The unctiousness with which Joe Lieberman addresses legitimate concerns about his political position(s), his estrangement from former fellow Progressives and his vacuous vapidity on holding Dubya accountable paint him as a lightweight who only gets lighter; this interview only underscores that appraisal.

Either Al Gore mis-read Joe in 2000 as a running-mate or Joe simply lied about his positions to become the first Jewish candidate for Veep; neither explanation is especially flattering for the Senator, who appears to be opportunistic rather than motivated by principle.

The good people of Connecticut may have "buyer's remorse" about Joe Lieberman. Whether he runs next time as an Independent, a Republican or a Venusian, I'd bet the voters will show him the door...having had enough of Joe's callous disingenuousness.

If it weren't for the fact that Joe caucuses with our side, I'd have told him to stuff his hubris up his tuchus long ago. The 2008 Senatorial elections can't come soon enough for me; adding even one or two more Democrats then will make Joe disposable and not indispensable.

Thank God!

To hear Repooplicans these days, with their fulminations and recriminations that focus on Hillary being the bogeywoman-we-need-to-beat, tells me that they are absolutely terrified of her candidacy.

Thus, the Repooplicans have bastardized F.D.R.'s inspired mantra "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" into "the only thing we have to offer is fear itself."

The American people can smell the odor rising from the corpse of the failed Bush Maladministration and the subsequent manure being shoveled by Dubya's minions. Peddling negativity is NOT the way to inspire the electorate nor win an election.

Ladies and gents, the Rudy/multi-marriage-cum-estrangement so-called issue is a canard; the REAL danger for Rudy is his fervent and oft-reported support for gay rights and abortion.

His foray into cross-dressing isn't a plus, either, with the core constituency of the Republican party: religious conservatives.

Trust me...I've seen the TV spots against Rudy, should he be the Republican nominee. They're already made and they WILL be run ad infinitum across the Red State/Red Neck South. By Election day 2008, there won't be a good ol' boy or girl who will not have seen Rudy (a) leading the gay pride parade in NYC, (b) declaring his support for abortion or (c) wearing Marilyn Monroe drag while kissing Donald Trump.

Marital issues to a Red Stater are one thing; wearing a flowered dress and female undergarments is quite another!

Alberto "Speedy" Gonzalez...the most unctious and sleazy little hemorrhoid to hold the office of Attorney General since the late and un-lamented John Mitchell...couldn't tell the truth about the events occurring under his aegis if his life depended on it!

To expect someone who has ZERO respect for the rule of law and the spirit of law to "do the right thing" by delineating his sins and misdeeds is naive at best; he most likely doesn't even know what the truth is!

Thankfully, his time is almost up...