He plays the devil's advocate so well, perhaps he's typecast

Video from Paul Bass and the New Haven Independent

As far as I'm concerned, once you've run over the skunk, no amount of air freshener is going to get rid of the stink.

And so is the case with Creepy Joe™ Lieberman, who shilled for the Republicans when he guessed, and guessed wrong, that he might find a power base in an alliance with his idealogical similar colleagues. After he and his bellicose, conservative allies were rundown in an election by voters fed-up with deceit and cronyism, his limp corpse was dusted off by Barack Obama and presented to Democratic legislators, wearing clothespins on their noses, as an opportunity.

The skunk in question made no apologies for his stink, but set about pretending he was one of the gang again.

Until things like this demonstrate that the proof is available, in black and white, that a skunk's stripes are as indelible as a leopard's spots. As for the skunk's obligation to help those who held their noses and welcomed him back, it seems that the skunk is thinking like a Republican again.

Billions for a dictator, nothing for health care

Bush has some nerve calling Congress "teenagers using a credit card for the first time." Here is an administration which dropped millions in cash, on pallets, into an Iraq in chaos. An administration which delivered no-bid contracts to crony companies which proceeded to bilk our country out of millions. An administration which has larded millions on favored projects and companies.

And now, we find, an administration which gave billions to a "friendly" military dictatorship, and never asked for an accounting.

All the while, denying the needs of people in our own country.

Creepy Joe's a front door man

I was wrong. Creepy Joe Lieberman arrived at his "Health Care Forum" this morning at the front door of the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. The hastily called war protesters, assembled across the street began shouting immediately. Lieberman waved, smiled then entered the building to a chant of "No War."

When the group decided to enter the room where the forum was being held, we were informed that a "pre-registration" was required.

Incensed that Lieberman was using a public room, and the CTN network, West Hartford State Representative Dave McCluskey, got on the phone and raised hell until the group was given clearance to enter.