It Is Time to Kill Fredo

It has become clear that the Democrats will accomplish nothing until the election of the next president. There will be no impeachment hearings. There will be no time table for withdrawal from Iraq. There is not even much evidence of effective congressional oversight what so ever. While having a majority in the house has been some what useful, the same can not be said for the Senate where the Democrats seemed to have gained nothing but blame by their majority. As sad as this circumstance is, it allows the Democrats to take care of some unfinished business.

Joseph Lieberman dropped all pretenses when he endorsed McCain for president almost right off the bat. The reality of the matter is McCain is a very conservative Republican. A McCain presidency would thwart almost all the Democrat's goals. McCain is running on exactly the same economic program that has resulted in flat wages, declining benefits, huge private and public debts, the ruin of the housing market, and the steady decline of the dollar. It is not possible to endorse McCain and still share goals with the Democratic Party.

As with Fredo, it is difficult to know what rules Lieberman's mind treachery or idiocy. For years he has displayed craven cowardly treachery. When he confronted Clinton, he did not do so as a man, face to face. He waited until Clinton was out of the country to stab him in the back. If he was motivated by conviction there was certainly no courage involved. Then he slandered fellow members of his party with the ridiculous charge of partisanship as Bush repeatedly slandered the Democrats. Lieberman just flat out lied to his constituency during his election about his intentions to be more critical of the war as well as his intention to vote for a Democratic president. Not surprisingly, after the voters had been safely duped, Lieberman gloated that he could do as he pleased.

One would have to be forgiven for supposing that he was a mole placed by Bin Laden as no one man has done more to degrade the position of the United States and Israel. He did everything in his power to prevent any oversight of Bush's incredible incompetence. He egged Israel on into its disastrous war with Lebanon. If Israel is destroyed, Lieberman will doubtlessly be remembered as a great hero by the Arab people.

If the Democrats are going to succeed in saving our nation and our allies, there will have to be party discipline never before seen amongst the Democratic party. In particular, Blue Dog Democrats will have to believe that they must support their party or try their luck as Republicans. The Democrats need discipline more than they need the majority in the Senate.

Michael should have killed Fredo in Havana. We're living in Havana, folks. Let us do what Michael should have done by stripping Lieberman of his chairmanships and allowing him to live with the consequences of his actions.