"It’s true what that Eschatros guy says on his blog"
By “And now Lieberman is out there playing that ‘toughness’ card for John McCain. I just can’t believe it. Back in 2006, I looked at Ned Lamont and I saw George McGovern. I looked at his supporters and I saw thousands of Abbie Hoffmans–almost like a pack of crazed, ignorant ideological cannibals. And you know what’s really trippy about that? I was only eight years old in 1972. But that’s the way I was taught to see liberal challengers to people like Lieberman, and that’s the way all my friends in the industry were writing. There’s something deeply wrong with all of us, no question. So today I say: up against the wall! If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. And I have definitely been part of the problem.”
Weisberg immediately rejected his call for his resignation, however, explaining that it would only embolden America’s enemies and that the next six months would be a critical time for Slate.