Lieberman Joins McCain's Campaign...Officially
By Nicole Belle Wednesday Jan 23, 2008 5:08pmThere's your Unity'08 candidates, folks. Enough to make me vomit in my mouth a little.
Sen. Joe Lieberman has been named a chairman of Republican presidential hopeful John McCain's state leadership team.
Lieberman, an Independent who caucuses with Senate Democrats, has endorsed the Arizona senator and campaigned for him in Florida, Michigan, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
He is heading McCain's Connecticut campaign with Republican Rep. Christopher Shays.
George Jepsen, former state Democratic Party chairman who supported Ned Lamont's successful challenge of Lieberman in the 2006 Democratic primary, said Lieberman's endorsement of McCain is an affront to Democrats who believed Lieberman when he said two years ago that he was committed to helping put a Democrat in the White House in 2008.
Maybe I shouldn't help McCain out this way, but it seems worth reminding that Lieberman as VP (which you KNOW is the next step) didn't work out so well the last time.
There's also some choice quotes from an interview of Lieberman in Newsweek.
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It's really the perfect match -- two cartoon characters: Popeye and Elmer Fudd.
okay, NOW will the democrats strip lieberman of his chairmanship?
hahahahahaha....oh, that was a good one.
ugh.
Frist - barf bags for everyone !
I want to vomit in lieberman's mouth
Can I be VP....please please please....
Pass me a bag, willya? I'm gonna hurl.
I wish they would strip Lieberman's ass of everything democratic. If Lieberman's self-serving interests were on the dow-jones....it would be through the roof. He makes me want to puke!!
color me surprised
NOT
the "Q-tip Ticket" is not far away
Enough to make me vomit in my mouth a lot. This country is being run by a bunch a slimy used car salesmen that get away with murder.
well it is for sure his last term as a senator.
Don Davis @ 1:
Damn, you stole the words right off my keyboard.
AH! so you all realized the SOTU post was a day early ..... and all that work I put into the response of what I will hear when Bush opens his mouth gone into the miazma
CappuccettoRosso @ 3:
Not quite FRIST, seems co-FRIST a trois?? - thanks Nicole for keeping hand also on this pulse .. What a disgusting duo !! It gets more crazy by the hour.
Let's hope McCain picks Lieberfuck for his VP candidate so he can LOSE ALL OVER again.
McCain now has Kissinger on board too.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/us/politics/23mccain.html?ref=nyregion
Please Sweet Baby Jesus, can we strip him of his chairmanship and get some oversight of those bastards!!!!!!!
KUCINICH HAS DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE!!!!!
I'm a Connecticut resident. I had a preconceived
notion that somehow we nutmegs were somehow
better than most Americans when it came to intellect.
Well, we are not. In fact, myself included, rank last
in the smart department just behind the banjo player
in the movie "Deliverance." Why? We have Joe Lieberman
as our senator. We really suck. Honest. We suck. :-(
Just think a McCain Lieberman ticket would give the Republicans a historic first too .. the first Jewish VP
and given McCains age (I didn't bring this up Chucky did) he might be the nations first Jewish president .. oh that would be fun to see the fundie right deal with that
It would be an even more interesting race .. the Dems running the first woman or the first African American presidental candidate (provided one of them get;s the nomination) vs the first Jewish vp maybe pres.
So Joe will be 72 in 2009 and Leiberman 67
Today Pelosi and Lieberman discovered the essence of bi-partisanship I suppose. $600 checks Pelosi?? Don’t shame and humiliate this country you idi*t! The whole Europe that despite the crisis still has savings that we don’t, better wages that we don’t, stronger currency that we don’t and better socialized, non-corporate plugged structures that we don’t, is laughing right now. You know what they say? In a communist, autocratic system, the government tends to supply the population with ration cards for meat, sugar, butter, bread, you name it. Under the soviet control, you stood in line and could buy two bottles of milk per week, 12 eggs, pound of pork and half pound of beef every two weeks at most. Now these f*cked up checks to pay half of the rent. How gracious. Geez. We are an Empire for God’s sake! So have some respect and treat it as such!
Imagine… since the Americans are in Iraq basically alone now and now Speaker Pelosi has announced to the world that the Empires has to send to the V6s, V8s, 4X4s driving yet starving and impoverished Americans a ration card in a form of a temporary, targeted and timely check, imagine… the Cubans invading Holland, sending 150 thousands of Cuban troops to Holland, occupying the country, creating bases, fighting the local insurgents while the passive neighbors do nothing. Absolutely nothing. All of a sudden, the Americans in the minds of the Europeans have become like these bloody Cubans, f**k knows how the f**k they got there, it’s so bloody awkward to ask so no one says a god damn thing because Holland to France is like Iraq to Egypt, f**k knows how poor they are and how many ration cards they get, they managed to fool everyone, the invading empire had no cloths to begin with but who the f**k could have guessed, it was invading so it had to be empire, the Cubans f*****g did it so Shell is in deep f*****g shit!! Now the troops are there, good for them. The ration cards, or timely checks if you will, for the people behind the ocean are running out fast tough as all temporary things do. Luckily there is hope. To whoever it may concern: (wink, wink, your families), dear army stationed in Iraq, or Iran, wherever you are by now, we need some of that steel back so we could use it in the factories to build something. Anything, because our people are doing nothing! And stop listening to those god damn radio songs all the time, because as John McCain and his new VP Lieberman are saying boys, this Nam ain’t gonna end in 100 years, Oh yes, wait just a minute Mister Paulson, wait, wait Mister Paulson, oh, yeah, Help, I need somebody, Help, not just anybody, Help, you know I need someone, heeelp!!
How sad indeed to end up like that. F**K!!
Pelosi and Clinton as well as most of the Democratic Congressmen, you are fools and traitors for letting Bush do what he has done, because no matter what happens next, the Russians, Europeans and the rest of the world have seen it all right there. We’re f*****g immoral hypocrites and beggers. As Paul said, we may very well become a third world nation for our lies, military conquests and utter f******g mindless fiscal and foreign policy that’s a laughing stock. That’s all it is, that’s all we are! Thank you. Vote Paul or Obama 2008. V
Medical Diagnosis by Video @ 14:
Actually, he won the first time.
Drew @ 17:
source?
The guy who said 'Politics makes strange bedfellows', sure knew his sh*t.
On the other hand, they sure are a pair of bumbling, two-faced, war-mongering mendacious bastards.
When they lose here, they can keep their campaign together and try their luck in Israel.
Isn't there some oversight work he should be tending to in the Senate instead of pressing the flesh on the campaign trail for someone else? Why is he allowed to skip his duties to work for McCain's campaign?
Look out Iran!
jones @ 21:
Drew @ 17:
I knew he would yesterday. He sent and email out to all those who donated to his pres campaign asking us to donate to his copngressional campaign - it says he's really in trouble and the Repubs are gunning for him
I guess it's appropriate. They've both shared the President's kisses.
Drew @ 25:
jones @ 21:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22827738/
From the day McCain tossed his hat in the ring, I predicted his running mate would be Lieberman. Remember they have been BFF since they vacationed in Iraq that time.
jones @ 21:
Every media outlet in the US
jones @ 28:
Thanks. Sad Day.
Conn. voters, tell your Senator to get back to work and stop fucking around with his boyfriend.
pissed off patricia @ 31:
Haven't been paying too much attention today. Just starting to catch up.
Trader Joe kissed the face of Bush and LOST his democratic seat
NOW ITS GONE FOR GOOD..h a ah ah ha ha hah hahaha
Joe has joined the party of traitors and turn coats........
to think he ran with GORE and lost to Bush cheaters in Florida
this is a carreer politician and will do and say ANYTHING to get fools to vote for him..
The Evangelical Christian vote is much more important for the Republicans than the Jewish vote is.
They can't win the election without the Evangelicals, without the Jews, no problem.
Which is why, if McCain manages to go the distance that he'll likely pick Huckabee as his running mate and not Holy Joe.
I posted this elsewhere on this site earlier today, but for those of you out there that think that it's the Dems election to lose this year and believe that a McCain/Huckabee ticket doesn't stand a chance, let's not forget that in 1968 the good people of America, in their infinite wisdom picked Richard Milhouse Nixon and Spiro Agnew to lead this country.
Don't think something like that can happen again?
I wouldn't bet on it.
~Nyc
Another lose - lose pair. :(
Why is this country looking for and finding a bunch of losers?
What happened to America? It appears that we are more 'america' than 'America'.
I have lost all respect for it. Of course I'm middle class heading toward lower class as I go.
jones @ 32:
Well, not really...
On the upside if Paul gets the nom, he will probably have Kucinich as a running mate.
If McCain and Lieberman are teaming up, I think Paul/Kucinich would be able to beat them.
Lieberman is a two headed snake, no one should be glad to have him on their side.
Drew @ 38:
that would truly be sad. Paul and Kucinich couldn't be further apart.
Dustin de Wynde @ 36:
I think Huckabee damaged himself too much with his religious and change the constitution comments for McCain to choose him .. he would loose those mainstream country club republicans who are afraid of the bohemoth they created in the religious right.
jones @ 40:
Oh.\, was that snark?
Gotta hit these suckers with the true facts and calls for investigations into things like criminality described by Sibel Edmonds, investigations into the astounding anomalies surrounding 9/11 etc.
Hit these geeks with the truth and take them out.
craigc @ 39:
I think Lieberman joined McCain so that he can teach him geopolitics.
McCain thinks Vladimir Putin is the President of Germany. I'm not kidding:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5ENwej0fpc
jones @ 40:
I don't think you know them as well as you think. Kucinich has said in the past he would like to have Paul as a running mate. They're friends after all...
Looking at a Lieberman/McCain team is like watching Hitler and Mussolini.
Thar sHE blows!!!!!
Who are we kidding? In Reid's view of things this qualifies him for even more chairmanships.
I'll say it again: Way to go Connecticut.
Maybe Joe has some unspent money from that $378,000 in petty cash he was throwing around last time.
Clytemnestra - we had a that in Oregon about 20 years ago - The Dem candidate for Governor was Jewish and the Republican candidate was a woman. It was fun to watch the bigots' heads explode.
Alright now will you take his chair away? If you pick up one seat, fire this asshole. He isnt getting over his imagined slight by you guys. Let him go over to the dark side.
PssttCmere @ 7:
I'm sure that's "off the table."
They won't pick up the Jewish vote because of Lieberman.
Lieberman's involvement may piss off Democrats enough to make them forget their anger over the Democratic tag team match. In that sense, it could be a blessing.
Rusty Shackleford @ 24:
The cruise missiles will be flying for sure and America will be involved in land wars in Iraq , Afghanistan and Iran. That's going to be expensive .
With the Joementum he gains, Bomb Bomb McCain will be closing his campaign in a few weeks.
Too bad, really. I was hoping for a Thompson/Lyingman ticket.
Is this really a surprise to you guys? Geezus H., this twerp has been dead aiming for a VP's seat for 12 years. He's be perfectly happy sitting under the Satan just to satisfy his ego and self-serving personality.
And it's so orchestrated! If McCain is elected and this spineless, inconsistent peckerhead is the VP...well you haven't seen a sell-out like this one. And America is squabbling over blacks and women ever being in the White House. How will the Middle East/Arabs reacte with America's leader being Jewish...if McCain gets sick or is done in by some group with a middle-east agenda.
Run far and run fast!
So does this mean, he is resigning his seat, doing this on his own time, or on his constituents' dime?
I'm pretty sure I didn't really wake up this morning. In my nightmare Reid capitulated yet again to the Repugs on the telecom immunity deal, an angry old AIPAC disciple who has Democratic committee seats joins a war-mongering Republican's campaign and Kucinich throws in the towel...
What's the worst case scenario in Congress if Lieberman declares himself a republican?
Between now and the end of the year, what kind of damage could be done with a senate majority of republicans?
Lieberman is a very, very dangerous man in our government.
Hey there "voters" in Connecticuit! Here's your buddy Joe. You elected him to the Senate, he's ostensibly getting paid to serve YOU the voters of Connecticuit, but instead he's going to demonstrate what an "independent" guy he is by spending his time stumping for the Republican. You guys and girls must be soooo proud! My wife just called into me from the other room that the McCain camp just announced that Rambo himself, Sly Stallone, is gonna campaign for McCain. I guess it doesn't matter that ol' Sly never served a day in uniform. If Huckleberry can have his Last American Washed Up Action Hero (Chuck Norris) then by God, so can McCain.
I almost kicked my TV screen in the night of the VP Debate
between Cheney and Joementum...
Cheney made this LUDICRIOUS statement about "Nothing Halliburton
did had anything to do with Government Contracts" or some INSANE
statment like that, and Joementum just sat there like a lump.
A HUGE whopper, and Joe just smiled beatifically at Cheney!
So, as someone said, NOW can we strip him of his Chairmanship?
HE'S JUST ADMITTED HE'S A REPUBLICAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How can anyone trust someone who's name has a big LIE in it?
Lieberman is such a gooey sleaze that it's hard to imagine how even a Republican can shake his hand.
Will Holy Joe be good or bad for the Reps? He certainly embodies their smarmy dishonesty, which is why he torpedoed Al Gore's run in 2000. He's Jewish, which will turn off the White Power types and some of the fundies. But he's a corrupt fixer, which will help win corporate support.
I wonder if Barack Obama now wishes he hadn't chosen Joe Lieberman to be his senate mentor?
Brad @ 15:
Good link - and Rudy's toast !
Drew @ 38:
The numbers do not support that assertion.
Hey Harry... what else do you need to know ? Cut his lying ass loose. His vote isnt doing shit to help the Dems anyways. Stop counting the fucking seats and do something on principle of decency for once will ya ? Either that or or let Droopy the Dawg keep rubbing his duplicity in your face.
Clytemnestra @ 41:
I'd agree with you, except for the fact that the American voter has an incredibly short attention span, and those comments are likely to blow over and be forgotten by this November, if not a lot sooner, especially given The Huckster's oratorical skillz.
Two other things to consider that make a McCain/Huckabee probable is this; number one it's a given that 30% of all voters will vote for these two, and two, the thing that will most influence the majority of the remaining 21% of voters to is going to be the plus billion dollars worth of 30 second negative campaign ads that are going to run non-stop on the Tee-Bee coming this October.
Whoever runs the better ads is going to win the election.
~Nyc
Col Kilgore @ 65:
And even if they lose the committee chairs, BFD - it's not like anything is getting done. Plus, they would be back in position to say, it's all the repugs fault! HA!!
Surprise?
You had better apply your LiberCain ointment!
Leiberman is a loser. I'm surprised McCain would publically accept his endorsement and allow photographers to take pictures of the two together.
If the McCain/Lieberman/Kissinger crowd win the White House....OR Clinton/Obama win the White House, we can just raise the Israeli flag and call it a day.
Ron Paul is the only candidate standing who does not/will not kiss AIPAC's ring.
Ron Paul - 2008!
Provokateur @ 43 said
somthing to trip C&L's computer 9/11ometer....sh*t I did it again.
something about calling for real investigations.
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Just what McCain needs. Another pasty, translucent whinny old white man like just like him. Two peas in a pod. It looks like a brokeback dream team to me.
Um, I'm really confused.
What does a US 'Democrat' have to do to get kicked out of the party?
In Australia, if a politician from any party openly campaigned for their opponents, they would be out on their arse before they had time to scratch it.
Look for Joe to don the big Red jacket next. If you think he is an Independent then you are only kidding yourself. He isn't kidding anyone that is a true liberal or democrat. He's gone to the dark side. This will not help him in his own next bid for re-election. Maybe he is VP hunting and hedging his bet with McCain.
Abbybwood @ 71:
You're right about McCain, he's the neocon's favorite there's no doubt about that.
Still, Joe LIEberman could end up in the Guiness book of Records....
Anyway, what is up with him caucusing with the
Dems, anyway? I sure hope they don't include him in the strategy sessions...
It's about protecting Israel, gentile.
Lieberman and Kissinger.........bwahhahahahahahahaha. LETS MAKE NEVER-ENDING WAR GUYS!!!!
This is too good to be true.
I believe Romney is the sleeper that all the neo-cons are backing. Just watch. McCain/Lieberman will be better then a freak show at the traveling circus. Romney/Thompson distraction....SWoods said earlier :
"This country is being run by a bunch a slimy used car salesmen that get away with murder."
Romney/Thompson...wait and see.
Aach another insipid distraction. To me the only trend that bears watching is turnout. Remember, Edwards came in third in NH and still did better numbers than the whole GOOP pile.
Primaries are usually low turnout snooze fests but these things have a certain urgency about them. Is there any reason to think this trend won't hold or even intensify as we hit November with an even more crippled economy?
'Stimulus Package' chump change checks will be long spent, insurgent resurgent against a flaccid surge in Iraq, months of chances for Bush/Cheney to fuck more stuff up, another Hurricane season, more foreclosures and layoffs and gas price hikes.
Note a general decline in public punditry confidence. The Tweety/Timmeh/Broder crowd is hurtling toward the abyss of the ignored and the Billious O'Biley/Gasbag rumblers are starting to turn into the crazy attic bound uncle passed with a shudder when he gets loose on a public street.
And finally, despite all the hand wringing over Hill's mendacity problems, Obamas clumsiness and Edwards seeming invisibility, it might do you well to consider that we are heading into a time where events will shape the people and I have some confidence they will have epiphanies and rise to occasions.
Remember, Lincoln is reported to have noted something like, if it weren't for the Civil War, he'd be forgotten as a shitty railroad lawyer.
Keep eyes on the turnout numbers as the GOOPs have only gotten this far by lackluster turnouts in general elections. I think we can bank on steadily worsening conditions over the next ten months.
goatsage @ 57:
No kidding. And the Sly Stallone thing is the absurd cherry on top.
The problem with Americans and their politics is, well to use a comparison...I'm not sure which is shorter, the lifespan of the common housefly or the memory of average Joe American.
How many times does your history have to repeat itself? It's like after every generation....it's forgotten. Perhaps if the stories were written in People or US magazines, Americans would be more aware of your history.
What an ASSTARD!
www.pafundi.com
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Number of Operations Iraq Freedom and Enduring Freedom casualties
as confirmed by U.S. Central Command: 4392
This is the 'True LIEberman'.
Goober (Lindsey) Graham will be McCain's choice for VP, and Graham is even more crazy than Lieberman, and more devious than McCain.
never again joe, not you, not mccain...never....
even if every other candidate dropped off the face of the earth tomorrow, would I vote for the war mongering treasonous traitors and their crooked cronies.
Joe putitng the LIE back in LIEberman.
Well, if McCain gets the White House (shudder, shudder), the only good news may be that he'll appoint Lieberman to some post, and it'll open up a Senate seat for a real Dem.
Mccain/Joe LIEberman '08, first VP candidate to lose elections in both parties. LOL!
Just goes to show that there is only 1 party in our government. And they'll help each other when needed.
As much as I like her, Boxer too was campaigning for Lieberman.
I would ask "what's up with that?" but we already know why. Yes our government is run by used car salesmen and saleswomen as someone mentioned. The SNAKES like these 2 need to be kicked out of OUR government.
Meanwhile, what's with the wierd jaw bone structure of these clowns?
razant @ 82:
It is becoming more clear every day that our history is not our real history.
The story is being told but few are willing to report it. Can we emerge from The Cave.
sbjzzzz @ 85:
Wow, I think that's a very good guess....
Southern Pol, tight with the base. The all Military ticket.
Well, Hillary had better pick Richardson for VP, she is going to need
every Hispanic vote she can muster to beat that ticket.
Perhaps the fallacy, delusion, or dream state the author of this post seems to be under can be filed under the category, "keeping up with current events." You see, Lieberman decided to be "Independent" in the last election. Realize that he had to give up being a Democrat to do so, to spite his assurances to anyone who would listen that he would remain a Democrat in spirit, or that he would help elect a Democrat to be President. It's a fact, not in dispute. Now he behaves as an Independent and you post him a liar and crook. I agree that this is so (that he's a crook and a liar) but not because he supports a Republican. You never know, perhaps he IS helping to elect a Democrat, just in a rather indirect way. I'll tell you the same thing I tell CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News on a regular basis: I am perfectly capable of making my own mind up about various issues, thank you, without any of your help.
LibertyLover @ 77:
What's up is that, with his party seniority, the Democrats could offer him more in prestige and a party chairmanship. Lieberman may be more of a Republican than a Democrat but his first and overriding allegiance is to Joe Lieberman.
Remember the time McCain bombed his own ship. I sometimes think this may be part of some sick pattern.
Like all the sh*t Bush pulls and then he smirks and you know Americas been had and cant do anything.
Total Bushco Iron Reality.
The authoritarians dont fool around and they are not stupid.
ummm....I hate to say I told you so....but on the New Year thread(predictions)....ummm....yep...one of mine was Lieberman would be McCains VP......i really do hate saying this....oh well.
Say what you will, but this is the man who the Democrats picked to be vice president.
If it hadn't been for all those Nader voters, he'd be running for president right now.
And anyone who opposed him would be an idiot, right?
Is "official" the word to use here? I would have used something more accurate like "barftastic".
Just sayin'.
Joe Lieberman is a turncoat, plain and simple.
Former CT State Chairman and former National Democratic Chairman, the late, John Bailey, Sr., is rolling over in his grave with the actions of Joe Lieberman. Lieberman had the audacity to quote both the late John Bailey, Sr. and John F. Kennedy when he ran against Ned Lamont.
Joe Lieberman is the BIGGEST TRAITOR EVER in the history of the Democratic Party. Lieberman is out for one man-and that person---himself. What Lieberman is doing now is payback and retribution. In others words, Lieberman's actions are motivated by REVENGE!!!!
Lieberman is a psychopathic ass!
JasonS @ 97:
I never could understand why Gore picked him as his running mate........................baffling
Can a senator be recalled, if so, what are the people of Connecticut waiting on?
Vomit a little?
jimbo92107 @ 63:
It was probably the other way around, either that, or Lieberman knows an easy mark, an easily manipulated politician when he sees one. Remember that when Obama came to the Senate, Lieberman was (and very much still is) the fulcrum of power. I see Lieberman as Sec. of State in an Obama administration. All in the name of Kumbaya.
Obama will probably, on the advice of his LIEberfuck advisors. select McLame as his running mate if mcLame doesn't win the repug nomination.
Straight Shooter @ 103:
Obama has TWO LIEbadvisors on his staff. LIEberman will more likely be Sec of
WarDefense.Abbybwood @ 72:
Yes, let's turn the country over to the KKK. A homegrown racist is SO MUCH BETTER than a foreigner, and a Jew at that.
Shag @ 101:
There is no recall for federal officers.
mudshark @ 100:
If you think Gore chose Lieberman, no wonder you are confused.
Lieberman is really brave or really dumb.
HRC and OB are, in all intents and purposes, contesting the 2008 Presidential election right now and the Democratic Party is poised to picked up enough seats (Mn, Nh, Or, Va, Nm, Co, Ma, Alaska, and Nebraska are all in play most are done deals) making his vote for Majoirty Leader unnessesary.
His only hope is that the Dems win enough this Nov. that they need him for a Super Majority (60 votes). Who am kidding, they can't count of this guy for that and if he did offer it, it would cost they too much.
Throw his arse overboard NOW!!
Lieberman as OB's Sec. of Defense? No way. Obama will need to unite the party (he's not going to win, IMO, so it doesn't matter) and Lieberman is not well liked right now. I know, shocking statement. I
f Obama were to win (he's not, but...) I have heard rumblings that Colin Powell would be his dream Sec. Def. That would be a genius move by any Democrat because it would insulate the (1000000%) expected GOP accusations that the Dem's "cut and run" strategy cost us the war in Vietnam, err, Iraq.
BTW, the next Sec. Def. is Wes Clark folks.
CoIntelPro @ 105:
Who's the other one? I missed that.
BTW, I considered Sec. of Defense as the choice, but for some reason I'm thinking that Obama, with his paucity of foreign affairs acumen, will actually choose Lieberman. It depends on what Lieberman wants, though. I don't think puppets have much say in what they'll do. Heh.
Ozguy @ 75:
The problem is, with Lieberman nobody can tell which side is his arse, to throw him out on.
razant @ 83:
That would still require reading. You've lost a large percentage of Americans right there.
It would be awesome if someone can source this.
McMike @ 114:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2008/01/23/lieberm...
ok,
unless holy joe knows something we dont, like polls showing the repugs taking back the senate, his political career is over
if he is not needed for a majority, he is done
stripped of all power, he cant bring pork back to connecticut
mccain will not be prez, and holy joe will be out in the cold for the next 4 years
mental illness is a bitch
As if we didn't already know, the Zionists traitors are officially backing McCain.
Any questions?
Memo to the Senators - I hope that the Republican party application form is headed to Senator Lieberman. If there was any doubt about Lieberman's political orientation, this proves it conclusively.
With this latest revelation, it's official. McCain drops to the bottom of all of the republican candidates. any friend of elmer fudd, the traitor, is no friend of mine. good luck mccain. enjoy your retirement and your musings on your time spent as a hero of the vietnam war. you and elmer can now ride into the sunset together.
before we get caught in electing a prez who then appoints elmer fudd to a position of trust in the new administration, the question needs to be posed in the next dem debate, how does each of the candidates stand on lieberman. Do you look at him as a traitor to the democratic party now that he has thrown his hat in the ring backing mccain. Please, ask each of the candidates. i want to know if they can say without mincing their words or will they be politically correct. Ask Them. I need to know if they're still backing this spineless sleeze. hillary, step up to the plate, you're up. obama, you're on deck and edwards you're in the hole. where do you all stand. now that straight talk kucinich is no longer in the race, can one of you be courageous and say what we want to hear.
dee @ 110:
Clark cannot be Sec. of Defense. The law requires that the Sec. of Defense not be active military for at least 10 years. Clark will not make the ten year window until after the next Sec. of Defense is sworn in. I beleive Clark will be VP, however, if Clinton wins.
CoIntelPro @ 104:
Sadly, you might be right. There is a good deal of similarity in how Obama and his mentor behave. Both tend to paint divisive issues in right-wing frames, praise republicans, bash dems, and pursue republican/independent votes more than dem votes. Obama doesn't have it down quite the way Lieberman does but he's just learning so give him time.
dee @ 109:
http://www.raisingkaine.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=11944
So, unlikely a super majority will will be forthcoming. We stand to pick up five seats, maybe a few more or less.
One point in defense of Senator Boxer -- she campaigned, TMK, for one day for L., and they serve on the same committee (Environment and Public Works, which she now chairs), and he chairs a subcomittee under her, and is in most of the subcommittees as well. One day of campaigning in order to gain his support on legislation is not exactly a crazy act, however futile in L's case.
Liebermann was recently attending a dinner w/ John Hagee (End Times Christian Propagandist) at a meeting of the "Christians for Israel" alliance, or something like that. Anyways, most of the attendees looked like Amish people, or something. The most disturbing thing about it is when Hagee endorsed a pre-emptive strike against Iran, possibly even nuclear. I am a Christian myself; but these people seem very dangerous to me.
what did Al Gore see in this douche bag back in 2000 anyway?
IMO, Lieberman probably cost Gore votes for being a douchie incarnate.
Despicable political transvestite.
CONNETICUTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Holy Joe and "I love Torture" McCain..... gak!
Leiberman... king of mirth...
Happy Happy Joy Joy...
Leiberman and the Zombie: What a Team!!
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LIEBERMAN = TURNCOAT JOE
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Max-1 @ 130:
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Forgot to mention...
OBAMA SUPPORTS LIEBERMAN FOR CONNECTICUT!
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Q U E S T I O N:
What do Turncoat Joe and McCampain have in common with Bush?
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They both like to kiss and hump their president.
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jimbo92107 @ 63:
Not sure what a Senate Mentor is but a lot of what Obama is doing could be taken as more then working with the other Side, the Republican Neo-Con few, the new leader of the PAC, McCain. That said, to differentiate true Conservatives from the Rogue gang, Bush and Company, McCain as the new leader of policies of bridges and wars to nowhere.
Its so like in the movie “Predator” were that black solder who had an honorable sole was able to see that invisible alien that lost abilities to be transparent. We all have that feeling, we can get to him now, we see him, Lieberman, he is no mystery anymore. Lieberman is like that alien, a political predator, ready to blow with built in self destruction. Or, Lieberman enjoys a little blow too often, that smile is a duel line give away. Likely would be humiliated if Lieberman had to drug test this very moment.
Considering that said, just as Obama suggested in the controversial interview the political radio message in South Carolina the Republicans were the party of ideas for ten to fifteen years has to imply, no supports, a simple truth that it has to be good ideals to last that long. Yet, wildly objecting while side stepping were Obama rants he did not say they were good ideas, was very Islamic of him. Its in his blood, Obama doesn’t need to make the Jedi hand wave atop a book. But then obviously introduced a mild contextual inflection toned for escape, not to appear as he supports Republicans. Many know Republicans avoid basic human rights, like torture, is this Obama’s calling, torturing our minds with doubt ? Now was that to just get votes, for my gut feeling not really ? When Obama said he would attack Pakistan said it all, Obama has no concept of diplomacy, with the very capable potential to be a very necessary Bush partner. For one thing we know, Obama is definitely building a trail to traitor Joe.
Well, now even the REPUBLICANS will hate Lieberman's guts.
Mike @ 18:
Mike, meet Timmm @127. He can't spell Connecticut and you don't have a clue. In fact, I seriously doubt that you really live here. Ct. Dems rejected a sitting democratic Senator by nominating Ned Lamont. We were the first to realize what a disaster this Howdy Doody wannabe is and turned him out. Meanwhile, the DLC and their minions came in and campaigned for Lieberman. Older Dem voters, the entrenched loyalists, voted for Lieberman AND, listen carefully now, the Repugs voted for him as an in-your-face strike against the Progressives. This was a huge Repug joke. Ha,ha,ha. Now that they've got him, who is the Repug candidate most viscerally hated by conservatives? McCain. They despise McCain, and now THEIR boy Joe is heading up his Ct campaign. Schadenfreud!!
j swift @ 57:
This is a rhetorical question, right?
Here's hoping McCain picks this albatross as his Vice Presidential running mate.
I am so embarassed that this man represents my state. This is why I supported Ned Lamont. Thank goodness we have Chris Dodd. Is there a recall vote available in Connecticut? I don't know if I can take this guy for his full term
Ok...lets make something very clear....
FOX NOISE (Hannity, etc) endorsed Lieberman against Lamont, Lieberman received mucho contributions from GOP backing organizations & wealthy donors, he IS FOR the Iraq occupation.
If he's an independent (and 'not a republican' as his supporters claim) then Britney Spears is a model mother for all women...
McCain has been a republican since 2002....even before that as a con-servative 'Dem'....there were signs of this....
If you call yourself a democratic voter....than you absolutely must NOT vote for that 'moderate/maverick' ticket....because its neither of those and more of GWBush...do you really want another 4 years of what we've swallowed for almost 8 years now??????
"Lieberman is really brave or really dumb.
HRC and OB are, in all intents and purposes, contesting the 2008 Presidential election right now and the Democratic Party is poised to picked up enough seats (Mn, Nh, Or, Va, Nm, Co, Ma, Alaska, and Nebraska are all in play most are done deals) making his vote for Majoirty Leader unnessesary."
He can always enjoy the soft cushion of a pundit's career at Fox. I just wonder if we'll be seeing a crop of McCain/Loserman stickers later this year.
Jeez, as if I needed another reason not to vote for McCain (not that that was ever even within the realm of possibility, being that he seems way too keen for others to die in support of policies of aggression and destruction)–but stranger things have happened. If McCain is so willing to join at the hip with an albatross like Lieberman, more power to him.
I mean, at this point he's not even the "lesser of two evils" type of candidate.
The people I feel most for though are the citizens of Connecticut, many of whom I assume were Democrats who expected him to at least to pretend that he was a Democrat.
And please, none of this 'Independent' malarkey; this guy is an political opportunist of the worse possible sort.
razant @ 83:
Here, here. As much as I hate to agree with you, there's no way to get around that–in general–Americans have no real sense of history. This is why the same fraked up things happen again, and again.
Everything goes down that old memory hole (If I can borrow a little from Noam Chomsky) never to see the light of day.
Lieberman actually feels no pain when a bunch of bloggers cleverly call him LIEberman. So just stop it as it makes us sound like a bunch of pre-adolescents. Now, here is the the thing that Lieberman said that was not a lie. He is just about 90 percent Democrat in his platform and his voting record. This is a cautionary tale to people who believe all that is important in a Presidential/congressional/senatorial candidate is their stand on the ISSUES! I get alot of crap for concerns I have with our candidates character and the way they speak and their demeanor . Lieberman is clearly a colossal asshole and you could see that just listening to him in the 2000 presidential debates. If people had voted on that rather than some specific ISSUE then he wouldn't be Senator from CT. and Hillary won't be president. And to paraphrase Lou Reed... "Give me an issue and I'll give you a tissue. You can wipe my ass with it.
Maybe I shouldn’t help McCain out this way, but it seems worth reminding that Lieberman as VP (which you KNOW is the next step) didn’t work out so well the last time.
That had much more to do with his running mate not displaying much of a personality back in 2000.
There are a couple of comments here that make me aware of how much of an iogo this jerk is; advising Obama on how to be a non-devisive senator. *note Obama didn't listen to him on his most cherished policy IRAQ. and also the 6 degrees of seperation this asshole has with pretty much everyone you care about in the Democratic party. Patron saint Gore listened to the Democratic carl Rove (in all except he loses elections) - Terry McAuliffe and made him a running mate. and this same asshole (I'm talking about Terry and his Democratic leadership counsel) Is advising Hillary Clinton and may make his way into power again. Can we discuss the possibility that this jerk may end up running the Democratic party again if Hillary is elected? I know you don't want to hear it but, think about Obama just one more time. I mean as president.
I wonder what Lieberman's popularity is like nationally? This doesn;t strike me as a good idea. Dems basically hate the guy and I would think that indies and Repubs wouldn;t find him very trustworthy. Mr. Straight Talk teaming up with Mr. Shifty? I can;t imagine this is a bright move by McCain.
A friend pointed out that the grounds for impeachment are very low for a very good reason. Sometimes you elect an asshole by accident and he starts doing things on his own. The Phrase is: High Crimes and Misdemeanors. In other words you can do something really batshit crazy illegal and get impeached or you can do some clearly dumbassed moronic just plain stupid shit that leaves your constituents to believe you are no longer worth having around. It worked for Clinton1. It can work for Lieberman. And watch your ass clinton2. Oh and to those who say what about Bush2? Try and put his crimes into a simple no prepositional phrase that everyone in the country can understand like: He screwed his intern.
Joe Six Pack will go with any party to get the US to bomb Iran for Israel.
He has been a Democrat, then an Independent and now a Republican. I've sure
the voters of Connecticut now see how Lieberman played them for fools. Yes he used anybody and everybody but what will he do when either Hillary or Obama get to be President. He just might go back to being a Democrat as he ran for VP. Joe was slick he even played the Law Makers for suckers when he campaign for Senator as a Dem aka Indep. aka Republican. I wonder that the Republican Candidate who was dropped by his party for McCain thinks now.
this is great news. now mccain has zero chance.
I would appreciate it if any of my Jewish friends out there would answer this question: Is there any danger that a McCain/Lieberman ticket will cause Jewish folks to switch sides? If so to what extent and why? Just wondering.
Thanks, Ct.
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