07.20.06
All Over But the Whining
Glenn Reynolds says that Bill Clinton is going to campaign for Joe Lieberman. Deeper down in the linked report is this bit of analysis (emphases mine):
Lieberman famously broke with Clinton in 1998 when he took the Senate floor to condemn the president’s marital infidelity as “immoral” and denounce his “premeditated” deception. The speech was widely interpreted as Lieberman’s stepping-stone to the Democrats’ vice presidential nomination two years later.
That’s exactly right. And who put Lieberman in the Veep’s spot? Al Gore, the undying hero to today’s far Left and the man who very conspicuously rejected Clinton’s help in the 2000 Presidential race. Gore is also the man who purposely screwed the very loyal Lieberman in 2004 by depriving him of a clear entry into the race. And where are Gore and the moonbats today? Doing their damnedest to oust Lieberman in favor of an opportunistic multimillionaire.
Clinton, in a recent speech at the Aspen Institute conference, defended Lieberman and his staunch support for the war in Iraq. He questioned why antiwar Democrats are seeking to oust a fellow Democrat, saying that instead of seeking to retire Republicans they were pursuing “the nuttiest strategy I ever heard in my life.”
That’s the funniest damned thing I’ve read all day. Thanks for screwing the moonbats, Bill, and giving the Right a win-win situation: if your influence is still strong, the netroots will be embarrassed, not only at losing once again, but by exposing their venomous character to the rest of the Democratic Party in trying to dismiss you as a sell-out (something that will also impact your wife). Meanwhile, the Republicans would get to keep an honorable ally among the opposition.
But, if your assistance to Lieberman fails to cinch the deal, it will sow some doubt as to your influence in what everyone sees as a major bellweather battle for the fall.
I just love it!
