Lieberman: ‘I Worry About’ Whether Obama Has ‘The Right Stuff To Bomb Iran’
Lieberman: ‘I Worry About’ Whether Obama Has ‘The Right Stuff To Bomb Iran’
In an interview with the right-wing magazine Newsmax yesterday, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) called Sen. Barack Obama’s worldview “naive.” Asked if Obama had “the right stuff to bomb Iran if it came to that level,” Lieberman replied, “I worry about that“:
ASHLEY MARTELLA: Alirght, Iran has sworn to exterminate Israel as well as attack the United States. Does Barack Obama have the right stuff to bomb Iran if it came to that level?
SEN. JOE LIEBERMAN: Well, I worry about that. I worry that Sen. Obama’s world view is naive. Sen. McCain has been around awhile. He’s learned some things. I’ve traveled the world with him a lot. He’s, he will be the kind of president who our allies will trust, but who our enemies will fear. And in a dangerous world, al Qaeda, Iran, Iran trying to get a nuclear weapons, we want a president who our enemies will fear. I don’t believe that Sen. Obama will be that kind of president. I believe he’s naive to think that people like Ahmadinejad and Tehran Iran will somehow become America’s friend just by…
MARTELLA: Talking to them unilaterally.
LIEBERMAN: Talking to them in a warm embrace and a cup of tea. It’s not going to work that way. Sen. McCain knows there’s evil as well good in the world and he’ll confront evil directly in order to protect our security and that of our allies.
Watch it (starts around 4:45):
Lieberman has never been shy about how the prospect of bombing Iran is a major issue for him. In June 2007, he declared that “we have to be prepared to take aggressive military action against the Iranians.” In May 2008, he said that airstrikes against Iran were “a distinct possibility.”
As for McCain, in April 2007, he sang, “Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran.”
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Well, at least you can say that Lieberman is an 'honest' politician...
he stays bought
October 8th, 2008 at 11:57 amRepublicans ought to rename themselves the ENDLESS WAR Party.
October 8th, 2008 at 11:57 amGod, I hate that evil old bastard.
October 8th, 2008 at 11:57 amI'm more worried that McCain has the right stuff to bomb Iran
October 8th, 2008 at 11:59 amJoe, in about 27 days you're going to become completely marginalized as a politician.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:01 pmLieberman: ‘I Worry About’ Whether Obama Has ‘The Right Stuff To Bomb Iran’
Yeah , well we kind of already knew/figured that , Mr Israeli-Firster ...........
October 8th, 2008 at 12:01 pmThe naive U.S. intelligence community said a year ago that Iran hasn't got a nuclear weapons program. Iran has never attacked another country.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:02 pmThey couldnt bomb Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan or Iraq into submission. The only thing that happens is the price of oil goes up when these ancient cold-war warriors and bomb rattlers start jacking their jaws.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:03 pmActually, the last thing this country needs right now is a President who our enemies will fear. Instead, what we need is a President who our enemies will respect, which we haven't had in 8 years and which Grampy McMoron wouldn't be either.
Come to think of it, I'd settle for having a President who our enemies wouldn't ridicule; haven't had one of them in 8 years either...
October 8th, 2008 at 12:04 pmOh cripes. Gives it up. There'll be nothing left of this country.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:05 pm"I believe he’s naive to think that people like Ahmadinejad and Tehran Iran will somehow become America’s friend just by…
talking to them in a warm embrace and a cup of tea. It’s not going to work that way."
Well, I believe you're literally insane to think that we will get what we want by not talking to them. I'll take the chance of naivete over complete insanity any day; however, Iran was working with the Bush Administration early on with Afghanistan and they have been giving every indication that they want to talk to us, so how naive is it really?
It makes me sick that kids growing up today may only know of our country as being in constant war and starting world war (whatever # we're on) is not exactly helpful to anyone except the war profiteers.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:13 pmMcCain is the one whos naive thinking every problem can be solved with threats, bombs and "more boots on the ground"
October 8th, 2008 at 12:13 pmLieberman, really, should really, really, retire.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:15 pmI think the "right stuff" a president needs regarding Iran is to find a way to effect social revolution or whatever else could make it a friendlier nation, while keeping its infrastructure intact and its people employed.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:18 pmAnd the point of BOMBING Iran is?
October 8th, 2008 at 12:21 pmIran has sworn to exterminate Israel as well as attack the United States.
he states that as if it's a fact.
is it? or not?
if not, that info should be included here.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:22 pmLieberman's ideal vision of the Middle East is a vast expanse of scorched earth, leaving only Israel and Saudi Arabia untouched. If he's looking for a presidential candidate who shares that view, he's found it in McCain.
Obama's vision is far more realistic, and has the best LONG-TERM interests of the United States in mind (not that bombing and destruction has done anything for us in the short-term). Something that neither Lieberman nor McCain can understand.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:23 pmSEN. JOE LIEBERMAN: Well, I worry about that. I worry that Sen. Obama’s world view is naive. Sen. McCain has been around awhile. He’s learned some things.
One of those things obviously wasn't about our economy , that's for sure ....................Oh , and how to correctly fly and land a friggin' plane.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:23 pmAnd lets have Lieberman and his family members ride the bombs to their targets like Colonel Kong in "Dr. Strangelove"!
October 8th, 2008 at 12:24 pmWhy is the solution to every problem bombing a country? Shouldn't we try to solve it some other way, Joe? And Joe, have you just lost your friggin' mind?
October 8th, 2008 at 12:25 pmDamn straight!!!
We really need to start taking all these stupid memes and throwing them right back in right-wingers' faces!
Obama, naive on Iran? You know what I think is naive? The belief that every problem or adversary can be dealt with militarily.
Obama, not supportive of the troops? You know who I don't think supports the troops? Someone who gets a "D" on his report card from the IAVA, like McCain.
Obama, poor judgement? You know who I think has poor judgement? Someone who has supported George W. Bush 95% of the time in the last 2 years, like McCain.
Obama, hates America? You know who I think hates America? Someone who supports a foreign policy and a war strategy in Iraq that is opposed by over 70% of America's citizens, like McCain.
Obama, lives like an elitist celebrity? You know who I think resembles an elitist celebrity? Someone who cannot refer to their opponent by name ("that one"), who dumps his sick wife and marries a beer heiress a month later, whose beer heiress wife is addicted to pills of various types, someone who owns 7 homes and 12 cars (or however many there are), someone whose personal wealth (through their marriage) is around $100m, someone who vacations in exotic locales and hob-knobs with the rich and famous, someone whose economic advisor refers to ordinary Americans struggling economically as "whiners," someone who assumes an average citizen in the audience "has never heard of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac before," someone who assumes the average American's grasp of geography is as poor as his own (Pakistan-Iraq border)...like MCCAIN.
Anyone else have some more to add?
October 8th, 2008 at 12:26 pmWhen do we start calling the ol' bastid just exactly what he is? A racist. He's not about protecting the US or Isreal, he's all about bombing A-rabs.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:28 pmLIEBERMAN: Talking to them in a warm embrace and a cup of tea. It’s not going to work that way. Sen. McCain knows there’s evil as well good in the world and he’ll confront evil directly in order to protect our security and that of our allies.
What good is phony machismo and bravado when McCain simply doesn't possess the intelligence needed to determine who is truthfully a friend and who is a foe ?
October 8th, 2008 at 12:28 pmASHLEY MARTELLA: Alirght, Iran has sworn to exterminate Israel as well as attack the United States.
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Really, Ashley?
When?
When did Iran swear to exterminate Israel? Show me some documentation of this talking point.
Also, when did Iran swear to attack the United States, except in retaliation for us attacking them or blockading the Straits? Again, documentation.
I'm so sick of these lies being parroted as policy.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:29 pmIf McCain is elected president I think people like Ahmadinejad will rejoice. Bush got rid of the Iranian archenemy Saddam while ruining their economy and standing in the world in the process. And here comes yet another dumb American warmonger president even more likely then his predecessor to make stupid rash decisions
Iran has little to fear from US bombs and could easily bait hothead McCain to bomb them and then play the poor defenseless victim on the world stage. All while US reputation in the region sinks to new lows. And as a consequence McCain would probably loose all influence and control in Iraq his precious "front in the war on terror"
October 8th, 2008 at 12:30 pmWhen right-wing Republicans complain that Obama is "not experienced enough," what they really mean is that he is not a lying war criminal and war-monger...
October 8th, 2008 at 12:32 pmI believe he’s naive to think that people like Ahmadinejad and Tehran Iran will somehow become America’s friend just by…
They keep talking about Ahmedinijad as though he wields unchecked supreme executive power (like Bush and Cheney) when in fact he's no more relevant to the issue than John McCain was to the Ossetia crisis when he presumptuously declared "we are all Georgians now".
LIEBERMAN: Talking to them in a warm embrace and a cup of tea. It’s not going to work that way. Sen. McCain knows there’s evil as well good in the world and he’ll confront evil directly in order to protect our security and that of our allies.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:33 pmLieberman is such an insidious worm.
(But I mean that in the nicest possible way...)
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October 8th, 2008 at 12:35 pmDo LIEberman and all the Israeli-Firsters , including McDepends , truly believe that Russia is going to sit by idly and allow Iran to be obliterated off the face of the Earth ?
These people have as much vision as Stevie Wonder ............
October 8th, 2008 at 12:35 pmI'm hoping you are just ignorant and not here just to fan the flames. Israelies are Arab.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:35 pm5th Estate Says:
They keep talking about Ahmedinijad as though he wields unchecked supreme executive power (like Bush and Cheney)
October 8th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
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And he's not going to be in power very long after the next U.S. President is inaugurated. Iran will be holding elections next summer, and Ahmedinejad will likely lose to Khatami or another pro-reform candidate. Iranians are as sick of Mahmoud's bullshit as we are of Bush's.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:36 pmThis kind of speech scares me... the Bush Doctrine is alive and well! I think this piece just about sums it all up:
When did talking become taboo in America?
October 8th, 2008 at 12:36 pmI worry that Sen. Obama’s world view is naive
Did Obama say we would be welcomed as liberators in Iraq?
Oh, yeah, that was McCain. Stoopid me.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:38 pmFred Says:
I’m hoping you are just ignorant and not here just to fan the flames. Israelies are Arab.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
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That's really not true, from a genetic, cultural, or historical standpoint. Arabs and Palestinians and Hebrews share similar roots, but they're from different waves of migration from Africa.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:38 pmTo paraphrase his friend Lame brain McCain "You don't tell anyone you are going to invade their country!!'''''"
Maybe Jumpin Joe didn't hear that. Does going to war make you not naive????
What a naive lose cannon.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:39 pmFred Says:
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When do we start calling the ol’ bastid just exactly what he is? A racist. He’s not about protecting the US or Isreal, he’s all about bombing A-rabs.
I’m hoping you are just ignorant and not here just to fan the flames. Israelies are Arab.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Since when ?
Israelis and Arabs are both Semites ; that doesn't make Israelis into Arabs...........
October 8th, 2008 at 12:40 pmLieberman would get us all killed. Deport the SOB.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:40 pmIt was long time ago since I considered Lieberman as sane but this probably takes the prize. Sure, lets have a war with Russia, and possibly China as well. Lieberman talks as if there are no consequences of foreign policy. The economy would take another huge blow because there would be a lot less oil out from the middle-east.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:43 pm#
hussein toasterhead Says:
When did Iran swear to exterminate Israel? Show me some documentation of this talking point.
AFAIK the only "proof" of this is a widespread mistranslation where Ahmadinejad was translated to have said "Israel must be wiped off the map".
But what he really said was "The Imam [Khomeini] said this regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time" and he said it while speaking of other regimes vanishing from the page of time like Soviet Union and the Shah. Hes not a big fan of the state of Israel but hes not talking about annihilating Israel with nuclear weapons.
I dont know of any other instances where Ahmadinejad or any other Iranian person of importance is said to have threatened to exterminate Israel.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:44 pmLying Leech Lieberman & Insane McCain...separated at birth, by Party, by State, by wealth but not by desperation.
These old farts are worried that their money & influence is waning. They're both far more concerned about their existence in D.C. than they are about policy.
Send them both to Israel. Who cares, & who would miss them?
They could enjoy warm embraces with each other each morning over tea while watching the Lebanese landscape explode.
THAT ONE, indeed.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:48 pmThe Borgen Project has some good info on the cost of addressing global poverty.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:49 pm$30 billion: Annual shortfall to end world hunger.
$540 billion: Annual U.S. Defense Budget
Spineless Joe had better worry about whether there is a vacancy at Del Boca Vista for he and Hadassa. He'll be retired - soon.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:49 pmSo, war monger LIEbermann thinks it take the "RIGHT STUFF" to bomb and kill and maim thousands if not hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians....and he calls himself a democrat gone independent.
I think old Joe would think different with an M80 shoved up his a$$.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:51 pmtombaker Says:Spineless Joe had better worry about whether there is a vacancy at Del Boca Vista for he and Hadassa. He’ll be retired - soon.
Well played, sir. I would add that he should be living next door to the Costanzas & forced to listen to both of them 24/7.
Serenity NOW!
October 8th, 2008 at 12:51 pm#
squidbilly Says:
To paraphrase his friend Lame brain McCain “You don’t tell anyone you are going to invade their country!!””’
McCain in January 2002: "NEXT STOP BAGHDAD!"
October 8th, 2008 at 12:51 pmI worry too, Joe.
I worry that you and Senator McCain have both gone off your meds.
The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:53 pmgalmud Says:
If McCain is elected president I think people like Ahmadinejad will rejoice.
If McCain gets elected Ahmadinejad's numbers go up.
Funny thing about trying to make the world afraid of you, afraid that you'll drop bombs on them if they don't do whatever you tell them to do, it makes countries beef up their weapons and elect the most extreme candidates!
But, without extremist leaders how can we have never-ending wars?
October 8th, 2008 at 12:57 pmLet's see.... I'm thinking of a word....
A word that begins with "W" and ends in "hore."
Oh, Senator Lieberman! Didn't see you there.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:58 pmLIEberman is a sick old scumbag, just like McStraightJacket. Two peas in a pod. The ugly twins.
October 8th, 2008 at 1:00 pm4 weeks from today McCain and Lieberman can start working on their "Bucket List".
October 8th, 2008 at 1:01 pmWhy is Holy Joe (in St. McCain's words) telegraphing potential strategy? Didn't McGramps chastize Obama last night for "telegraphing" his strategy when Obama said he would take out bin Laden if he was located in Pakistan?
October 8th, 2008 at 1:08 pmIsn't he suggesting the we "wipe Iran off the face of the earth"? (which we could actually do)
October 8th, 2008 at 1:08 pmFunny how when we gave WMD to SH to use against Iran did
they declare the US to be a "terrorist nation"?
I agree with jonlester's idea of effecting change from within.
Also until bush f'ed with them didn't they comply with the NPT?
Yet bush wants to sell nuke stuff to India who didn't sign
the NPT.
Whatever happened to not giving an early warning of an attack to the enemies of the US?
Will McCain slam Lieberman for this kind of talk? Or will McCain flip-flop on this issue too?
McCain has more flip-flops than my local beach...
October 8th, 2008 at 1:08 pmIf Lieberman plays his cards right maybe he can be Palin's VP pick in 2012 ... snort ...
October 8th, 2008 at 1:10 pmTwo things, Firstly, in 2003 the Iranians,via the Swiss, contacted the administration. They offered to give up their nuclear program, open up diplomatic relations, aid us in the war on terrror, among other things. The administrations reaction was to get really angry at the Swiss. So much for that.
October 8th, 2008 at 1:12 pmSecondly, Mr. Lieberman should consider Benjamin Franklin's words:
"There never was a good war, or a bad peace."
Impeach Pelosi, Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution!
January 20th, 2009, End of an Error.
I thought it was "naive" ("you don't do that") and more to telegraph your punches, Joe.
Lieberman has never been shy about how the prospect of bombing Iran is a major issue for him. In June 2007, he declared that “we have to be prepared to take aggressive military action against the Iranians.” In May 2008, he said that airstrikes against Iran were “a distinct possibility.”
October 8th, 2008 at 1:13 pmLieberman is a failed politician, a Senator without a party who discarded the fine people of Connecticut, and the Democratic Party. Joe has hitched his pro-Israel cart to McCain, which is about to go over a cliff. If Joe is worried about Obama now, wait until after the election???
October 8th, 2008 at 1:19 pm.
Q U E S T I O N:
After the last 8 years and almost 30 years of Conservative intervention...
... Why isn't the word Conservative a dirty word by now?
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October 8th, 2008 at 1:24 pmHe’s, he will be the kind of president who our allies will trust, but who our enemies will fear. And in a dangerous world, al Qaeda, Iran, Iran trying to get a nuclear weapons, we want a president who our enemies will fear. I don’t believe that Sen. Obama will be that kind of president.
With McCain we'd be getting a president that our citizens will fear, not only because we'd never know when he was going to explode and declare war on the rest of the planet, but because we'd have to check the paper every morning to be sure the old goat was still alive and Rove's Girl Friday hadn't taken over.
October 8th, 2008 at 1:26 pmWhat Joe LIEberman does not mention – in fact NO ONE in American politics and media ever ever mention - is the FACT that Israel does not need the US to bomb Iran since Israel possesses enough NUCLEAR weapons to vaporize Iran. Why is this FACT never ever mentioned in the discussions about Iran and Nuclear weapons? Could the FACT that Israel is the 4th. largest NUCLEAR power in the world be the reason why Iran is trying to acquire Nuclear weapons?? Why is this such a taboo subject in America? Only 2 American Presidents have ever acknowledged the FACT that Israel possesses Nuclear weapons; Jimmy Carter - who was labelled a “traitor” for doing so - and John F Kennedy who – at the time of his assassination – was quietly working to stop Israeli nuclear proliferation. All other Presidents have denied knowledge of Israel’s Nuclear weapons and in doing so have lied to the American people about a fundamental Middle East fact.
October 8th, 2008 at 1:32 pmI worry that religious hypocrites are so eager to slaughter thousands of innocents.
But then again, that's just me.
October 8th, 2008 at 1:32 pmNettles Says:
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As usual, Senator Lieberman is 100% correct about absolutely nothing in particular.
There, fixed that for you.
October 8th, 2008 at 1:35 pmDo the Senate split, Joe Lieberman is one of the most powerful men in America. This makes him very dangerous.
October 8th, 2008 at 1:36 pmAs usual, Nettles is 100% moron.
October 8th, 2008 at 1:37 pmWhat Barack Obama has the right stuff to handle the situation so bombing Iran is never necessary. Hopefully if Israel chooses to bomb Iran and Iran retaliates, we stay out of it. If Israel wants to do something so foolhardy, then they need to pay the consequences of their actions.
This whole meme about the "threat" from Iran is bogus. If they are building a nuclear bomb (and that is debatable), it will be at least 5 years before they are close to having one they can use. And Iran is never going to use a nuclear bomb on Israel, unprovoked, because they know that would be committing suicide. They are not that stupid.
October 8th, 2008 at 1:39 pmNettles Says:
As usual, Senator Lieberman is 100% correct.
Oh really. Perhaps you can tell us why it would be necessary to bomb Iran. And please don't misquote the "they want to wipe Israel off the map", because that's not what was said. What was said is "they want to wipe the government of Israel off the map and I agree with them. We don't need leaders who spend all their time poking a stick in a beehive and who unprovoked attack their neighbor.
October 8th, 2008 at 1:42 pmSo Lieberman believes in becoming a "Hitlerlike Person" himself.
Hitler exterminates the Jews and now Lieberman wants to exterminate the Arabs.
Great! Joe is just the kind of hothead we don't need, in this violent world, who would love to send us into an everlasting war!!
October 8th, 2008 at 1:42 pmShayne Says:
"4 weeks from today McCain and Lieberman can start working on their “Bucket List”."
Maybe after Obama wins the election McCain and his faithful companion can save the world by reprising their superhero roles as Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy.
October 8th, 2008 at 1:47 pmLieberman=republican't mole
October 8th, 2008 at 1:57 pmI suppose that if mccan't got elected and then slips on some lipstick (oops) and frankenbarbie gets bumped up will she have the guts to do it?
Better get used to it, Joe!
October 8th, 2008 at 1:58 pm5th Estate Says:
I believe he’s naive to think that people like Ahmadinejad and Tehran Iran will somehow become America’s friend just by…
They keep talking about Ahmedinijad as though he wields unchecked supreme executive power (like Bush and Cheney) when in fact he’s no more relevant to the issue than John McCain was to the Ossetia crisis when he presumptuously declared “we are all Georgians now”.
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Exactly so their system is not OUR system. Ahmadinejad cant get a parking space without either Rafsanjani or Khameinis say so.
October 8th, 2008 at 2:24 pmNettles Says:
As usual, Senator Lieberman is 100% correct.
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Not in THIS universe however as usual YOU are 100% ignorant troll
October 8th, 2008 at 2:27 pmAs Nalogous said. I am more worried the next Pres has the right stuff to NOT be stampeded into another ill advised miliatary catastrophe because power wants another war. The Iranians dont HAVE to be a military problem. They are not Arabs and feel isolated in a middle east where racial politics is huge. They would LOVE to have decent relations with us as a hedge against another racial war like the Iran/Iraq war of the 80s. A huge portion of their population are young people that love our movies and have no problem with Western culture. If we engage them diplomatically, give a diplomatic presence in their country and let it be known we wouldnt allow the Iranian military to slaughter the Iranian people, if we dial down the rhetoric so their populace is no longer terrified we are going to invade them because of stupid irresponsible rhetoric like Liebermans. The natural course for their country as the population becomse bolder and the demographics work themselves out is a much more moderate Iran. If the people think we wont let their military slaughter them and if THEIR MILITARY thinks we wont let their people be slaughtered we will almost certainly see a natural democratic upwelling. We should remember IRAN had the first realy democratic country in the Islamic middle east before WE overthrew it. This is a problem that hostile belligerance has a much higher probability of making worse than of solving
October 8th, 2008 at 2:46 pmI suppose that's "walking - er I mean talking softly"
October 8th, 2008 at 2:52 pmI hope after 4 weeks from today,we will not be hearing anymore from Mr. Liberman.
October 8th, 2008 at 3:11 pmHe will be concerned with his own state.
Enough of his lecturing on foreign policy,scaring approach,wars,and also his endless lecturing of American on America's enemies.
We know what Lieberman wants...another big war in the Middle East payed for by American sons and their money.
As a Jew I've listened to Lieberman’s ravings about Palin. This is for him.
As you attend Yom Kipper services, the Day of Atonement, the day Jews stand before God to ask forgive for our transgressions, start searching your soul. In our faith, God can forgive all transgressions against God but not for wrongful acts against other people. You, Mr. Lieberman, you have committed transgressions against every Jew. You have sold yourself to the CNP, the ultra conservative Right who’s only purpose for Jews is to convert them to Evangelical theology or have them burn in hell. Supporting Palin confirms that you have embraced this theology. Standing next to her as she smiles amid shouts of “Terrorist” and “Kill Him”, you sheepishly shout that “God willing, this is our next Vice President”. Whose God are you referring to? Certainly not the God of Abraham? Who are you Joe Lieberman? How can you, the husband of a wife of holocaust survivors, look in the mirror or face your wife, your children, and your family? You are no more a Jew than Dobson, Hagey, LaFay and all the rest of them. There were Jews during the Holocaust that sided with Nazis, "Hitler's Jewish Soldiers". You, Mr. Lieberman are a foot soldier for the CNP.
As the gates are closing and God has determined who will be written this year in the book of life, don't look for Joe Lieberman. You are no longer a Jew; not yet a Christian. You are no longer a Democrate or Independent ; not yet formally a Republican. You have sold your soul, integrity, and everything that is important to our faith. Listen to the sound of the Shofar. Open your ears and your heart Mr. Lieberman. Start doing the right thing. Not the RIGHT thing!
October 8th, 2008 at 3:18 pmI know the way Lieberman and all neocons operate is based on FEAR. Fear at home. Fear abroad. Creating enemies. Fear fear fear.
I particularly don't care about the way these chicken hawks try to act manly, which is, they flex their muscles alot for tiny little countris, but bag it when it comes to powers that can fight back. It's like bullies who push women and children around and then shut up when they see a big guy. These people are not particularly tough or smart. Case in point is Bush. Neither tough, nor smart.
Bush tried to be that man whom the world, and the enemies he created, "fear". Guess what. With his bellicose, bull in a china shop approach, he has turned this country into a paper tiger whom nobody fears nor respects anymore. This sort of medival thinking has been extremely harmful to the country.
Lastly, if I am someone like Ahmadinejad, I'd be a lot more wary in the presence of someone like Obama who looks bigger, tougher, younger, smarter, more nimble than washed up, shriveled up fools like McCain who collaborated with the Vietnamese or the recovering alcoholic Bush.
October 8th, 2008 at 3:40 pmConnecticut voters have soured on Sens. Joseph I. Lieberman...
..The telephone survey of 500 people was conducted Sept. 19-23 by Pulsar Research and Consulting. MOE of plus or minus 4.4%.
When asked to rate the jobs they are doing as senator, Lieberman and Dodd each drew higher negatives than
positives, with Lieberman faring the worst...
44% of residents rated Lieberman negatively, saying he is doing a fair (26%) or poor (28%) job. Thirty-seven percent viewed him positively, giving an excellent (10%) or good (27%) rating.
The poll found that Lieberman, a registered Democrat who relied on Republicans and unaffiliated voters for
his re-election in 2006, has lost much of his independent base.
61% of Republicans viewed him favorably, compared with 23% of Democrats and 37% of independents.
He was viewed unfavorably by 30% of Republicans, 69% Democrats and 53% of independents.
"He's really polling as a weak Republican, rather than a wounded Democrat," said Barnes
ttp://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-ctpoll0926.artsep26,0,4404922.story
October 8th, 2008 at 4:05 pmI worry about Lieberman having a brain tumor.
October 8th, 2008 at 4:29 pmHey Joe, just MAYBE we won't have to Bomb Iran! Think of that! A diplomatic solution?? Wow. Crazy talk these days, but you know, it just might work!
October 8th, 2008 at 5:09 pmIran isn't a threat to U.S. or Israel.People who think that if they don't, at every point, have an advantage, they they are victims at a supreme disadvantage have got some screws they need to tighten. Iran is competition for a pipeline from the Caspian Sea. Iran might be able to defend itself from an Israeli attack. They might be able to produce an atomic bomb. This somehow constitutes unmitigated evil that must be crushed.
What creating enmity where there is none and ordering the dropping of bombs from high flying aircraft has got to do with "having balls" escapes me. Lieberman is a raving coward.
October 8th, 2008 at 5:15 pmLeiberman is one 'scary dude'.
John McCain wants him as his future Secretary of State( 'war', in leiberman's case).
Over 80% of the people of Israel want an actual peace settlement throughout the Middle East. Leiberman, the powerful Israel Lobby group here in the US, and most of the 'older' politicians in Israel do not - they actually like it the way it is (the military/industrial machine that has become increasingly more and more powerful starting in the 1950's - President Ike warned of this in his last address to the nation).
We need a new generation of politicians, like the newly elected PM in Israel, who along with Obama can affect real 'Changes' - away from a military solution to a peaceful/diplomatic one.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:15 pmWith regard to Obama and bombing, I worry only that Obama has courage enough to NOT bomb anyone. But I hardly worry at all on that front.
What I really fear that some October surprise will give the Republicans an opportunity to start some dreadful conflagration.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:41 pmOne can also question whether Liberwoky has the brains to STFU since he sounds dumber and dumber by the minute...
October 8th, 2008 at 8:40 pmI could really care less what LIEBERMAN has to say. I have always found him repulsive and I seriously wonder where his loyalties really lie. Probably with Joe LIEBERMAN!! Ahmadinejad is always pretty darn straightforward and honest when he talks. When dealing with this whole subject - the worst thing one can be is honest and tell the truth. Israel stole the land of Palestine and became a mean-spirited apartheid state and Ahmadinejad calls them out on it. Iraq attacked Iran with US support. In our stupidity, we decide to not even talk to them as the criminal bankers call for more war so they can become that much more wealthy and they spread all kinds of lies and deceit. We should all be ashamed.
October 9th, 2008 at 12:03 amEveryone I know wants to try Joe Lieberman for treason. Many are willing to skip the trial.
October 9th, 2008 at 2:04 amWho is sen. joe lieberman, representing in conecticut? dems, independents, or repubs. I worry that he has lost the people trust in just who in conecticut is his base?
October 9th, 2008 at 10:42 am