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sisyphusshruggedwherein one is, uncharacteristically, speechless (as you see, I got over it)
and, you know, I'd be pleased to take that question on if someone could explain to me how it's possible that the primary is over and there are two Democrats running.
If asked to explain why it's bad that a failed Democrat is running against the Democratic party in a nominally independent bid supported by the Republican party establishment for which he's hired Republican operatives, I most likely have more to say than Rep. Emanuel has the time or the inclination to listen to.
It's not that I'm not aware that disingenuity is considered a sign of seriousness inside the beltway, and that mere lowly voters aren't supposed to pay attention to politics before the braindead ads start appearing in September.
It's that I'm kind of astonished that so many folks in there have forgotten that the rest of us don't have the same learned enthusiasm for bullshit.
Mr. Lieberman, a centrist Democrat who lost in the Aug. 8 Democratic primary to Ned Lamont, a wealthy businessman, is now running on his own line. With polls showing that many Democrats are eager for a change, Democratic officials say they expect Mr. Lieberman to campaign aggressively to win over Republican and unaffiliated voters.
If he does, Democratic strategists say, he may well attract voters to the polls who are likely to support the state’s three Republicans in Congress: Nancy Johnson, Rob Simmons and Christopher Shays.
“He has a Republican vote, that’s the fact,” said Tom Matzzie, the political director of Moveon.org, a liberal group that is backing Mr. Lamont and the Democratic challengers in the three House races. And those voters, he said, are “likely to vote as Republicans in every race.”
But the Democrats are also hoping that their candidates — Chris Murphy, Joe Courtney and Diane Farrell — will win in the same way as Mr. Lamont won in the primary: by riding what they consider a wave of anti-incumbent sentiment, widespread opposition to the war in Iraq and falling support for President Bush.
Rahm Emanuel, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, expressed confidence that Democratic turnout would be strong for the House races in Connecticut.
“Explain to me how two Democrats running is bad,” Mr. Emanuel said in an interview.
and, you know, I'd be pleased to take that question on if someone could explain to me how it's possible that the primary is over and there are two Democrats running.
If asked to explain why it's bad that a failed Democrat is running against the Democratic party in a nominally independent bid supported by the Republican party establishment for which he's hired Republican operatives, I most likely have more to say than Rep. Emanuel has the time or the inclination to listen to.
It's not that I'm not aware that disingenuity is considered a sign of seriousness inside the beltway, and that mere lowly voters aren't supposed to pay attention to politics before the braindead ads start appearing in September.
It's that I'm kind of astonished that so many folks in there have forgotten that the rest of us don't have the same learned enthusiasm for bullshit.
