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Democratic
process an annoyance to Lieberman
ANDY THIBAULT
Norwich Bulletin
Published August 20, 2006
Some
people like democracy -- except when it actually happens. When they are
challenged, they say things like, "Let's not get partisan" or
"Let's not make this political." This is a sure sign something
is up. Hold on to your wallet. Turn on the baloney detector.
What they are really saying is, don't challenge me. Leave me alone; I'll
take care of you.
This brings to mind the giant sucking-up sound of Phony Joe Lieber-Rove
Loserman saying, "We undermine the president's credibility at our
nation's peril."
Think about it. Is this not one of the all-time greatest anti-democratic
statements ever made? In time of war, we need more free speech -- not
less. Citizens need to exercise citizenship and not tolerate wasteful
spending of dollars and lives or illegal spying by big government.
And how could anyone undermine the president's credibility?
The message from Phony Loserman was to march in line quietly and let big
government take care of you, whether by bankrupting the nation and
destroying lives unnecessarily with the Iraq diversion or deciding when a
family should pull the plug on a hopelessly debilitated loved one.
Then, to the infantile: "I think Big Bad Ned broke my toy" was
the cry from Phony Loserman when his Web site went bonkers and splat. Boo
hoo. Poor baby. Never mind the evidence or lack thereof.
Finally, to the ludicrous: Ned Lamont's victory in Connecticut's
Democratic Senate primary will be celebrated "by the same people who
wanted to blow up these planes in this plot hatched in England,"
Phony Loserman asserted. More great hits emanate from the Rove-Cheney-Bush
playbook as they try to cover up their own mess with whatever might stick.
Do they really think the people of Connecticut are that stupid?
A more honest refrain for Lieber-Rove to sing would be, "My party
left me and there's gonna be trouble. ..."
Ned Lamont stood up to power and gave the voiceless a voice. He said,
"Stop, let's think about what is a phony war on terror and what is
real security. What are good decisions and what are bad decisions on
health care, education and infrastructure?"
Because of this, he is a "very dangerous" person.
As Phony Loserman does the funky chicken, convulsing on the facts and
choking on his own bile, get ready for more wild punches out of nowhere.
For the self-proclaimed Mr. Morality and the truth are strangers. It will
only get worse as Lamont maintains grace under pressure and demonstrates
himself to be a statesman in venues including Fox News Sunday.
Republicans like Lieber-Rove are good fighters. Lieber-Rove is nothing if
not a good tactician. He ran rings around U.S. Sen. Lowell Weicker on the
right and left simultaneously. Keep in mind these types of fights have
nothing to do with reality, but everything to do with who can punch. In
street fights like this, the James Bakers of the world flatten the Al
Gores. Thankfully for Lamont, his campaign manager, Tom Swan, is a good
puncher and perhaps a good multi-tasker.
Setting Lamont apart from many politicians is his ability to actually
listen to people, whether it's a cop on the street trying to keep
rally-goers out of traffic or a fair organizer compelled to tell the
candidate more than he needs to know about an event as supporters stand
by.
"My party" has been hijacked by extremists, the sorry, pompous
old fool said. But, who is the real extremist? The fiscal conservative and
accomplished businessman who won the primary or the hack who caters to the
fascist impulses of the sanctimonious and the power elite?
Sadly, Phony Loserman has become what he painted Lowell Weicker as in
1988: Nobody's Man But His Own.
Thibault, author of "Law & Justice In Everyday Life"
and a private investigator, is a mentor in the Master of Fine Arts writing
program at Western Connecticut State University, consulting editor for the
literary journal Connecticut Review and adjunct professor at the
University of Hartford's Hillyer College. His column appears Sundays. Web
site: www.andythibault.com
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Blog: http://cooljustice.blogspot.com
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