I used to like Joe Lieberman, really I did.  I was a little iffy on his condemnation of Clinton, but I was pumped when Gore picked him in 2000 -- he was my home state senator, a Democrat, a good Jewish guy from Stamford.  But those video game hearings, leading the charge on Iraq, and then, of course, that kiss, have soured me quite a bit.  In fact, I don't want the guy in the Senate, or anywhere else where he can influence or create public policy anymore.  He's up for reelection in 2006 and, as he's quite popular in Connecticut, it doesn't look like much of a contest.  I wouldn't want a Republican to replace him, and I don't think many Democrats want to challenge him in the primary, so all hope is lost, right?  Well not quite. 

 

Enter Lowell P. Weicker, former maverick Republican senator who Lieberman bumped off in '88, and who went on to win the governorship of CT in as an Independent (or more precisely, a member of A Connecticut Party, also a secondary home on the ballot to Rosa DeLauro, one of the all-time greats).  Is he interested?  Well, maybe not entirely, but he's certainly thinking about it, and lots of people are pushing him, as noted by the Hartford Courant.  I want him to run.  This sums it up quite well:

 

If he ran, Weicker said, his campaign against Lieberman would revolve around a single issue: Lieberman's support for invading Iraq and remaining there, a decision that has cost the U.S. 2,100 war dead and damaged the nation's credibility around the world.

"I disagree 100 percent with the position he's taken on this war. It mirrors that of the president, and obviously I disagree with the president," Weicker said.

 

Bush and Lieberman are one in the same on the most important issue facing our country today.  Bush is a disgraced shadow of a president.  To support him in his tragic war is treason. 

 

Vote Weicker.