A good idea dashed against the rocks of reality
As everyone knows, the Connecticut for Lieberman
party has been the subject of a hostile takeover, and is now in the hands of
Joe's political enemies. From what I understand, it is entitled to a place on
the ballot in 2012, no matter who it
nominates.
It occurred to me that the obvious candidate for the party (in the unlikely event Joe runs again) would be Joseph Lieberman. There must, I thought, be a number of Joe Liebermans in this state, one of whom would be willing to lend his name to the ticket. It would be a patriotic thing to do, and would require absolutely no work. Indeed, part of his electoral strategy would be to do absolutely no campaigning and make no demands to participate in any debates. He would run the type of campaign Jefferson always claimed to run, maintaining an Olympian aloofness while, in this case, his supporters also did nothing. His name would appear at least one row above that other Joe Lieberman. Could he be blamed if some people mistook him for the other guy?
Unfortunately, this brilliant idea appears to be a non-starter. A quick internet search reveals just a single Joe Lieberman (other than you know who) in the entire state, nor could I find anyone with interesting variants (e.g., Liberman). I don't know if the one Joe Lieberman I found would be willing to run, but the odds, alas, of that single person being willing are probably not good. It is, unfortunately, probably the case that a potential candidate could not simply change his or her name to Joe (or Jo) Lieberman. An honest to god Joe Lieberman would be needed.
All is not lost, I suppose. It's a big country, and we might be able to import someone from some other state.
I offer this idea for free to the party elders for their consideration. Some might argue that it would never work, because the word would get around. Sure, but not necessarily to the "low information" voters so critical to Joe's success. Anyway, wouldn't it be fun to listen to Joe whine about people taking advantage of loopholes in the election laws.
It occurred to me that the obvious candidate for the party (in the unlikely event Joe runs again) would be Joseph Lieberman. There must, I thought, be a number of Joe Liebermans in this state, one of whom would be willing to lend his name to the ticket. It would be a patriotic thing to do, and would require absolutely no work. Indeed, part of his electoral strategy would be to do absolutely no campaigning and make no demands to participate in any debates. He would run the type of campaign Jefferson always claimed to run, maintaining an Olympian aloofness while, in this case, his supporters also did nothing. His name would appear at least one row above that other Joe Lieberman. Could he be blamed if some people mistook him for the other guy?
Unfortunately, this brilliant idea appears to be a non-starter. A quick internet search reveals just a single Joe Lieberman (other than you know who) in the entire state, nor could I find anyone with interesting variants (e.g., Liberman). I don't know if the one Joe Lieberman I found would be willing to run, but the odds, alas, of that single person being willing are probably not good. It is, unfortunately, probably the case that a potential candidate could not simply change his or her name to Joe (or Jo) Lieberman. An honest to god Joe Lieberman would be needed.
All is not lost, I suppose. It's a big country, and we might be able to import someone from some other state.
I offer this idea for free to the party elders for their consideration. Some might argue that it would never work, because the word would get around. Sure, but not necessarily to the "low information" voters so critical to Joe's success. Anyway, wouldn't it be fun to listen to Joe whine about people taking advantage of loopholes in the election laws.
Posted: Sunday - February 11, 2007 at 07:03 PM
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