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Senator Joseph Lieberman, Independent Democrat: The PajamasMedia Video

“The fastest growing political party in America is no party, which is to say, that the fastest growing group of voters are unaffiliated with either party. That’s a market statement on the two major parties.” – Senator Joseph Lieberman. On September 27, Senator Joseph Lieberman sat down with PajamasMedia CEO Roger L. Simon in Washington, DC to talk about the political atmosphere of America, Lieberman’s quest for re-election, and what it is likely to be the front-running political hybrid in the 2006 race.An audio podcast of this interview is HERE.

Hanson on Democrats, the Dotage of Jimmy Carter, and Oliver Stone:

“In his dotage, Carter is proving once again that he is as malicious and mean-spirited a public figure as he is historically ignorant. And for all his sanctimonious Christian veneer, and fly-fishing, ‘aw shucks blue-jeans image, he can’t hide an essentially ungracious and unkind soul. Does he have any idea of Lincoln and Andrew Johnson suspending habeas corpus and shutting down newspapers, Woodrow Wilson jailing political dissidents, FDR interning American citizens and executing German agents in secret military tribunals?” Continued…

Lieberman: “I can forgive… but I probably won’t forget.”

In an exclusive video interview with Pajamas Media, Senator Joseph Lieberman – the former Democrat now running as an Independent to retain his Connecticut senate seat – was asked by PJM’s CEO Roger Simon if he could forgive once close friends Chris Dodd, Al Gore and Teddy Kennedy, for endorsing his opponent Ned Lamont, the former Democratic Party vice-presidential candidate responded: “I can forgive … but I probably won’t forget.”

Lieberman is leading Lamont in the latest polls by upwards of ten percent.

See the full video interview HERE ON PAJAMAS MEDIA.

Witchdoctor Medicine

Catherine Seipp’s daughter is starting college. After some motherly advice, Seipp observes that when it comes to life-saving medicine and vaccines, the far Right boasts as big a nut bowl as the far Left.

“One of the first things I had my 17-year-old daughter do when she began college this fall was make an appointment to get the new anti-HPV (for “Human Papillomavirus“) vaccine at the university’s student health center…. (Continued)

PAJAMAS AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB:

Pajamas Media POLITICSCENTRAL hosted a standing room only panel discussion last night at the National Press Club in Washington DC . Topic: “How Partisan Is Too Partisan?” Panelists: Michael Barone (US News), Paul Mirengoff (Powerline), Tom Bevan (Real Clear Politics), Mark Blumenthal (The Mystery Pollster), Cliff May of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. Jane Hall of Fox News Watch.Moderator: Glenn Reynolds.

Present and announced at the event were two NEW EDITORS for Pajamas Media: Paris Editor Nidra Poller and Washington Editor Richard Miniter who appeared in his pajamas and Turnbull & Asser robe. (More photos, video and transcripts to come.)

The Sanity Squad on Clinton and that “nice little conservative hit job.”

The blogosphere and much of the media are abuzz with talk of ex-President Clinton’s feisty interview with Chris Wallace, in which Clinton defended his record on Osama Bin Laden and accused Wallace of doing a “nice little conservative hit job on me.” The Sanity Squad analyzes Clinton, as well as the reaction to his words, and the divisiveness and finger-pointing of the post-9/11 political world.

This week’s special guest is Gagdad Bob, who blogs at One Cosmos. Bob is a clinical psychologist as well as an extreme seeker and spiritual aspirant. But in some ways Bob is indescribable–although he has been described, on Daily Kos, as “the most obnoxious man in America.” (Listen to this exclusive podcast HERE)

Autumn of the Partisans:

The base may still nominate but in an era when it doesn’t elect does the hyperpartisan still get to serve? PajamasMedia Special Correspondent William Bradley says California provides a clue.

In this era in which hyperpartisans - on both far sides of the aisle – have become adept at screaming their mantras and building their straw men, frequently dominating what passes for “debate,” something very interesting is happening in California.

The partisans are beginning to evaporate… (Continued)

Interview With A Conservative:

Ed Driscoll interviews Bruce Frohnen, the co-editor of %%AMAZON=1932236430 American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia%% for Tech Central Station.

Hail to the Coif:

The Manolo (He of “The Manolo Loves The Shoes”) Opines on the Fabulousness and the Not-So-Fabulousness of the Political Combovers, the Plugs, the Mullet and the Mop Top.

Manolo says, recently the Manolo has been thinking about the hairstyles of the Presidents. For the example, the current president, George the W. Bush, has the mostly non-descript hair; the sort of the short, no-nonsense, cut-by-the-elderly-barber-named-Mory hair…. (Continued)

September Originals @ Politics Central

All of the POLITICSCENTRAL articles, essays, and podcasts from September in one place. Be sure to check in and see what you missed.