Kerry Attacks Lieberman

The Dems have decided that the only way to beat Joe Lieberman in Connecticut and get One-Note Ned elected is to attack him with the same rhetoric they use against Republicans. Just look at this report from Drudge:

In an exclusive appearance on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos", Senator John Kerry, D-Mass., blasted fellow Democrat Senator Joe Lieberman for continuing his bid in the Connecticut Senate race despite a narrow loss to newcomer challenger Ned Lamont in the Democratic primary earlier this month.

"I'm concerned that (Lieberman) is making a Republican case," Kerry told ABC News, accusing the 2000 Democratic vice presidential candidate of "adopting the rhetoric of Dick Cheney," on the issue of Iraq. Kerry continued, "Joe Lieberman is out of step with the people of Connecticut," insisting Liberman's stance on Iraq, "shows you just why he got in trouble with the Democrats there."

Kerry called the Connecticut Senator's Independent bid a "huge mistake" and applauded businessman-turned-politician as "courageous" for challenging Lieberman on the war. Of his own views on Iraq, Kerry stated forthrightly, "The course of this country in Iraq is making the world more dangerous."

At least he didn't accuse Lieberman of having "personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan". This kind of Kerry backstabbing of his fellow "soldiers" does sound a little familiar, though, doesn't it?

I think the Dems are playing a very dangerous game in their desperate attempt to make Ned Lamont seem like the reasonable candidate and Joe Lieberman look like the nut. Lieberman is still likely to win this thing, and when he does, he'll enter the Senate as an independent who can then choose to caucus with whichever party he chooses. If his Dem "colleagues" insist on these kinds of savage attacks, why would Lieberman choose to continue his relationship with them? They could very easily push him to caucus with the Republicans, or possible even change parties.

Instead of attacking Lieberman, the Dems need to start making the case as to why One-Note Ned would be a better senator for Connecticut, and if his opposition to the war is the only thing they've got, they deserve to lose.