Loyalty Oaths Redux: Wesley Clark Pokes Lieberman on Independent Senate Run

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General Wesley Clark, who I have no doubt would be managing matters in the Middle East with far greater skill and attention than our incumbent President, made a blunt nudge at Senator Joe Lieberman on Friday.

Clark was blogging about the 2006 Elections on DailyKos. In response to a question about Senator Lieberman's run, he wrote:

I am a proud member of the Democratic Party, and I believe it is our party's responsibility to support the will of the Democratic primary voters in Connecticut. I personally look forward to supporting the candidate CT voters elect as the Democratic nominee.
Though, as an aside, I must say I find it ironic that Senator Lieberman is now planning a potential run as an independent after he continually questioned my loyalty to the Democratic Party during the 2004 presidential primary.

Ouch!

It seems like Joe Lieberman was all for 'loyalty oaths' until he had to swear one himself.

On other Lieberman fronts, here is an interesting piece on Senator Lieberman's "organizing problems" in Connecticut.

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Posted by cos cob, Jul 18 2006, 3:02PM - Link

Who we need is another Abraham Ribicoff for Connecticut, and Arthur Golberg as UN Ambassador to get matters back to where they should be!

Posted by cos cob, Jul 18 2006, 3:04PM - Link

Arthur Goldberg, that is

Posted by Carroll, Jul 18 2006, 5:01PM - Link

"Loyalty oaths" are for the mafia and teenage gangs...I wouldn't swear loyalty to any political party.

Posted by Matthew, Jul 18 2006, 7:13PM - Link

May we stop calling him the "conscience of the Senate" now, please?

Posted by Pissed Off American, Jul 18 2006, 7:21PM - Link

I wonder if Lieberman could swim with Dershowitz strapped to his back.

(?)

Posted by Dan Kervick, Jul 18 2006, 7:31PM - Link

Payback's a bitch. At least one thing we have now learned about Clark is that he has a long memory.

Posted by gerry, Jul 18 2006, 7:50PM - Link

hope clark runs in 08

Posted by parrot, Jul 18 2006, 8:04PM - Link

Well, seems to me that Clark has got a really good point there...although Party Loyalty in this day and age has a kind of scary ring to it...now that nobody mentions it.

Posted by westieforclark, Jul 19 2006, 5:43PM - Link

Lieberman has become a Republican through and through....a true hypocrite, "do as I say and not as I do." Way to go General Clark!!! Please run in 2008. This country needs you.

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