Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Lieberman Behind the Facade - Brother Jeb and the Liberators
What does he stand for? Whom does he represent?
Senator Lieberman's voting records tell a story. Try as he might to put a spin on them, the senator from Connecticut is not exactly in tune with mainstream Democrats. In "Lieberman's Real Problem" Harold Meyerson mentions "crazy lefty bloggers as the culprits behind the drive to purge Lieberman from Democratic ranks." I make no apology for being one of them and I think that endorsement by David Brooks is reason enough to be suspicious of Senator Lieberman.
- On the op-ed pages of leading newspapers, we read that Lieberman is "the most kind-hearted and well-intentioned of men" (that's from the New York Times' David Brooks), a judgment that cannot credibly be disputed -- though if ever a road to hell was paved with good intentions, it would start with the anti-Saddam Hussein interventionism of pro-democracy advocates and end in downtown Baghdad today.
Source: New York Times. July 4, 2006
Another flowery name for a nefarious plan to create mischief. $80 million will buy a lot of dirty deals. Cuba is going to be democratized. Leaders of the Miami mafia must be licking their chops and have their bags packed, waiting for Castro to die. A few of them will make a lot of money. The timing is right. It will be good for Brother Jeb. From the BBC:
- US in $80m 'Cuba democracy' plan
- US President George W Bush has approved an $80m (£43m) fund which he says will go towards boosting democracy in Cuba.
- Mr Bush said the fund would help the Cuban people in their "transition from repressive control to freedom".
- The fund is part of proposals by a commission analysing US policy towards Cuba after the eventual death of Fidel Castro, who turns 80 next month.
- The Cuban government said the plan was an act of aggression, violating Cuba's sovereignty and international law.
- The president of Cuba's National Assembly, Ricardo Alarcon, said the world should be outraged by the actions of the US.
