The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[scaeagles]

Still, GC, when a republican dares to question the conventional GOP stance on something, like the war or abortion or whatever, they are labelled as "independent thinkers" or "bipartisan" or whatever. Here, Leiberman has an opinion differing from the conventional democrat position. Shouldn't he be called an independent thinker then? Instead, he is labelled as a traitor to his party. Zell Miller? Yeah, he hardly ever voted with the dems at the end. He would probably be described well as not a real democrat.

And the rhetoric right now is nothing compared to what it will be should he lose the primary and run as an independent in the general.