The Atlantic's Matthew Yglesias points out the pure "idiocy" of Sen. Lieberman's, I-Conn., assertion that American politics are worse off than the absolute political quagmire facing Iraq:
Joe Lieberman is probably beyond shark-jumping at this point, but his statement that Iraqis have made more progress on political reconciliation since September than have Americans is really pretty appalling. To state the obvious, America has a heated political debate, but liberals and conservatives aren't shooting mortars at each other and we don't have pitched battles in the streets. To compare the situation in Iraq to the persistence of strong partisan disagreement in the United States is idiotic.
I understand American politics are partisan this day in age, but the two situations are simply NOT analogous.
Sen. Lieberman and Sen. Graham, R-S.C., Sen. McCain's faithful sidekicks, spent their entire question time praising the success of the War, effectively hijacking the proceedings for political purposes.
UPDATE 2:28 pm ET: See Sen. Lieberman's comments here:
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