{"id":112,"date":"2006-07-23T16:42:42","date_gmt":"2006-07-23T23:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/?p=112"},"modified":"2006-07-23T16:42:42","modified_gmt":"2006-07-23T23:42:42","slug":"kevin-philips-weighs-in-on-why-clinton-is-stumping-for-lieberman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/2006\/07\/23\/kevin-philips-weighs-in-on-why-clinton-is-stumping-for-lieberman\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Philips weighs in on why Clinton is stumping for Lieberman"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Rumors about a Clinton visit<\/a> circulated two weeks ago after the former president, in a speech in Colorado, asked why Democrats are trying to end Lieberman’s 18-year Senate career.<\/p>\n

“If we allow our differences over what to do now in Iraq to divide us instead of focusing on replacing Republicans in Congress, that’s the nuttiest strategy I ever heard in my life,” Clinton said.<\/i><\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

“It’s a hell of a comment on the . . . sincerity of Lieberman’s assessment of Clinton eight years ago that he’s the man he turns to at this point,” Goshen-based political analyst and author Kevin Phillips said.<\/i><\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Phillips speculated another reason for Clinton’s appearance was his own administrations’ concerns about Iraq and now imprisoned dictator Saddam Hussein’s suspected arsenal.<\/p>\n

“I’m not a Clinton admirer, but I remember the reason the whole ‘weapons of mass destruction’ (in Iraq) got so far advanced was because the previous runner with the baton was William Jefferson Clinton,” Phillips said.<\/b> The Bush administration found no weapons after the invasion and has been accused of manipulating intelligence and misleading the public.<\/i><\/p>\n

The worm turns.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, I really hope Steve Laffey defeats Lincoln Chaffee in the Republican primary in Rhode Island — over the objections of the Republican National Committee, mind you. Not just for strictly partisan reasons, ie: Lincoln Chaffee is the only Republican who could possibly win (or, as the case is, maintain) a Senate seat in the state, but because maybe, just maybe it’ll shut up:<\/p>\n

Morton M. Kondracke:<\/p>\n

If former Greenwich Selectman Ned Lamont beats Lieberman in the Democratic primary, it will represent a signal victory for the MoveOn.org-Michael Moore-DailyKos left wing of the Democratic Party and for vicious name-calling as a political tactic. […]<\/p>\n

And it’s now up to Connecticut voters to decide whether hatred- politics will prevail.<\/i><\/p>\n

And… the like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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