LIEberman to Attend GOP Convention

Shades of Zell Miller!
Joe LIE-berman is going to attend the Republican National convention this summer, as one of Yawn McSame's policy advisors.

(From the Stamford Advocate:)Lieberman, who calls himself an independent Democrat, still caucuses with Senate Democrats who need him to maintain a 51-49 majority.

Friday, Lieberman said he will attend the Republican National Convention this summer, "if Senator McCain thinks it will be helpful to be there in some capacity."

Lieberman is co-chairman of McCain's campaign in Connecticut with U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Bridgeport.

"I am not going to attend the Democratic Convention for obvious reasons," Lieberman said.

Lieberman had his superdelegate status stripped earlier this year, and his 'obvious reasons' for not attending the Democratic convention would probably include things like, oh, I don't know ... being flayed alive maybe?

He must have seen George W. Bush win Kvatch's coveted Asshole of the Week Award on Saturday and thought to himself, "Gee - I want one of those." Giving an athletic 110% to the effort, he also gave indications that he would support Shays, his co-chair in McCain's campaign.

Asked whether he will cross party lines again during the fall Congressional election to support Shays over his Democratic challenger, Jim Himes of Greenwich, Lieberman hinted he would once again sway toward the GOP.

"I am going to wait and see, but let me just say Chris Shays is a great congressman."

After all, there are a lot of assholes out there, and if you want to win you have to give it that extra effort.

Lieberman's support for the U.S. senator from Arizona has been the last straw for many Democrats in the state reeling from his successful independent run against Ned Lamont, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, in 2006. His critics say the Stamford resident has abandoned the Democratic Party and say he remains a member in name only.

They couldn't have figured that out before the election? We here at Les Enragés.org had Lieberman's entire career pegged as a false flag operation even before he was challenged by Ned Lamont, a REAL Democrat. If they could have figured it out it would have saved us all a lot of trouble. Six years worth to be exact.

Hat-tip to Think Progress for the story.

TAGS:
Joe LIE-berman,
Pondscum and other organisms that make you sick,
False Flag Operations,
Assholes

There's Your Problem Right There

Consultants Draining 2008 Contenders' Campaign Funds

The '08 field of Presidential contenders have spent $16 million on consultants in the last six months. Did you ever wonder why these consultants just don't run for office? Can you imagine President Karl Rove? President James Carville?

From The Boston Globe:

WASHINGTON - Bill Clinton began his quest for the White House with just five clerical staff to supplement volunteers in the early fall of 1991. His $26,543 in expenditures for the first three months included $342.88 for telephone installation, $1,263.34 for office supplies, and $418.09 for the ingredients to make cookies for his announcement celebration.

Sixteen years later, at a similar stage of the campaign, his wife, Hillary Clinton, has already paid more than $1.3 million to 10 different types of professional political operatives to advise her on everything from media strategy to trip planning and Internet use. Her campaign, which has spent $17.8 million overall, hired more than 350 people during the first half of this year, making it a bigger employer than 96 percent of US businesses, according to the US Census Bureau.

(more)

What these consultants aren't capable of knowing is that the game they're playing is shrinking. PR doesn't fool anyone anymore. When someone in your campaign is caught breaking rules, laws or taboos, having them resign to spend more time with their family may be an effective way to stonewall the media, it's never going to win anyone over.

Consultants exist to make sure that candidates don't give voters reasons not to vote for them. None of these consultant-laden campaigns are doing very much to bring new voters into the system. I'm not talking about voter turnout. Plenty of people vote out of guilt, duty and most often fear, but never with the joy in their heart that this mofo I'm sending to DC is going to kick some ass for me and make this country great.

Why don't politicians ever try to build a constituency with candor? Because consultants will tell them over and over that it will get them beaten. But even the homeless understand, a little truth goes a long way:

TAGS: Voting, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, Consultants