Just Getting Around to Today's Paper

I'm actually a little bit pleasantly surprised with the Times editorial today unequivocally lambasting the republicans and Joe Lieberman for nakedly exploiting the news on terror to score political points.

The London Plot

It comes like a punch to the gut, at times like these, when our leaders blatantly use the nation's trauma for political gain. We never get used to this. It never feels like business as usual.

Way to go Times. Keep it up.

Ed Koch (former "democratic" NY City Mayor for you non New-Yorkers) was despicable on CNN today, stating explicitly that democratic leaders who support the candidate of choice among voters in Connecticut (Ned Lamont) are "turncoats?" What drug is this guy on? The party should brush aside the results of an election? No wonder we can't spread democracy abroad, we don't understand it at home. There's another one who's in bed with republicans. Remember this guy at the convention denouncing Kerry and supporting Bush? I guess he'll never forgive New Yorkers for voting him out of office.