Reply #12: I think it's politically stupid, but I'm not particularly troubled

[dolstein]

For one thing, I fully expect Lieberman to win the primary. And even if he lost and ran as an independent in the general election, I don't see any circumstances under which the Republican would win. Your talk of Lieberman handing the seat to the Republicans is nothing more than uninformed B.S. I'd expect Lieberman to attrack more support among Republicans and independents than the Republican nominee. And finally, if Lieberman won as an independent, he'd still caucus with the Democrats.

My gripe isn't with people being not liking Lieberman. Hell, there are plenty of Democrats I don't like. My problem is with people being so irrational and spiteful in their hatred of Lieberman that they refuse to even acknowledge that they guy is a Democrat. His voting record isn't as liberal as Russ Feingold's, but its still unmistakenly Democratic. With the possible exception of Lincoln Chafee (who just might be defeated in his party primary by the right-wing equivalent of DU), you'd be hard pressed to find any Republican with a voting record similar to Lieberman's. That's just the plain truth.