By Carlos J. Echevarria El Segundo
We should extend Ned Lamont a well-deserved congratulations for his upset over Joe “Bush Lovin” Lieberman. It’s about time to clean house in the Democratic camp by endorsing more new candidates with new ideas instead of recycling the same old dogs like Joey L. The Democrats should be like a football team in the rebuilding stages: mixing in young rookies that are driven to make an impact for the future with a few loyal and “somewhat honest”veterans like Kennedy, Feinstein, Kucinich, Boxer, Waters and Conyers to guide them with experience.With a formula like that, Democrats can distinguish the difference between those with the backbone to stand up against the evil insanity of President “BS” and his cronies or be like Hillary and Joey L., who supported an illegal war and are endorsed by corporate lobbyists like Rupert Murdoch,Time Warner and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Our time has come to change for the better because the GOP still has and always had stupidly bad ideas.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 14, 2006. Read the original PDF.