Millbank mopes for Lieberman

[BurtWorm]

This column is only a few days old, but it already stinks. Millbank blames Democrats in the Senate for "disloyalty" (!!) to one of their "peers." (What do you think this is, Dana, the House of Lords?!):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/06/AR2006090601808_2.html

For Lieberman, the 'I' Stands for 'Ignored'

...

Nothing personal, the Lamont Democrats insisted. "He's our friend," Durbin declared after lunch, at which he said colleagues gave Lieberman "a big ovation."

"He's a friend of mine," seconded Carl Levin (Mich.).

Lieberman told reporters that Blanche Lincoln (Ark.) approached him at lunch and said, "I'm not going to settle for a handshake; I want a big hug."

Hugs and ovations are nice. But Durbin, Levin and Lincoln aren't on Lieberman's list of supporters.

Republicans, perhaps hoping for a convert, were quick to offer succor; half a dozen approached with backslaps and condolences during Lieberman's eight minutes on the Senate floor. "What happened to him was a tragedy," Trent Lott (Miss.) said off the Senate floor. "I'd be happy to have him in our party."

Lieberman took a charitable view of his peers' disloyalty. "My colleagues were as warm and collegial as you would expect them to be," he told a pack of 20 reporters. "I understand the rules of the game."

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:puke:

[NYCGirl]

1. Link? I'd like to read the whole thing. NT

[BurtWorm]

3. It's there now.

Sorry.

[Pierre.Suave]

2. This says it all

"What happened to him was a tragedy," Trent Lott (Miss.) said off the Senate floor. "I'd be happy to have him in our party."

Can anything more really be said?

[gratuitous]

4. His *peers'* disloyalty?

Apparently Milbank does think the Senate is some American equivalent of the House of Lords. Democrats aren't being "disloyal" to Lieberman; he's not running as a Democrat anymore. So who is disloyal?

[Benhurst]

5. Shame on Senators Durbin, Levin and Lincoln!

How dare they put the wishes of mere voters above those of a ranking Senate Club member and fellow oligarch.

[never_get_over_it]

7. Read more carefully please

"Hugs and ovations are nice. But Durbin, Levin and Lincoln aren't on Lieberman's list of supporters."

They said Lieberman is their friend but they are not supporting him.

[Benhurst]

10. Is it always necessary on DU to use the

:sarcasm: icon?

(Sigh.)

Doing so defeats the purpose of a sarcastic post every bit as much as shouting "laugh!" at the end of a joke.

[never_get_over_it]

11. Ooooooooopppppps Sorry man do I feel dumb

but truthfully sometimes you never know here at DU....lol

[Benhurst]

13. ...

:hi:

[NYCGirl]

6. LOL! "Senator Pariah"!

"Hey, you know, that's politics," Senator Pariah told reporters who besieged him off the Senate floor. Lieberman reported that, privately, "some of the Democrats said, 'Sorry it didn't turn out better, but we hope you come back.' " He added, wryly, "I won't disclose which one said that."

:rofl:

[lyonn]

8. How can he win back the Senate as an Independent?

Are there enough Repubs to carry him over Lamont?

[Ganja Ninja]

9. "What happened to him was a tragedy,"

The Democratic voters of Connecticut voted for the candidate of their choice. That's called democracy and Trent Lott thinks its a tragedy.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

12. If he really understood the rules of the game

he would have quietly packed his bags.

[warrens]

14. There'll always be Likud seat in the Knesset for Joe nt