Even when Republicans try to sound reasonable, they fail. Jim Kouri, in the Conservative Voice tries to understand the left’s problem with Holy Joe. He gets off to a respectable start, but then comes the hand grenade.

While Lieberman is a Democrat in the tradition of FDR, Truman and JFK, the rest of his party has sunk to the lowest depths of Stalinism, flirting with treason and betrayal as part of their strategy to gain power while accusing others of what they themselves do.

I don’t think Kouri is engaging in tongue-in-cheek humor here. But what do I know? I don’t understand conservative humor. Democratic humor, on the other hand, I get completely.

One parade float, organized by Lamont supporters who write Web logs, or blogs, had a sign calling Lieberman a “RAT,” a Republican Apologist and Turncoat.

Another read: “Joe Lieberman supports Plan B for himself, but Joe Lieberman won’t support Plan B for rape victims,” referring to legislation requiring hospitals to provide emergency contraception to rape victims.

The float also boasted two papier-mache replica heads of Lieberman and President Bush kissing. It mocked how the president hugged Lieberman and appeared to have kissed his right cheek after the February 2005 State of the Union address.

As for the Republican, Alan Schlesinger:

…he hopes Lamont wins the Democratic ticket, Lieberman runs as an independent, and that they continue attacking each other until November. When the dust settles, the Schlesinger campaign should win with 37 percent of the vote, he said.

“The odds go way down in a two-way (race, but) I honestly believe I’m the front-runner in a three-way race,” Schlesinger said.

Meanwhile, Christy Hardin Smith is on a rampage to make sure that the DSCC fully supports the winner of the August 8th primary. She has all the contact information you need to make sure the DSCC knows how you feel.

I really believe Joe Lieberman is going to lose the primary. I didn’t believe that until he made the decision to run regardless of how he does in the primary. I just don’t think he can insult the primary voters by telling them he will not respect their vote and still win a majority.

On Friday at 5:30 PM EST, Lamont and Lieberman will have a half-hour debate at the WVIT Channel 30 studios in West Hartford. Holy Joe is going to need to force Lamont into some tremendous gaffe to stop his Nedmentum (or Nedreniline…whatever).

Lastly, Lieberman, in utter desperation, has revived another failed Vice-Presidential contender’s rhetoric.

“My challenger is backed by a group of very zealous people and they are using me to get at President Bush,” Lieberman said. “I know President Bush. I wouldn’t say he’s a friend of mine. and trust me, I am no President Bush.”