A Victory, and a Defeat
The victory was Liverpool's deserved, if rather laboured, 2-1 Champions League win over Maccabi Haifa, who could have been forgiven for having other things on their mind. We were competent without being comfortable or convincing: it's to be hoped that this was just early-season rustiness rather than being a sign of long-term weakness. On last night's performance, we should be able to sneak through, whichever neutral venue hosts the second leg.
It was good to see Mark Gonzales score the winner. On balance, I'd prefer Rafa to sign effective players before cute players, but it's always good if they're both simultaneously.
The defeat was Joe Lieberman's in Connecticut. Apart from a CT friend of mine calling Ned Lamont a sleaze, about which I have no informed opinion, this is a really sad moment. A respected Senator ejected by a one-issue carpetbagger in hock to the madder wings of the Democratic Party. Michael Moore called Senator Lieberman's defeat 'housecleaning,' which was pleasant, but does at least confirm that the New E-Democrats are the sort of party one wouldn't want to gatecrash.
I would blame Yale students, but it's the vacation. Possibly it's the faculty and my fellow graduate students.
A Lamont voter was quoted in the Times as insisting that Connecticut was antiwar and that this would send a message to Washington. Not just DC, darling. Even if you were to assume that Iraq was the proximate cause of the plot to detonate transatlantic aircraft, which is a very dodgy assumption (proximate excuse might be more accurate), who on earth is going to benefit from America cutting and running NOW?
Still, if you elect Lamont to the Senate in November, maybe they'll take notice and leave Connecticut till last.
Wouldn't count on it, though.
It was good to see Mark Gonzales score the winner. On balance, I'd prefer Rafa to sign effective players before cute players, but it's always good if they're both simultaneously.
The defeat was Joe Lieberman's in Connecticut. Apart from a CT friend of mine calling Ned Lamont a sleaze, about which I have no informed opinion, this is a really sad moment. A respected Senator ejected by a one-issue carpetbagger in hock to the madder wings of the Democratic Party. Michael Moore called Senator Lieberman's defeat 'housecleaning,' which was pleasant, but does at least confirm that the New E-Democrats are the sort of party one wouldn't want to gatecrash.
I would blame Yale students, but it's the vacation. Possibly it's the faculty and my fellow graduate students.
A Lamont voter was quoted in the Times as insisting that Connecticut was antiwar and that this would send a message to Washington. Not just DC, darling. Even if you were to assume that Iraq was the proximate cause of the plot to detonate transatlantic aircraft, which is a very dodgy assumption (proximate excuse might be more accurate), who on earth is going to benefit from America cutting and running NOW?
Still, if you elect Lamont to the Senate in November, maybe they'll take notice and leave Connecticut till last.
Wouldn't count on it, though.
posted by BoB at 1:50 PM
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