Lieberman ‘Really Upset’ At Troops Who Didn’t ‘Speak To Me From Their Heart’
Lieberman ‘Really Upset’ At Troops Who Didn’t ‘Speak To Me From Their Heart’
During Sen. Joe Lieberman’s (I-CT) trip to Iraq two weeks ago, McClatchy published an article highlighting how several soldiers who met with Lieberman had wanted to ask him, “When are we going to get out of here?” Others told McClatchy, “We’re waiting to get blown up,” and “We’re not making any progress,” but said they didn’t feel comfortable telling Lieberman their true feelings. One said he thought he would be demoted if he spoke openly.
This morning on CNN, Lieberman was asked about the article and appeared to blame the soldiers for not being honest with him. “I was really upset about it,” he said, because “I sat at a table with a bunch of our soldiers there” and “was asking them to speak to me from their heart.” Watch it:
Lieberman, who has called for a “truce in the political war” over Bush’s course in Iraq, has indicated he’s not interested in having an open debate. Moreover, Lieberman fails to understand that by stubbornly claiming “our troops must stay” in Iraq, he is communicating that he’s not interested in listening to soldiers who believe it’s time to leave.
Also on CNN, Lieberman claimed the “surge strategy…has worked” because it has “reduced sectarian deaths, particularly in Baghdad where we’re focused.” But sectarian deaths in Baghdad spiked 70 percent in May, beyond pre-escalation levels. Lieberman said this was a sign of success. “[O]ur enemies, the insurgents and Al Qaida — insurgents particularly supported by Iran — see us winning, and they’re doing desperate things,” he said.
Transcript:
ROBERTS: But, Senator Lieberman, how do you square your claim of significant progress with the fact that May was the deadliest month in at least a couple of years — 26 U.S. servicemembers have died so far this month, just the month of June alone — and the fact that sectarian deaths are apparently on the increase again?
LIEBERMAN: Well, two parts. Here’s the point: We’re in a war. The surge strategy, which is just beginning to be fully implemented, has worked. It has reduced sectarian deaths, particularly in Baghdad where we’re focused.
They ticked back up in the last month. Why did they do that? Because our enemies, the insurgents and Al Qaida — insurgents particularly supported by Iran — see us winning, and they’re doing desperate things. More of them are prepared to blow themselves up to kill Iraqis or American soldiers.
Second, the heartbreaking tragedy for all of us as Americans is that the number of American casualties in Iraq has gone up in the last month. Part of that is because of the enemy desperately striking out. Part of it is because our soldiers courageously are now living and working side by side with the Iraqis in cities like Baghdad. You cannot do that without increasing the peril.
Is it worth it? I say yes, because the alternative which many are arguing for is to pull out, and to me that means a tremendous victory for Al Qaida, which is our number one enemy there now, and Iran, our second enemy there.
And if they win there, watch out throughout the rest of the Middle East and right here at home in the USA.
ROBERTS: As part of your trip, you met with some soldiers and Marines. One of the people you met with was Specialist Will Heden. Leila Fedel of McClatchy News Service spoke with Heden just before he talked to you and she wrote this in a recent article. She says: ‘We’re not making any progress,’ according to Heden, as he recalled a comrade who was shot by a sniper last week. ‘It just seems like we drive around and wait to get shot at.’ But as he waited two chairs down from where Lieberman would sit, Heden said he would never voice his true feelings to the senator.
Senator Lieberman, are you getting the real picture there?
LIEBERMAN: Yes, I tell you, I saw that article, John, and I was really upset about it. Because I sat at a table with a bunch of our soldiers there. I did it four or five times during the week. And I was asking them to speak to me from their heart.
A matter of fact, one of them spoke very directly about the fact that he wondered whether we were succeeding there. He said, nonetheless, that he believed — he actually wondered whether we should have gone into Iraq, but nonetheless, he told me how much he was committed to service in the Army and he wanted to re-enlist and stay there for the rest of his career.
I also spoke to a couple of soldiers at that table. These were folks from — soldiers from Connecticut. And one of them said to me when they hear the criticism and the calls for us to withdraw it says to them that what they’re doing is not worth it. And they believe it is worth it.
Another one says, If we pull out of here, the Iraqi police that I’m working side by side with every day are going to get killed, and so are their families. And who would ever trust the United States again in the world? Certainly not in the Middle East.
(CROSSTALK)
LIEBERMAN: I’m sorry he didn’t say that to me directly and I certainly would have respected that. It’s a tough, tough haul for our soldiers there.
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GO LIEBERMAN!!!
June 7th, 2007 at 12:06 pmEradicate treasonous evildoers
June 7th, 2007 at 12:07 pmI don’t speak my mind to persons known to be self serving, cowardly, and take what I say and turn it against me.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:08 pmWho would?
Definition and portrait of a TRAITOR.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:08 pmEliminate treasonous insecurity
June 7th, 2007 at 12:08 pmGAG! BARF!
June 7th, 2007 at 12:08 pmPoor little Joey. The cannon fodder, er.. troops, don’t trust him. His widdle feelings must be hurt. Mebbe next time he should ask your Republican friends to not pick the troops to talk to him.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:11 pmDoes CT have a procedure for recalling this moron?
June 7th, 2007 at 12:12 pm….. asked about the article and appeared to blame the soldiers for not being honest with him. “I was really upset about it,†he said, because “I sat at a table with a bunch of our soldiers there†and “was asking them to speak to me from their heart.â€
So Blubberman is upset. Tough sh*t. I bet he isn’t near as pissed as the soldiers who were made available for his photo op. Perhaps he ought to keep his ass over here so the guys over there won’t have to drop their military mission in order to guard his tired ass to make sure he gets safe passage.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:13 pmlieberman has zero credibility in the ongoing “debate”…..all or most of his points have been thoroughly debunked by intelligence reports. it’s extraordinary that the media keep giving him a platform….
June 7th, 2007 at 12:14 pmFor the record, I am not a homosexual.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:14 pmWhy do the troops hate the troops so much?
June 7th, 2007 at 12:15 pmThey don’t want to talk with you, Holy Joe, because you’ve made it clear you are not interested in opposing views to the war. Benig a (chicken)hawk has it’s prices, with one being losing the trust and confidence of the troops on the ground.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:16 pmWhy are his lips all shiny? He must have just come from a meeting with W.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:16 pmJake, GO LIEBERMAN!!! is not an official talking point today.
Get with the rest of the flock.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:17 pmEU has realized demand for enrichment suspension is no longer tenable
The Europeans are wondering whether the policy of issuing resolutions and imposing sanctions on Iran will bear fruit since Iran has shrugged them off and if the Security Council will thus lose face, he explained. The Europeans have realized that the approach they have adopted toward Iran over the past four years does not work anymore, he said, adding, “Iran is no longer in the former position, and now it has surpassed the level of research on uranium enrichment.â€
Yet, the United States is still insisting that Iran suspend uranium enrichment, and this has led to the current chaotic situation, he stated.
So to the US I say your no longer important, we dont care what you say
June 7th, 2007 at 12:17 pmRemember people, PLEASE IGNORE JAKE the FAKE, he is only here to disrupt the threads, he is an immature loser who gets his kicks by posting totally inane crap. Loser and hated in real life, and hated here more.
Hating losers like Jake the Fake daily
June 7th, 2007 at 12:19 pm‘Really Upset’ At Troops Who Didn’t ‘Speak To Me From Their Heart’?
Obviously Joe’s lack of military experience leaves him totally oblivious to the concept of, “Permanent latrine orderly”
June 7th, 2007 at 12:22 pmPerhaps the soldiers were afraid of speaking out against the war for fear that they’d violate the military prohibition on free speech while wearing a uniform. They don’t all want to get dishonorably discharged, right?
June 7th, 2007 at 12:22 pmNotice how he sidestepped the questions from the soldiers who did ’speak from the heart’ and wanted to know when they were coming home.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:23 pmDoes he honestly believe that an enlisted soldier will be allowed to speak his mind? These soldiers understand that they give up certain freedoms so others may keep theirs and part of that is biting your tongue when you want nothing more than to tell that person exactly what you think.
His being upset just doesn’t register with me. It doesn’t compare with soldiers being upset because they are daily targets.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:26 pmsnake.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:33 pmIraq fighters restore al-Qaeda ties
The Islamic Army in Iraq is one of the strongest and best-organised Sunni armed groups, responsible for dozens of attacks on American forces in Iraq.
Lately it has been at odds with al-Qaeda, a group it has at times fought alongside.
Now - ominously for Washington – both groups appear to have settled their differences.
http://english.aljazeera.net/English
THIS SHOULD BE FUN
June 7th, 2007 at 12:34 pmPoor, poor Joey — I’ve never seen someone with more angst about everything in his life; now even the SOLDIERS won’t talk openly with him, and he’s taking it as a personal attack. Geez, Joe — get over your friggin’ self…
Maybe Joe and Boner should get together and have themselves a good ol’ fashioned CRY-IN sometime…
June 7th, 2007 at 12:34 pmPerhaps the soldiers were afraid of speaking out against the war for fear that they’d violate the military prohibition on free speech while wearing a uniform. They don’t all want to get dishonorably discharged, right?
Comment by toasterhead
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Ahh, here is the explanation. Nice pick up, toasterhead.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:36 pmBut now it seems there is a desire to work together again.
A few months ago, the Islamic Army, widely seen as an Iraqi resistance group, had called on al-Qaeda to refrain from killing civilians.
The group went as far as asking Osama Bin Laden to use his influence over his men in Iraq.
“We hope that the relationship between us and al-Qaeda will return back to the first days of jihad [struggle], when we were very close to these brothers,” says al-Shamary, referring to a time when both groups joined arms in a relentless campaign against US troops.
Returning to those days could lead to a sharp increase in American casualties in Iraq.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:37 pmNote to commenters — we would really appreciate it if the discussion moved off of Israel and Lieberman’s religion. It is off-topic and some of the discussion is bordering on anti-Semitism, which is obviously in violation of our terms of service.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:37 pmG.I. JoeMentum needs to be neutered of all responsibility in the Senate (Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Environment and Public Works Committee, Armed Services Committee and whatever else). Please, Harry? He’s doing absolutely no good for this country as a secret GOP operative.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:37 pmWow, I guess the insurgency has been “desperate” for over 4 years now. Strap on your M-16 Joey, you’re goin’ in.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:38 pmAh, the “heads I win, tails you lose” argument again. Since more, or less, insurgent activity is always a sign of progress, why haven’t we won by now?
June 7th, 2007 at 12:38 pmAh, the “heads I win, tails you lose” argument again. If more, or less, insurgent activity indicates progress, why haven’t we won by now?
June 7th, 2007 at 12:40 pmNOTE to administration: Delete my post 17, since you deleted the rest of them. Allowing people like Josh to call us anti-Semitic is an outrage and repulsive. Does TP work for AIPAC?
June 7th, 2007 at 12:44 pm(Reuters) - An Iraqi militant group said on Wednesday it has reached a ceasefire deal with Iraq’s wing of al Qaeda to end clashes between the two Sunni insurgent groups waging a violent campaign against U.S.-led forces in iraq.
“A deal has been reached between the Islamic Army in Iraq and al Qaeda in Iraq that stipulates an immediate end to all military operation between the two sides in all sectors including capture operation,” the Islamis Army in Iraq said in a statement on a Web site used by militants including al Qaeda.
GREAT NEWS EH ??? FREEEEDOM FOR IRAQ
June 7th, 2007 at 12:44 pmI support the military draft, not for the usual clichéd reasons, but because, as an ex G.I. who never saw combat, I KNOW that anyone who has served in the military, whether in combat or, paraphrasing the words of General George Patton, “shoveling shit in Louisiana,” quickly realizes, from day one, to keep one’s personal opinions to oneself, because the military does not function as a working project in democracy. And, if Jumpin’ Joe Lieberman hadn’t spent is military draft years at Yale Law School, he would understand that, not to mention any G.I.’s presumed concern for the Senator’s apparent lack of trustworthiness. If more of our citizenry had served, they would also understand this and truly “support the troops” by speaking out on their behalf predicated on the understanding they are not all that free to do so themselves (until retirement or fully discharged-as opposed to ready reserve status).
June 7th, 2007 at 12:45 pmsome of the discussion is bordering on anti-Semitism, which is obviously in violation of our terms of service.
Comment by Admin
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I disagree.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:45 pmAlso on CNN, Lieberman claimed the “surge strategy…has worked†because it has “reduced sectarian deaths, particularly in Baghdad where we’re focused.â€
Wait, I’m confused. Didn’t General Patreus just say that the surge hasn’t really started yet, so we can’t draw conclusions from current poor results?
Is it the strategy to spew so many conflicting signals that nobody really knows what’s real and what’s Memorex?
June 7th, 2007 at 12:48 pmTranslation;
I am upset that the troops don’t support 18 month deployments, and continued fighting in Iraq, so we can steal the oil.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:48 pmAgain. Thanks alot CT!
June 7th, 2007 at 12:49 pmDid anyone vote for this tool ?
Cnn . . Fox . . same thing.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:49 pmThis kind of crap is where the reporter is supposed to step in and call bullsh*t on Joe who no doubt is really ’speaking from his heart’.
If Joe actually thought that any soldiers would be comfortable sharing their dissenting views with him then he is delusional.
They are trained to toe the line and it would have been very shocking if they had been forthcoming with their true thoughts on the matter.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:52 pmAdmin, you are full of it. anti-Lieberman and anti-Israel is not anti-semite. You should delete your own ignorant posts. Lieberman has the interests of israel first and foremost, not the interests of the USA. this makes him anti-American.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:56 pmSo according to Joementum, the increase in violence and death is evidence that the surge has worked. So does that mean if their is little violence or death, the surge has not worked. I’m confused.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:58 pmNote to commenters — we would really appreciate it if the discussion moved off of Israel and Lieberman’s religion. It is off-topic and some of the discussion is bordering on anti-Semitism, which is obviously in violation of our terms of service. - Admin
Interesting TP. So religious zealotry is off limits? I think we need some better defining of this policy.
Israel is the issue in the Middle East, regardless of how much we may not want to talk about it. I find it disturbing that you feel I can’t call Lieberman a religious whack job that thinks Irael ought to exist simply because a book written 600 years ago says so. (I guess ‘god’ was playing the role of Omnipotent Real Estate agent.) The reason I bring this up is that if Lieberman worshipped say, Odin, and I called him a religious whack job, you would have no such objection. If I trashed him for being the type of ill-equiped legialator that crafgts policy based on the writing of Dr. Suess (Although that would probably make for a better world than the Bible has), I believe you would laugh right with me. Why can’t we call a spade a spade in this country?
I could be wrong, but i doubt it.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:59 pmIt is odd to debate Iraq and Middle East policy without mentioning Israel. And yet that is how it is done in America. Americans don’t even debate the issues as openly as Israelis do. At least they have their honest hardliners such as historian Benny Morris.
What is Liebermaus’s motivation? Why does Bush think staying in Iraq is America’s destiny? Destiny? And the Christian Right is keen to see the rise of a Greater Israel. This isn’t foreign policy, it’s Biblical prophecy.
June 7th, 2007 at 1:06 pmI don’t know it it’s a violation of the “terms of service” or not, but anyone who’s seen Lieberman’s commercials on the 700 Club cannot have any doubt but that Lieberman sees the occupation of Iraq the same way that Zelikow did.
There’s nothing anti-semitic about that.
June 7th, 2007 at 1:07 pm.
Also on CNN, Lieberman claimed the “surge strategy…has worked†because it has “reduced sectarian deaths, particularly in Baghdad where we’re focused.†But sectarian deaths in Baghdad spiked 70 percent in May, beyond pre-escalation levels. Lieberman said this was a sign of success. “[O]ur enemies, the insurgents and Al Qaida — insurgents particularly supported by Iran — see us winning, and they’re doing desperate things,†he said.
Lieberman (I-Insurance) has hired Dubya’s propagand… — umm, sorry, “speechwriters”. This “heads I win, tails you lose” crapola is the same as the maladministration’s claim that reduced violence is a sign of “progress” while increased violence is also such … because the increase is due to the desperation of those that are “losing”. <*SHEESH*> Do these morons think that this rhetorical sh*te is going to fool people any more?
Cheers,
June 7th, 2007 at 1:07 pmCrump’s Bro said: “Why can’t we call a spade a spade in this country?”
I agree wholeheartedly!!!!! No group should be given a free pass.
And Fed Up - I certainly can understand your frustration. But I seriously doubt anyone even reading this, let along posting here, voted for Joe. If there is anyone out there who DID vote for Joe PLEASE enlighten us as to your reasoning!
Ned Lamont almost pulled it off as an anti-war candidate. The powers that be couldn’t allow that to happen.
June 7th, 2007 at 1:08 pmAh, the “heads I win, tails you lose†argument again. If more, or less, insurgent activity indicates progress, why haven’t we won by now?
Comment by ronin
I seem to remember hearing this one before, from some Bush/Cheney tool: we know we’re succeeding, because an increase in terrorist attacks actually proves the insurgency is desperate. The more Iraqis and US troops that are killed, the more evidence of our success.
And no one in the media stops him and asks him “WTF!?”
June 7th, 2007 at 1:09 pmHe was hiding under the soldier’s table, isn’t?
June 7th, 2007 at 1:10 pmGrand Moff Texan at #46 - What are these commercials on the 700 club you speak of? I don’t usually catch that program. :P
June 7th, 2007 at 1:15 pmI’m curious what the anti-semitic remarks are?
They keep getting deleted apparently.
Let’s see, we can be anti-nazi, anti-communist, anti-bush, ant-republican, but the moment we show some level of intolerance towards the outright irrationality of religion, we must silence that speech.
Now I’m aware that I haven’t seen the comments, and maybe if I saw them I would understand better your move here TP. I also understand that this being your website, you are within your right to censor anything you wish. But as our founders realized all too well, the best way to fight speech you don’t like is more speech.
June 7th, 2007 at 1:16 pmGrand Moff Texan at #46 - What are these commercials on the 700 club you speak of? I don’t usually catch that program. :P
Nor do I, usually!
Lieberman lined up with every rightwing phony-Christian you could imagine to talk about a biblical relationship/obligation that America has to Israel. It was pure end-timer, Israel-first bullshit that (I think) would scare the hell out of most Israelis. They know that the Republicans’ evangelical base is virulently anti-semitic and only wants them around so they can convert/die at the end of the world.
Amazing that Lieberman would have anything to do with these people, but I guess some people are willing to make a deal with the devil.
June 7th, 2007 at 1:20 pm.
It might be better for TP not to put up threads on Lieberman, because he is widely hated in the Democratic party, and we then get censored for calling him names.
June 7th, 2007 at 1:25 pmFor the record, I am not a homosexual.
Comment by Jake
For the record, it is almost impossible to “prove a negative”. Sorry, Jake, but the TP Truth Squad requires absolute verification of that statement, for the record.
June 7th, 2007 at 1:30 pmhe actually wondered whether we should have gone into Iraq, but nonetheless, he told me how much he was committed to service in the Army and he wanted to re-enlist and stay there for the rest of his career.
June 7th, 2007 at 1:31 pmHe was talking about staying the the Army, Joe, not Iraq, for the rest of his career.
War supporters are so far out in the ideologocal stratosphere at this point, I do believe they’ve gone into orbit. Lieberman and the like-minded have left the planet. Gonna’ leave some fantastic chemtrails when they burn up on reentry.
June 7th, 2007 at 1:31 pmWhat’s that? Speak from their hearts and risk being labeled a war protester and receiving a general discharge instead of an honorable discharge?
June 7th, 2007 at 1:31 pmLieberman ‘Really Upset’ At Troops Who Didn’t ‘Speak To Me From Their Heart’
Would it have made a difference in the lies you were telling, Joe? What would you have done, worn a different pair of cheap sunglasses?
June 7th, 2007 at 1:32 pmWhy are his lips all shiny? He must have just come from a meeting with W.
Comment by Namtillaku — June 7, 2007 @ 12:16 pm
There is something above his upper lip showing in the video capture at the top of the page. I’ve heard of pearl necklaces before…but a pearl mustache?
Ewwwww.
June 7th, 2007 at 1:33 pmMaybe if Joe had brought some waterskiing squirrels in flak jackets with him the soldiers would have felt better.
June 7th, 2007 at 1:34 pm“see us winning, and they’re doing desperate things”–did he just say “last throes?”
June 7th, 2007 at 1:35 pmpermission to speak freely, sir? it’s not as easy as they… they’re certainly not encouraged by the military to speak their minds… they’re not to question their mission, only do it…
June 7th, 2007 at 1:36 pmWar supporters are so far out in the ideologocal stratosphere at this point, I do believe they’ve gone into orbit.
Comment by smafdy
Right you are, smafdy. They’ve gone into orbit, forming a new ASSteroid belt, as it were, around UrANUS, which has be confirmed as the site of “Big Dick’s Secret Bunker”. And, no that’s not a topless bar in the greater DC area.
June 7th, 2007 at 1:43 pmMaybe if Joe had brought some waterskiing squirrels in flak jackets
I thought Joe WAS a waterskiing squirrel in a flak jacket. no wait, he’s a squirrelly skater in a flak jacket…
June 7th, 2007 at 1:51 pmMy post was deleted as well. I said NOTHING about Lieberman’s religion or ANYTHING anti-Semitic.
I said that a PATRIOTIC soldier might have used a military rifle to send one from HIS heart to JOE’S heart.
TP is likely the ones hiring the trolls.
In reality, just another Fox/CNN…
June 7th, 2007 at 2:09 pmI’m totally against the war and escalation and think we need to get out pronto, but frankly the sectarian deaths are not back to pre-escalation levels.
The NY Times article you referenced said, “despite May’s increase in corpses, the numbers remain far below the peak of sectarian executions last year.”
Another related McClatchy article (http://www.newsobserver.com/505/story/567684.html) said that, “Overall, statistics indicate that the number of violent deaths has declined significantly since December, when 1,391 people died in Baghdad.”
To end this war, we need get our facts right unlike the other side.
June 7th, 2007 at 2:11 pmLieberman, who has called for a “truce in the political war†over Bush’s course in Iraq
Which is neocon-speak for “I get everything I want, and you shut up and obey”.
June 7th, 2007 at 2:15 pmI’m glad the anti-Semitic posts were deleted.
June 7th, 2007 at 2:19 pmI’M glad Scooter Libby is going to PRISON.
Where TRAITORS like him belong…
June 7th, 2007 at 2:31 pmWhile Libby’s sentence is not technically “on topic” I am already on the record, as is former federal prosecutor Rudy Guiliani, for a Presidential Pardon in that case. If anyone NOT on the “Ignore List” wants to discuss that, please let me koow.
June 7th, 2007 at 2:36 pmI’M SO GLAD that Libby is GOING TO PRISON.
Most Americans feel that he DESERVES PRISON for LYING to the FBI and OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE in the case of an EXPOSED COVERT CIA AGENT.
Who SPECIALIZED in WMD’s.
And thereby jeapordizing our NATIONAL SECURITY.
Since “jake” is on MY IGNORE LIST,
if anyone NOT on MY ignore list would like to discuss the fate of this TRAITOR, scooter libby, please let me know….
I’LL see “jake” in hell anyway (cause I’LL be THERE and so will HE),
Mr. Bush
June 7th, 2007 at 2:43 pmMURDEROUS WAR CRIMINAL
COWARDLY AWOL TRAITOR TO THE USA (TM–BushCrimeCo, Inc.)
I wish your anti-human posts were deleted “Jake”! You’ve condoned the deaths of innocents!
June 7th, 2007 at 2:44 pmJake
Perhaps you could post your ignore list, so those of us who may be on it will know whether or not waste our time with discussing your defense of a man that tried to undermine the justice system of our country by lying to investigators and a grand jury.
June 7th, 2007 at 2:46 pmScooter Libby should go to prison–no passing go, no collecting for selling the rights to his “story”–we already know the most important part, the part where he has continued to protect those who seek to destroy us all for a handful of shekels.
June 7th, 2007 at 2:48 pmthat’s funny–”Jake” has an ignore list. Seems to me he spends most of his time pulling his dress up over his head so he can get some attention. Like Ann Coulter.
June 7th, 2007 at 2:51 pmJake–are you Ann Coulter?
June 7th, 2007 at 2:54 pmI would just ask Lieberman when his son is going to arrive in Baghdad to take his place on the front line of this incredibly important war for our survival.
Answer: never.
June 7th, 2007 at 3:03 pmloretta - it is funny isn’t it. He claims to be 70-something years old but “ignore” lists don’t seem very adult.
June 7th, 2007 at 3:19 pmJAIL Libby!
If he gets KILLED in PRISON, he can have a PARDON.
Post-humously….
June 7th, 2007 at 3:21 pmJoe left CNN and did a radio interview on this same subject.
June 7th, 2007 at 3:38 pmHere is the audio:
http://www.texavery.com/sounds/mad.wav
http://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/ the_next_hurrah/ 2006/ 03/ 36_months_of_de.html
Dear Lieber Heart, we are desperate! Again. And Again.
June 7th, 2007 at 3:53 pmteh Terrorists
Must be sweet to live in Joeworld. If deaths go down, we’re winning. If deaths go up, we’re winning.
June 7th, 2007 at 4:08 pmI’ve heard of pearl necklaces before…but a pearl mustache?
Ewwwww.
ha ha! Thanks for my best laff of the day (so far), WC!
June 7th, 2007 at 4:21 pmLieberman, who has called for a “truce in the political war†over Bush’s course in Iraq
i.e., “Shut up and fall in line behind my B.F.F. Bush.”
The voters of Connecticut should be overcome with shame.
June 7th, 2007 at 5:50 pmpost # 71 is exactly right they should be in jail
June 7th, 2007 at 6:03 pmSenator Lieberman has failed to understand the situation on the ground in Iraq. His repeated comments that we are making progress on the ground only indicate that he both out of touch with what is actually happening on the ground and has failed to understand that the policy in Iraq has failed. Our troops may not want to speak to Sen. Lieberman simply because he doesn’t see failure in Iraq where the American people see signs of failure everyday. It is hard to expect understanding from public officials when they refuse to acknowledge reality when it is staring them in the face. Sen. Lieberman should know better than to blame brave and courageous troops who are on the front lines everyday.
Our troops should be honored not only when they agree with us but also when they disagree with us. They are in a much better position of assessing the situation on the ground in Iraq because they are there in the middle of this civil war everyday, unlike Sen. Lieberman who has the luxury of safely sitting in his Washington DC office. It is clear to a majority of Americans that the current surge is not working. We don’t have to wait till September to come to this realization. We are losing more and more Americans in Iraq everyday. More Iraqis are also dying everyday in Iraq despite the surge. We can no longer win this war militarily and Sen. Lieberman needs to realize this soon.
June 7th, 2007 at 6:19 pmAmericablog.com has a thread on Lieberman today, but the site does not delete posts that curse Joe like TP does. Better to have an open discussion, than to delete those posts that hit too close to the truth.
June 7th, 2007 at 6:50 pmCome to think of it, it really is difficult to comment on Joe ^#%%#$@%^* Lieberman without cursing.
June 7th, 2007 at 7:38 pmObama campaigned for Lieberman in 2006.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:48 pmHe was just being a good democrat.
Crump’s Brother:
You are not on the “Ignore List” (although I must have missed your answer on the other thread whether you think incest should be legalized). I am not going to waste my time typing all the names on the “Ignore List”.
June 8th, 2007 at 12:49 amHonorable Senator Liberman,
Please consider how wonderful is to be alive.
The flowers bud. They bloom. They die.
And the circle of life continues.
As above, so below.
As within, so without.
I can’t believe you’re so positive about such negative things.
June 8th, 2007 at 1:29 amThere are a lot of things I’m currently angry at the Democratic Party about, but rejecting Lieberman’s nomination is not one of them.
Remember when he said Lamont’s win was a victory for terrorism?
June 8th, 2007 at 5:48 amjoe lieberman is a repulsive neocon liar. he is irrelevant. no one believes a word the disgusting whiny little gerbil says.
June 8th, 2007 at 8:01 amLieberman supports the Iraq war because he is pro Israel at any cost.
It’s as simple as that.
June 8th, 2007 at 8:24 amUm… how about every poster here on every other story here that didn’t need you to lie like this in order to agree with it ?
June 8th, 2007 at 10:35 amLYING, DELUSIONAL, WANKER!!
Now that Joe has become about as relevant as James Dobson can we please not have to listen to his whiny-ass rhetoric?!?
Connecticut - thank you sooo much for inflicting this moron on us one more time.
June 8th, 2007 at 1:30 pmDuring the height of “Shock and Awe” I remember a news clip of Saddam Hussein speaking and saying words that vowed to the effect that:
” The American’s will die clinging to the gates of Baghdad!”
I remember some pundits and others laughing at him and slapping their knees as US armor raced across the dessert toward Baghdad.
They didn’t understand that Saddam was not talking about their entry into Baghdad, but was predicting their efforts to get out.
June 8th, 2007 at 3:24 pmLiberman is just typical “rear area swine”. Fighting
for democracy, while suffering all the humiliation of
an air conditioned office, and lunch and dinner at the
taxpayers expense. He would never have been
allowed on the floor of the Roman Senate. Due to
the fact that Honor and Integrity actually did matter.
This creature proves just how hollow those words
are in todays world. Thank the Gods the pathetic
megalomaniac never got the Vice President office.
The morning Senate prayers would be quoted in
Hebrew if he had.
Thanks a million you stupid bastards in Connecticut.
June 16th, 2007 at 3:14 amHope your happy with the graft the republicans will
send your way for sending this political leech back
for another 6 years. Enjoy your Blood Money. When
one thinks how far that bastion of Democracy has
fallen, it truly is sad.