SOME SPREAD JOY WHEREVER THEY GO, SOME WHENEVER THEY GO
As Dorothy Parker said, you should only say good of the dead.
Joe Lieberman is dead.
Good.
All the courtiers in the DC Press Corpse are going on about what a “lion of the Senate” he was.
Joe Lieberman was everything wrong with the Democratic Party before Al Gore stubbed his foot, fell on his head, got up and asked him to be his Vice Presidential running mate. Quite frankly, Lieberman that close to the levers of power was a good reason to say we dodged a bullet in 2000. Of course, we took one in the back from the other side that year.
I honestly don’t think there was any good outcome to 2000. If Gore had won, he’s have been hit by the Right like a ton of bricks that would have mde the Clinton Years look like a day in the park. And that was when Democrats were still looking at the new Republican Party the way French Generals looked at the Wehrmacht in 1940.
At least we don’t have him conspiring with Mr. and Mrs. Mark Penn over “No Labels” to worry about over the next seven months.
But at least we don’t have Lie-berman to kick around anymore, so there’s that.
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As Dr. Johnson said, in lapidary inscriptions, man is not upon oath. Mara Liasson, being the weathervane she is, was singing his praises today. The Washington Post obit at least mentioned that he ran attack ads against Lowell Weicker when he first ran for the Senate; at least Weicker was a moderate to liberal republican, whereas Lieberman was probably a worse vote for our side in the Senate.
But the missing one is a line that Philip Roth had when Gore chose him. He said he was thinking of telling those who asked that he was unavailable to comment because he had gone to the doctor to have his foreskin sewn back on.
But wait ... there's more good news!
The California State Bar Court disbarred JOHN CHALES EASTMAN & " .. .his name shall be stricken from the roll of attorneys. SBC-0-30029- YDR. (Judge Evette D. Roland.)
Costs for the lengthy & expensive trial are awarded as a "money Judgment" to be deposited into the CA State Bar Client Fund. Goneman has also been ordered to pay money sanctions of $10,000.
One of the many 'New Rules" from this case: Don't use the Law Schools letterhead stationery & email system while representing any client because that move vitiates any attorney client privilege.