Larry Kudlow is such a fool. Lieberman's speech was nothing but extremely dated neoconservative boilerplate and LK denominates this palaver as "brilliant". Kudlow is so craven - he is the genius who claimed that the expansive economy during Bill Clinton's second term was due to Ronald Reagan's policies.

"Moral Clarity" is an incredibly insipid phrase that devalues the weight of profound moral judgments.  There was little "moral clarity" in World War II or the early Cold War.  Yes, there was strong and just moral judgment.  But to argue that the answers were patently obvious doesn't give the issues we currently face their appropriate due.  Nor does it give appropriate to due to the leaders who made the correct judgments back then (Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy) . . . let alone those loyal Americans who made the WRONG judgments (Taft, Dewey).

"He also noted that 9/11 changed everything and that the surge in Iraq is working."

Wow!  What incredibly insightful points!  

If I had a dime for every time I've read the statement "9/11 changed everything"...

The most obsequious display of literary fellatio that never needed to be written.

It is interesting to see that the GOP can't even make coherent arguments when praising their own politicians though; it makes me think that they really are just stupid enough to equate hyperbole and denigration with logical arguments against a politician.

Yesterday, I noted that Joe Lieberman gave another pro-Republican speech to a conservative group, and