Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT)
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UH Kristol has been wrong about most stuff, how does that mean that Joe is right?
June 15th, 2007 at 11:46 amwtf. are they having an affair?
think about what their love making must sound like.
whiny moaning.
June 15th, 2007 at 11:46 amLord Help Us All!
June 15th, 2007 at 11:49 amGood work Connecticut voters. Way to go!!
June 15th, 2007 at 11:51 amAs if there wasn’t enough proof of Joe’s total and utter depravity.
When Joe looks to one of the most consistantly wrong and backward thinkers in all of the punditsphere for validation of his policies and ideas, then it’s time to send Joe off in the paddy wagon to the nuthouse (a.k.a. the GOP).
June 15th, 2007 at 11:52 am“If Kristol says what I’m doing is right, reception on my brainjack tuner must be good.” It’s important for Wingnuts to know they’re on task.
June 15th, 2007 at 11:52 amTruly bizarre. Do the Neocons have something on Lieberman to blackmail him into this lurid public display of self-destruction?
June 15th, 2007 at 11:53 amWilliam Kristol has not been correct about a single thing related to the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraqnam. Holy Joe’s comment once again proves just how far removed from reality the Senator from Israel really is. Two days ago in an email to Holy Joe I offered to buy him a one-way ticket, Business Class to Tel Aviv. I’m still waiting and hoping that his office writes back and says that Holy Joe accepts my offer.
June 15th, 2007 at 11:54 amThat’s because they’re secretly the same person.
June 15th, 2007 at 11:55 amI guess in neocon world, two wrongs make a right.
June 15th, 2007 at 11:56 amSen. Lieberman said: “If Kristol says what I’m doing is right, I must be a Republican.â€
June 15th, 2007 at 11:58 amNow You Can Text “IMPEACH” to 30644 To Vote To Impeach Cheney
There are now more than 66,000 votes cast in the National Cheney Impeachment Poll, with 99.35 percent voting “Yes”, he should be impeached. And now Maxine Waters has joined as cosponsor of H.Res. 333, the Dennis Kucinich proposed articles to impeach Cheney first. We are definitely approaching our first major tipping point in public political consciousness on this issue.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/23666
June 15th, 2007 at 12:02 pmI think he’s getting worse.
June 15th, 2007 at 12:09 pmThanks CT. You elected an idiot.
June 15th, 2007 at 12:11 pmAdmitting you are a neo-con is the first step to recovery. I am so happy for Lieberman. Maybe he can one day resume a normal life.
June 15th, 2007 at 12:11 pmAnyone who doesn’t now know what Lieberman is, is probably too stupid to breathe.
June 15th, 2007 at 12:14 pm“If Kristol says what I’m doing is right, it must be right.â€
Wow.
Just wow.
Way to choose your yardstick, there, Holy Joe.
June 15th, 2007 at 12:16 pmWow. The guy that didn’t know that there would be conflict between Sunni and Shia in Iraq, the guy that thought the reconstruction would pay for itself. Yes Lieberman, he is a gold standard on the Middle Eastern. Unfortunately, it’s the gold standard for complete incompetence.
June 15th, 2007 at 12:22 pmBreaking News: Joe Lieberman now believes he is Jesus Christ!
June 15th, 2007 at 12:22 pmI think at this point, he’s just trying to piss us off. Like the girl/boy friend that doesn’t have the balls to break up, so they try to make you do it.
June 15th, 2007 at 12:24 pmAt least holy joe hasn’t lost his sense of humor….
June 15th, 2007 at 12:29 pmState’s U.S. senators fail Connecticut
A New Haven Register Editorial
06/15/2007
Dodd misses votes; Lieberman wants to bomb Iran….
…Lieberman’s vote (to not hold an up/down vote on the AG) was distressing, but his comment the previous day that the United States should bomb Iran was alarming. The United States should be turning over the war in Iraq to the Iraqis, not expanding it into a regional conflict that will make a peaceful resolution even more difficult. Despite the fears of Iraq war opponents, not even the Bush White House has so directly advocated such a provocative and dangerous escalation.
June 15th, 2007 at 12:36 pmLieberman shuns meeting, but antiwar activist ends hunger strike.
Angela Carter
New Haven Register Staff
April 15th, 2007
A California Woman has ended her hunger strike, although US Sen. Lieberman I-CT, reneged on an agreement to meet with her Thursday, along with members of CODE PINK and other peace groups in Washington, D.C.
Leslie Angeline, 50, was in the fifth day of her fast when Lieberman backed out of a meeting at his office in the Hart Senate Office Building. But three of this high level staffers agreed to speak with Angeline and tow fellow activists, Ross Pourzal, an Iranian-American with the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Interventions in Iran, and Robert Naiman, national coordinator of Just Foreign Policy.
Angeline said by telephone she was “shocked†by comments Lieberman made Sunday during an appearance on CBSs “Face The Nation†and immediately restricted her intake to water, clear juice and herbal tea.
“I think we’ve got to be prepared to take aggressive militarily action against the Iranians,†Lieberman said on the show. “And to me, that would man a strike over the border into Iran, where we have good evidence that they have a base at which they are training these people coming back into Iraq to kill our soldiers.â€
Lieberman said he supports talks with Iran but does not believe diplomatic negotiations alone would convince the nation’s leaders to halt its nuclear program.
Angeline is a member of CODE PINK, a grass roots peace and social justive movement launched in 2002 by about 100 women who want to end to the Iraq war. She recently returned from a citizen diplomacy delegation to Iran, sponsored by Global Exchange, an international human rights organization.
“My message to (Lieberman) is: Go to Iran for yourself. It was a beautiful place,†Angeline said. She left a framed picture she had taken of three Iranian children with Lieberman Chief of Staff, Clarine Riddle. “Seventy percent of the population of Iran is under the age of 30. Everywhere we went we saw children and they were so curious about us.â€
CODE PINK co-founder Media Benjamin said she was “disappointed†that Lieberman did not honor a promise made Monday to be at the meeting.
Marshall Wittman, Lieberman’s communication director, said, “When it became clear that CODE PINK planned to stage a demonstration during the meeting and exploit the senator’s good-faith offer to have a conversation, the invitation was withdrawn.â€
Behjamin said that explaination was “dishonest†because a sit-in at Lieberman’s Washington office and a demonstration in New Haven were planned only if Lieberman initially refused a meeting.
But the group Connecticut Opposes the War is planning a demonstration at Lieberman’s 1 Constitution Plaza office in Hartford on Wednesday. “Everyone is fed up with his continual warmongering. There will be more and more activity at his residence and at his office if he continues to go in the wrong direction,†said COW member John Murphy.
Angeline and Benjamin said allegations that Iran backs the Hamas fighters who seized control of the Gaza Strip Thursday do not justify a military strike in Iran. “I think that’s all the more reason for de-escalation of the tensions in the Middle East,†Benjamin said.
Lieberman co-sponsored the Iran Non-Proliferation Act, which was passed in 2000 to provide for US Sanctions against individuals or companies that assist Iran in developing ballistic missiles or weapons of mass destruction. A statement on his Web site reads: “Sen. Lieberman believes that the security and stability of the world are threatened by Iran’s program to develop nuclear weapon.â€
June 15th, 2007 at 12:38 pmWhen we do bomb Iran, let’s have ‘Tailgunner Joe’ ride the first one down.
He can do it in the name of Israel and be a national hero there.
Joe, if insanity is determined by one’s words, your nuck’n futz.
June 15th, 2007 at 12:40 pmI think at this point, he’s just trying to piss us off. Like the girl/boy friend that doesn’t have the balls to break up, so they try to make you do it.
Comment by IanY77 — June 15, 2007 @ 12:24 pm
Ian, that is the best insight into Holy Joe’s behavior I’ve seen in weeks.
June 15th, 2007 at 12:42 pmSorry, no matter what he thinks, two wrongs don’t make a right!
June 15th, 2007 at 12:43 pmKristol had a pie thrown in his face during a talk he was giving at Earlham College on March 29, 2005. Wouldn’t it be funny if someone was to throw one in Lieberman’s?
June 15th, 2007 at 12:44 pmLook it’s Joe Sixpack! Where’ve you been?
June 15th, 2007 at 12:49 pmIf Krystol of the Weekly Blandard tells Joe to jump off a bridge will he do it??? What a puppet to a guy with stupid and naive “theories” of foreign policies!!!!
June 15th, 2007 at 12:52 pmSorry for the double post, don’t rightly recall how I did that.
June 15th, 2007 at 12:54 pmAs we all know too well, Killy Bristol has never been wrong about anything. Much. Oh, yeah, well there was that, and the other, uh, yes he wasn’t very close on that call…. Uhhh…
June 15th, 2007 at 12:54 pmSorry Joe, but two wrongs definitely don’t make a right!
June 15th, 2007 at 1:06 pmre #8: I sent Lieberman’s office an e-mail inviting him to go first, along with family and friends, in the Iran invasion. Since I live in Florida, the only reply was the standard blow-off “Please contact your local representative”.
June 15th, 2007 at 1:10 pmIf you live in CT, you’ll probably get even less.
Pseudo-Professor Mark Colby, your presence is wanted at the
June 15th, 2007 at 1:17 pm“Colbert makes the case for Holsinger” thread.
Looks like Joe’s true colors are shining through: He is the orginal NEOCON!
June 15th, 2007 at 1:25 pmLieberman remarks outrage constituents
http://www.connpost.com/letters/ci_6143684
a sample:
I did not vote for the senator primarily due to his hawkish views. He camouflaged them well during last year’s campaign. In fact, he seemed anti-war to many people. During that campaign, he frequented diners and professed to listen to the people when they had a “Cup of Joe with Joe.” The majority of Connecticut voters fell in line. The senator, however, listens only to the beat of his own drum and not the rhythm of the state of Connecticut and the nation. Apparently Lieberman’s recent “Cups of Joe” have had way too much caffeine in them. He spouts about progress when visiting Iraq and now wants to bomb and invade (just a “small” invasion, he says) Iran. The senator should count the bodies and hatred left in the wake of actions from politicians like him.
He is not the senator of the people of Connecticut. He is the senator of his own agenda. He is a politician. Perhaps he, as President Bush, plays well in Albania, but not in Connecticut, not in the U.S. and not around the world at large.
#33 celtec, I have sent him an email, not with your suggestion, but certainly being very critical of his point of view. I have not heard back yet, but past experience has led to not much more than a PR line of BS…we thank you for contacting us, but we now know that you don’t agree with us (fools!), we appreciate your feedback etc. Nothing more than fluff.
June 15th, 2007 at 1:29 pmPS Add to #36
I ALWAYS urged Joe to swich to being a Republican
June 15th, 2007 at 1:31 pmGet off that Kristol meth, Jo(k)e – time for an intervention.
June 15th, 2007 at 2:00 pmLieberman of Mesopotamia has spoken. His warmonger spirit is guided by the I-am-always-right-when-I-am-always-wrong Kristol, chief spokesman of pax Americana.
June 15th, 2007 at 2:21 pm“There’s been a certain amount of pop sociology in America … that the Shia can’t get along with the Sunni and the Shia in Iraq just want to establish some kind of Islamic fundamentalist regime. There’s almost no evidence of that at all. Iraq’s always been very secular.†[Bill Kristol on National Public Radio, 4/1/03]
This is your “standard” (no pun intended), Joe Lie-berman?
June 15th, 2007 at 2:32 pmEver since bush planted a kiss on Lieberman, Lieberman has been insane. or in love?????
June 15th, 2007 at 2:55 pmEither way he is an astonishing failure and revengeful fool.
Just think he could have been a Dem. VP
The Lord works in mysterious ways.
Joe Lieberman – NeoCon in Sheeps clothing
June 15th, 2007 at 3:10 pmBill Kristol – Neo-Marxist, Neo-Con, PNAC author, Traitor.
Hopefully, CT has some sort of recall mechanism. It’s time to get Lieberman out. Shoreline, would you know?
June 15th, 2007 at 4:02 pmRe: The headline. I want to throw up.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:49 pmAt this time, I’d like to join others here in sincerely asking the Democrats in CT who voted for Lieberman, what on earth were you thinking? Was it all about Israel? Was it some sense of loyalty for past service? Did you think he’d be better at bringing home the pork? I really want to know, because it didn’t make sense to me then and it makes even less sense to me now. The guy is just plain horrible and we get him for another 5 years. My only hope for this guy is that Dems take a supermajority in the Senate next year, strip him of all his committee assignments and relegate him to an irrelevant back-bench position for the remainder of his term. If he goes Repub, who cares. He’ll be irrelevant either way.
June 15th, 2007 at 7:47 pmLIEberman should just join the PNAC now. He espouses all their talking points and worships their leader (Krystol). He should just become a signatory today so that those sheeple still missing who LIEberman really is, can check out his true principles.
June 15th, 2007 at 9:25 pmDoesn’t it make anyone a little nervous that LIEberman was the Democratic choice for VP before Bush was appointed in 2000? Perhaps LIEberman was a mole and planned for the same events to take place whether the Republicans were in power or not.
June 15th, 2007 at 9:32 pmI uset- ta disagree with the CONTURDS I worked with that you were indeed wacko, mc cain, but now I agree they were right.
June 16th, 2007 at 12:04 am