Is for the rumors to be true, and for that ratf%$# Joe Lieberman not to seek reelection in 2012 to be true:

Amid growing speculation that he will not seek re-election in 2012, U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman’s office said Tuesday afternoon that the Democrat-turned-independent will announce his intentions in Stamford Wednesday.

“You can bet the farm” that Lieberman won’t seek a fifth term in 2012, said a Democratic insider who is close to the 22-year Senate veteran. But neither Lieberman nor his Senate office would confirm that.

Please, oh please let this be true.

^*OK, I don’t do Christmas, I am a Jew, and I have no intention of having my circumcision reversed. It’s a metaphor, dammit!