Tuesday, December 18th, 2007...6:34 am
Pundit Logic
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Okay…get this straight:
- John McCain lost his appeal among independent voters because of his unwavering support of a now unpopular war.
- Joe Lieberman was forced to leave his party because of his unwavering support of a now unpopular war.
- Joe Lieberman endorses John McCain, largely because of McCain’s unwavering support of a now unpopular war.
- Joe Lieberman’s endorsement of John McCain will help McCain among independents.
Got it?
6 Comments
December 18th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
Yeah, yeah.
John McCain is an independent and Bill Belichik is a Jets fan.
December 19th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
Joe Leiberman may have some influence among right wing, pro-Israel American Jews, but most of them will probably vote for Hillary.
I kind of doubt that Leiberman’s endorsement is worth much to anyone, independent or otherwise. It is just another example of how meaningless, useless information occupies the minds of these so called “pundits.” When is America going to get tired of them and demand real news?
December 19th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
Truthfully, people forget that Lieberman left the Democratic party by doing the unpardonable: after losing a primary he not only failed to endorse the winner, but he also ran against the winner as an independent. Somehow the fact that he was 1. the incumbent and 2. won the general as an independednt is supposed to excuse that. Well, it doesn’t.
If he’d been a challenger who pulled that kind of stunt and ended up handing the election to the Republicans his breach of partisan ethics would be very, very clear. That wasn’t the scenario in his case but the act is identical.
There have been Democrats who’ve won primaries who I didn’t support, but once the primary is over I expect the losers, whoever they are, to support and endorse the winner, and absolutely under no conditions to try to keep running for the office.
December 20th, 2007 at 12:18 am
“Partisan Ethics” — isn’t that an oxymoron?
All’s fair in love, war, and politics.
December 20th, 2007 at 10:51 am
I think that the move by ‘Tail-Gunner” Joe is more about helping Joe than it is about McCain. Joe hopes to increase his ‘independent’ label and make himself seem significant with this move. It is also possble that Joe hopes that McCain will pick him as Veep if he should win.(it would never happen, McCain winning the nomination or Joe getting Veep nod from the Republicans))
December 20th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
I can’t stand Leiberman, but I don’t think he can be faulted for leaving the Democratic party and running as an independent in 2006. As far we know, it was a fair election and he won. In this case, the problem seems to be with the voters.
His political career isn’t going anywhere, and he must surely know that by now. He can remain and independent and probably keep getting re-elected for as long as he likes. Such is the power of incumbency, and that is not a good thing.
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