Politicians—They Drive You Crazy
Way back in 1988, an upstart Connecticut pol named Joe Lieberman used harsh negative advertising to unseat incumbent senator Lowell Weicker, a liberal Republican. In the years since then, Lieberman has become the favorite of conservative Democrats who don't really care whether he represents Connecticut (my home state) or not. Nationally, Lieberman is nothing but high-minded, and the pundits love him for it. But locally, he's a dirty, unprincipled politician who's shown his willingness to do anything to win. This new ad, in response to a Lowell Weicker endorsement of his primary opponent, Ned Lamont, shows it.....
Getting Lieberman out of the Senate would be a wonderful thing.
Meanwhile, Steven Colbert rebounds from his disastrous White House correspondents' dinner with a hilarious, if depressing,
interview with Georgia congressman Lynn Westmoreland, who must surely be one of the stupidest people ever elected to Congress.
Colbert: "This has been called a do-nothing Congress. Is it say to safe that you're the do-nothingest?"
Westmoreland responds that there is one other congressman who hasn't introduced a single piece of legislation.
Later, Colbert brings up the fact that Westmoreland co-sponsored a bill requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in the Senate and House of Representatives. Reasonably enough, Colbert then asks Westmoreland to name them.
Long pause.
"What are all of 'em? You want me to name them all?"
Westmoreland names...three.
On second thought, maybe Joe Lieberman isn't so bad after all....
