Some honest questions for people who support Lieberman's independent run

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1) Are you a little concerned that if he gets to the US Senate with mostly Republican and independent votes he will dance with the ones who brought him? He already is often the first Democrat to split from us on important issues. Just how bad will he be if he feels he doesn't even have to pretend to care what Democrats think?

2) Why do you think left wing losers in primaries aren't going to do exactly what Lieberman is doing now? Left wing candidates often lose primaries. Do you really want to send the message that if one loses a primary he or she should run as a third party candidate? What if McKinney had decided to do this?

3) What if the Republicans decide to run a real candidate, instead of a lying gambling addict? Do we really want to count on Republicans to continue to run either felons or liars?

This is a terrible precedent. People like me have loundly and longly told the likes of Nader to run in Democratic primaries if they wish to change the direction of the party. Lamont did exactly that. He didn't cheat. He won fair and square. Lieberman got on CT voters last nerve and as a result lost his job. Like Alan Dixon before him he should accept the bad result just like all the good ones before.

A final question. Why should I, in the name of party unity, support candidates who I don't agree with after this?