Today I was driving back home from taking my grandmother to a doctor’s appointment, when National Public Radio reported a story which had me laughing out loud in my car. The story was about military tribunals and contained and odd dichomoty.
On the one hand, the Bush administration decided not to try the first indicted terrorist in a military tribunal. On the other hand, the administration was blasted by Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman precisely for that decision.
The more I think back to what happened almost a year ago, the more I think the best outcome was that the nation did not have to suffer through four years of a Lieberman vice presidency.
Lieberman has always been relatively illiberal on speech issues for a Democrat, and he now seems intent on replacing Jesse Helms as the most illiberal person in the U.S. Senate.