McCain open to Lieberman as VP?
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McCain open to Lieberman as VP?
The Wall Street Journal reports that, in an interview with John McCain, he “did little to dissuade” the notion that he may select Joe Lieberman as his running mate. “He’d be a great partner in any endeavor, including joining America together,” McCain said in response to a question on the Lieberman factor. “Let’s reach across the aisle, let’s work together for America. That’s what Joe Lieberman is all about.” McCain has previously said he “definitely” wants Lieberman to have a national security role in his administration.
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Two loser peas in a pod.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:58 amThe New Beach Boys : "Let's Bomb Iran"
January 17th, 2008 at 10:01 amplease run with the good senator from israel! please run with the good senator from israel! please run with the good senator from isreal!
we'll its OBVIOUS to even the blindest of blind.... all republican hopefuls (and they need LOTS of hope) have a snowballs chance in hell of being elected.....
lol... what a waste.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:01 amWho the fck cares who he chooses for a VP? Or for that matter where my favorite chair on the Titanic ends up, they are all headed for the bottom of the sea.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:03 amWell, if this comes to pass then America is definatly finished.......not only would they be bad for us but it would speak for the fact that our democracy is non-existant if these two do somehow get the office of pres and vp
January 17th, 2008 at 10:04 amWe cann't afford another Republican in the White House. Heaven help us all. Let's hope that the American people have a enough brains to not vote for the nut Republican.
Go John Edward Go!!!!!!
January 17th, 2008 at 10:05 am3 & 4 You made the point I was trying to make in 5
January 17th, 2008 at 10:05 amCranky/Whiny '08
January 17th, 2008 at 10:06 amBecause I doubt seriously that McCain will get elected (or any Republican, for that matter), I don't really care who he wants as his veep.
However, if McCain really had a shot, I WOULD care -- because of McCain's advanced age, it's prudent to figure there's a very real chance that his veep would become president.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:07 amAs fresh as week old oatmeal.
-GSD
January 17th, 2008 at 10:08 amWhat's the maximum age allowed for president + VP? Because I think we blow right by it with that pair. 206? Something like that.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:09 amCome November, is America REALLY that dumb? I mean, c'mon, McCain's National Anthem is 'Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, Iran.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:13 amJ-Mc: “Let’s reach across the aisle, let’s work together for America."
Oh Johnny, you maverick, you're not reaching across the aisle for Joe, you're digging into your back pocket.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:15 amAnd that is a good reason not to vote for McCain.
Both of them see our problems with other countries should be solved thru military force.
Both dreaming about expanding the US empire to all corners of the world. for decades to come
Both will never question, but always will support Israel's behavior, right or wrong.
A big abstacle for us in the area to achieve a comprehensive peace.
Both still claiming that victory has been achieved now in Iraq,but they have no solid proof it is happening..other than saying the Surge is working, while US keep sending troops to Iraq and Afghanstan.
Lieberman(I) is not popular in the south, not even in his own state.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:16 amHe will be a burden rather than an asset to McCain who will be facing tough competition with others in the south.
Al-Gore already learned that lesson in 2000 race for presidency.
Finally, a balanced Republican ticket. One candidate from the right, the other from the far right.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:18 amA perfect team...one can lie, and the other can say..'What he ment was'......Dumb and Dumber, lie and lier, thoes bush kisses must have drugs in them.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:21 amralph; LOL! Bullseye! Right on target.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:22 amIs there No end to the Republican insanity? Having gotten almost 8 years of innane drivel and insanity, any Republican can even propose Crazy and Crazier? I'd almost like to see them in their matching straitjackets at a press conference. Maybe they could let the 3rd estate jolt them with random electroshock just to make it Really interesting. Given the current slate of Republicans I'd really thought they'd hit bottom. Sadly, somebody found a shovel.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:23 amImpeach Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution!
We seem to have a new National character flaw that will not allow us to change course once we have made a decision or expressed a belief - no matter how much evidence indicates that our decision or belief was wrong, nor how costly adhering to the decision or belief becomes.
This is the mindset of madmen.
Examples:
The Iraq Debacle can attain "success" or come to some rational conclusion
Bush/Cheney '04 bumper stickers still out there
The economy is strong, unemployment is low, there is no inflation
There is no global warming
Torture can be used for something (other than sadism)
Impeachment is off the table
It's insanity, I tell ya.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:27 amGo ahead.
You know, because it worked out so well for Lieberman the first time around.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:28 amParanoid/Senile 2008
January 17th, 2008 at 10:29 amOr is it-
January 17th, 2008 at 10:30 amSenile/Paranoid 2008
?
That could bode well for the Dems were it come to pass. Two old men: war-mongering imperialists.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:32 amdelusional/zionist
January 17th, 2008 at 10:33 amWow, McCain couldn't pick a bigger putz to rally the Democratic base to his opponent, and piss off the Republican base.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:34 amIt's like watching an old 70s era Disco guy trying to pick up woman at a college hangout. Sad!
January 17th, 2008 at 10:34 amKiss. Of. Death. Go for it McCain.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:35 amMy favorite site these daze: the W bumper sticker ripped off pick-up trucks but, you can still see the remnant of part of the W.
The Last Daze of The Nazi Chimp.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:43 amI'm sure that ticket has been planned from the start. They'll use to paint the McCain candidacy as the one that will "end partisanship" and "bring the country together again." Then we'll have to listen to a repeat of Lieberman's empty slogans in his race against Ned Lamont. God, Spare us!
January 17th, 2008 at 10:44 amThis is becoming more comical all the time. I can't imagine the McCain/Judas "a million yrs in Iraq is fine", Rudy "911" Gulianui, or Mike "my God and I are going to take care of your constitution" Huckabee lasting much longer. But, after 2 terms of the Bush/Cheney regime, I suppose anything could hapen.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:45 amthese two are the perfect reason why you should never trust a politician ! I remember about 8 years ago when running against Bush in the primary I really liked the things mcCain was saying ,only to find that he had done an about face on virtually everything I thought he believed . Lieberman was the VP choice for gore and a good democrat . Hello ,thank you very much he is a neoconservative wolf in sheeps clothing and if I can take away anyting positive from gore's election loss it's that lieberman never became the VP .
January 17th, 2008 at 10:46 amRemember when your voting that Joe was a good democrat 8 years ago and now isn't even in the party and votes with Bushco at every turn , and I voted for him !The 2 party system is a hoax and Joe is living proof !
easy now freeman......
January 17th, 2008 at 10:53 amHow about if we get rid of Chertoff & the Department of Homeland Security & replace it with the 'Department of Common Sense'.
This agency's role would be to call 'foul' on any BS or bad legislation.
America:
2001 = State of Decline
2003 = State of War
2008 = State of Emergency
January 17th, 2008 at 10:53 am25
My thoughts exactly.
Is McCain that stupid? Lots to lose and not much to gain by making that move.
Alienate most of the Republicans by going with a turncoat Democrat and ignoring all of the other staunch Republicans out there. Rally the Democrats to vote against someone who has been a thorn in their side for a variety of reasons. (The least of which has been Lieberman's constant threat to join the Republican caucus.)
January 17th, 2008 at 10:59 amOkay fred I'll do my best .
January 17th, 2008 at 11:00 am34- right on. Let's hope McCain doesn't focus group the Lieberman pick and discover that middle America thinks he's a whiny, preening jerk.
January 17th, 2008 at 11:01 amLooks like the cia and the white house have a fall guy on the tapes .
January 17th, 2008 at 11:03 amRemember voting for Lie ber mensch Fred ?
January 17th, 2008 at 11:04 amGreat! Surely Holy Joe helped drag down the ticket in 2000.
January 17th, 2008 at 11:08 amThis guy has Israel at heart, he even has a dual citizenship (American & Israeli). http://www.youpolls.com/details.asp?pid=1564
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January 17th, 2008 at 11:10 amForget the Golden Girls, Here's the Golden Guys. Brought to you by Metamucil and Life Alert
January 17th, 2008 at 11:12 amRemember voting for Lie ber mensch Fred ?
Comment by freeman
yes, sadly I do. Can you ever forgive me?
I never said I wasn't capable of making a mistake.....people lie....
January 17th, 2008 at 11:13 amWhy not? Lie-man is not exactly a Democrat, that much is obvious.
January 17th, 2008 at 11:20 amgood god.....why not just nuke the world and get it over with.
January 17th, 2008 at 11:21 amJoe Lieberman brings America together?
Senator McCain, put down the crack pipe and back away slowly.
January 17th, 2008 at 11:23 amgood god…..why not just nuke the world and get it over with.
Comment by rastaman
yeah or kill everyone except the israelies....that's the goal, right?
January 17th, 2008 at 11:24 amI can't imagine the likes of these two making decisions for America. We really want to go foward not regress.
January 17th, 2008 at 11:29 am"Reach across the aisle" my ass. More like "reaching over to the other side of the bed".
January 17th, 2008 at 11:32 am'West Boca - U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman came to Jewish groups in Palm Beach County on Wednesday (yesterday) stumping for his Senate colleague and presidential candidate John McCain, pitching him as an experienced, muscular leader on foreign policy and a steadfast supporter of Israel.'
snip
'Perhaps most important, Lieberman vouched for McCain's support for Israel. "From the first moments he stepped into the halls of Congress, John McCain has been a steadfast, committed, consistent supporter of Israel," Lieberman said.'
Lieberman also swung through South Carolina yesterday trumping McCain's support for Israel.
January 17th, 2008 at 11:35 amAnd before anyone accuses me of anti-semitism please note that my concern is that Lieberman is campaigning on behalf of McCain by telling people how good he would be for Israel.
I hope that is a sufficient explanation.
January 17th, 2008 at 11:36 amTalk about two grumpy old men.
By the way - is it possible for a person with dual nationality to be President of the USA? Liebling has Israeli nationality also, I believe.
But if the ticket should come to pass - what an easy target.
January 17th, 2008 at 11:38 amAnd before anyone accuses me of anti-semitism please note that my concern is that Lieberman is campaigning on behalf of McCain by telling people how good he would be for Israel.
I hope that is a sufficient explanation.
Comment by mary
It's not racism to refer to a soverign nation.....it might be if you used the word Jew......repubs use the word arab all the time...we know who the racists are.
January 17th, 2008 at 11:40 amI was just at Haaretz.com where they rate all of our presidential candidates.
Obama is rated last.
Hillary is second, the top Democrat, with this explanation:
"The Senator for New York and former First Lady supports moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerPage.jhtml
January 17th, 2008 at 11:43 amIt's just that it would be nice if Lieberman could point out to Americans why McCain would be good for the United States, you know, the country McCain is trying to become the president of.
January 17th, 2008 at 11:48 amDinosaur/Dinosaur 2008
January 17th, 2008 at 12:01 pmIf these two moronis get elected to Pres and Veep, Canada is going to have one more database analyst than it currently does.
January 17th, 2008 at 12:10 pmThey picture their faces on Mt.Rushmore...ahhhhh....pass that over here Joe......ahhhhhhh.....
January 17th, 2008 at 12:13 pmWhat a team?
January 17th, 2008 at 12:33 pmJudas and the kiss of death!
January 17th, 2008 at 12:40 pmTwo peas in a pod. Both overly saturated in the koolaid. That Bush kiss sealed the new GOP soldier, Joe Lickerman.
January 17th, 2008 at 12:43 pmWho the fck cares who he chooses for a VP? Or for that matter where my favorite chair on the Titanic ends up, they are all headed for the bottom of the sea.
Comment by nanlichi — January 17, 2008 @ 10:03 am
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Never underestimate the ignorance of the American voter. With the right type of propaganda, Republicans can win the White House again. sigh....
January 17th, 2008 at 12:51 pmNever underestimate the ignorance of the American voter. With the right type of propaganda, Republicans can win the White House again. sigh….
Comment by delafield — January 17, 2008 @ 12:51 pm
sad, but true.
January 17th, 2008 at 1:07 pmthe democratic candidates don't help matters either. a sorry bunch, particularly the current front runners.
If not in the GOP, then as the Unity '08 ticket...yep! bet on it...
As a GOPuke ticket, they'd be a formidable pair, pretending to appeal to the 'centrist/bipartisan' sentiments to which the SCUM (SoCalledUniasedMedia) are so addicted...they'd be the defacto favorites, no matter the Dim ticket.
January 17th, 2008 at 1:09 pmIf history repeats itself and McCain does become the Republican candidate for President he will surely lose with Joe Six Pack as his running mate. Knowing how well Isreal has done feeding lies to Bush and all the weapons and money Isreal has gotten in the 7 years by the Bush Administration. One might think Joe could knock off McCain so he could be come President. I can see it now Isreal will own the United States and Americans would be treated like the immigrants. Well it's a good plan and it would end Israel's fight for land as they could claim the USA as their new settlement. As it stand Joe Six Pack has moved from Democrat to Independent and now Republican there's no place else to go for Joe.
January 17th, 2008 at 1:32 pmMcPain and LIEbermann = AIPAC on steroids
Hillary, Obama, or Edwards = AIPAC Lite
Paul, Kucinich, and Gravel are the only ones who DO NOT take money from the War-Mongering Zionists/Likud/AIPAC, the Israeli equivalents of the US Republican party (Oh wait!! 95% of Democrats take lots of money from AIPAC too)
January 17th, 2008 at 1:58 pmIt’s not racism to refer to a soverign nation…..it might be if you used the word Jew……repubs use the word arab all the time…we know who the racists are.
Comment by Fred — January 17, 2008 @ 11:40 am
Fred, I wouldn't worry about that. It is like saying you dislike most Rap music..."Oh you are a racist"!!!
One dislikes skinhead punk........"Oh you hate white people"
One dislikes George W Bush....."Oh you are Un-American"
One dislikes militant feminists...."Oh you hate women"
One dislikes Republicans.........."Oh you hate capitalism"
One dislikes Nazis..................."Oh you hate Germans"
You get the picture. One can loathe the Zionists/Likudists/, and still like average Jews/Israelis.
January 17th, 2008 at 2:05 pmBrain From Planet Arous, check your facts before you post next time.
Hillary & Edwards did collect money from AIPAC. Infact, Hlary went as low as to collect $ from worse criminals like Mudroach and Co. Obama didnt.
January 17th, 2008 at 2:43 pmAnd besides, Hilarry called the criminal-faction washington lobbyists "Real Americans.."
According to the Yedio H'rnot news poll in Israel,
Tp's darling H'lary Clinton is the Israeli top-choice candidate. I am sure they would make her cry America into bombing Iran & blitzing Lebanon, Syria, all the enemies of the new Reich.
Even McCain and Co. Edwards, Huck'bee, G'lani and your Kucinich are next in line.
Obama happens to be the out of favor candidate enough reason why you sorry whinning gas bags should get your fugged heads cleared.
Please, watch your source before you starting shreiking here.
We know most Americans got color problem, but aren't we s'posed to hide that fact.
Hillary Clinton = Needs the vote of the uninformed, morons, and losers (dont undermine America, we got them in the majority. I am sure Bush would cast his vote for HC too)
Mc Cain = strictly needs the support of the GOP
Edwards = Charming man. Watchers of American idols would vote him as their presidential idols. (Dont we all watch that stuff?)
Guillani = (Needs the mob vote. Hmmm, a political scarface I would say).
Huckabee = (Well, we gotta tell this guy he could run for the next papal position but not the whitehouse. Christainity wouldnt be doomed if we have pope huckabee. Right?)
Romney = (Now this candidate is alot more interesting: he's rich, hes handsome, and hes stupid. Sounds like a proto-type Bush). Nah. Hes only getting Mich. and nothing more.
Obama = (Only if we can see the potentials in this guy. Only if we can listen to his message. Some morons might say he's a good orator; but tell me about a president who isn't. Except for Bush, and the wannabe Hillary.
January 17th, 2008 at 3:05 pmIt's been obvious for a while. Whenever we see them, they're joined at the hip. And, just as when he was the VP selection for Al Gore, Lieberman just can't hide that "shit eatin'" grin.
God help us all!
We might as well fly Israel's flag.
January 17th, 2008 at 4:01 pmBrain From Planet Arous, check your facts before you post next time.
Hillary & Edwards did collect money from AIPAC. Infact, Hlary went as low as to collect $ from worse criminals like Mudroach and Co. Obama didnt.
And besides, Hilarry called the criminal-faction washington lobbyists “Real Americans..â€
Comment by creasybear — January 17, 2008 @ 2:43 pm
Hey Stupenagel, read MY POST before you open your drooling loud mouth.
I said:
AIPAC LITE, which means Lieberman and McCain are BIG recipients
Now, you Bold-typing idiot read this..AND APOLOGIZE NOW.....or I will haunt your sorry ass on this forum
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/03/obama_speaks_before_aipac.html
January 17th, 2008 at 4:13 pmYou get the picture. One can loathe the Zionists/Likudists/, and still like average Jews/Israelis.
Comment by Brain From Planet Arous — January 17, 2008 @ 2:05 pm
Absolutely.
January 17th, 2008 at 5:09 pmBoth these guys are about as dangerous as they come, put them together and I simply can not imagine.........
January 17th, 2008 at 5:40 pmCaption contest: "Final scene of Indiana Jones: Raiders for the Lost Arc, when nazis' skin is melting".
Jeebus, these two guys are relics of a willfully forgotten past.
January 17th, 2008 at 8:34 pmThe picture reminds of the two old grumpy hecklers at the balcony at every Muppets Show.
January 17th, 2008 at 8:42 pmUh Uh I heard he was looking at Jesus as his running mate. He has to ge those crazy fugnut funda-mental-ists to back him somehow. Getting a JEW ain't gonna do it. He needs a real strong partner. He NEEEEEEDDDSSSS Jesus.
Right Daryl?
January 17th, 2008 at 9:28 pmThe picture reminds of the two old grumpy hecklers at the balcony at every Muppets Show.
Comment by Evil Spaniard — January 17, 2008 @ 8:42 pm
ha!!! - you nailed it man!!! - stadler and waldorf!!
January 17th, 2008 at 10:30 pmAll of the Republicans except Ron Paul are backed by the treasonous Zionists. They all have Zionists terrorists on their staffs, including the Democrats (except Kucinick and Gravel). These hate-mongering thugs include Joe Lieberman. That shows you where McCain is coming from.
The Zionists are in control of our country and use it for their own purposes...the promotion of that most racist of all countries, Israel. The hate-mongering Jews will drag down the decent Jews unless they speak up.
Although I am a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, I will vote for Ron Paul if given the chance. He is the only true patriot running for office and I believe he do something about the unholy Zionist influence in America.
The closet thing I can compare the Zionists to is the Mafia.
January 18th, 2008 at 1:10 amWhy am I not surprised that the co-sponsor of the detested blanket amnesty bill (along with Ted Kennedy) would choose the Senator from Tel Aviv as a running mate.
I am supporting Ron Paul. He puts America and its citizens first, second and third (for a change).
January 18th, 2008 at 1:28 am