El Surgator grasped upon the Lieberman lifeline ... a key player in a "bipartisan working group" on Capitol Hill that he said will "help us come together across party lines to win the war on terror." Bipartisan? I thought Joey had his own little party like kids who created fantasy kingdoms ala Pan's Labyrinth. No, BTC News informs me, pointing the way. And, the first story notes he is now officially known as an "independent Democrat." AKA Bush loyalist:
But the decision by Lieberman, the new chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to back away from the committee's Katrina probe is already dismaying public-interest groups and others who hoped the Democratic victory in November would lead to more aggressive investigations of one of the White House's most spectacular foul-ups.
Last year, when he was running for re-election in Connecticut, Lieberman was a vocal critic of the administration's handling of Katrina. He was especially dismayed by its failure to turn over key records that could have shed light on internal White House deliberations about the hurricane, including those involving President Bush.
Ah, what an asshole. Meanwhile, Joey's bestest bud is considering invading Iran and Syria. Various problems. Doesn't seem to have the statutory authority to do this, something "nondenial denials" from his lackeys admit, though they seem to also argue that it is not required. This is the sort of thing that gives the people over at Balkanization fits. Fair enough, though this continual focus on the "Constitution" as if it somehow compels us (and the federal government) to allow him to keep going is a bit much.
Anyway, a possibly rational Republican [andpresidentialal hopeful made the Cambodia comparison I referenced while Rice came to testify. A Slate piece noted:
Some of the reasons for escalation are strikingly similar: supply routes, material support, insurgency sanctuaries. It's a tempting comparison. But it is also misleading, as the president recognized in his speech when he declared, "We will work with others to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons and dominating the region." Cambodia never tried to acquire nuclear weapons, nor did it pursue regional dominance.
Sure enough. If anything, it is worse. Go Saints! Others might be praying to theirs.