Comments on: McCain Suggests Lieberman As Possible Secretary Of Defense http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:48:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Evil Spaniard http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/comment-page-5/#comment-4216999 Evil Spaniard Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:18:41 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/#comment-4216999 <em>McCain Suggests Lieberman As Possible Secretary Of Defense</em> Dumb and dumber... McCain Suggests Lieberman As Possible Secretary Of Defense

Dumb and dumber…

]]> By: Cats r Flyfishn http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/comment-page-5/#comment-4216829 Cats r Flyfishn Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:13:43 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/#comment-4216829 Now that will guarantee a loss for McCain. Hillary Clinton should be the next Attorney General. She has so many scores to settle that Bush and Cheney won't be able to get out the country fast enough. Now that will guarantee a loss for McCain. Hillary Clinton should be the next Attorney General. She has so many scores to settle that Bush and Cheney won’t be able to get out the country fast enough.

]]> By: mdbyrne http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/comment-page-5/#comment-4216627 mdbyrne Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:01:50 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/#comment-4216627 Yeah Liebermann would be a great SecDef if we were interested in the defense of Israel and not the US. Yeah Liebermann would be a great SecDef if we were interested in the defense of Israel and not the US.

]]> By: bernarda http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/comment-page-5/#comment-4216610 bernarda Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:41:12 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/#comment-4216610 The only country that Holy Joe Lieberman is interested in defending is Israel. A good Sec Def would be Michael Scheuer, former CIA agent, would debunk Lieberman with no problem. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF4_oaTIH8g The only country that Holy Joe Lieberman is interested in defending is Israel.

A good Sec Def would be Michael Scheuer, former CIA agent, would debunk Lieberman with no problem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF4_oaTIH8g

]]> By: Sabyen91 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/comment-page-4/#comment-4216529 Sabyen91 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 07:41:07 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/#comment-4216529 Who does McCain think he is pandering to? Lieberman? Libs don't like him...Cons don't like McCain...he can suck up to those 4 voters if he wants, doesn't matter to me. Who does McCain think he is pandering to? Lieberman? Libs don’t like him…Cons don’t like McCain…he can suck up to those 4 voters if he wants, doesn’t matter to me.

]]> By: Sabyen91 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/comment-page-4/#comment-4216294 Sabyen91 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:43:55 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/#comment-4216294 "Well…yeah. I’m a Republican and so obviously I would much prefer a Republican president. I don’t think an Edwards presidency would bring about the end of Western civilization as we know it….But he could inflict some long-term damage, especially when it comes to the judiciary." Are you kidding? Your lil Bush has screwed this country for years to come. “Well…yeah. I’m a Republican and so obviously I would much prefer a Republican president. I don’t think an Edwards presidency would bring about the end of Western civilization as we know it….But he could inflict some long-term damage, especially when it comes to the judiciary.”

Are you kidding? Your lil Bush has screwed this country for years to come.

]]> By: araratararat http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/comment-page-4/#comment-4215897 araratararat Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:41:32 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/#comment-4215897 Britney Spears and Paris Hilton could be McCain's Co-Secretaries of Abstinence - Syphilis/Gonorrhea/and Herpes Control. Britney Spears and Paris Hilton could be McCain’s Co-Secretaries of Abstinence – Syphilis/Gonorrhea/and Herpes Control.

]]> By: Impolitics http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/comment-page-4/#comment-4215825 Impolitics Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:10:43 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/#comment-4215825 <em>“swinging in the breeze”???!!!! Dude, please, let’s not act like Christian Identity Movement morons. At best, they’re citizens with whom we simply do not agree. At worst they’re moronic sociopaths drooling over their Cheetos in their mothers’ basements. Either way, nobody deserves to “swing in the breeze,” but I’m sure you had your tongue firmly planted in your cheek when you posted that.</em> Comment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper — January 4, 2008 @ 6:38 pm Well, it's a bit of an exaggeration. Though I'm not averse to the idea of capital punishment for the traitors in power. And it's just a figure of speech when applied to trolls. The imminent rejection of all they hold dear should prove to be punishment enough. It must suck to be so wrong about so much. “swinging in the breeze”???!!!! Dude, please, let’s not act like Christian Identity Movement morons. At best, they’re citizens with whom we simply do not agree. At worst they’re moronic sociopaths drooling over their Cheetos in their mothers’ basements. Either way, nobody deserves to “swing in the breeze,” but I’m sure you had your tongue firmly planted in your cheek when you posted that.

Comment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper — January 4, 2008 @ 6:38 pm

Well, it’s a bit of an exaggeration. Though I’m not averse to the idea of capital punishment for the traitors in power.

And it’s just a figure of speech when applied to trolls. The imminent rejection of all they hold dear should prove to be punishment enough. It must suck to be so wrong about so much.

]]> By: freeman http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/comment-page-4/#comment-4215821 freeman Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:06:49 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/#comment-4215821 Since we can't find any in this country we will have to fabricate some .The violent radicalization and homegrown terrorist act will do this nicely. Since we can’t find any in this country we will have to fabricate some .The violent radicalization and homegrown terrorist act will do this nicely.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/comment-page-4/#comment-4215819 Marie Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:05:16 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/#comment-4215819 Southern Man, Gore's choosing JL as running mate was not a good one; it was a lousy political pandering move. I didn't like him from the start - he may have once believed in Democratic values, but he betrayed anyone who voted for him. My memory is not selective - in fact - I usually give people the benefit of the doubt, but JL has never been a god, never been beloved, and never strongly supported across the nation. In the end he even betrayed his Connecticut supporters. Southern Man,
Gore’s choosing JL as running mate was not a good one; it was a lousy political pandering move. I didn’t like him from the start – he may have once believed in Democratic values, but he betrayed anyone who voted for him.
My memory is not selective – in fact – I usually give people the benefit of the doubt, but JL has never been a god, never been beloved, and never strongly supported across the nation. In the end he even betrayed his Connecticut supporters.

]]> By: freeman http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/comment-page-4/#comment-4215813 freeman Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:02:53 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/#comment-4215813 That bill I brought up, if U read the house version in particular ,scares the hell out of me , and if it passes we may see the beginning of the rounding up of dissidents within the USA. Talk truth to power and end up in a gulag. That bill I brought up, if U read the house version in particular ,scares the hell out of me , and if it passes we may see the beginning of the rounding up of dissidents within the USA.
Talk truth to power and end up in a gulag.

]]> By: able as http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/comment-page-4/#comment-4215809 able as Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:00:17 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/#comment-4215809 exley, Are you still in coma? You believe that technology will pull us out of our mess. People will somehow be encouraged to read and learn just because they can? We've had an incompetent and his puppeteer leading us on disastrous missons for various reasons: WMD, democracy, liberation of Iraq (oil), and general US hegemony. People don't give a damn, regardless of the technology. Only when it's on our doorstep do we care: loss on job, pay cut, loss of benefits, death/loss of limb(s) of a neighbor kid in Iraq. By the way, in this war on terror, where are the enemy, are they AWOL? Or is the TSA doing a good job. able as exley, Are you still in coma? You believe that technology will pull us out of our mess. People will somehow be encouraged to read and learn just because they can? We’ve had an incompetent and his puppeteer leading us on disastrous missons for various reasons: WMD, democracy, liberation of Iraq (oil), and general US hegemony. People don’t give a damn, regardless of the technology. Only when it’s on our doorstep do we care: loss on job, pay cut, loss of benefits, death/loss of limb(s) of a neighbor kid in Iraq.
By the way, in this war on terror, where are the enemy, are they AWOL? Or is the TSA doing a good job.
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]]> By: Ret. Col. Jack Ripper http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/comment-page-4/#comment-4215797 Ret. Col. Jack Ripper Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:51:06 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/#comment-4215797 Freeman: "meanwhile Joe sits on the homeland security committee as chairperson..." Just wait. Lieberman's going to get what's coming to him. When Dems take a supermajority in the Senate, they'll strip him of every committee assignment, completely ignore him and relegate him to the dustbin of history. He's already through and he knows it. That's why he'll jump at the chance to share a repube ticket as VP candidate. His big pharma minders are probably already looking for another whore. Freeman: “meanwhile Joe sits on the homeland security committee as chairperson…”

Just wait. Lieberman’s going to get what’s coming to him. When Dems take a supermajority in the Senate, they’ll strip him of every committee assignment, completely ignore him and relegate him to the dustbin of history. He’s already through and he knows it. That’s why he’ll jump at the chance to share a repube ticket as VP candidate. His big pharma minders are probably already looking for another whore.

]]> By: freeman http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/comment-page-4/#comment-4215787 freeman Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:44:43 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/#comment-4215787 meanwhile Joe sits on the homeland security committee as chairperson and the violent radicalization and homegrown terrorist act threatens to make us ALL terrorists .http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19002.htm meanwhile Joe sits on the homeland security committee as chairperson and the violent radicalization and homegrown terrorist act threatens to make us ALL terrorists .http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19002.htm

]]> By: Ret. Col. Jack Ripper http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/comment-page-4/#comment-4215769 Ret. Col. Jack Ripper Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:38:54 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/#comment-4215769 "swinging in the breeze"???!!!! Dude, please, let's not act like Christian Identity Movement morons. At best, they're citizens with whom we simply do not agree. At worst they're moronic sociopaths drooling over their Cheetos in their mothers' basements. Either way, nobody deserves to "swing in the breeze," but I'm sure you had your tongue firmly planted in your cheek when you posted that. “swinging in the breeze”???!!!! Dude, please, let’s not act like Christian Identity Movement morons. At best, they’re citizens with whom we simply do not agree. At worst they’re moronic sociopaths drooling over their Cheetos in their mothers’ basements. Either way, nobody deserves to “swing in the breeze,” but I’m sure you had your tongue firmly planted in your cheek when you posted that.

]]> By: Impolitics http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/comment-page-4/#comment-4215740 Impolitics Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:26:17 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/#comment-4215740 <em>As far as conservative posters are concerned, I think we’ve got trolls and legitimate conservatives. Exley and Captain Mantastic, for example, seem to attempt cogent arguments in what is usually a civil manner and I think it’s good to respect that. But, what in the world is the point of even responding to moronic sociopaths like Frank M or Southern Man. They’re simply idiots - they’re not here to make an argument - they’re only here to provoke, so let’s not take the bait. </em> Comment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper — January 4, 2008 @ 6:18 pm While I agree, in principal, it's hard to resist giving the "trolls" a little extra rope with which to hang themselves. I must admit I enjoy the image of idiotic, so-called, conservatives swinging in the breeze. As far as conservative posters are concerned, I think we’ve got trolls and legitimate conservatives. Exley and Captain Mantastic, for example, seem to attempt cogent arguments in what is usually a civil manner and I think it’s good to respect that. But, what in the world is the point of even responding to moronic sociopaths like Frank M or Southern Man. They’re simply idiots – they’re not here to make an argument – they’re only here to provoke, so let’s not take the bait.

Comment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper — January 4, 2008 @ 6:18 pm

While I agree, in principal, it’s hard to resist giving the “trolls” a little extra rope with which to hang themselves. I must admit I enjoy the image of idiotic, so-called, conservatives swinging in the breeze.

]]> By: Ret. Col. Jack Ripper http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/comment-page-4/#comment-4215733 Ret. Col. Jack Ripper Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:22:52 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/#comment-4215733 Bob84108: "You need to get your facts straight, McCain is against torture. He is not going to put someone in his cabinet that is for it." See, to me, this is part of what makes McCain such a sleazy weasel. He SAYS he's against torture. He makes passionate public statements about it. But when the rubber hits the road he sits there while Bush adds a "signing statement" to his torture legislation and stares off into space like nothing happened. If he were really committed to what he publicly says, he would have complained when Bush neutered his torture legislation with a signing statement. Bob84108: “You need to get your facts straight, McCain is against torture. He is not going to put someone in his cabinet that is for it.”

See, to me, this is part of what makes McCain such a sleazy weasel. He SAYS he’s against torture. He makes passionate public statements about it. But when the rubber hits the road he sits there while Bush adds a “signing statement” to his torture legislation and stares off into space like nothing happened. If he were really committed to what he publicly says, he would have complained when Bush neutered his torture legislation with a signing statement.

]]> By: Ret. Col. Jack Ripper http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/comment-page-4/#comment-4215723 Ret. Col. Jack Ripper Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:18:29 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/#comment-4215723 Edwards has been my favorite candidate all along, but I'm afraid Exley's going to end up correct on this one. Edwards is running behind Obama in South Carolina, Nevada, Michigan and California. He has no chance in New Hampshire. I think that now that Obama has had such a strong showing in Iowa, the black vote in South Carolina is going to swing his way. I think the corporate media's habit of completely ignoring Edwards has hurt him badly and I think it's too bad. I have noticed that Edwards' rhetoric seems to have been pulling Obama to the left and I'm encouraged by that. As far as conservative posters are concerned, I think we've got trolls and legitimate conservatives. Exley and Captain Mantastic, for example, seem to attempt cogent arguments in what is usually a civil manner and I think it's good to respect that. But, what in the world is the point of even responding to moronic sociopaths like Frank M or Southern Man. They're simply idiots - they're not here to make an argument - they're only here to provoke, so let's not take the bait. Edwards has been my favorite candidate all along, but I’m afraid Exley’s going to end up correct on this one. Edwards is running behind Obama in South Carolina, Nevada, Michigan and California. He has no chance in New Hampshire. I think that now that Obama has had such a strong showing in Iowa, the black vote in South Carolina is going to swing his way. I think the corporate media’s habit of completely ignoring Edwards has hurt him badly and I think it’s too bad. I have noticed that Edwards’ rhetoric seems to have been pulling Obama to the left and I’m encouraged by that.

As far as conservative posters are concerned, I think we’ve got trolls and legitimate conservatives. Exley and Captain Mantastic, for example, seem to attempt cogent arguments in what is usually a civil manner and I think it’s good to respect that. But, what in the world is the point of even responding to moronic sociopaths like Frank M or Southern Man. They’re simply idiots – they’re not here to make an argument – they’re only here to provoke, so let’s not take the bait.

]]> By: Lefty Patriot http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/comment-page-4/#comment-4215722 Lefty Patriot Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:18:15 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/#comment-4215722 You need to get your facts straight, McCain is against torture. He is not going to put someone in his cabinet that is for it. If you want people to respect your opinion try to be more factual and less misinformed. Comment by bob84108 — January 4, 2008 @ 5:43 pm Are you talking about McCain, the cheap whore who came just short of giving Bush a blowjob on telkevision? that McCain, the ball-less sychophant who flip-flops like one of Bush's fish? McCain, who never met a fact he couldn't deny? You need to get your facts straight, McCain is against torture. He is not going to put someone in his cabinet that is for it. If you want people to respect your opinion try to be more factual and less misinformed.

Comment by bob84108 — January 4, 2008 @ 5:43 pm

Are you talking about McCain, the cheap whore who came just short of giving Bush a blowjob on telkevision? that McCain, the ball-less sychophant who flip-flops like one of Bush’s fish? McCain, who never met a fact he couldn’t deny?

]]> By: Lefty Patriot http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/comment-page-4/#comment-4215718 Lefty Patriot Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:16:13 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/04/mccain-lieberman-administration/#comment-4215718 It is what it is Lefty. He was chosen by the “machine”, so the machine is smarter than Gore? I think machines knew Gore was going to eliminate them. That’s why he lost; machines= enviroment killers Comment by Southern Man — January 4, 2008 @ 4:40 pm Escellent proof of your lack of reading comprehension and general stupidity, SM. Very good. Who wipes you? It is what it is Lefty. He was chosen by the “machine”, so the machine is smarter than Gore? I think machines knew Gore was going to eliminate them. That’s why he lost; machines= enviroment killers

Comment by Southern Man — January 4, 2008 @ 4:40 pm

Escellent proof of your lack of reading comprehension and general stupidity, SM. Very good. Who wipes you?

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