Why the WaPo editorial board is irrelevant
‘Wash Post’ Endorses Lieberman for Senate
The Washington Post’s editorial page endorsed Sen. Joe Lieberman for re-election in his third-party Connecticut U.S. Senate race on Sunday, saying that even though he lost the Democratic primary — and Republican leaders are now backing him — his victory in November would still be the best thing for his party.
The Post, like Lieberman, is a strong backer of the Iraq war. Lieberman lost to an antiwar candidate, Ned Lamont.
The Post noted that “the critical question facing voters in November, as opposed to party leaders now, is who would make the better senator — which is why we welcome Mr. Lieberman’s decision to remain in the race. He would be, by far, the better choice for the people of Connecticut.” It even asserted that Lieberman had been making “sharp criticism” of the president on the war for years — likely a surprise to most Democratic voters in the state.
This, then, is truly their TNR moment (when TNR picked Joenomentum as their Dem candidate for ‘04 preznit, thus eliminating what remaining credibility that magazine had).
The WaPo editors and opinion pieces are execrable. The news reporting is pretty darn good, but the OpEd/board? Not so much. In their world, it’s the social cocktail weenies and shrimp circuit (plus your breeding pedigree) that matters far, far more than any of those ‘facts,’ ‘actions,’ or that so-called ‘reality’ thing.
