Completely Unnecessary

There’s always one or two crossover speeches at each convention, so the fact that Joe Lieberman spoke at the RNC doesn’t really bother me that much. He and John McCain have been friends for years, etc.

Do what you want man - go with god.

But, seriously, can he, like, go with god already?

My favorite part of the 2008 election - Obama win or lose - is going to be winning enough seats in the Senate that we can give the sanctimonious old blowhard the heave ho.

Here’s Bush at the RNC tonight via video (and I’m sure there are several Republicans damning the miracle of satellite technology):

Fellow citizens: If the Hanoi Hilton could not break John McCain’s resolve to do what is best for his country, you can be sure the angry left never will.

That ‘angry left’ used to include Joe Lieberman. TPM’s got a series of clips of him railing against Bush, et al. ideology and policies as recently as 2004.

I’ve never been particularly fond of Lieberman, but his braggadocio was less repellent when it didn’t reflect an apparent willingness to abandon nearly all his values in favor of draconian, one-issue politics.

Or perhaps he’s still smarting from 2006, so he took his ball and went to the TC.

[Ergh. Sorry, I had some great (wrong) par from the NYT about how Dems had pushed Lieberman from his ticket in 2006, but I'm unable to find here. I think it's up on my work machine. If I find it, I'll update.]

Either way - really looking forward to the Senate pick up. No one person should have that much power. I hope the Senator enjoyed the smug cheers from the floor tonight; his status is bound to be downgraded come November.

In other news, some frightened part of me begins to suspect that all these Palin scandals and mini-scandals are only to place the bar so low that she only has to skip over it to succeed.

I’ve read multiple postings today (including this one from FiveThirtyEight) that say all she has to do tonight is avoid everything but the most major stuff ups.

Bear in mind that I also just re-watched Season Seven of The West Wing. Remember the one where Leo makes everyone think he’s a crap debater, just so he can hit it out of the park?

I bet Sarah Palin doesn’t even have any kids…

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