yoga
August 2008 
Being Joe Lieberman
Posted on Feb 5th, 2007
by 
Penelope
Penelope
For those of you don't know, Joe a Senator from Connecticut. He originally ran as a progressive - although he's just become progressively more conservative to the point where he's outspoken in his support of the was in Iraq and says he may vote for a republican in 2008.
Joe Lieberman lives a few blocks away from me in New Haven. As I'm driving home from yoga Saturday morning, all blissed out from a lovely practice, I look out my window and see someone familiar on the sidewalk - it's him, Joe. Despite my being yoga stoned - my blood starts to boil, I think about all those kids at war and all those people dying and I want to yell out my window that he's a murderer and a liar and a traitor.
I compose myself and remind myself to practice what I preach and be peaceful and gentle. I pull over and respectfully say "Senator", he responds "Hello" smiling like I'm a fan about to ask him for an autograph. Then with hands in anjali mudra, I earnestly say "please bring the soldiers home from Iraq". He looks crestfallen and tells me to move on as I'm causing trafffic. Move along, there's nothing to see here people like Officer Barbrady on South Park.
On another note, I can't believe the nerve of this Hummer person. I wonder if I could get in legal trouble for putting a phony parking ticket on the car? Probably not legally, but I wouldn't want to get in trouble at work either.
Joe Lieberman lives a few blocks away from me in New Haven. As I'm driving home from yoga Saturday morning, all blissed out from a lovely practice, I look out my window and see someone familiar on the sidewalk - it's him, Joe. Despite my being yoga stoned - my blood starts to boil, I think about all those kids at war and all those people dying and I want to yell out my window that he's a murderer and a liar and a traitor.
I compose myself and remind myself to practice what I preach and be peaceful and gentle. I pull over and respectfully say "Senator", he responds "Hello" smiling like I'm a fan about to ask him for an autograph. Then with hands in anjali mudra, I earnestly say "please bring the soldiers home from Iraq". He looks crestfallen and tells me to move on as I'm causing trafffic. Move along, there's nothing to see here people like Officer Barbrady on South Park.
On another note, I can't believe the nerve of this Hummer person. I wonder if I could get in legal trouble for putting a phony parking ticket on the car? Probably not legally, but I wouldn't want to get in trouble at work either.
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A lot of Democrats voted for the war. Lieberman is at least being consistent. Unless you really believe he’s insincere, then I don’t see how he’s a “traitor.”
I believe many democrats voted for the was because they were given false and misleading information by the Bush administration. It takes courage to admist mistakes and work to fix them. What is the value of consistency when you're wrong?
Lieberman betraryed the democratic party by running as an independent after he lost the primary and by saying he'd consider voting for a republican for president.
What is the value of consistency when you’re wrong?
A more precise formulation of the relevant question would be “What’s the value of honesty when you’re wrong?”
One can differ with another’s opinion while acknowledging their consistency and tenacity of holding to principle. One can also agree with someone’s current stance while recognizing their opportunism and lack of principle.
That's very good logic. However, I hold a different set of assumptions about the junior Senator from Connecticut, so we're going to arrive at different conclusions. I do have an assumption that you are principled and honest and can certainly feel comfortable differing with your opinion. :-)
Fair enough!