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Still a Scum, After All These Years

Joe Lieberman, of course. This, from Talking Points Memo: "Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) appeared on MSNBC Thursday afternoon, and made a bold pronouncement on the political debates surrounding the interrogation of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the suspect in the attempted bombing of Flight 253: That critics of the White House should not be accused of aiding al-Qaeda. The catch here is that during the Bush years, Lieberman himself made some similar comments about critics of the Iraq War -- saying that when they attacked the Bush administration they were harming America, or helping al-Qaeda, or attacking America's allies." At this point it's hard to blame this self-important, vengeful blowhard any more than I blame the Senate Democrats for being too weak to do a damned thing, under Lieberman's constant backstabbing. An Additional Comment: I just want to make it clear that I believe that Lieberman's behavior the last few years has absolutely nothing to do with id...