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08/17/2006 Entry:
Is Lieberman a Republican?
Joe Lieberman claims he is a Democrat at heart, even though he is challenging Ned Lamont, who won the Democratic Connecticut primary. Lieberman feels good because he is now ahead in the polls: He has 53% to 41% for Lamont, with Republican Schlessinger getting only 4%. Since primarily Republicans are rooting for him, Lieberman has essentially become the Republican candidate. Is Lieberman a Republican?
If so, he picked the worst time in history to say so. The Republicans have so messed up the Iraq war, the Middle East, homeland security and the rights of Americans, that the nation is on the threshold of a huge upheaval in political power. Lieberman may be high in the polls now, but it will not last.
Here are but 2 of the latest incidents to show the need for kicking out Republican miscreants and incompetents:
- DEMOCRACY IS DEAD IN IRAQ - Many of us knew that establishing a democracy was not the reason for invading Iraq. But now comes official confirmation:
“'Senior administration officials have acknowledged to me that they are considering alternatives other than democracy,' said one military affairs expert who received an Iraq briefing at the White House last month and agreed to speak only on condition of anonymity."
- HOMELAND SECURITY IS A MESS - A liquid mess. You saw what happened recently at airports when each passenger was asked to come an hour earlier so that he or she could have time to dump soda, toothpaste and other dangerous liquids. Maybe the extra time would allow each to use his laptop before he checked it as baggage. How do you suppose recent airline passengers feel when they hear that the White House and the U.S. Supreme Court already have machines that check for liquid explosives? Unbelievable. This is what I picked up at AmericaBlog:
"Joe Reiss, AS&E's vice president of marketing, said his company's SmartCheck systems are used at the White House and the US Supreme Court. But they're not widely used in airport security. TSA agreed last year to conduct tests of the system. But Reiss said those tests had not yet begun."
Everything about the Republican Party that Lieberman holds dear - fighting the Iraq war and enhancing homeland security - are going down the drain. This is a terrible time to switch to the Republican Party.
In addition, the Republicans got another smackdown with reference to snooping on citizens. I know that Lieberman came out against snooping without a warrant. Does he now want to associate himself with the party that promotes unconstitutional activity? Here is what a
federal judge ruled:
"U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency's program, which she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy as well as the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution."
The Republican Party is headed toward a collapse this November. The polls will soon change. When they get into the voting booth, Republicans will vote for a Republican, not a Democrat. Lieberman, if he stays with the Republicans, is headed in the same direction.
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