Connecticut paper <i>apologizes</i> for endorsing Lieberman in 2006
By SilentPatriot Sunday Mar 23, 2008 7:14pm
Ouch.
When The Day endorsed Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman for re-election in November 2006 it was supporting a candidate who demonstrated a history of pragmatic leadership and a willingness to seek bipartisan solutions.
We wonder what happened to that senator.
Sen. Lieberman's open-ended commitment to military involvement in Iraq comes as no surprise. The senator made it clear when running for re-election that was his position. Sen. Lieberman wants the United States military to remain in Iraq until the war is won, whatever that means. It conflicts with this newspaper's position that the time has come for a gradual withdrawal of U.S. forces.
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My understanding is that they originally mistook Lieberman for Droopy. Now they tell us he was Dupey.
Too bad, too late.
I think there are a lot of folks in Conn. that are regretting their support for someone they thought they knew.
This thug may as well take off the sheep's clothing. I certainly hope after the 2088 election he does, and stands on the correct side of the aisle that he belongs on.
Too little, too late.
They stuck with the warmongers JUST long enough to get them elected, and NOW they want to throw them under the bus, and give themselves cover?
Wrong answer.
What they are doing is TRANSPARENTLY insincere and contrived.
let's hope that this year they will do all posible to distance
themselves from LIEberman and that the people of
connecticut will elect someone who actually represents
their views and not that of the other party.
LIEberman fooled them once, let's hope that is all
it takes.
While a crappy senator and a farce, Lieberaman does make a great intern, on the other hand.
Too little, too late, IMHO.
This is a cse of a whore sensing a change in the wind direction, a wind that is going to turn into a freaking gale against the Conservatives.
Imagine a McCain/Lieberman ticket for the election!! :) I don't think the RNC would even qualify for federal matching funds they would get so few votes.
Hulk @ 3:
Correction: 2008. Can they recall him since he doesn't represent them as promised?
Saw this earlier today - left a comment welcoming The Day to the Reality Based Community. Holy Joe ...
How ununsual is it for a paper to apologize for having backed a candidate?
I accept your apology, The Day of Connecticut, for being the sniveling, naive, gullible, idiots that you are.
Now, why don't you guys at The Day run an editorial about the idiot Demo Senators that came to campaign for Lieberman against Demo Progressive Ned Lamont.
Yeh, I accept your apology, you idiots.
Not only does the newspaper owe an apology, but the entire state of Connecticut owes an apology. Anyone on the outside could see where Joe was headed with his pro war views, but for some reason these people couldn't see it.Watching Joe translating english to McCain is sickening....
I fucking hate Liebermann. And you punks were just nuts about him in 2000! Ha ha ha ha!!! Just roll over and let them take the election, this asshole goes back to the Senate and aligns himself with the Hawks and he is still allowed to chair and caucus with the Dems.
FEINGOLD WHERE ARE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was in Connecticut during the 2006 election on business, and I went to a local bar and was just dumb founded by the support people where giving to lieberman. I ran into very profoundly gullible and misinformed people most of the places I went where political discussions came up. Which seemed to be all everyone wanted to talk about.
There is a whole lot of egg, on a whole lot of faces about getting behind this fella, just as there are cartons and cartons of eggs on the faces of many people in this country for passing George W Bush off as presidential material.
Which is even more reason that we need to start paying more attention to these people upfront and getting more information on them, before they take office, because once they take office, we could end up with these people, like Bush, that has made our lives hell
amazing we're gonna be stuck with this douchebag for five more years..
oh and Pelosi and Reid are little better...fuck them too....I usually don't cuss but the genocide we, the land of the free and home of the brave have created is literally sickening me!
Why we have Liebermann!
StCyrlyMe2 @ 15:
Given how incompetent Bush is. I can't help but wonder if maybe there should be an added requirement that you pass an IQ test with at least a 110 score (to low?) before you can become a presidential candidate.
This ties in nicely with the post about the journalists who are asking for mea culpa for supporting the invasion of Iraq.
I said it back then and I will say it again now. States need a method in law to recall U.S. Senators and Congressmen/women. That and public financing of campaigns would put some accountability back in our "representative democratic republic".
James @ 4:
This is true...
of a Lot of people.
I'll never forgive anyone who voted for Bush in 04
Well, I don't accept The Day's apology. It's because of fuckheads like this that the rest of the country has had to suffer Lieberman's lip attachment to Bush's ass.
Fuck The Day. You should have done your homework and backed Ned Lamont, assholes.
Good for them. Now recall him!
How about an apology from Obama?
"The fact of the matter is, I know some in the party have differences with Joe. I'm going to go ahead and say it," Obama told the 1,700-plus party members who gathered in a ballroom at the Connecticut Convention Center for the $175-per-head fundraiser.
No differences for Mr. Perfect however. He goes on to extort the assemblage to reelected Warrior Joe:
"I am absolutely certain Connecticut is going to have the good sense to send Joe Lieberman back to the U.S. Senate so he can continue to serve on our behalf," he said.
March 31, 2006
Any second thoughts, heir apparent?
I actually have more respect for Leibermann than I do for this stupid paper. At least he made a decision that the public could judge for themselves and he stuck with it.
What made them change their minds? The facts haven't changed, just the polls.
When you're in the news business, you should know the facts better than the public. It makes you wonder whether they were basing their endorsement on facts or on the local polls.
This apology would be of some value were we not stuck with this asshat for another 4 years. I never want to wish my time away but the next four years cannot go fast enough.
I'll bet this paper endorsed the Big Lie war, too, and today is a chagrined member of the "If We Only Knew" crowd. Not an ashamed or furious member, mind you. Just chagrined.
Seize the Day!
"Sen. Lieberman’s open-ended commitment to military involvement in Iraq comes as no surprise. The senator made it clear when running for re-election that was his position."
No, Lieberman said:
Their 1st clue should have been when the RNC backed off on supporting their candidate and got behind Lieberman.
when they denounce AIPAC, I'll believe they are sincere.
Suddenly the Amish tradition of shunning makes sense. If the citizens of Connecticut actually shunned this Senator, turned their backs on him, and actually embarrassing him so much that he couldn't even set foot in his home state, then that might make a difference. Otherwise, it's too little too late. The damage to the nation has already been done.
Ron @ 2:
My thoughts exactly.
I 'm sick of this perennial sense of surprise and betrayal expressed by people who should have known better in the first place.I'm not just referring to the fact that anyone with half a brain cell could have told you that Joe is a conniving weasel.I'm also talking about War boosters who in hindsight blather on about how "everyone" thought Iraq had WMD.Or how Condi couldn't imagine terrorists crashing planes into towers etc.
I'll tell you what I knew:if a single child was killed in Iraq because of Bush's war,then it would be one child too many.
It's quite simple really.
Eric Jaffa @ 30:
maybe more can be done AT C&L to expose CNN.
wasn't that said AFTER he lost the primary to Ned Lamont? Joe changed his tune.
Who really owns the Connecticut newspaper?
Sounds pretty phony to me.
Please make the f@#king pop-up ads go away. Oh, and uh...........Lieberman sucks and so do annoying ads. Please! Make them stop. I enjoy coming here, but the pop-ups were never here before, and now..........well, there they are.
Anyone who voted for these clowns are GUILTY of the mess the USA finds itself in.
37 Pol Pot-O-Cheesesauce Says: Please make the f@#king pop-up ads go away. Oh, and uh………..Lieberman sucks and so do annoying ads. Please! Make them stop. I enjoy coming here, but the pop-ups were never here before, and now……….well, there they are.
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I only had it happen once, but once was enough.
I hate to say it but i will stop coming here if they pop up again.
Che's Lounge @ 20:
I was going to say something similar to that.
apologies yes, but way more is needed. those who supported this traitor need to campaign with all at their disposal to out him and then oust him. what a joke he is. laughable other than the fact that he has his staunch supporters on the conservative side. i say ask the leading candidates on the dem side once again how they stand on Joe lieberman, do they support or denounce him? that is the current litmus test. someone needs to ask them. that will show a lot more than support for a cheap ass politician.
Can we get someone with very deep pockets to run against Chuck Schumer next? Soros?
Jack Lefforts @ 25:
Seriously. How can Obama claim to have been against the illegal U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, then support the candidate who was openly lobbying to "stay the course" over the candidate who wanted to end the occupation?
I live in Connecticut (for only 4 more weeks thank God). Just looking at "McCain's brain" makes me sick. I think I'm gonna barf.
And thinking of Obama referring to me as "a typical white person" (wha?) makes me equally as nauseated.
Blaaaahhhhhhccccchhhhhhhhhh...........
Especially after I sent Obama fifty bucks the other night in a weak moment of blind patriotism after he actually uttered the words, "preserving, protecting and defending the Constitution against all enemies both foreign and domestic."
*(Never use your credit card after drinking 3 margaritas).
And yet you endoresed him anyway?
Apology denied.
Pol Pot-O-Cheesesauce @ 37:
Urban-cyber sprawl, like a hjighway billboard or overpopulated strip mall.
It's the American way, advertising makes the world go 'round
The fact of the matter is, I know some in the party have differences with Joe. I’m going to go ahead and say it,” Obama told the 1,700-plus party members who gathered in a ballroom at the Connecticut Convention Center for the $175-per-head fundraiser.
No differences for Mr. Perfect however. He goes on to extort the assemblage to reelected Warrior Joe:
“I am absolutely certain Connecticut is going to have the good sense to send Joe Lieberman back to the U.S. Senate so he can continue to serve on our behalf,” he said.
This absolutely is going to make me question support for obama. trouble is i think from her past leanings, hillary is of a like mind. f...ng politicians screw 'em all. where is kucinich.
Apology not accepted.
Take responsibility for your lies.
Close down your newspaper.
Cowards. It's like all these politicians who voted for the war and then said that they were duped. The Day did what it thought was commercially expedient by backing Holy Joe. Now they see that this nut could easily be our next vice president.
Yeah, where's Kucinich?
The headline here is "Comfortable liberals slowly realize that fascism CAN happen here"
Amazing, simply amazing. Now; you are sorry? I don't even live in ct and I KNEW this guy was a piece of crap. Please keep your regrets to yourself. It's a bit late now.
I hope the editors of that newspaper see fit to publish my comments. You could say I kind of called them out on their stupidity, in as nice a fashion as possible.
An apology ? There's some integrity for you , what a crock . # 32 , I agree . How I would like to see the Dem party develope some spine and kick Elmer Fudd out of the party , he's like a turd in the fish bowl .
Abbybwood @ 43:
It angers me that Obama betrayed the cause of those trying to end the war in Iraq in 2006.
It sickens me that people still believe the crap he puts out about being against the war - how f-cking brilliant he was in 2002.
And in 2004 - during the so-called electrifying speech at the convention - he didn't say shit about the war. I have gotten to the point where when he comes on the screen or the radio I can't switch the station fast enough.
With this meatball as the dem's nominee - and the alternative McCain - everyone will see through Obama at the same time and McCain will be anointed. He will look genuine by comparison.
John McCain's enlarged prostate @ 22:
Neither will I. I can't respect anyone who didn't have enough intelligence to see the consequences of what they did in 2004 (and that's more than half the country).
Alain Rich @ 54:
Funny how those who blast Obama for campaigning for Lieberman never mention that Bill Clinton campaigned infinitely more for Holy Joe. I live in Connecticut and was able to avoid having anything to do with Obama's contribution, but Clinton was IMPOSSIBLE to ignore or avoid. Zillions of robo-calls every damn day over and over.
Ned Lamott is another example of the pundits and media choosing a candidate. They made fun of his looks and chose to cover him sporadically throughout the campaign. Imus used to compare him to the guy who told the world he killed JonBenet Ramsay and said he reminded him of a child molester. Just because Lieberman always came on his radio program. Lieberman is only interested in Israel and McCain and his ties to Hagee play right into his agenda. He is the judas goat.
Israel is a very small country of about 7m people that exerts enormous influence over US politics. US and Israel interests do not coincide and it is hard to understand why the US is prepared to allow this to continue through people like Liebermann.
What flavor Kool-Aid do they drink in Conn. anyway? I want to avoid it like the plague. Is there a lot of interbreeding going on in this state or what? Sorry no offense intended, just to those who continually vote this creep into office.
marie @ 56:
There is a difference.
Obama is the one who is posing as the anti-war guy - which he clearly is not.
I am more prone to hold hypocrites to account than other people.
Bill Clinton is not the issue.
How could Obama say that Lieberman was serving in "our behalf"? He is out of his mind.
Maybe you think that Lieberman is serving in your behalf.
You and Obama.
Hulk @ 3:
Oh everyone in Ct knew Joe. He's never met a capitial gains tax cut he didn't lap up like the blue dog he always has been. It is refreshing to see that at least the world knows Joe's a joke.
I hope however, that after the 2088 election that they only roll him out as a bad example.
It's too late to say your sorry. Everyone in the country knew lie-baby for the intestinal parasite he is,Conn just sold out. Please try to pay attendtion next time.
Too little too late from The Day. Connecticut has only one senator - the other one is seeking the Supreme Court nomination.
let's see now America. you would elect mccain and he would continue this "war" or occupation for another 100 years or however long it takes to stabilize the region. Listen up people that would continue to drain our economy, he would continue to send our kids your kids off to a war for a truly questionable purpose. Do you know today's republican mantra for why we went to war? fight them there so we don't have to....blah, blah blah. or how about this one, " we have to establish them as a young democracy." maybe ask the iraquis , is this really what they want and at what cost? or how about, "if we leave now, it will throw that country into chaos and wanton destruction and death to the innocents." Excuse me, what do we have now (4000 American deathsand counting and we don't know the number of Iraquis), and aren't these the same people telling us this who predicted we would be greeted with flowers and chocolates. Why believe what they say now. How many times do you have to bend over to know you're being screwed. sorry for the crassness, but putting the proclaimed warhawk mccain up as a candidate mandates a taking off of the gloves. quit playing with this guy. speak with a slow dialogue and in one syllable terms and repeat the message often or in other words in terms that middle america WHEREVER THEY LIVE can understand. sadly, is there a candidate on the dem side who has not sold out? Hillary has shown she will bend whichever way the political wind is blowing. Anyway, just heard via our "respected" media that there's no way she can get the nomination. Obama is articulate, respected and has a following. However, unless he explains that whereas he once was in Elmer Fudd's corner, he now recognizes him for all of negatives that that cartoon character stands for, unless this happens and he donounces this sorry excuse i will not support obama. Forget the rhetoric, he needs to explain.
flamethrower @ 1:
Hmmm... I think he's actually Dopey!
I've read the Day's editorial top-to-bottom, twice. May I point out the obvious? There is no apology there, despite what this and other web sites claim. If anyone can find an apology, I'd be happy to have it pointed out to me. Does anyone here know what an apology is?
Mark @ 19:
Or any office for that matter.
That would be one way to get rid of the Republican party.
Billy Bob @ 42:
I would love to see it! Send "Wall Street" Chucky packing.
Holy Joe will probably never switch parties. If he officially became a Rethug he would lose all of his bargaining power. As he is, an Independent, he can blackmail both parties to get what he wants. And he only became an Independent when Lamont won the primary & he refused to accept defeat. That election was a disgusting spectacle to watch.
Glad to see those people in Connecticut doing something sane.
If you're going to make Obama the issue over Holy Joe, you cannot do it without making Bill Clinton the issue as well.
Clinton robo-campaigned for Lieberman, 'nuff said. I'm not excusing Obama, either, so someone should make him explain himself. The only reason Obama didn't vote for the war is because he wasn't in the Senate at the time the vote came up.
IMHO, I didn't want Hillary or Barack running for POTUS. One felt she was entitled, and the other had a mirror image voting record, but I felt he needed to serve out his full term in the Senate before going for higher office. That didn't happen, but I didn't expect Hillary to break out her Klan robe, either.
They have made the Democratic Party inpalatable, and the continued count of Joe Lieberman in the ranks is giving me gas. I wish he'd turn ReThug already, and get it over with. He's a ReThug in everything but name only, and he's only staying in the party to pay back the Democrats who supported the will of the Connecticut voters when they voted for Ned Lamont.
You want to lay blame - put it at the feet of Harry Reid - he has had countless opportunities to strip Lieberman of his committee chairmanships and he hasn't.
Which is why we need to mount up a campaign to replace Reid with Chris Dodd or Russ Feingold as Senate Majority Leader. They would have long dealt with Lieberman, and this useless apology wouldn't be necessary, because it still doesn't change a thing.
Too little, too Effin' late!!
I hope that the apology included summary execution for the editors who endorsed McLieberquisling. How stupid and blind can you get? People have a right to expect much better from the press.
I guess I should be torn apart also... I accept their apology. I try to be a forgiving guy, I even forgave the people who nearly drove me to the brink of suicide in high school. It doesn't help any cause or belief to, for one thing, call for the writers' EXECUTION. We should be rising above that! There's only one person I can't completely forgive and, oddly, he has nothing to do politics...
That and I find it hard to never forgive my grandparents, since I owe them a lot. I mean, they encouraged me in what I wanted to do in life and got me through tough spots, I can't say "fuck you" to them about for the rest of my life... I wouldn't be where I am today (grad student in New York City) without them.
Too little, too late, morons.
This reaffirms my belief that newspaper endorsements are worthless.
I subscribe to the Day. It's a fairly decent newspaper. We have
the Norwich Bulletin, the Day's rival that is the kind of newspaper
David Duke would love. Sure the Day endorsed Joe but endorsements
mean little. Joe won because a bunch of Democrats voted for him
about 90% of the Republicans. Remember they refused to back their candidate.
Oh-Well. We are not the only state full of dumb-asses.
Otherwise how do we explain W Bush?
Zell Lieberman! Who would have ever guessed his loyalties might lie somewheres else?
Absolutely
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