a turncoat and thiefs

Well the Democrats wimped out on Joe Lieberman, who crowed over the fact that even the resolution didn't disapprove of his support for John McCain. I'm all for reconciliation, and thought that Barack Obama meeting with John McCain was a good thing to do. I'm even OK with appointing suitable Republicans to the Obama Administration. But I still think putting a guy in charge of a committee who campaigned openly and notoriously against the Democrats' presidential candidate is wimpy and stupid.

Coincidentally, on the same day the electoral officials of Alaska said that Mark Begich had defeated disgraced convict Senator Ted Stevens. Good riddance Ted.

And also from Alaska, some guy called Charles Schultz (NOT the creator of "Peanuts") got really drunk and accidentally stole a car. No comment on precisely what Schultz's relationship might be with the top organized crime body in Alaska, the state's Republican Congressional delegation.