Unpatriotic

Democrats get furious at the word, there's really no other way to describe them. Read this paragraph from today's Washington Post.

Lieberman's contrarian behavior is not out of character -- he is far more hawkish than the majority of Democrats, and he has vigorously backed invading Iraq and toppling Saddam Hussein from the beginning. But the latest defense of Bush and his stinging salvos at some in his own party have infuriated Democrats, who say he is undercutting their effort to forge a consensus on the war and draw clear distinctions with Republicans before the 2006 elections.

Even the Washington Post recognizes that the Democrats are putting their own political fortunes ahead of the country's best interests.

In fact, even the Democrats say it: Many Democrats were appalled by Lieberman's comments, although few were willing to reprimand him publicly.

"Senator Lieberman is past the point of being taken seriously in the caucus because everything he does is seen as advancing his own self-interest, instead of the Democratic interest," said a senior Senate Democratic aide, who described discontent in that chamber as "widespread."

The "Democratic interest," not the national interest.

I'll take their word on it, and call it what it is - upatriotic.