Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

A norm that restrains only one side really is not a norm – it is a trap.

Not all heroes wear capes.

Jesus watching the most hateful people claiming to be his followers

He really is that stupid.

Republicans do not trust women.

“woke” is the new caravan.

Dear Washington Post, you are the darkness now.

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

“Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.”

Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

Everything is totally normal and fine!!!

These are not very smart people, and things got out of hand.

Fight for a just cause, love your fellow man, live a good life.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like letting children go hungry.

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

Museums are not America’s attic for its racist shit.

They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.

The unpunished coup was a training exercise.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

They punch you in the face and then start crying because their fist hurts.

We still have time to mess this up!

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  1. 1.

    skinhead bill

    Joe Lieberman is a whiny JEW (but I like the fact that he is an environmentalist)!!! Americans THINK!!
    If we keep letting shady JEWS slip into Washinton, no matter how liberal or progressive they are, it is only a matter of time before they side with thier fellow neocons (JEWS) and lead us into an Israel related WWIII (it wont be the JEWS out there on the front line folks!).
    Mark my words! If Lieberman were to really give his two cents he would have a rock solid alliance w/ Wolfowitz and all the rest of the president controlling KIKES!
    ARYANS! Dont let the JEW control YOU!!

    HEIL HITLER!

  2. 2.

    Terry

    Interesting. It’s also interesting that a fair number of the blogs in the Link you posted below to the Schiavo issue call for Lieberman’s defeat in the Connecticut primary. In fact, several of them have specifically referred to him as a “traitor.” But maybe you don’t consider atrios and the like as “fringe.”

  4. 4.

    Carpbasman

    Well I think the Democratic “fringe” in this case cares less about voting records (Dean was a pro gun centrist who happened to be unburdened with voting for the Iraq resoltion) and more to do with the perception that Lieberman and other DLC Democrats have a tendency to be more outspoken against the grassroots of the party than they are against what are percieved to be the excesses of the Republican party.

    It would be akin to a Republican politician constantly denigrating the religious right. Or at least, it would be akin to the religious right seeing a Republican politician as speeking out more against them than the Democrats.

  5. 5.

    Kimmitt

    You’re precisely correct, and the proof of this is in the grassroots’ support for Senator Reid, a much more centrist politician than Senator Lieberman.

  6. 6.

    Oliver

    A centrist/conservative Dem is fine as long as they don’t think its cool to stab the party in the back. This is Lieberman’s sin.

  7. 7.

    slapshot57

    Lieberman’s got great positions on the issues, a lot of the more liberal democrat’s problems with him stem from his readiness to go on FoxNews and talk about compromise for the sake of compromise.

    It’s probably the same issue a lot of reps have with McCain, the fact that they both do their own thing for their own personal glorification

  8. 8.

    CadillaqJaq

    Oliver, perhaps Lieberman’s idea of ‘who’ the Democratic Party is varies with yours, ergo the stabbing as you referred to it. I’m on the other team but I see Joe Lieberman as more of a real democrat than many of the people that currently hold leadership positions in the party.

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