I was reading The Politburo Diktat last night when I noticed an interesting post by our lovable Comrade Commissar on the future of Senator Joseph Lieberman, D-CT. The money quote:

But now, Angry Joe has set himself up as the "Un-Dean." Very clever. Very strong.

Reminds Commissar a little bit of another very strong, very clever "Comrade Joe." And remember who that Joe brought down.

Of course, Comrade Commissar is referring to our glorious Comrade Stalin¹. I agree (for the tongue-in-cheek purposes of this post) that Senator Lieberman reminds me of a historical tyrant who didn't mind slaughtering lots and lots of people to achieve his policy objectives. However, I disagree on who that tyrant is. Is that disagreement because comparing any American politician to Stalin is an outrage and unsupportable on the facts? Well, probably, but I had another angle in mind.

Harkening back to campaigns of previous years:

We've got reason to be scared of Joe, but it ain't because he's Stalin. Connecticut Joe may offer platitudes and warm fuzzy feelings about things, but make no mistake about it: Any Lieberman budget for defense will have an item for a project earmarked "SPACE STATION - ULTIMATE POWER IN UNIVERSE". He'll probably also have that wheezing and sighing physical wreck (no, not Darth Vader; I mean Ted Kennedy) alongside him to do his dirty work.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

¹ In all seriousness: Rudolf Rummel, of the University of Hawaii, has produced figures that show Stalin as being responsible for over 42 million deaths of Soviet citizens during his reign, enough to ensconce him as history's all-time mass murderer. See Freedom's Nest and Rummel's academic site for more of these chilling details. We hear much about the evils of Hitler, but precious little (thanks for nothing, Pulitzer Committee in re: Walter Duranty) about how Uncle Joe took tens of millions of lives indiscriminately. Guess Hitler should have gone whole hog and been an open Communist; he'd get a pass.

NB: Apologies for the grainy nature of that picture; I couldn't find a higher-resolution version of this which had previously been floating around the Internet in large quantities. Winston Smith, call your office.

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