Senator Joe Lieberman attended the weekly lunch of the Senate Democrats, warmly greeting colleagues, and yucking it up with his old friends. Not surprisingly, his attendance at the lunch raised eyebrows among some of his colleagues.
Being the gutless peaceniks that they are, those with raised eyebrows waited until Sen. Lieberman left to complain about him showing up at the lunch.
Joe Lieberman’s continued full-throated support of John McCain for President and his continued attacks on Barack Obama have severely strained relations with many Democrats. Although, I would argue that the relationship became strained when his party threw him under the bus for supporting the Iraq war.
In the eyes of many “freedom loving” Democrats, it was just unacceptable for Joe Lieberman to have an opinion on Iraq that differed from the rest of the herd.
They actually tried to throw him out of the party because he didn’t support defeat in Iraq. The way Joe Lieberman has been treated by the party he dedicated his life to has been an absolute disgrace. So I can’t believe anyone would really be shocked that Joe is not feeling particularly loyal to the Democratic party these days.
The only way to be accepted in today’s Democratic party is to subscribe to a radical, far-left ideology that only a tiny fringe minority of the country believes in.
The fact that Joe was willing to put everything on the line to keep us from defeat in Iraq shows a level of character and integrity that few politicians these days possess.
Joe Lieberman is a good man and should be respected.
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