Case Closed On Lieberman Hacking Affair -- What About Holy Joe?
By Logan Murphy Wednesday Apr 09, 2008 11:00am
The FBI knew back in 2006 that Ned Lamont's campaign did not hack into Joe Lieberman's campaign website, but for some mysterious reason, we are just now getting their official statement. Emptywheel at FDL wants to know what about Holy Joe's six figure slush fund?
In thoroughly unsurprising news today, the Ned Lamont campaign was cleared of any wrong-doing in the crash of Lieberman's server leading up to primary day in 2006. The Stamford Advocate reports that the FBI determined--way back on October 25, 2006--that Lieberman's campaign bears all responsibility for the server crash.
Case closed, right?
No. Not on the outstanding legal issues arising from the campaign, anyway.
As you might recall, the Lamont campaign filed an FEC complaint, coincidentally just two days before the whole server crash case was closed in October 2006, noting that Joe Lieberman had a campaign finance entry for "petty cash" expenditures that were way beyond the legal limits: $387,000 of "petty cash." Read on...
Lieberman spokesperson, Dan Gerstein, recounts a different incident with the website to respond to the FBI report, and it appears that the IT professional the campaign quoted in 2006 admitted to The New York Times that he really isn't that hip when it comes to matters of internet security.
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I'm more concerned with Holy Joe, Petraeus, Crocker and today. the president, trying to ramp up the case against Iran.
Joe Liberman -- "America should be focused on the future. Stop looking into my past."
This was taken right out of Karl Rove's book. Remember the supposed bug found in his office when Bush ran against Ann Richards? Or that she was a closeted leisbian? OH Joe! How low can you go? I guess very, very low.
Not diminishing Holy Joe's guilt by one iota, but isn't it Lamont's responsibility at this point to issue a defamation of character or false accusation civil suit at this point. And if this is also a criminal matter, isn't it justice's responsibility to begin moving the wheel on the prosecution? If Lieberman is guilty, I say nail him to the wall. And isn't it interesting that Lieberman, having become a de facto republican, has now adopted the peculiar ethics, or lack thereof, that republicans often engage in? He has completely abandoned his democratic roots and is acting like just another crooked conservative, a dime a dozen.
The neo-cons are obsessed with Iran. Joe, McCain, all of them. I'm tired of the Americans who are so stupid to beleive this garbage. We have no money, our reputation is ruined and our military is broken. And people are considering voting for McCain? What are they, Masochists?
If Lieberman broke the law accusing Lamont of bringing his we bite down, he should not hesitate to drag him to a court. The Bloggers should make it a point to help him Lamont do it. I suspect a lot of you readers would fund the cause, if funds are the only problem in bringing Mr. Lieberman to justice.
Spin it any way you want Connecticut, you people really fucked up letting this lying creep bullshit his way back to rep you as your Senator.
Going further on this, what are the penalties for violating the campaign finance laws? If "Liarberman" broke the law or his buddy Saint McCain, what can be done? Do they get a slap on the wrist, taken to jail or fined?
Independent my ass. He's a dyed in the wool republican. Elected by republicans and owned by them. He will be McCentury's running mate.
Che's Lounge, Yor're right. I forgot he changed to Independant(?). Every time I hear his whiny voice, I cringe. It's like nails going across a blackboard.
Lieberman...no matter what he labels himself, he's just another god damned lying, cheating republican.
My rightwinger officemate says his favorite democrat is Lieberman. I said "No shit."
StirFry, I feel for you putting up with a rightwinger officemate. Unfortunately my family is full of rightwingers. You know, who believe gays and womens rights are destroying the country. And when asked about Lieberman, They say,"Lieber who?
everday, more and more, i ask myself, "why in the fuck do you obey the law?" why should i? if I can do something illegal and get away with is that ok? apparently it is in this day and age.
When Asked to comment, Joe Lieberman only answered: "We must slaughter the Iranaians."
The only surprising thing about this jack ass is that he hasn't yet changed the "I" for his party affiliation to an "R". He's no more an independent than I am a friggin martian!
Where is the princess with some false analogy?
AP; Bush approval rating hits new low. 28%. Who are the 28%? I guess the rich and the totally stupid.
P.D. @ 12:
Yeah, PD , my dad and uncle come over on Sundays and regurgitate Rush Limbaugh horseshit. i still love my dumbass pop.
Crooked bastid. How come the crooked are always the lying, hating, bastards? Joe? Any answers? No I didn't think so.
My mother, who clucthes a Bible all day, Loves Limpballs, and O'liely and Coulter. I asked how she felt when Coulter wrote that the 911 widows are harpies who are enjoying their husband death. She replied,"She never wrote that." Self denial is very powerful indeed.
I still don't get why people here seem to think that Lieberman is going to get ousted come next election? He's got the CT machine working for him and there are a lot of wealthy Zionists who will see to it he gets reelected every time. All he has to do is keep spouting his usual horses%#*:
seele says @ 14:
Exactly my point.
ummm... hello democrats?
LIEberman has royally fucked his old party. and the democrats continue to give him a slow handjob. kick his corrupt, lying and wargasmic out of the chairman position, NOW!
he is currently chairman of the senate homeland security and governmental affairs.
let me repoeat that to let it set in, joe 'blitzkrieg iran' LIEberman is the chairman of the senate homeland security and gov affairs committee, given to him by those he fucked over.
if the dems can't stand up to this benedict arnold, how will they stand up to the neocons, neofascists and neoliberals?
The the right wing elephant brigade starting lining up at Army Recruitment Centers in their area so they can enlist in the War on Terra.
P.D. @ 17:
and the other 72% are asleep at the switch.
As much as we at times attempt to find politicaly correct language and terminology, sometimes you just have to cut to the chase;
"Joe LIEberman...miserable PIG bastard!"
Curtsie!
Sarah Connah @ 25:
oh... i knew i was forgetting something...
;-)
He is too busy keeping his nose jammed up McCain's ass to care about this.
LOL! That IT "professional" sounds like a lot of the "professionals" around here.
My husband is a network admin. One of his clients decided to hire an "in house" admin. for their operation in order to save money.
The guy they hired has been on the phone to my husband asking him what to do every five minutes since he was hired a month ago. So basically they are now paying TWO people to do the same job. The guy is clueless and can't do the work.
There are a LOT of folks selling themselves as Network and System admins. because they equate their non-stop gaming/internet surfing as "experience". So it doesn't surprise me at all that lie-berwhore's computer guy can't actually do the job.
Google the term: "false flag"
Read all about this TACTIC in depth.
Learn which foreign country's intelligence service has raised the TACTIC to a high art.
Consider Lieberman's true loyalties.
Then do the math.
If it walks and quacks like a duck, it's not likely to be a horse.
Now push deeper and appreciate that Karl Rove was intimately involved in plotting Lieberman's successful strategy against Lamont, and then bring in Mel Sembler and consider his relationship to Scooter Libby.
Can you connect ALL these dots?
This guy has:
http://plungerspeaks.blogspot.com
Lieberman was ALWAYS this administration's candidate.
Just ask David Rockefeller.
It's just a protection racket - nothing more, nothing less.
AIPAC instructed Bush who instructed Rove to get Lieberman elected as an Independent in order to insert him in a position to protect Chertoff who was in turn protecting the Administration from its crimes while positioning Lieberman to either run as McCain's VP or become his Secretary of State...all planned back when McCain's campaign was in last place.
It's amazing what you can do with the media at your command.
RICO Suave!
LIEberman as usual.
AIPAC uber Alles !!
When are the dems going to kick his arse OUT of Democratic party ??!
Or, would they also be under AIPAC orders ?
We'll know the answer shortly - if you still have ANY doubts.
p.s. Since the FBI memo spelled out these were the FALSE accusations in October 2006, BEFORE the election, how come this info was NOT made public BEFORE the election ?? That's your LIEberman, as usual..
AIPAC - Sieg Heil !!!
So they used the tactic of a false flag attack to get what they wanted. Blamed it on the Ned Lamont campaign. Was this during the Democratic primary or during the General Election? Too many people are finding this tactic successful in my opinion. Hurt yourself. Lie and blame it on your enemies. The more we speak about it and expose it the better chances we have of not seeing this type of attack work in the future. Go Internet!!!
As I posted on another site a couple of days ago...what does it say for the intelligence or common sense of Lieberman and/or those who were working for him when the IT professional whom they hired to be in charge of the website apparently didn't know how to configure the server correctly (reportedly, improper server configuration was determined to be a factor in the crash) and/or couldn't tell the difference between a crash caused by internal failure vs. one caused by external attack?? Nothing good, that's for sure. I mean, come on...why would anyone in their right mind put an IT professional who "isn't that hip when it comes to matters of internet security" in charge of a website?!? Sounds like more people than just the IT person was asleep at the switch...
Feeling a little duped yet, Connecticut, Democratic Party leadership, America, the World?
Oh but they are hip to lying, smearing and false witness, right Rape Gurney Joe?
via Daily Kos
CT-Sen: Lieberman's popularity continues to slide
"' Lieberman has shored up his support with Republicans, who clearly see him as one of their own. He has predictably lost ground among Democrats. But interestingly, he also lost the same amount of ground (six points) with independents.
Clearly, his whole "independent" schtick isn't playing well with real independent voters.""
See the results (74% repigs for LIE-Joe) at the link
devildog21 @ 15:
Lieberman's party affiliation has always been "ISR". He has never been a Republican or a Democrat. Whoever is offering the most support for Israel, that is where you will find Joe Lieberman. Now that McCain wants to have a permanent American military presence in the Middle East, and thinks we should hurry up and attack Iran, Lieberman is right there by his side. I wouldn't put it past McCain to ask Joe to be his running-mate.
This all falls on the dumb shit people in Conn, who voted for this prick. It was public knowledge that lie-man was taking money from whitewash house connected assworms. Ol hoe made the rounds of his puds cried,begged threatened ,bribe money paid,blow jobs given. Atta-boy Conn. If you wanted to get us for some reason we would rather you sent us some bird flu,or the clapp,ear wicks, smallpox or even--shudder--dennis miller--but we did not deserve this yellow war mongering little prick! Hoe is a zionist first,corp-greed bag second,war monger third and whatever else lies between third and last, of which is american citizen. Here again we have the perfect chance to do the Pavlovs dog training plan. When ever hoe lies or spins something, one of our citizens will go to him and drop off a fast moving punch to one or both of his beady little eyes. This will help hoe to see the difference between right and wrong,truth from lies. I know it will make me feel better. (dibs) It should be the duty of all citizens to slap the hell out of this coward whenever and whoever gets close enough to grab him. Then we will see just how many shades of yellow (mixed with black& blue)he will have on his back,he sure likes to send our kids at the drop of a hat or some profit!
PURE ROVIAN COPYCAT!
That's all it ever was. Plain and simple.
The money left over, some $ 300,000, was given to AIPAC to pay for the Bris for John McCain......................................
Although I am a Jew, studied Hebrew and was brought up in a strictly kosher home, I have been ignorant what the TALMUD (not the Bible) teaches, and it is UNBELIEVABLE, and maybe this explains why people like Lieberman, Netanyahu et al believe they can murder non-Jews like Iranians, Iraqis or Palestinians with impunity, because the Talmud advocates it:
http://www.missionislam.com/nwo/talmud.htm
Here are a few gems:
"It is permitted to take the body and the life of a Gentile" ---Sepher ikkarim IIIc25;
"The Jews are called human beings, but non-Jews are not human; They are beasts" ---Talmud:Baba mezia, 114b ;
"A Jew may have sex with a child as long as the child is less than nine years old"---Sahedrin 54b
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CappuccettoRosso @ 31:
...are you seriously making a Hitler/Nazi comparison comparison to a JEWISH ORGANIZATION.
I know this board loves to break Godwin's Law, but...
RE: Post 41
Please do not forget that all Muslims are religious fanatics and the Talmud is right and not fanatical and the Holy Koran is wrong. Or am I missing something?
Could it possibly be that all religions have a Spin Department?
Perhaps we should all spend our various Sabbaths fishing for a month.
May your God go with you.
CappuccettoRosso @ 31:
hi Capa actually i guess most people have forgot but it was exposed on here right after liberstink said his web was shut down by lammont dirty tricks, some posters and i heard it on one of the tv news whores station,said his site was inadiquit and underfunded! but of course it was poo pooed
Brad Rousse @ 42:
aipac get out !
[*groan* - tread lightly here, please. - sitemonitor]
There is only one thing that puzzles me about this entire affair. How in the hell could you yahoo's in Connecticut elect this idiot over Ned Lamont? Good God!
P.D. @ 5:
YES!
And not very bright either.
NoGWBpolicyleftinplace @ 46:
it was all a big joke by the repigs, they slufed off thier own candidate crossed over for thier unca liberdouche , and a little fudging with the voteing system helped!!!
Some people may be surprised that "Holy Joe" ain't really so holy after all, but alert people in Connecticut (wish there was more of them) have know it for a long while. Campaign funding irregularities are nothing new.
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/08/09/latimes.lieberman
"In 1994, the Courant reported that Lieberman had garnered $23,000 in campaign donations from 15 students, including a 14-year-old and a 17-year-old, in the previous two years.
Minors can legally donate to a political campaign if the funds are their own and they decide to give "knowingly and voluntarily." But campaign finance experts say that some affluent donors exceed federal contribution limits by contributing in the names of their children.
At least some of Lieberman's youthful donors were the children of friends and longtime financial backers. They said their children had donated on their own and with their own money. A spokesman for Lieberman said at the time that the campaign had no reason to believe otherwise. "
Why call him "holy" Joe, there is nothing holy about him. Why boost these fuckers egos when they are the ones that least deserve it? I don't get it, but if I keep seeing these terms of endearment for truly evil politicians and pundits like Matthews, Lieberman etc. I'll quit blogging here and look for real Liberals elsewhere on the net.
Doctor on High @ 34:
You feel duped. I voted for the guy in the 2000 presidential election. WOW, it's almost a relief he didn't win. I did say almost. :)
jimislord @ 51:
Are we certain that he did not throw a monkey wrench into the Dems gearbox?
Lieberman should start a show with O'Reilly called: "They're Out to Get Us"
Since Lie-berman is a defacto Republican, that's probably a dirty trick Rove lent him.
Sure hope I out live Lieberman ( one in a long list ) , it would be a great day ...
Lieberquisling is laughing at the people of Conn. every day: "Thanks, suckers..."
Brad Rousse @ 42:
AIPAC is a zionist org - Jewish being quite incidental. Their bottomline is as fascist/nazi/stalinist as can be. Living in NYC I know a LOT of Jewish people/friends - very few are pro-AIPAC/zionism. Most Israeli Jews are against AIPAC-joined-at the hip butcher Sharon (kept 'alive' in a chemical tank, just as Lenin was.. there is a fantastic Russian proverb from Soviet era: "Lenin vsegda zhivoy" = Lenin always alive, lives forever ), and crazed chickenhawk Netanyahoooo.. LIEberman's 'friends'.. So, don't start the usual with us- against us bs .. Jewish does NOT mean zionist !! Get over it !
I had a wet-dream lastnight (blush'n'strut).
I witnessed Holy Joe convulsing in his last moment, choking on a pork pretzel.
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