Can we just dispense with the charade that Joe Lieberman is backing John McCain because he's a man of principle who will back the best candidate, regardless of party? Or that he's attacking Barack Obama because he really thinks he's a Marxist? Joe Lieberman, whom Chris Durang once called a "sanctimonious Hobbitt," had his ass kicked out of the Democratic party. He's a petty, bitter little man and he's backing John McCain because of his own personal political upside.

In thoroughly unsurprising news today, the Ned Lamont campaign was cleared of any wrong-doing in the crash of Lieberman's server leading up to primary day in 2006. The Stanford Advocate reports that the FBI determined--way back on October 25, 2006--that Lieberman's campaign bears all responsibility for the server crash. Case closed, right? No. Not on the outstanding legal issues arising from the campaign, anyway.

I started transcribing this video but frankly I'm just too pissed to do it. Although the investigation in to the incident was concluded in 2006, due to the perserverence of the Stamford Advocate the results were revealed today, and found what we all know to be true on Lamont/Lieberman primary day 2006 -- Joe Lieberman crashed his own website. But that didn't matter.

So, we have no progressive candidate. We have no Wellstone, no Feingold, no ideologically based movement person. My question is this: which of these candidates is more likely to reveal an inner Lieberman of some form once in power? I don't have an answer. People can believe what they choose to believe, but both candidates have Liebermanish historical tendencies and both propel narratives reminiscent of Lieberman, the earlier years. The ultimate question I will have for supporters of either candidate during these days of pie fights will be, whoever gets power, what will you hold your winning candidate accountable for once in office, assuming s/he wins? If your winner gets some accountability fire from people who once supported your opponent, will you simply defend your winner, or will you join in for merited criticism?

Both Obama and Clinton betrayed Lamont and all of us during the 2006 campaign. The only one of the three remaining Democratic candidates who actually went to Connecticut and put his shoulder to the wheel for Lamont was John Edwards.

If Lamont had gotten Obama's agreement to filibuster FISA in exchange for his endorsement, as Stoller says, I can see why Ned might have come out for Obama at this point in time. But he didn't. So under the circumstances, I'm a bit puzzled why he didn't show respect for Edwards and defer this kind of decision until his future was clear.

Joe Lieberman, who owes his Senate seat to Republicans who wanted someone more conservative than Lowell Weicker, the principled Rockefeller Republican who sealed Nixon's doom by backing impeachment, has done it again: He's screwed another politician named Clinton. The first time was September 3, 1998. The Republican CoupGate push against Bill Clinton was faltering, as most of America liked the job Bill was doing and didn't want him

Scarce, a veteran of the Lamont race who helps us out with our videos, is a big fan of the band...Scarce.  So Scarce is really excited that Scarce is reuniting for their first show in 11 years tomorrow night in Cambridge, and made a special request to see them appear on Late Late Night.So to say thanks to Scarce for all he does for us, we bring you...Scarce.And no, I don't

Sometimes you can be too far ahead of the curve and you have to wait for time and circumstance to catch up with you. Unfortunately for America, Connecticut voters aren't casting their votes today in the Lieberman/Lamont race because if they were, Ned Lamont would win and the US Senate would be rid of the pathological, warmongering narcissist Joe Lieberman (CFL-AIPAC). The poll, commissioned by Daily Kos, found that Ned would handily beat

There's no question that videoblogging has profoundly impacted our political landscape. Take 2006 for example: You have a macaca moment, a candy shop encounter, a stairway chase, and even a re-enactment (see above). Those are just the videos that occurred to me off the top of my head.