They really love Joe

Today in the Wall Street Journal we find an opinion piece, written by Martin Peretz, which touts the Ned Lamont primary challenge in Connecticut to defeat incumbent Joe Lieberman as "a dream come true for Karl Rove." It's a peacnik '70s retread for Peretz, but I won't get into the history here, or the even the fact that Lieberman is once again being touted as "brave" by members of the Republican talking class, I'm posting this because it shows how the worldview of those like Peretz is so similar to the worldview of the people they vow to destroy.

Finally, the contest in Connecticut tomorrow is about two views of the world. Mr. Lamont's view is that there are very few antagonists whom we cannot mollify or conciliate. Let's call this process by its correct name: appeasement. The Greenwich entrepreneur might call it "incentivization." Mr. Lieberman's view is that there are actually enemies who, intoxicated by millennial delusions, are not open to rational and reciprocal arbitration. Why should they be? After all, they inhabit a universe of inevitability, rather like Nazis and communists, but with a religious overgloss. Such armed doctrines, in Mr. Lieberman's view, need to be confronted and overwhelmed. [thank me for the bold]

Millennial delusions, not open to rational talk, wrapped up in a religious overgloss, kinda sounds like the guy who inhibits the White House. Doesn't it?

Feel free to read more from the Wall Street Journal, but I'm sure you have better things to do with your time.