Joe Lieberman "Doesn't Quite Get What Is Happening To Him"...

The New York Observer Joe Conason July 12, 2006 at 12:25 AM
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Whenever Senator Joseph Lieberman complains that he is the target of a "single-issue" challenge by upstart millionaire Ned Lamont, the three-term incumbent proves he doesn't quite get what is happening to him. It is true that the Lamont campaign began as a protest against his slavish support of the war in Iraq. It is untrue that growing anti-war sentiment is the sole reason for his peril in next month's Democratic primary.

That he would dismiss the disastrous occupation as merely "one issue" suggests how remote he is from his constituents--the great majority of whom now view the war as a costly strategic and moral error that should be concluded as soon as possible. He sounds equally detached from that failed policy's awful reality when he proclaims that "the situation in Iraq is a lot better" than a year ago.

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