This was posted before the Leiberman - Lemont election, but it is just as valid afterward.

Firedoglake: Why It Matters

"George Bush and good Republicans like Joe Lieberman don’t want to admit that the War in Iraq is a failure. They’re afraid to do anything that might Show Weakness In An Election Year. (And you see how well that’s working out for Joe Lieberman.) Every day they postpone facing up to the mess they’ve made, more soldiers die. DIE. "

"Not. Ever. Coming. Home."

"Ever."

"I was lucky as hell. My father came home uninjured from Vietnam. A little baby is going to be born tomorrow who’s not lucky like that. And for what? To give Halliburton the right to bury 20 tons of nails in the Iraqi desert because they’re the wrong size?"

"A vote for Joe Lieberman? It’s a vote to kill another American soldier. By not deciding. By "staying the course". By not facing up to the reality that our troops’ lives and bodies are not to be squandered on corporate wars. The reason the Republicans don’t want the war to end is because they haven’t gotten an adequate return on their investment. That oil’s not flowing. "If we leave now, things will only get worse." Well, yeah. That’ll mean we didn’t get any oil at ALL!"

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