colors by linking terrorism and Iraq, one of the neo-con's favorite hits.

But you can always count on Lewis Black for a balanced perspective on things.

And in today's Paul Krugman Op-Ed piece he comments on some of the nonsense that Lieberman's so called "centrist" point of view represents:

He has been wrong at every step of the march into the Iraq quagmire — all the while accusing anyone who disagreed with him of endangering national security....Imagine yourself as a politician or pundit who was gung-ho about invading Iraq, and who ridiculed those who warned that the case for war was weak and that the invasion’s aftermath could easily turn ugly. Worse yet, imagine yourself as someone who remained in denial long after it all went wrong, disparaging critics as defeatists. Now denial is no longer an option; the neocon fantasy has turned into a nightmare of fire and blood. What do you do?

You could admit your error and move on — and some have. But all too many Iraq hawks have chosen, instead, to cover their tracks by trashing the war’s critics.

They say: Pay no attention to the fact that I was wrong and the critics have been completely vindicated by events — I’m “sensible,” while those people are crazy extremists. And besides, criticizing any aspect of the war encourages the terrorists.

That’s what Joe Lieberman said, and it’s what his defenders are saying now....

The question now is how deep into the gutter Mr. Lieberman’s ego will drag him.