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David Weigel | August 9, 2006

"Alas," says Tim Cavanaugh. "Poor Joe Lieberman. I knew him well. Now, who's got the champagne?"

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|8.9.06 @ 3:25PM|#

No, no, no, Dave, it should have read. . . .

Alas, poor Joe L.! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of quite finite jest, of most somnolent fancy: he hath stabbed me in the back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my GOP nation it is! My gorge rims at it.

Jeez, does anyone know Shakespeare anymore?

Gene Berkman|8.9.06 @ 4:16PM|#

Excellent column, Tim. In so many ways, Joe Lieberman is the new Scoop Jackson, patron saint of the New Deal Democrat Warhawks.

Committed to the welfare state and the warfare state, dismissive of personal liberty as any concern. Murray Rothbard dubbed Sen.Henry Jackson "Mr State."

For Connecticut voters who are glad to see Lieberman go but are not sure about Ned Lamont, the Independent Party offers John Mertens as a choce. http://www.mertens2006.com/jm2006/

|8.9.06 @ 4:25PM|#

Lamont is no one I want to see in office, but Lieberman had to go down. If the Republicans weren't so lame in Connecticut, they could have done the deed, but then again they now seem to embrace the same statist "solutions" as Unctuous Joe.

See you in hell, Joe!

|8.9.06 @ 5:27PM|#

No offense, Tim, but this column is the equivalent of a flashback episode. I know how to type "liebermann site:reason.com" into Google, thank you very much.

|8.9.06 @ 5:38PM|#

"The pious prig"

My g-d, Tim! You sure are an asshole!

|8.9.06 @ 5:41PM|#

"I know how to type "liebermann site:reason.com" into Google, thank you very much"

Sadly, Tim lacks that ability (and countless others I might add...)

|8.9.06 @ 6:32PM|#

As long as we stop getting daily updates on Connecticut primaries, I'm OK with flashback closure.

|8.9.06 @ 7:29PM|#

Yeah, one of the really bad guys bites the dust...hopefully. Either Lamont or the Republican are going to have a more libertarian voting record than that big spending liberal war hawk, Lieberman.

Does anyone know anything about the GOP nominee?
It would be groovy if he/she was an anti-war, limited government, fiscal conservative like Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska.

Robert|8.9.06 @ 8:10PM|#

The GOP nominee (apparently by default) is a nobody whose name I forgot. He could come in 4th.

I predict a Lieberman re-election. Connecticut for Lieberman will be a ballot line useful to various opportunists over the next few years. Meanwhile the primary might be moved to Sept. while they keep the deadline for independent and new party petitions where it is in August. And Lieberman in the US senate finds himself completely unconstrained as to which party to vote with, as he realizes he don't need no stinkin' parties no mo'. Having proven he can beat them on his own, he doesn't even need to earn favors for Conn., as he stokes his ego and gets considered by the Unity Campaign for President or Veep in 2008.

|8.9.06 @ 11:59PM|#

Robert,

If Lieberman wins, I'll go to a rainbow party with Herrick. It ain't gonna happen.

|8.10.06 @ 1:05AM|#

"If Lieberman wins, I'll go to a rainbow party with Herrick."

Promise duly noted. We'll swallow each other in November.

|8.10.06 @ 1:59AM|#

crimethink,

Jeez! You're giving up too much. You shoulda made a bet out of it so at least you'd get something if the statist creep loses.

Rainbow Warrior:

We'll swallow each other in November.

I was gonna say; "Yuck, gag me with a soon!" but I guess that's not the best retort in this case :) Not that there's anything wrong with that...