Once in a while, it’s fun to highlight a blog post from my other gig, where I find all kinds of fascinating insights from the other ideological end of the blogosphere. Today, let’s check in on the Strata-Sphere, a relatively popular far-right site that routinely bridles against Democrats’ criticism of the war in Iraq, who praises Joe Lieberman for supporting the president’s war policy.
If only Democrats still had the John Kennedy-Joe Lieberman mentality on world affairs, they would probably still be in the majority. Joe Lieberman is a breath of fresh air from the heated, emotional, vitriolic statements that come out of the current Democrat leaders. His logic and observations are inexcapable [sic] to those still with their heads about them.
From there, the Strata-Sphere launches into a fairly predictable harangue, insisting that Dems want to “give Bin Laden his win,” adding, “How can anyone concede Iraq to the man who caused so many desparate [sic] and innocent people to jump to their deaths from 100 stories that faitful [sic] day? How can Reid and Pelosi stand in front of cameras and say ‘we need to let Bin Laden win, we were not strong enough’.” It’s the usual spiel.
But let’s back up: Democrats “would probably still be in the majority” if only they’d listen to Lieberman?
I’m fairly certain Democrats are in the majority, in large part because they didn’t listen to Lieberman.
Not so, the Strata-Sphere protests; we’re defining “majority” poorly.
I must remind you that (a) democrats and reps and independents (like me) each make up a third of the population, (b) occassionally [sic] a governing coalition will be created by the Indies supporting the Reps or Dems – this does not make Dems a majority, and (c) Lieberman is not a Dem and therefore the Dems do NOT have a majority of the Senate. So, if you want to pretend you folks have a ‘majority’ go right ahead. Those of us who have passed 7th grade math will just have to disagree.
Let’s take these one at a time…
* When Dems outnumber Republicans in the House, Senate, state legislatures, and governorships, we can call it many things, but I’d call it a “majority.”
* If the Democratic caucus in the Senate has 51 members, and Harry Reid is the Senate Majority Leader, I’m fairly comfortable saying Dems do have a majority in the Senate.
* And even if we’re going to be figurative about all of this, and say the numbers in Washington are irrelevant, we can also just ask the public — who prefer the Democratic approach on the war to the Bush/Lieberman approach by a healthy margin.
Isn’t reading far-right blogs fun?