What is the difference between bipartisanship and bootlicking?

"Apparently, if you are an admirer of Joe Lieberman's method of practicing bipartisanship, none."

Lance Mannion: "I'm sure I'm the last in a long line of bombthrowers to point out that the definition of bipartisanship ought not to be that Republicans get to say jump and Democrats have to reply, "How high?"

I'm also far from the first to point out that the country is becoming less and less bitterly divided every day and more and more in agreement that Geoge Bush and the Republicans have screwed things up badly and that we have to throw them and their lackeys and enablers like Joe Lieberman out if we want anything to get better, not just in Iraq but here at home."