Here We Go Again

I have the luxury of, unlike many Democrats, already having a pretty low opinion of Nat Hentoff due to his, imo, limited intellect and propensity for falsehood. Now others can see it as well. Via Charles Pierce and Media Matters, we find Hentoff repeating the vile false smear of antisemitism in Lamont supporters - published in the Moonie Paper no less:

Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman -- now an insistently independent Democrat -- was pilloried during his losing primary contest with Ned Lamont, not only for his stand on the Iraq war but also because he is a Jew. Being one myself for many years, I was not surprised by the centuries-old persistence of this hatred among several of the fiercely anti-Bush bloggers during the campaign.

The pathetic thing is Hentoff relies exclusively on the thoroughly debunked Lanny Davis tripe for his evidence. Media Matters goes through it again but it is telling that this nonsense will not go away. More.

I don't know how you characterize Hentoff, but progressive does NOT come to mind. Hentoff thoroughly ignores Joe Lieberman's embrace of the New McCarthyism:

It's time for Democrats who distrust President Bush to acknowledge that he will be the commander in chief for three more critical years and that in matters of war we undermine presidential credibility at our nation's peril.

And this:

If we just pick up like Ned Lamont wants us to do, get out [of Iraq] by a date certain, it will be taken as a tremendous victory by the same people who wanted to blow up these planes in this plot hatched in England. It will strengthen them and they will strike again.

Hentoff repeats a vile false smear against Lamont supporters and ignores the New McCarthyism practiced by Lieberman. Is this a coincidence? I don't think so.

What we have seen and will see from the Lieberman campaign and Lieberman supporters is that they will stop at nothing to hold on to power. Be the de facto Republican? No problem. Lie about Lamont? No problem. Race bait? No problem. Accuse the Democrats of being traitors? No problem. Flip flop? No problem. And a new lie is no doubt around the corner.

Because the No Mentum campaign follows one rule - the Lieberman Principle:

So this is the Lieberman Principle. What is good for Joe is good. When it is good for Joe to criticize the President, then it is good to criticize the President. Only then. When it is good for Joe to be partisan, then it is good to be partisan. Only then. When it is good for Joe to abandon the Democratic party, then it is good. Only then.

The Lieberman Principle: If it is good for Joe, then it is good. Only then.