Joe Lieberman=Cure for Insomnia

As far as I know, James Wolcott is the first to add the term "Joelasses" to the national lexicon, after which he notes, in much better style than my own, Joe's startling ability to bring on heavy eyelids and semi-consciousness in even the most hyper of folks:

He's always sounded deeply drowsy, but today his vital signs seemed to slip into the danger zone that barely separates us from the undead...He propped himself up to drone his support for the nomination of Condi Rice as Secretary of Clueless...Sleepy Joe also argued that partisanship should end at the nation's shores when the country is engaged in global war on terror, which is counseling Democrats to commit self-emasculation. They did that during Bush's first term, and look at the good it did.

If I ran anything like a daycare center, naptime would be preceeded by five or so minutes of Joe opining on virtually any subject. That's all it would take.