Joe Lieberman needs to be beaten with a stick

My attempt to maintain objectivity is a delusional and fleeting ambition as I listen to what is going on at the Republican Convention. Pro-Republican pundits say things in grammatically correct English, in which I happen to be fluent, yet I don't understand what they mean.
- The media are living in an absurdly different world than the rest of "us." This explains the media's quizzical and skeptical reaction to Palin's VP candidacy.
Hmm. Or maybe that monolithic alien entity known as the media is simply exercising its normal mission of questioning the status quo and questioning things that seem odd? (And lets be frank - the selection of Palin is more than a little odd)
- Palin is like someone "we" live next to, an ordinary person type of person. That is a really good thing and thus "we" all like her a lot. She is an "army mom." "We" can identify with her.
Hmmmm. I thought the idea was to have an extra-ordinary person as President. Isn't Biden an "army dad?" Why don't "we" identify with him? Maybe because he doesn't support an abstinence-only policy while his not-yet-adult unmarried daughter is pregnant?
- Palin has made more decisions as governor in Alaska than Biden as senator. Senators don't make decisions, they make speeches.
Hmmmmmm. Isn't McCain a senator?

OK, no more mincing about. I nominate Joe Lieberman for being beaten with a stick until he agrees to quit politics. Do I hear a 2nd? Yes, thank you, please clamor down everyone, we just need one, thank you. Heck, give me the stick. Lieberman's choice quote was that, while Obama voted against continuation of funding for the war in Iraq, "John McCain had the courage to stand against the tide of public opinion" and vote to continue funding "American soldiers in the field." WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? In democracies, isn't the political leadership supposed to listen to the public? I really thought that was a fairly fundamental theme for a republic.

Additional Lieber-wisdom is that Obama has not reached across party lines during his Senate tenure. Frankly that is why I am committed to voting for Obama now. You know, there is a time for overcoming partisan-ness and getting things done, and there is a time for voters to do their solemn duty to punish the incumbent party for sucking. That is how it works. Otherwise if there were enough ignorant, myopic partyline voters, sucking could beget more sucking in perpetuity. But I digress. I think cynacism begets digressing.

Really, what is all the fuss? So what if Palin becomes President? That might not be the best thing for the country, true, but it could hardly be worse than, say... George W. Bush as President. Oh wait, that actually happened...twice. But would the country be in any more danger with Palin lurking in the #2 spot than it has the past 8 years with Satan-I mean Cheney as VP? If Republican strategists were shrewd, that would be the buzzline. "Hey after 8 years of serious suckitude, Sponge Bob would be a step-up, but why set the bar so low - we give you Palin!" Come to think of it, this reminds me of Iran. Omigosh, what if Iran gets the bomb! Nothing could be worse than that, except say, Pakistan getting the bomb - oh wait we're already living that nightmare.

Lieberman's reason for attending the Rep. Convention? "Because country matters more than party." From my vantage point, Lieberman already showed in Connecticut that he himself matters more than party too. I wonder what cabinet-type position Lieberman is line up for if the Republicans win. Perhaps an ambassadorship somewhere important. And sunny.