Speaking of independents, Kos is having a discussion of Lieberman's worst moments now that he's decided he'll run as an independent if he loses the Dem primary. He might as well just bite the bullet and run in the Republican primary since he's a Republican anyway. But all of his stupid crazy right-wing comments over the years are pretty horrendous. Like the time he said morality is impossible without religion (and was called out by the Anti-Defamation League), or when he suggested women who were raped should just toddle on to the next hospital if the first refuses them plan B saying, "In Connecticut, it shouldn't take more than a short ride to get to another hospital," (leading some to publish maps from catholic hospitals to real hospitals). Here are some more of my favorite worst Lieberman moments from the post (and a couple of my own).

"Howard Dean has climbed into his own spider hole of denial if he believes that the capture of Saddam Hussein has not made America safer. Saddam Hussein is a homicidal maniac, brutal dictator, supporter of terrorism and enemy of the United States, and there should be no doubt that America and the world are safer with him captured."

And when he was first to turn on Clin-ton:

It's with great disappointment, but firm resolve, that I have concluded the President has not lived up to this high standard and that he should be removed from office. The House managers have demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that, in addition to indefensible behavior with an intern, which was not illegal, the President engaged in the obstruction of justice and, as an element of that obstruction, committed perjury before a federal grand jury, which is.

Or how about when he supported congressional intervention in the Schiavo case?

"I believe that certainly in cases where there is not a living will...I feel very strongly that we ought to honor life and we ought not to create a system where people are being deprived of nutrition or hydration in a way that ends their lives,"

Or how about his stupid attacks on Grand Theft Auto.

"This relatively small but highly popular minority is not just pushing the envelope...They are shooting, torturing and napalming it beyond all recognition and beyond all decency."

Or his assertion that Democratic criticism of Bush and the Iraq war were treasonous?

"It is time for Democrats who distrust President Bush to acknowledge that he will be commander-in-chief for three more critical years, and that in matters of war we undermine Presidential credibility at our nation's peril."

Can anyone else think of some more terrible Lieberman moments? Other than this one of course.