Halftime, Eh?

[l33tminion]

A quick comment on the Connecticut primary yesterday: I'm glad Lieberman lost. Maybe the guy isn't the false-flag Democrat that some want to portray him as, but he's not particularly liberal. This shows that primary elections have some meaning, even when the party in question has an incumbent. Plus, the worst-case scenario is that Lieberman wins as an independent.

As usual, John Stewart gets it.

Comments

[crazy-tory.livejournal.com]

I agree with you that it's good primary elections have meaning--there were two Republican examples (Hefley's open seat in CO-5 and the MI-7 seat) and a second Democratic example (the Dems in GA-4 got rid of the anti-Semite McKinney).

But, unlike you, I'm not glad Lieberman lost. I think the Democratic Party is now playing a dangerous game, where the litmus test for acceptability is hatred off George Bush and "Bush's War". Lieberman's one of the few Senate Democrats I respect (the few senators, for that matter).

I'm sure there'll be comparisons between Lieberman's loss and Joe Schwarz' loss in MI-7. My problem is this: on most issues, Lieberman is a mainstream Dem: pro-choice, anti-gun, pro-enviro, anti-tax cut, etc. He has a few more centrist impulses, one of which is toward compromise where possible. In this sense I find him not unlike a Specter or a McCain or a Hagel. Joe Schwarz is not anywhere near the mainstream of the Republican Party--in this sense, he is more a Chafee or a Zell Miller.

Oh, and for what it's worth, hacking his site is cheap. Very, very cheap.

Alan Schlessinger for US Senate!

[l33tminion]

First off, conflating disapproval with "hatred" is a bit sensationalist, don't you think? Even I don't hate George W. Bush.

Second, I hope I'm not implying that I don't respect Lieberman. I do.

Oh, and for what it's worth, hacking his site is cheap. Very, very cheap.

I agree (obviously, I hope). I'd be very surprised (and upset) if the person who did that was working for Lamont or the Democratic Party, though.

[crazy-tory.livejournal.com]

I honestly don't. I believe that many things about you that I don't believe about Kos-type lefties. I believe A) you hold essentially rational views; B) you are serious and thoughtful; C) you do not confuse hatred with disapproval. I don't mean to be condescending by saying those things; I mean to say that I don't believe those three things about much of the Far Left (Kos/democratic underground/ANSWER).

OK--disrespect was not implied in the least.

I'd be upset but, honestly, not overly surprised.

yeah, next time:

[leftwingnut.livejournal.com]

TRAFICANT!!!

Re: yeah, next time:

[l33tminion]

Never mind that he's in jail, he's the incumbent. At least he didn't win that time...