LIEBERMAN TO EVERY VOTER IN CONNECTICUT: TOUGH LUCK, SUCKERS!

The Cheney Coalition in the U.S. Senate must have thrown a heck of a party last night, having won their battle to make sure there would be no vote in that body to express the will of the people's representatives that an end to the Iraq War, not an escalation to the Iraq War is what is wanted and needed in America. Only 7 Republicans-- many of them up for re-election next year-- were either wise enough, brave enough or scared enough-- to break with their reactionary leaders and vote with all the Democrats. Those Republicans, for the record were Susan Collins (up for re-election), Chuck Hagel (up for re-election), Norm Coleman (up for re-election), Olympia Snowe, Gordon Smith (up for re-election), John Warner (up for re-election) and Arlen Specter. Every Democrat voted yes except Tom Johnson who is still in the hospital.

I'd like to point out that 100% Bush supporter Holy Joe Lieberman (I-CT), who Bill Clinton campaigned for and who Bill Clinton told a national TV audience would be basically the same as the Democratic nominee, Ned Lamont, changed a life-long habit today. No he didn't change the habit of keeping his head neck deep up Cheney's ass. He changed an ostentatious affectation-- one that was on prominent display when he ran for vice president-- of never working on the Jewish Sabbath. He broke that so he could spit in the eye of every voter in Connecticut.

Keep in mind that after Lieberman was defeated in the Democratic primary, Bush, Rove and Cheney let it be known that Republicans were to vote for him as an independent candidate instead of the legitimate Republican candidate. But that wouldn't be enough votes in this blue state. So to appeal to low-information Democrats and independents Lieberman re-invented himself as an anti-war champion. Voters who hadn't paid close attention, actually thought the Senate's most bloodthirsty warmonger was as eager to end the war as Ned Lamont, something underscored by Bill Clinton's poo-pooing of the difference. Today Lieberman got to rub poo-poo in Clinton's face (again).

So what's next? Well, let me be the first to predict that Lieberman will make it official and switch his caucus-status to the Republicans, throwing control of that chamber to them. Today Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid said he's through with the symbolic nonbinding bullshit. That will be enough for Clinton's "same-thing" boy to jump over to the GOP.