Kevin Philips weighs in on why Clinton is stumping for Lieberman
Rumors about a Clinton visit 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.
“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.
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“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.
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Phillips speculated another reason for Clinton’s appearance was his own administrations’ concerns about Iraq and now imprisoned dictator Saddam Hussein’s suspected arsenal.
“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. The Bush administration found no weapons after the invasion and has been accused of manipulating intelligence and misleading the public.
The worm turns.
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:
Morton M. Kondracke:
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. […]
And it’s now up to Connecticut voters to decide whether hatred- politics will prevail.
And… the like.