Marc Armbinder is reporting that Joe Lieberman (R-Tel Aviv) is supporting John McCain for President. This is hardly surprising as Senator McCain has been by far the most wild-eyed supporter among the Republicans for the Oded Yinon Strategy, which calls for the destruction of all of Israel’s neighbors.

Senator McCain’s endorsement this morning by both the Boston Globe and Des Moines Register in the New Hampshire and Iowa primaries could breathe new life in the old warhorse’s campaign. If he has a respectable showing in Iowa and New Hampshire, it might even attract some funding to his campaign, which is presently mired in fifth place in the issues-free National Seventh Grade Popularity Contest administered by our bought-and-paid-for Corporate Media.

While the Des Moines Register described Senator McCain and Senator Clinton the most competent and ready to lead, there are some who might disagree.

"With dissension at home and distrust abroad, as American troops continue to fight wars on two fronts, the times call for two essential qualities in the next American president," the Register’s editorial board concluded. "Those qualities became the paramount considerations in making endorsements for the Democratic and Republican nominees in the 2008 Iowa caucuses.

"The times call for competence. Americans want their government to work again.

The times call for readiness to lead. Americans want their country to do great things again. They’ll regain trust in their government when they see a president make that happen."

The Des Moines Register editorial board may not have noticed it, but what Americans actually want is someone dedicated to the premise that American is a nation of laws, and the people overwhelmingly want to see some serious war crime trials, with many, many, many long-term imprisonments, and if we’re really lucky about 25 or 30 executions for treason.

While all the Republican candidates (except for Ron Paul) are for more war, more torture, and less taxes for the millionaires, which very surprisingly include themselves, if I really had to stick my hand into the box that might possibly contain that scorpion, I’d rather see McCain have a brush with destiny than Millionaire dog-tormenter Romney, Millionaire adulterer and Mafia buff Giuliani, or Governor Huckabee, who all seem to want to drag us back to the 10th century.

After all, Senator McCain has adequately shown his Foreign Policy knowledge and experience, and demonstrated his ability to plot a careful course in the Middle East, right?