Joe's 'progress'-ive behavior
Lieberman presented himself as a moderate during his re-election bid and won. He claimed he wanted to end the war and said we were making "progress."
That however was last year, well before the "surge" became our new foreign policy. Then he said it again last week, that we are finally making "progress."
What happened to last year's progress?
What was not commonly known during the election was that the major contributors of his campaign are the same people who organized and funded the Scooter Libby Defense Fund. Lieberman then appeared uninvited at a Senate hearing to speak on behalf of Sam Fox for ambassador. Fox is a major Republican donor who gave $50,000 to the Swift Boat disinformation campaign against Lieberman's then-fellow Democrat and friend, John Kerry.
Shortly after that Lieberman voted with President Bush against a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq. And just last week he accused the Democrats of harassing the president and endorsed Susan Collins, Republican senator from Maine, for re-election. His PAC even gave her $5,000.
I know why most Republicans voted for Lieberman. Although they will protest otherwise - claiming bipartisanship and other high moral reasons - it was just an opportunity to poke the Democratic Party in the eye.
I would like to ask the moderate Democrats and Independents who voted for Joe Lieberman: Do you feel foolish yet? Well, if you do, at least now you are paying attention.
Peter Hargett
Meriden
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