The U.S. could take a democracy lesson from Israel. Many Israeli are furious at the way the war against the Hezbollah was conducted. Many of those who vocally expressed their frustration are reservists who just served.

The result? Barely three weeks into a cease - fire, Amir Barak, the Defense Minister, has authorized an investigation into the handling of the war. Now, that IS democracy at work!

The Israeli government -- on the whole -- is not demonizing critics of the war. No one in Isreal likens critics to "Nazi appeasers", "terrorist lovers", or "slavery supporters".

Just saying... The Bush administration, which professes such respect for "our freedoms" would be well served to take a leaf out of the "Israeli Democracy Handbook". When the Israeli population screams, the government listens. When the U.S. population screams, the government attacks its own citizens.

This said, if this is the Rove tactic for November, it will backfire. You cannot repeatedly insult a majority of the population, and impugn its integrity and patriotism, and expect said majority to vote for you.

As ny grand - mother used to say: " you don't catch flies with vinegar".

Anyone with a passing knowledge of French literature...

The woman is not only dumb as a post, she is is crassly ignorant.

GWB in all his sociopathic callousness... The guy has no empathy, no understanding, and no moral compass.

If you were God, would you want to be subjected to Harris' blather 24/7?

OMG! Harris has lost the last of her marbles...

They are not "falling hard", they are paid to repeat Bush's "desperate soundbites".

"Hate-filled", "Vile", "Angry". Sums up the RNC attack on Kos.

Lieberman is not just the de facto Republican candidate in CT, he is the candidate of the most revolting crew in the GOP: the Cheney / Rove gang.

He is running a vicious campaign straight out of the Rove Handbook of Dirty Politics, complete with race - baiting and accusations that a vote for Lamont is a vote for the terrorists.

Lieberman is a sleazebag, a right-wing extremist, and a sore loser. He has turned himself into a Cheney whore to cling to his seat.

To all of you, Bush zombies on this blog, go to hell. Lieberman is a piece of crap.

Orrin Hatch is a piece of crap. Always was, always will be.

His performance during the Thomas hearings -- his horrendous attacks against Anita Hill -- was nothing short of disgraceful, racist, bigoted, and revolting. Hatch is your typical piece of GOP slime.

Lieberman's campaign is all about Lieberman's ego.

The weasel thinks nothing about being bankrolled by the GOP and its "Veterans for Freedom" group (Swiftboat reincarnated). He is a revolting opportunist.

If he wins the election, he must be stripped of his seniority on Democratic committees. If the Democratic leadership keeps that piece of garbage on its committees, then it will be clear that we need a third party in this country.

Just in case we needed any more proof that The Decider lives in La - La- Land.

I firmly believe that he is pathologically deranged. Either that, or he is on large doses of Xanax 24/7.

Xanthro is a Bush troll. Just read his posts on other topics.

I made the mistake of entertaining him once. No more.

He is trying to hijack the thread. Let's ignore him. He'll get tired and go spew his tripe on other blogs.

Bush is reading Camus? The moron could not even pronounce the word "existentialism", let alone spell it.

I am a social liberal and a fiscal conservative. Hardly the combination that produces far-left thinking a la Marx, Mao, and Lenin. These days, anyone who disagrees with Bush and his henchmen is automatically labelled "far-left". That is black & white thinking, therefore, stupid.

Lieberman is a Republican in Democratic clothing. The Democratic party does not need a traitor in its ranks.

The race will likely be close. At least, that is how it looks at the moment. Three months ago, Lamont trailed far behind Lieberman. On August 8, Lamont won the Democratic party's nomination.

Unaffiliated CT voters have been registering in droves as Democrats in the past few weeks. That trend is likely to accelerate as more and more moderate CT voters turn away from Lieberman in disgust over his love affair with the GOP and Bush.

Lieberman is now associated closely with Cheney and Rove. He has been praised by the likes of Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and assorted right-wing crackpots. Some right-wing Veteran group is campaigning for Lieberman. Lieberman is getting contributions from GOP donors. Lieberman employs GOP fundraisers. If you think that this is going to help Lieberman with moderate CT voters, you are hallucinating.

Lieberman is running a GOP-like campaign as a fake Democrat in a Blue state. He is headed for political suicide. And, I might add, not a minute too soon.