Tuesday, August 19, 2008
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The Beauty of Keeping Lieberman in the Mix
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Posted by:
Carol Platt Liebau at
10:20 PM
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News reports say that John McCain is keeping Joe Lieberman in the running for VP.
That's fine with me. Not because I think McCain will pick Lieberman -- if he does, he's so openly disrespectful of the policies and priorities of his base, and so dismissive of his need for their support, that his judgment is in question.
McCain surely understands that his VP pick will send a huge signal to the base about where he sees the GOP going. It doesn't even make sense for someone who's identified himself as an admirer of President Reagan and as a "conservative" to choose someone who could comfortably run with Al Gore eight years ago.
But keeping Lieberman in the mix, even as conservatives like me reiterate our strong opposition to a Democrat as veep on the Republican ticket plays well for McCain. It's designed to send a message to independents -- just as his supposed openness to a pro-choice running mate was supposed to reassure PUMA's. He's using the veep process to re-establish his credentials as a "maverick" who may not always toe the GOP line, without actually moving left on any policies . . . and if talking up Lieberman helps him in Florida, he's not averse to that, either.
At least, I hope that's what's happening. And I hope that if and when McCain wins the presidency, he remembers that the allegiance of independents can be fleeting -- and isn't the basis for a stable governing coalition. But with someone as left -- and as inexperienced -- as Barack on the other side, there's nothing to do but take my chances with McCain.
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by Broadway Joe Smithers
He walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in his aspect and his eyes:
Thus mellow'd to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impair'd the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o'er his face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.
And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!
To be sung while dancing in tights and holding your nose. Great for cross-dressers like Joe. |
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This is spot on:
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/270999.php
And Yes, McCain can play Mavericky but not with his Veep choice. Don't make the Defeatocons happy. |
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