Graham: ‘Joe Lieberman is a national treasure.’
Graham: ‘Joe Lieberman is a national treasure.’
During a recent interview, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) “something special,” recounting their recent trip abroad. He also claimed that people around the world view McCain as a “reassuring” presence, but later admitted that no one had a “McCain sticker” on their desk:
GRAHAM: Senator Lieberman, I think, is a national treasure, because no matter how you feel about his politics, he was willing to risk everything, politically, for a cause he believed in. But to see the interaction between these two guys and world leaders was something special. […]
I think John McCain will be a reassuring presence to the world. … It really was a smile on people’s faces, knowing that if this guy got to be president, I think we could do business with him. … I think he’s a reassuring presence. Doesn’t mean that they prefer John over Obama or Senator Clinton, but there’s a level of comfort there. […]
Q: But some probably do prefer him, don’t they?
GRAHAM: Oh, I would think, but no one told us. No one had a McCain sticker on their desk.
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a national treasure?
LMFAO!!! *eyes rolling*
March 27th, 2008 at 9:51 amThe only people that would have smiles on their faces would be big business types, especially defense industry executives. The rest of the world will be quivering in fear of 100 years of war stretching ahead of us, more tax cuts for the rich to drive the world economy further on the road to destruction, and government influenced by the wild ideas of christofascists.
March 27th, 2008 at 9:57 amOh, Huckleberry, how sweet! *retches*
JoeLie will really be such a treasure for you Repubs when he appears at your convention. Just like ol’ Zell Miller was.
March 27th, 2008 at 9:58 amwhat “everything” did he risk?
and what was that “cause”?
lindsey graham - HEY! SHUT THAT CLOSET DOOR! - is mistaking
March 27th, 2008 at 10:00 am“the interaction between … world leaders” as something more than
the common courtesy shown by most world leaders… most…
Old Smokin’ Joe is a national treasure, alright . . . in Israel.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:02 amJoe and John . . . two world leaders?
More like “Frick and Frack Go Abroad”.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:03 amLieberman is a neocon NATIONAL DISGRACE…and a spy for Israel.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:04 am“When The Day endorsed Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman for re-election in November 2006 it was supporting a candidate who demonstrated a history of pragmatic leadership and a willingness to seek bipartisan solutions.
We wonder what happened to that senator.”
http://www.theday.com/ re.aspx?re=ebf24507-9e00-405c-96ed-a82fb2f5373b
(New London, Connecticut newspaper expressing their unhappiness with Joe LIEberman last Sunday.)
“Rather than building the bridges The Day expected when it endorsed Sen. Lieberman, he appears busy burning bridges with the party of which he is allegedly still a member.”
Some of the comments are interesting.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:04 amI couldn’t agree more. Lieberman is very much like a crappy movie that Nicholas Cage should be ashamed to be associated with.
In fact, I’d even take Graham’s analogy farther and call Lieberman a National Treasure II: Book of Secrets.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:05 amSen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) “something special,” recounting their recent trip abroad.
Get a room already. Yech!
March 27th, 2008 at 10:05 amJoe Lie a national treasure? well OK, lets aution his sorry ass off and pay done the national debt with the proceeds..
March 27th, 2008 at 10:06 ammore like a “National Disgrace”
March 27th, 2008 at 10:06 amoops sorry #7 : I didn’t read earlier posts.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:07 amIt really was a smile on people’s faces, knowing that if this guy got to be president, I think we could do business with him.
Only in your fantasy world. I am quite sure world leaders are watching our race for President and know that McBush will follow in Bush’s footsteps. Since they detest Bush, why would that put a smile on their faces?
March 27th, 2008 at 10:07 amI would say though that your typical American can be fooled as easily as your typical Connecticut voter. I sure hope we never have to find out how much of a warmonger Joe Lieberman is.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:07 amMcSenile is a “National WarMonger Elitist neoCON Racist who wishes Perpetual War”
March 27th, 2008 at 10:08 amgee, I bet those world leaders are just dieing to be invited to a BBQ at Sedona to watch big john cook as much as Joe Sixpack couldn’t wait to have a beer with bush…and that worked out just swell as a great measure of competence and integrity.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:10 am.
GRAHAM: “Senator Lieberman, I think, is a national treasure,…”
– I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
“…because no matter how you feel about his politics, he was willing to risk everything, politically, for a cause he believed in.”
– True. He’s willing to risk his own country plus the rest of the world if necessary, to support Israel.
“But to see the interaction between these two guys and world leaders was something special.”
March 27th, 2008 at 10:10 am– I bet it was. How often do you get to see a guy in front of world leaders and world audiences who can’t function without another guy whispering in his ear?
“…No one had a McCain sticker on their desk.”
I don’t see any on the bumpers of cars either.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:12 amA national treasure? C’mon, Lindsey, what cha’ been smokin’?
It Joey is a national treasure, it must be fool’s gold.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:14 amLIEberman is a “National Disgrace that Panders to the Israeli Lobby Turncoat from the Democratic Party and he’s part of the War Machine that is Killing this country and our standing in the World”
March 27th, 2008 at 10:15 amMe thinks Graham looking for a spot on the McLame ticket!!!!!
March 27th, 2008 at 10:20 amno, seriously… does anyone know?
what “everything” did he risk?
March 27th, 2008 at 10:20 amand what was that “cause”?
You’re kidding, right? Are we talking about the same John McCain who has basically pledged to carry out Bush’s agenda for the next four years if he is elected? Is this the same John McCain who has a well-earned reputation for being a hothead?
Sorry, Sen. Graham, but you are totally out of touch with reality if you think that our allies will be pleased with another George Bush Republican in charge. The world is crying out for change in our leadership, and McCain represents no change at all.
Puhleeze.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:20 amLindsey, sweetie, it doesn’t matter how much you schmooz Joe, he isn’t going to sleep with you.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:23 amDoes Graham believe that anyone who is willing to risk anything for a cause they believe in is a “national treasure”?
In that case, a president and a vice president who are willing to sacrifice their country, their standing in the world, their country’s budget and financial stability, and the security of the American people all for the cause of enriching their oil buddies and other corporate connections must also be “national treasures” — right?
Oh wait — Graham is a Republican. Of course this is what he thinks!
March 27th, 2008 at 10:24 amSo, in that light, we should lock him in a vault in Fort Knox and throw away the key.
Airholes? Ooops…
March 27th, 2008 at 10:25 am#17 - I take issue with that.
Supporting Israel would involve pressuring them to make an equitable settlement with the people they occupy and their neighbors.
Lieberman doesn’t support Israel. He supports Israel’s murderously racist and imperialist political class. Not the same thing.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:27 amA “national treasure?”
ROTFLMAO!!
A national disgrace perhaps, but never a “treasure.”
March 27th, 2008 at 10:33 amDefying the will of your constituency, your party, and the majority of the the public qualifies you as a “national treasure”. Don’t these assholes work for us? Graham and Lieberman are both quantum douche bags who’ve abetted the destruction of our democracy.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:35 amTherefore, he should be in a museum.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:37 amOops, not national treasure — National Traitor.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:38 amThere, I fixed it.
Let’s retire the national treasure to a museum.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:40 am#29 Therefore, he should be in a museum.
We need to get top men working on him.
Top. Men.
/pan Lieberman being enclosed in a wooden crate
March 27th, 2008 at 10:43 am//pan out to crate being wheeled through a giant warehouse filled with identical crates. Crate turns corner and disappears from view.
///cue title music
So like any treasure, let’s bury him where X marks the spot and fill his seat with a Democrat.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:59 amJebus. Only a retarded Republican would say something *that* stupid.
March 27th, 2008 at 11:00 amSay what? Huh?
March 27th, 2008 at 11:01 amYou mean he’s like a stupid Nicolas Cage movie?
March 27th, 2008 at 11:04 amWhen the warmongers have no one else to complement them, they resort to complementing each other.
March 27th, 2008 at 11:05 amLooks like Graham is in the cozy middle stall of the men’s room right between McCain and Lieberman. Which cabinet post do you suppose Lindsey is sucking up for?
March 27th, 2008 at 11:05 amPoor LilyWhiteLindsay. He’s mixing up Nicolas Cage movies with senile politicians.
March 27th, 2008 at 11:08 amThe only stickers are stealies and dancing bears and all those peace signs. One man’s treasure is another man’s trash, it all depends on the perspective.
March 27th, 2008 at 11:21 amI am laughing too hard to comment….sorry
March 27th, 2008 at 11:46 amDo you think that Joe knows that Lindsay thinks that Joe has a cute butt?
Crackers (graham) hearts Joey
March 27th, 2008 at 11:48 am[Graham]: I think John McCain [… singing “Bomb, Bomb Iran” and with his finger on the nuclear button …] will be a reassuring presence to the world. … It really was a smile on people’s faces, knowing that if this guy got to be president, I think we could do business with him….
… or he’ll do “the business” on us….
Graham is deluded … or dishonest … or both.
Cheers,
March 27th, 2008 at 11:48 amWhy do I see Sissy Lindsay Cracker Graham calling Joe “fabulous” in the very near future?
March 27th, 2008 at 11:53 amGraham is competing with Inhofe for stupidest Republican in Congress.
Oh, wait, I forgot about Michelle Bachmann. Never mind.
March 27th, 2008 at 12:10 pmWhy does Graham think manure compost piles are National Treasures?
March 27th, 2008 at 12:21 pmOh, he is Republican…..
“A National treasure”?
That makes sense. In college I had a roommate who was inordinately proud of his morning defecations. He used to call them “national treasures” too.
So I see where Graham is coming from.
March 27th, 2008 at 12:26 pmSure he’s a national treasure if by national treasure you mean a treasonous, heaping, steaming, coiling pile of shite!
March 27th, 2008 at 12:33 pmLindsey, Lindsey, Lindsey,
“MCain was a stalwart against torture when no one else was”.
McCain just went out of his way to for in favor of torture on the last Senate Bill.
I am sure the Leaders he met with on the trip saw McCain as a tired sleepy guy who they cold take advantage of. A guy who couldn’t identify the difference between Sunni, Shia, Al Qaida, and insurgent extremists in Iraq. But they may have thought McCain to be a half a step up from GW. Obama or Clinton at the top of the stairs.
And yet Lindsey expresses a sentiment that McCain is the only one who made or makes sacrifices. He is alive and a Senator via the hands of wealth after his sacrifice. We have 4 thousand U.S. troops that are not alive after their sacrifice.
March 27th, 2008 at 12:41 pm“Graham: ‘Joe Lieberman is a national treasure.’”
As the mummies at Cairo Museum?
March 27th, 2008 at 12:43 pmIf Joe qualifies as treasure, then we’re a giant Goodwill store.
March 27th, 2008 at 12:47 pmHeh. Just look at Lindsay’s statement in Orwellian terms - THEN it makes sense - you know:
War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.
Joe Lieberman is a national treasure.
See…?
March 27th, 2008 at 12:56 pmSuck him off already, Gayham. Gayham loves him some older, married men. He’d better watch out-Hadasa may scratch his eyes out.
March 27th, 2008 at 1:33 pm.
If Sissy Graham could bronze crap, THEN he’d be correct.
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March 27th, 2008 at 1:41 pmHow about National Trasher?
March 27th, 2008 at 1:50 pmIf Lieberman is a National treasure then can we bury it????
March 27th, 2008 at 2:29 pm“Graham: ‘Joe Lieberman is a national treasure.’”
Yup, and that kiss to Bush and the drink of the GOP koolaid sealed Joe Lickerman as the new GOP recruit.
March 27th, 2008 at 2:29 pmIf Ol’Joe is a national treasure, can we make him buried treasure?
March 27th, 2008 at 10:59 pmIn whatever country Borat comes from maybe, he’s a one-man plague here.
March 27th, 2008 at 11:11 pmI thought he said ‘Joe Lieberman is a national trasher.’
Lindsey Graham wouldn’t know a national treasure from a one eyed pig on rollerskates.
March 28th, 2008 at 5:46 am“But to see the interaction between these two guys and world leaders was something special.”
“I am still cleaning spluge from my cloths.” Graham retorts.
March 28th, 2008 at 8:42 am