Is Joseph Lieberman Senator Palpatine?

Let's see...both are senators. Both got a major rise to power at the same time that a jedi knight died (Lieberman with Sir Alec Guiness, a.ka. Obi-Won Kenobi and Palpatine with Qui-Gon Jinn). There is very much a resembelance.
Hmmmmm.
"Hard to see, the dark side is" - Yoda.
This is not meant to be a political statement,
nor is it meant to be anything other than a funny resemblance and coincidence,
so save the hate mail, because I won't read it.