{"id":581,"date":"2006-08-08T18:16:37","date_gmt":"2006-08-08T22:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scaredpoet.com\/wordpress\/?p=581"},"modified":"2006-08-08T18:16:37","modified_gmt":"2006-08-08T22:16:37","slug":"liebermans-political-fight-gets-ugly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scaredpoet.com\/blog\/?p=581","title":{"rendered":"Lieberman’s Political fight gets ugly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, it appears that our favorite Leisure Suit Larry<\/a> of politics is in for the fight of his political life, as a same-party challenger seeks to dethrone him in Congress<\/a>.\u00a0 And now, Lieberman’s site<\/a> is down for the count, due to a denial of service attack<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Naturally, he blames his opponent<\/a>. \u00a0 And naturally, his opponent denies everything.\u00a0 Are we surprised?<\/p>\n

But! A new political term has been spawned from all of this.\u00a0 Rovian – or, that which is Karl Rove<\/a>-like.\u00a0 To whit<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“This type of dirty politics has been a staple of the Lamont campaign from the beginning, from the nonstop personal attacks to the intimidation tactics and offensive displays to these coordinated efforts to disable our Web site,” said [Lieberman campaign manager Sean Smith] in a statement e-mailed to reporters Monday evening.<\/p>\n

“There is no place for these Rovian<\/strong> tactics in Democratic politics, and we demand that our opponent call off his supporters and their online attack dogs.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gee, I didnt’t know that Lieberman was a CIA spy, and that his web site was his blown cover.\u00a0 Or… something.\u00a0 Yeah, the joke doesn’t gel, but then neither does the Karl Rove reference.\u00a0 I guess the Lieberman campaing will blame their impending loss on anything.\u00a0 Given Lieberman’s pro-war stance and his past history of supporting net censorship, it’s about time another liberal took him on.<\/p>\n

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