Anti-war Democrats in Connecticut nominated Ned Lamont for the U.S. Senate. This sends "moderate" Joe Lieberman, a three-term senator and the party's vice presidential nominee six years ago, into an independent's campaign to retain his seat.
Republicans are moved to lament the fate of "poor Joe Lieberman." Handed a bucket and a big ol' brush, the GOP can well paint the Democratic Party as captive to the left wing. MoveOn.org has moved on in.
Mr. Lieberman is not all that moderate on social issues. His chief offense was to support President Bush's war in Iraq.
As a Jew but not only because he is a Jew, Lieberman regards Islamic fascism as a threat to Western Civilization, including its beleaguered outpost in the Middle East, Israel.
The "netroots" blogosphere was elated as it crafted an Internet equivalent of a lynching. One site had Lieberman in blackface, speaking of the racial tolerance in the Democratic Party.
After his defeat, the liberal blog Daily Kos demanded that Lieberman be stripped of all committee assignments while urging the faithful to spread the word that Lieberman is a "sore loser."
Indeed, his independent candidacy is heretical to the liberal Democrats, who are spectacularly undemocratic when mulling Lieberman's right to run outside the Democratic Party's shrinking tent.
Funny these similarities among the truly intolerant, whether they roam the sands of Iraq or Connecticut's bedroom towns.
