New Lieberman Poll Should Serve As Warning To Bush Dogs Everywhere
By Nicole Belle Thursday Sep 13, 2007 3:32pm
According to a recent poll, if given the opportunity now, voters of Connecticut would only too happily show Lieberman the door and handily elect Ned Lamont. David Sirota at OpenLeft explains how Republicans and LieberDems alike should take that as a sign that the general public isn't buying what they're trying to sell anymore.
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Lieberfrist!
Too bad CT voters didn't wake up last year. Now we're stuck with this bastard for the next 5.
Sweet!
Again, thanks Connecticut for foisting this turd on all of us.
Yeah, well. Too fucking late. That and a quarter will buy the rest of us a cup of coffee. They had their opportunity and blew it.
I mean seriously, did they expect Joementum to change? WTF is up with Connecticut Democratic voters?
You don't get a do-over, Ct.
Live with it...and hopefully learn.
Oh...and thanks.
ah yes, senator palpatine, your cowled robe is ready to be picked up from the cleaners.
Does Bush have compromising photos of Lieberman like he does of Tony Blair, or are they doing a great job at keeping us in perpetual conflict...like the military industrial congressional big media phreaky pharma complex dictates with it's legalized bribery/election system?
For the record, I voted for Ned. Twice.
67% of the republicans were for blubberman. The fix was in.
Right on, Sirota. So true that this lying sleeze-bag worked to get elected by softening his position on the occupation. He made it sound like he would work to change the direction of the war if elected. He of course neglected to mention that that change would be to escalate, not lower our involvement. Now the arrogant prick walks around like he's actually something important trying to leverage his position of "caucussing" with the democrats while actively supporting all things Bush. And oh by the way, threatening at every turn to become a re-puke.
Well you are one already, you slimy little turd. The greatest joy will be in 2008 after the election, Liebertool will be irrelevant, able to serve out his final term in the obscurity he deserves.
How could Connecticuttians not have realized this a year ago? I mean, did they poll all the Republican voters that put Lieberman in there in the first place?
What do those polled think about all the Dem leadersthat got behind Lieberman in his bid to screw the Democratic Party and the people of Connecticut? The Schumers, Clintons, and Boxers, etc of the party? What of them?
"I think he took unfair advantage of his many years of incumbency," said John Orman, a Fairfield University political science professor who took over the party Lieberman formed after losing last year's Democratic primary to Greenwich businessman Ned Lamont. "He decided to run as a minor party candidate without actually joining that party, knowing there would be protection from the various officials in Hartford he's been friends with for 30 years or so."
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"It is against state law to knowingly circulate a false petition, and I believe Senator Joseph Lieberman did that," Orman wrote. "The secretary of the state accepted Senator Lieberman at his word that he would form a new minor party so he could get maximum ballot access. . . . It has become clear Senator Lieberman had absolutely no intent whatsoever, at anytime, to join or form a new minor party in Connecticut."
http://wmass.indymedia.org/?q=node/70
hearing this guy speak is like nails on a blackboard.
Lieberman = L-O-S-E-R
If the voters of CT don't like the behavior of their runnaway senator, I would think that somehow they have an obligation to try and rein him in. Simply saying they would vote another way now does not help the pressing issue of Iraq that is at hand.
It was actually the national leadership of both parties that saved Holy Joe. A lot of Dems backed Joe over Ned after the primary, and the Republicans let their official candidate twist in the wind.
destardi @ 14:
I'd rather have oral surgery withou the novocain than listen to him...
AMERICA is NOT buying and has stopped buying the lies that has been spewing from their mouth. THEY HAVE LOST ALL credibility and the only one left to drink their kool-aids are the 110th Congress with the exception of ONE VERY Congress MAN.......Dennis Kucinich.
The Congressman stood up for the AMERICANS and WE will do the same for him with or without the backing of the greenback dollars. He is truly the man for all people. He has been undetered by any of the corporate influences and or media propaganda.
His principle is the EXTREME opposite of the current President's.
a guy @ 18:
Its like being lectured by Deputy Dawg
Alecia @ 16:
That would be a great idea if Joe gave a flying f*ck what the people of CT -- much less the rest of America -- thinks.
Still, shame on voters in Connecticut for not getting their heads out of their asses to take an honest look at Loserman BEFORE the election. Loserman isn't doing anything new, he was an obvious loser long enough before the election for people to see him for what he is if they had bothered to look. A lot of good it does now to be unhappy with your choice. And shame on all of the Democrats who came forth in support of Loserman when they should have been backing Ned Lamont.
I agree, it's too late but at least they have come to their senses. Let's hope that spreads throughout the nation. I'm all into hopeful because there is nothing else left.
I don't think they have do-overs in Connecticut. This is why people should be very careful who they vote for. When you vote for a putz, you get a putz.
Now if they could recall Holy Joe, like they do in California..........
So um.. what's so different between now and 6 months ago?
The people who elected liberman deserve his bullshit.
If there was ever a political column about this war with so much candor, I haven't see it!!
Check out Paul Krugman's (NYT 9-14-07) "A Surge, and Then a Stab"
Definitely cc yesterday on that.
If given the opportunity NOW the voters will blablabla...
Which means that either:
a) the voters in Conn are idiots
b) there was some hanky panky in the reelection of (R) Lierberman - Israel
and, go figure, LIEberman was supported and his campaign financed by....
chemistry council
bechtel
BOEING
lockheed martin
occidental petroleum
raytheon
no conflict of interest there. nope. none at all, keep movin' on....
side note: get the fucking PACs, lobbyists, special interests, corporations, banks, credit industry, war profiteers (see, big oil, and defense contractors) the fuck out of my fucking government (i'm looking at you too hillary). seriously, get the fuck out.
[i apologive for the carpet eff bomb, pun intended--for effect]
Can a senator be recalled? Impeached? Sent to Iraq for permanent assignment?
foolme1ns @ 24:
Unfortunately, there is no provision for the recall of a US Senator. Impeachment, maybe.
Kryptman @ 25:
they do...
its just that we, and the rest of the peace-loving world, don't
Samson- @ 7:
I've been saying this old bastard looked like Palpatine for years! I hope he's got another career lined up after this term, cause he's done!
If the Dems get an absolute majority in the Senate in 2008, they have to kick Loserman to the curb. Make him have to go kiss Repubican ass if he wants to sit on any committees. If the Dems don't excommunicate Loserman at their first chance, the Dems are stupid as they'll be rewarding those who betray them.
I'm amazed at how enlightened these people have become after snubbing those of us who saw trouble before it happened. Ned Lamont should have been Connecticut's Senator, but, for some unknown reason, they wound up sticking Pouting Joe Entitled back in that seat. Of course, the Democratic leadership should have censured his ass for his little stunt, but didn't.
The rest of us are living with your lack of judgment. You should be ashamed.
Darth_Romney @ 33:
spot on, dead ringer
not only in his appearance but also in his evil, manipulative, black-hearted designs on power
Of course, but the public is always a sucker for forgiveness. It is ingrained in our thoughts, and our actions.
"Just give one more chance, one more chance to make it right."
And the public will buy that argument wholesale, and give him/her another chance.
In it's 4th year into Iraq war, and the president is still crying for another chance, and lo and behold, the public still supports it, judging by increasing approval ratings, albeit small, it maybe.
Lieberman may the worst of the (Dem) lot, but don't forget all of those that laid down for Bush regarding more funding for the war, FISA, etc.,etc. They even gave him, JL, a committee. The prob is much more than one sell out. Unless we get the money (READ:legal bribery) out of the process, they, Dems and the Repugs will never represent the people.
I guess the Kool-Aid wore off. Loserman is the poster child for why we need to be able to petition for recall elections.
Boehner
1. Al-Qaida didn't decide the Iraq should become their central front until WE invaded and pretty much invited them there by Dumbo Dubya saying things like "bring it on"
2. Al-Qaida is growing all over because we've been their perfect recruiting tool .. the synergy between Bush/Republican "9-11, 9-11, fear, fear, fear, war, war, war, keep Republicans in oer" and Al-Qaida's prime recruitment tool is so great I sometimes wonder if there aren't some backroom discussions going on.
3. I don't belieive that to withdrawl that Al-Qiada would follow us home.
YOu guys can't have it both ways. You can't cite the fact that Al-Qaida attacked us on 9-11 prior to our war with Iraq, when trying to support the idea that we were innocently attacked and had no copability in that attack
AND then turn around and say that if we don't fight them there (which is an immoral argument ) they will follow us home.
YOU ALREADY MADE THE ARGUMENT THAT AL-QAIDA CAN READ MAPS AND USE MAP QUEST WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A WAR.
Blunt
1. The US in Iraq IS ALREADY THEIR GREATEST RECRUITING
TOOL
Together we will and together we can, what?
+ Make us the most hated and dispised nation on the face of the planet -- yeah let's see how l;ong we survive when we have no friends.
+ Totally distroy the middle class, exports all jobs, totally distroy the environment, continue to errode worker and consumer safety.
+ Finish the job of distroying the Justice Department, FEMA, HUD, DOE, etc. etc. etc.
+ Finish the job of making the only way for a poor or middle class student to aggord college is by being in the military for a few years and fighting in your endless wars?
I would love to see David Brooks so counter point videos to each and every one of their vids.
After hearing him egg on the General to start a dust up inside Iran, can't Lieberwuss be recalled based on his apparent insanity?
Kryptman @ 25:
Correct, and if anyone here would actually look at the poll, they would see that it was Republicans that voted for Lieberman, not Democrats. I'm a CT Democrat, and like the majority of my party I voted for Lamont. So quit bitchin' already.
foolme1ns @ 24:
So there's a recall mechanism in California? Maybe the Californians should consider using it against Feinstein.
Nice job Connecticut! Thanks for realizing what the rest of did last year! Dumb Asses!
Great choice of pics.
Ya know, I can't really blame the CT Republicans for voting for the Leeb, he followed the neo-con line of BULLSHIT all the way, and besides, Republicans get a pass because they're just naturally morons, prime examples of the Bell curve. Ain't NO way you're ever gonna convince those 25-per-centers that Bush wasn't God Almighty and the Leeb was one of His Apostles.
But, I have NO pity on the Independents. They held the key to that election and could have swung it for Lamont. Jeezus, is there something in the water in Connecticut? C'mon, Nutmeggers, get creative, can't you find a decent sex-scandal on this old fart? Do what Hawkeye Pierce did on M*A*S*H, drug the old prick and take pictures of him in bed with a prostitute. Hell, I'd give $100 to see it done!
I'm writing in Kucinich. Screw the rest of the candidates. The rest are just stealth repubes anyhow....
THEY wanted LIEberman. Now we're ALL stuck with him.
I hated the result of that election as much as anybody but ... the CT bashing is a little over the top. Yeah, Lieberman is a major right-wing douchebag. And, yes, it's doubly tragic that he got elected in one of the most liberal states in the country. But he wouldn't be an issue at all if a few other states stopped electing GOP douchebags. Last time I checked there were only 15 states (other than CT) that didn't have a Republican senator.
Seems to me there's plenty of blame to go around.
fuck the voters of ct
they were warned by everyone else in the nation
they chose not to listen and fucked us all
in 08, holy joe needs to be stripped of everything
leave ct out in the cold
fucking 2bit state shouldnt have any power in any case
uncle joe mccarthy @ 50:
You're an idiot.
a dollar short and a day late. We are stuck with this moron for a wile longer.
Bush dogs need to get over their daddy fetish and say no to the continued occupation
Some people I just wish they'd just disappear from the face of the earth and leave the rest of the world alone. These people have caused so much suffering, that if they'd never have been born is OK with me. Lierbermann is one of those people.
Guess the most surprising thing to me in the "what if" poll is that 40 percent of
Ct. voters would still vote for him...and yes, I noted that percentage included
67 percent of the Repigs..
One: As a CT native and voter, I voted for Lamont, and I'm plenty pissed that Lieberman won.
Two: No one here has bothered to ask WHY Lieberman won. Its because Bush tried to shut down the sub base in Groton, the single largest employer in SE Connecticut. Liberman used his pull in the Senate to get it taken off the axe-list and was very public about it. Many people in that blue-collar area of the state couldn't see Lamont being able to do that. They chose preserving their ivelihood over war ideals. Remember, CT is a very blue state, but fiscally conservative.
Three: To those bashing, CT: F-you! Deal with your own problems in your own states. There are plenty of senators out there just as bad as Lieberman.
CT voter @ 56:
Your No. three: I agree...I'd trade you John Cornyn here in Texas for LIE-berman, but
you'd get the short ed of the stick...
Can't help but blame all the Democratic Senators who abandoned Ned, for instance, Senator
Barbara Boxer, who was my hero, who openly campaigned for Joe. Ned got virtually no
support from his own party whereas, Joe the Independent, received support from all the
established Democrats. Ned received silence from his own party. Had they gotten behind Ned things may have turned out differently. Now, we're all stuck with that monster for
years. So tragic.
Gollum @ 5:
Most of the Connecticut voters who voted for Joe, were NOT Democrats. Most were Republican or independent. The majority of Connecticut Dems voted for Ned Lamont.
CT voter @ 56:
As an "ex-pat" from Connecticut, I totally agree with your assessment. I think the other reason people voted for Lieberman was he was their Senator. And Lamont might have been a little too unknown for them. Incumbents really do have an advantage over unknowns. Even though he did lose the primary to Lamont, Lieberman was, in some eyes, the incumbent. Someone who brings home the pork.
I'm just hoping we here in Oregon can get a good candidate to defeat Gordon Smith. This here blue state needs two Democratic Senators, dang it.
I wonder how the voters of Connecticut feel now? I wonder how they will feel if Joe gets his way? How will it feel knowing that your vote helped to start a war in Iran, and that your vote helped to kill several hundred if not thousands of American soldiers? And then there is the even greater number of innocent Iraqi people who they have helped to murder with their votes. Nice one, Connecticut. I hope you are having lots of trouble sleeping at night.
Interesting Poll - but it's too late. The whole country - indeed, the whole world - knows how stupid Connecticut voters are.
Lieberman bends over farther and spreads them wider than even any of the rethuglicans are capable of.
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Joementum @ 49:
Actually, he is only right-wing when it comes to intervention in the Middle East. On almost all other subjects, he fits in very well with the rest of the Democrats.
Gollum @ 5:
If the Queen had balls she'd be the King. If post cards were outlawed, only outlaws would write home.
Ah, isn't it wonderful to see so many people just basking in the light of Joementum.
My father, bless his soul, would have referred to Lieberman as "a Major League PUTZ"!!!!
THERE IS SUCH AS THING
AS
A
RECALL!
!
liberdouchbag, yes yes i must be antsimetic er wait !
Ruthless People @ 2:
No your not.
What about a recall election? Does one exist for the elected office of U.S. Senator? Or impeachment? And what happened to using the telephone, fax machine and mail to bombard this liar that he is to start complying with the people's wishes and not his own ideological desires.
Additionally, in yet another example of weak leadership on the Dem side of the aisle. He cirumvented the process by not accepting that a majority of the states Dem. primary voters wanted someone new in his place. Instead of rejecting his sudden jump from Democrat to Independent, the majority of the state voted him in. (Or was it the Diebold machines again??) Either way, we have another example of a lifelong politician avoiding accountability and finding loopholes to further his political ambition at the expense of the people who he represents.
But hey, just sit on your butts and wait for a change. Surely it will arrive someday.
From the info I've read, the Connecticut Constitution needs to be amended in order to have a recall but any member of the state legislature can propose this. So why isn't this happening? Anything to do with bush family roots in the state of Connecticut? And why won't the Democratic leadership at least strip him of his chairmanships? I know...weenies.
I supported Lamont with money and I'm from fucking California. The CT repugs elected this guy, so don't blame the CT dems so much. What I don't understand is why he is allowed to hold his democratic committe positions since becoming an independent.
And we all know Lieberman is just doing the Zionists' bidding anyway. Too bad the Zionists just CAN'T get us to do their dirty work for them. Poor babies. They may have to reveal that they actually DO have the bomb.
Ruthless People @ 2:
They had their chance and they messed up. Thanks a bunch CT.
It's too late! Don't feel too bad the rest of the country allowed
itself to be hijacked by the Emmanuel's, Steny Hoyer's.
Don't you think we don't see that every time Emmanuel defends
Lieberman's thinking he tries to make a dive back to the left
to offer a crumb or two. He thinks he's quite an acrobat.
Hey those dumb ass Connecticut voters were warned. A little too late to have remorse. Aren't these the same fools that now regret the Iraq war?
realnoid @ 72:
Sorry Rahm, I didn't deliberately set out to misspell Emannuel.
jtmonty46 @ 31:
Then they should impeach the bastard if they can!
IMPEACH LIEberman!
Well, duh. It's not like we didn't WARN the stupes in CT that Liebertard was toxic. Like teenagers, CT "stay the course" Dems had to find out the hard way - too late, as usual.
The voters of Connecticut may not be as dumb as we think...
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3778
(Please bookmark and distribute as much as possible.)
What this shows is:
Do not be afraid to challenge pro-war, pro-empire Democrats in the primaries.
Of course they will paint all types of pictures of disaster for the Dem party if they are challenged.
Challenging pro-war dems in the primaries does not mean putting the feared socialists into office. It can be any stripe of progressive. The only point is to put pressure on the pro-invasion crowd.
Start challenging them in the primaries. It is the single most effective way to make change happen.
The whole point is to get candidates into position to challenge the pseudo-progressives like Libermann.
Believe me, nothing terrifies the neocon movement more than challenging these mouth-breathing rubber-stamps in the primaries.
Doesn't anyone remember the voter fraud????
Lieberman's opponent's in the 2000 and 2006 elections got the EXACT SAME amount of votes!
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3778
The only way that could happen is with the vote rigging software that we all know is available because of the testimony of Clinton Curtis...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEzY2tnwExs
Lieberman is LAUGHING at the electorate & has nothing but contempt for America's citizens, like most of the DC elite (ALL ReThugs, and seemingly a majority of Demo/Dinos, e.g. Brian Baird, whose drunk the KoolAid, and installed in power believes we should continue this war ad infinitum).
Lieberman is a Zionist Likud racist; like the former tourism minister who called the Palestinians "cockroaches in a bottle" he considers Muslims subhumans to be exterminated. (Unlike that bastard, he won't emit such opinions publicly, at least so far) Apparently he feels little more affection for Americans in New Orleans (mostly black, let's admit it) whose lives were destroyed by BushCo's indifference to Katrina-- no investigation of "Homeland Security" or Heckuva Job Brownie.
He will "serve" out the remaining 5 yrs. of his term with fealty only to his own racist agenda. On retirement, he will be lionized as a great statesman by the likes of Pelosi, SHillary, & his new ReThug buddies, and he'll get a half-million dollar a year Wingnut Welfare appointment like his buddy Rummy just did at the Hoover Institution.
Shame on our country. Shame on our stupid, hypnotized public, who put war criminals like this in power. We can blame both apathy (people too busy to vote-- though to be fair the system seems awfully rigged with no true opposition to the Bush Crime Family Juggernaut) & stupidity. What informed voter could believe Lieberman wanted this war to end? He loves it, and hopes to extend it to Iran. Woe to this country! Where there is no vision, the people perish.
I found it rather humorous that even Petraeus wouldn't give Holy Joe the time of day - Joe is too far out there in lunatic fringe land even for the admin!
:lol:
Just because a commenter voted for Lamont doesn't mean that, like New York City, there is a HUGE Neo-con Zionist population in CT, many many of them Dems, who put Israel first above their own country, and Lieberman represented that flagrantly. I will never ever ever ever ever forgive those people who are traitors to their own countrry. I have never heard one of them apologise and say they made a mistake. They have retreated like cockroaches into their holes. To them, Americans dying in Iraq are not Jews so why bother , why care? Traitors every one of them. Scum of the earth.
F*%K You AIPAC Joe!!
Two years too late, won't they ever learn?
To heck with showing him the door, show him the tar and feathers.
Can someone tell us how many persons of the Jewish faith serve in the US armed forces??
Benedict Lieberman
Why don't they just recall his ass. Does that process only work in California?
Lieberman looks puffy, tired and miserable. It must be tough trying to keep all the lies and the propaganda straight. At what point do the lies transform into incoherent psycho talk? How can one tell? How can Lieberman tell?
To hell with any one from Connecticut. You voted for him, you got him. Serves you right. Enjoy your next five years with Senator Fudd.
Go to hell, Connecticut. A day late and a vote short.
What is shocking to realize is that Joe Lieberman was actually slated and in line to sit as vice president at one time!!! Heaven clearly did forbid such a travesty!!! I noted General David Petraeus snubbing Lieberman's notion of staging an invasion against Iran last week.. The General would have no part of it and insisted all battles would remain confined within Iraq, no crossing over into Iran as 'dirty Joe' has been encouraging all along... Somebody somewhere needs to show Mr. Lieberman the exit door... He's a fire-starter, busy fueling the fires of terrorism all in the name of Israel! Too many inside Washington clearly better serve the National Flag of Israel and turn their backs on 'Old Glory' who still signs their paychecks...
Idiots. Fools. Cowards. I hate dumb voters. Stay at home next time. Or have at least the good sence to stick with your decision.
Oh, really? Too little, too late! Fuck the voters in Connecticut!
The amazing thing about the poll is that there is still a sizeable population of knuckedragging Dems in Conn. who would vote for Droopy Dog - 25%.
Nerdnoir @ 89:
That only works when the Repugs recall a Dem - like the initiative to recall Gray Davis as a scapegoat for the Enron bankrupting of the California energy market. When the shoe is on the other foot, the Dems want to "take the high road", so they don't recall Repugs.
People should send emails to LOOSERMAN'S Constituency office just to let him know what an asshole he is. It might even shut down his website.
Does anyone know how to reach him?
Gollum @ 5:
Newsflash: Independents and Republicans (especially) gave Lieberman his victory. Schlesinger secured a meaty 10% - he was the only Republican in the three way race.
"Don't blame me. I voted for Kodos." Um, I mean Lamont.
He sure as hell doesn't answer his phones, he has a phone service. Tar and Feather all of them, I say...
neil @ 98:
Believe me, many of us . . . REGULARLY. I get a auto-reply at least once a week.
SpankyTheMonkey @ 95:
You're angry with CT Republicans, genius: whom you'd hate anyways!
Prince Roy @ 91:
I didn't vote for him. What gloriously blue state are you from?
Karl Bauer @ 77:
Most of CT was NOT using electronic voting in 06 so I don't know what kind of conspiracy this highly curious coincidence is supposed to represent.
Retired Navy @ 61:
If war is initiated with Iran, Bush will be impeached. The Iran thing is saber-rattling and you're falling for it. And lieberdouche is, well, a douche.
Can a ``Senator'' be recalled like a guv'nor?
Or, based on his real actions vs his campaign promises, sue him for breach of contract. Sure would be nice if law making and law abiding weren't mutually exclusive.
E Pleb Neesta
GODISNOWHERE
If HPV vaccination and sex-ed cause promiscuity, then confession causes sin.
Bring back crucifixion: "NAIL some sense into 'em!"
BlueKnuckle @ 99:
True, but there were and still are a significant number of Dems in Conn. who haven't a clue. 25% of Dems there still support Droopy Dog.
FCUK CONNECTICUT VOTERS, THEY HAD THEIR CHANCE AND THEY PICKED " BARNEY " the canine.
Don't blame him because he fought on the front lines for civil rights. So he said
Otay @ 107:
And those people aren't netroots and they don't get their politics online and they're likely conservative Dems or labor who have felt that Lieberschmitt has supported all of their other interests well. They did buy Lamont's two claims to electability:
1. Lieberhound is wrong on the war.
2. I'm not Lieberspam.
Those 25% aren't online to read your screeds and Lamont didn't reach them. Be mad at Lamont.
Hell, be mad at Independents.
Lamont got 40% in a 3 way race . . . very respectable. But I have to say this: Lamont was a surfer. He always had that doughy, deer-in-headlights look in his eyes like he was afraid of his own success while he found a demographic and a quick route to the Senate (along with he aw-shucks wavy hair). Lamont was whitebread, rich guy. I was here. I saw and heard every part of the campaign. I met the man. He was surfing to victory. And he never gave people a substantive reason beyond the two above to vote for him.
ABB didn't work for Kerry. ABL didn't work for Lamont.
Last time I checked, we live in a country full of red states. Direct your energies appropriately.
You want to know why the Dems have been so unsuccessful in the last almost two decades?
EATING THEIR OWN.
Here you go again.
CT voter @ 56:
I'm glad that there's at least one other person on this board who actually understands the election, the real, native disgust with regard to the outcome, and the issues that were involved throughout.
Everybody else who misunderstands how it played out and the fact that recall is NOT an option in Connecticut can go f$#@ themselves. You're ignorant in the textbook sense.
How do CT voters feel? We're mad as Hell. Now go fix your own state.
P.S. Lieberman can't be impeached either, as he is not guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors, . . . just heinously bad judgment.
Oh, I don't trust that poll. DailyKos commissioned it. Bill O'Reilly says that the DailyKos is evil and despicable and hateful and one of the most vile web sites on the planet. I believe everything Mr. O'Reilly tells me.
Yes the press played the principal role in allowing Liebermn to foist his lies upon the public. But it isn't entirely the press' fault. Too many of the Conneticutt voters were eager, absolutely determined to buy into Leiberman's lies and bullshit. They wanted to be deceived in order to justify themselves. The press is to be condemned for its failures, but so are the voters who willingly and lazily bought the load of bullshit that the press and and broadcast media helped Lieberman dish out.
The press itself allowed itself to be manipulated by Lieberman, who has proven himself to be a lying opportunist without any trace of conscience. It also allowed itself to be manipulated by so-called Democrats who continued to support Lieberman after he lost the primary (yeah, you assholes haven't been forgotten either).
This whole thing was a circular reach-around clusterfuck that allowed the bad guy to win and the foolish and apathetic to screw the rest of Conneticutt residents.
My bet is the guilty parties haven't learned shit.
Every Jew in Connecticut voted for Joe- It doesn't matter if he is pro war or pro fascist; they are still going to vote for him. It's just the way it is and they wouldn't have it any other way since he is the biggest supporter of Israel they are ever going to get- now add all the republicans who voted for him because that's what he basically is in the worst sense, and you've got yourself a skank Irael first pig of a senator. .You poor sh*ts are now stuck with this awful little sniveling AIPAC whore who now wants to invade Iran because Israel does too.
Will someone in Conn. please start a recall movement? I dont care if the Gov. replaces him with A repug. Just get this guy off the National stage.
Finally the US wakes up to the fact its career politicians are traitors.
Revolt, losers. If ya want guillotines, we have some left over we don't use anymore here in Europe.
Worked the polls during this election and was pissed when Lieberman won. I truly felt my great state would be wise enough, but they weren't.
BlueKnuckle,
I don't eat my own. I'll support my own to the best of my ability. But Droopy Dog supporters are not my own. Neither are the blue Bush dogs in congress, or several of the Dem leaders in congress. My own are not spineless appeasers to stupidity.
Questions Blog @ 8:
lol. now it all makes sense...
Ruthless People @ 2:
Does CT have recall provisions?
hey not all of us in ct voted for him i didn't vote for him thats for sure and if i remember correctly it was a close race. also it was a four way election.
Obviously Connecticut voters didn't think that Joe was serious about becoming Bush's escort.
Now, the only thing Connecticut voters can hope for is that Bush nominates him to head up
Justice or Ambassador to Syria, Israel, or Lebanon.
Kool Aid all the way around.
Ruthless People @ 2:
Some of us WERE awake. But not enough.
Yes, I voted for Lamont. I despise Herr Lieberman. Have for many years.
This guy is the CLASSIC example of political prostitution. As a zionist and most likely a dual citizenship holder he is promoting the agenda of a foreign country ahead of his oaths to protect and uphold the constitution of the United States. Repub, Demo, 'independent'- whatever it takes to maintain Israeli/Zionist influence and control of the American Congress and keep the billions in aid flowing.
Otay @ 118:
And so long as you bully and dismiss sections of your party with whom you are largely in agreement, though not completely, you'll never help the move toward majority votes on issues that matter.
I talked my parents into voting for Lamont, but before that they were going to go ahead and vote for Lieberschmuck for the third or fourth time. They've been appalled by his behavior since re-election. And they didn't see it coming, and they are informed people. They did not approve of his war stance, but his record was more complex than that for them.
Elections are not about one issue. Nobody (SANE) like Lieb's stance on Iraq or Iran. Lieberman does, however, have a long history with/for the state, a history of accomplishments. It's easy for you to dismiss and throw stones, but it accomplishes nothing.
All you do is create animosity and enmity and disunity in the party. Swearing off CT people or the state as a whole is emotionally immature and totally unproductive. I equate that with eating your own.
BlueKnuckle @ 111:
I'll admit I don't know much about the recalling process, how it works in different states or if the state has that provision.
But I won't go f@ck myself, sorry :)
Before you and other CT'ers get upset, I'm from Pennsylvania (remember Santorum?). Even though the new democratic senator, Bob Casey is only a little better than him, we eventually woke the hell up and got his ass out of there.
Yeah, PA's got a lot of problems, but at least we know when our pols are right-wing tools.
I'm not bashing CT, and I don't think state-bashing (another sign of eating your own) is necessary. I just hope the citizens of that state wise up when the time comes, PA finally did.
Otay @ 118:
A reasoned and reasonable perspective . . .
We can't recall or impeach. Wish we could. Can't.
In '08 the Dems are set to take more seats in the Senate and the House and hopefully take the White House . . . and if that happens, Lieberman will be utterly and completely marginalized and the Dems can afford to strip him of his chairmanships without losing control of the chamber.
BlueKnuckle @ 125:
Uh, what is emotionally immature is lying about my stance. I never swore off CT people or the state as a whole.
Otay @ 128:
And my original comment wasn't directed purely at you, but clearly at an aggregate of many-of-the-above. Look again. I was replying to Gollum and others, and then you quoted that reply and replied to me, making a rebuttal.
People who are quick to burn dissenters in effigy are no help. Clearly there are dumbasses in my state. Clearly. But there are also a lot of good people who were honestly duped. Honestly duped. You know the adage of fool me once. The 2000 election doesn't count because:
1. Lieb shouldn't have been allowed a double run, and yet he was allowed it.
2. Dems were voting for him for VP and the Senate vote was a catch-all.
3. Giordano is a well known political criminal in this state.
So honest Dems got duped in 06. And if they continue to support him with full faith and knowledge the following is in play:
1. They don't read or know what's going on - and yes, then they are assholes.
2. They do read and are willing swallow nausea on the war in trade for Lieb's other service in his position.
3. They're fatalistic about it and can't admit when they're wrong, like the Prez - in which case they're assholes.
4. They know that the question is moot since there is no recall option and so supporting one's representative feels like the right thing to do.
Hell, defending the guy now is stupid. But we need those voters. Because they vote and because they are Democratic on every other issue, more than likely.
Lol first Bush is reelected and a year later everyone hates him. Now that miserable little traitor Lieberman is reelected and a year later everyone decides they hate him too. What do these too have in common? How about IT WAS COMPLETELY OBVIOUS THEY WERE TERRIBLE POLITICIANS AT THE TIME OF THEIR REELECTION. Whoever has switched is an even bigger schmuck than those morons who stay loyal. Seriously, if you have switched your opinion, let this be a lesson that you are too stupid to vote and please refrain from participating in democracy from this point forward. You yourself admit that you are too ignorant/naive/just plain stupid to make a proper decision, and know that it would be better if you simply had not voted at all. One thing Lieberman does have on Bush is that he is a loyal devotee to a nation...it's just isn't the United States
The only Consolation to dub's election over All Gore is that we don't have this horse's ass as VPs
joe liarman @ 130:
Right.
So Dems can suppress their own voters with that special brand of lefty elitism, and the Right can continue to use spur their ignorant base with wedge issues and false moralism.
Who wins then?
Lieberman is pretty bad, but would Schlesinger (the Republican in the race) have been better?
BTW, unlike Cheney, if Lieberdupe were VP, he'd be practically powerless.
Silly, silly arguments . . .
anti-semitism doesn't help at all...
Any chance of a recall?
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