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The best discription of Joe Lieberman I have read [View all]
From Duncan Black, aka Atrios.
Joe Lieberman Is Dead
I make exceptions for the young, usually, but if you make it to 80+ you got the full trip and had plenty of chances to express regrets, or not, so I feel no problem with assessing the life of people who were quite proud of themselves.
He was a bad and dishonest person who delighted in making other people suffer for petty or grotesque reasons, all while basking the glow of praise from a political press who treated him as The Last Good Man In Washington.
Embrace being bad, don't wrap it in sanctimonious smug and demand people you deserve it.
The reaction of Official Washington to someone daring to offer a primary challenge to him was extremely telling. They loved their Joe.
I make exceptions for the young, usually, but if you make it to 80+ you got the full trip and had plenty of chances to express regrets, or not, so I feel no problem with assessing the life of people who were quite proud of themselves.
He was a bad and dishonest person who delighted in making other people suffer for petty or grotesque reasons, all while basking the glow of praise from a political press who treated him as The Last Good Man In Washington.
Embrace being bad, don't wrap it in sanctimonious smug and demand people you deserve it.
The reaction of Official Washington to someone daring to offer a primary challenge to him was extremely telling. They loved their Joe.
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