Joe Lieberman is dead.

He was a mean, spiteful, petty, vindictive little man, the kind that gives politicians a bad name, and the world is a better place without him stinking up the place.

In the 2006 Senate Democratic Primary in Connecticut, Ned Lamont believed that the good people of Connecticut deserved better than the arrogant, vain, war-mongering Lieberman, so Lamont mounted and won a campaign against him. But Lieberman refused to concede defeat and remained in the race through the general election as an independent. Refused to concede. Now whom does that remind you of? With the help of Republican voters, Lieberman won the general election, and he never forgave the Democrats for his humiliation.

He went on to endorse and campaign for John McCain for president, and whenever he could he found ways to undercut Democratic priorities in the Senate, not out of any sincere policy beliefs, but out of pure spite.

He had no genuine policy goals after that primary defeat. All he cared about about was getting even.

Did the Democrats want to add a public option to the Affordable Care Act? Over my dead body, said Senator Pruneface.

And now finally we have it.

I’ve been thinking about writing this piece and mulling it over in my head for the past few hours, ever since I read him described as a “public servant of principle and decency”. That was at a Republican web site, of course.

What amazes me is that I managed to write it without resorting to profanity. Well, after the first three drafts…