Why, oh why, did the New York Times hire Bill Kristol to besmirch its reputation and spread garbage?

Today, he just blatantly lies to readers while discussing John McCain's Veep pick.

He could select the person he would really like to have by his side in the White House — but whose selection would cause palpitations among many of his staffers and supporters: the independent Democratic senator from Connecticut, Joe Lieberman.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/opinion/25kristol.html?pagewanted=print

Sorry, Bill, but proper capitalization matters a great deal here.  Joe Lieberman is the king of his own make-believe party, and that party is the Independent Democrat party.  He is not an "independent Democratic senator."

While we obviously all know that Joe is no longer a real Democrat, he tried to fool Connecticut voters with his made up party name in order to win re-election.

Now, Bill Kristol is the one trying to fool readers of the Times, by suggesting that Lieberman is a regular Democrat who happens to be independent, rather than the only member of a party that was non-existent until he made it up in order to get re-elected after losing the Democratic primary -- you know, how real Democrats get elected, not fake Democrats who lose and then create their own party. 

I can't believe the NYT allowed this garbage to appear in print!