Are These the Heroes of Centrists and Independents Everywhere? Hardly.

So-called "Independent" Joe Lieberman (who caucuses with the dem party in the Senate and who voted for Obama & The Dems' health care monstrosity against the clear will of the American people) says today that he may run again as an Independent in 2012, but then again he won't "rule anything out" and might run as either a dem or repub (link below). Wow! How's that for some real conviction and guts!

I'm sorry, but so-called "centrists," or "moderates," or Independents such as Lieberman and his best buddy, John McCain (yes, I realize that McCain has never professed to be an Independent), are not "mavericks" or "centrists" or Independents in any sense of those words. Instead, they are just typical politicians -- just like their brethren on the far left and far right -- in that they will do and say whatever is in their best political interests irregardless of what they may actually believe.

We've seen this on full display in Arizona in recent weeks, with McCain (facing a re-election primary challenge from a far-right conservative) disgustingly trying to appeal to the ultra-far-right and trying to distance himself from the "maverick" moniker that he only so willingly embraced over the past 10 years when it was in his best political interests to do so. And we see it too today from Lieberman, who promises to keep his options fully open as to whether he will run for re-election as an Independent, a dem or a repub. These men are not heroes of mine, I can tell you that (I voted for neither Obama nor McCain in 2008, for the record). As expressed, they're just typical.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/26/lieberman-opens-up-about-becoming-an-independent/?fbid=3uHbVqMf_rG#more-101337