Comments on: McCain on whether Lieberman will lose his Homeland Security gavel: ‘I hope not.’ http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:14:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: ebbAndflow http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/comment-page-1/#comment-5338806 ebbAndflow Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:00:51 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/#comment-5338806 "Check out ThinkProgress’s new report, “Joe Lieberman: The Progressive Who Lost His Way.” Excellent montage - should be required reading by the Senators sitting in judgment - take the gavel away from Joe. “Check out ThinkProgress’s new report, “Joe Lieberman: The Progressive Who Lost His Way.”

Excellent montage – should be required reading by the Senators sitting in judgment – take the gavel away from Joe.

]]> By: Uncle Fester Lurks http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/comment-page-1/#comment-5338310 Uncle Fester Lurks Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:59:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/#comment-5338310 Sadly President elect Barack Obama feels the same way about Traitor Joe LIEberman. Now I agree with partisan politics but allowing LIEberman who spoke badly about Barack as he supported McCain/Palin to remain as a committee chairman is a huge mistake! The old boys club in DC is at it again! Sadly President elect Barack Obama feels the same way about Traitor Joe LIEberman. Now I agree with partisan politics but allowing LIEberman who spoke badly about Barack as he supported McCain/Palin to remain as a committee chairman is a huge mistake! The old boys club in DC is at it again!

]]> By: tarazan http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/comment-page-1/#comment-5338260 tarazan Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:46:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/#comment-5338260 McCain :"I have never known a finer man than Joe Lieberman". This shows that McCain still lacks the necessary experience and judgement of people. McCain's trust in inexperienced Sarah Palin to run this country,and his description of Joe Lieberman as the finest man he met, shows that McCain ,regardless of his empty slogan 'Country First', still needs a lot to learn. When one is to put 'country first', then one must stay away from people like Sarah Palin and Joe Lieberman. McCain :”I have never known a finer man than Joe Lieberman”.

This shows that McCain still lacks the necessary experience and judgement of people.

McCain’s trust in inexperienced Sarah Palin to run this country,and his description of Joe Lieberman as the finest man he met, shows that McCain ,regardless of his empty slogan ‘Country First’, still needs a lot to learn.

When one is to put ‘country first’, then one must stay away from people like Sarah Palin and Joe Lieberman.

]]> By: Uncle Ho http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/comment-page-1/#comment-5338230 Uncle Ho Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:27:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/#comment-5338230 Joe LIEberman needs to get the boot. First, he betrays the Democrats, not only stumping for McPutz, then he SLANDERS Obama,(no doubt sucking up to the Rethugs-hoping for a cabinet position), now he's sucking up to the Dems, hoping to keep his chair. He has NO scruples, simply follows which way the wind blows. Sorry LIEberman, actions have consequences. You made your bed, DEAL WITH IT! Joe LIEberman needs to get the boot. First, he betrays the Democrats, not only stumping for McPutz, then he SLANDERS Obama,(no doubt sucking up to the Rethugs-hoping for a cabinet position), now he’s sucking up to the Dems, hoping to keep his chair. He has NO scruples, simply follows which way the wind blows.

Sorry LIEberman, actions have consequences. You made your bed, DEAL WITH IT!

]]> By: A Patriot Acting http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/comment-page-1/#comment-5338224 A Patriot Acting Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:19:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/#comment-5338224 Xisithrus Says: "McCain and Joe should retire together." Maybe they could start their "bucket list". I hear "sequel"! Xisithrus Says:
“McCain and Joe should retire together.”

Maybe they could start their “bucket list”. I hear “sequel”!

]]> By: DNFP http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/comment-page-1/#comment-5338182 DNFP Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:00:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/#comment-5338182 <em>00mpp00 Says: </em> Wasting bandwidth by posting links to your blog (spamming). REPORTED 00mpp00 Says:

Wasting bandwidth by posting links to your blog (spamming).

REPORTED

]]> By: Keith H. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/comment-page-1/#comment-5338136 Keith H. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:35:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/#comment-5338136 Dammit, I was hoping that after he got bruised in the election we wouldn't have to see his fascist face again. Dammit, I was hoping that after he got bruised in the election we wouldn’t have to see his fascist face again.

]]> By: freeman http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/comment-page-1/#comment-5338132 freeman Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:33:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/#comment-5338132 Give the chairmanship of the Homeland security committee to Russ Feingold , he is defender of civil liberties , proposed the amendment to the FISA bill to strip it of retroactive immunity and his sensitivity to our basic rights is necessary in a committee that could well be more dangerous to our democracy than the people which they are supposedly empowered to protect us from ! Give the chairmanship of the Homeland security committee to Russ Feingold , he is defender of civil liberties , proposed the amendment to the FISA bill to strip it of retroactive immunity and his sensitivity to our basic rights is necessary in a committee that could well be more dangerous to our democracy than the people which they are supposedly empowered to protect us from !

]]> By: Doc Rock http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/comment-page-1/#comment-5338124 Doc Rock Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:30:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/#comment-5338124 How would McCain know Lieberman was good or not on national security? McCain didn't seem to know the difference between Shia and Sunni or what Wahabism represented. How would McCain know Lieberman was good or not on national security? McCain didn’t seem to know the difference between Shia and Sunni or what Wahabism represented.

]]> By: jpmdevildog http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/comment-page-1/#comment-5338094 jpmdevildog Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:22:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/#comment-5338094 Lieberman is so distraught <a href="http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/election-08/phd-ape-flies-to-liebermans-side/" rel="nofollow">he turned to an ape for therapy</a>: STAMFORD, CT – In the midst of helping John McCain grieve, PhD Ape took a red-eye flight Monday night to be with Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman. Lieberman is so distraught he turned to an ape for therapy:

STAMFORD, CT – In the midst of helping John McCain grieve, PhD Ape took a red-eye flight Monday night to be with Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman.

]]> By: impeachcheneythenbush http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/comment-page-1/#comment-5338078 impeachcheneythenbush Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:15:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/#comment-5338078 Patriot Acting, unfortunately waiting for the next election cycle to get rid of Lieberman is <em>four years away.</em> The entire first term of the Obama administration. Betrayal should be punished appropriately, and allowing him to stay in the Dem caucus and/or retaining the chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee (<em>upon which he did nothing for two years</em>), doesn't even make any kind of logical sense. Patriot Acting, unfortunately waiting for the next election cycle to get rid of Lieberman is four years away. The entire first term of the Obama administration. Betrayal should be punished appropriately, and allowing him to stay in the Dem caucus and/or retaining the chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee (upon which he did nothing for two years), doesn’t even make any kind of logical sense.

]]> By: freeman http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/comment-page-1/#comment-5338072 freeman Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:10:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/#comment-5338072 Homeland security is best served by our being ethical in our international relationships . Decades of overthrowing other governments ,assassinating world leaders , training death squads ,influencing foreign elections and profiting through the sales of weapons to war zones must become a thing of the past . Aside from truly minor differences we are all, the same the world over . ALL GODS CHILDREN ! Homeland security is best served by our being ethical in our international relationships . Decades of overthrowing other governments ,assassinating world leaders , training death squads ,influencing foreign elections and profiting through the sales of weapons to war zones must become a thing of the past . Aside from truly minor differences we are all, the same the world over .
ALL GODS CHILDREN !

]]> By: LetJoeStay http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/comment-page-1/#comment-5338068 LetJoeStay Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:08:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/#comment-5338068 "Is the Israeli lobby really so powerful that we can not divorce our selves from it’s influence on our politics?" -Freeman First of all, for someone who cares only about Israel, why doesn't Senator Lieberman support the release of Jonathan Pollard from Prison? Moreover, how is Senator Lieberman more pro-Israel than any of his Senate colleagues? Lastly, why is being pro-Israel (or pro-France, pro-England, etc…) mean that you are anti-America? Martin Luther King Jr. once said that: “You declare, my friend, that you do not hate the Jews, you are merely 'anti-Zionist.' And I say, let the truth ring forth from the high mountain tops, let it echo through the valleys of God's green earth: When people criticize Zionism, they mean Jews--this is God's own truth.” Freeman. keep your biggoted statements for your KKK ralies. Letjoestay.blogspot.com “Is the Israeli lobby really so powerful that we can not divorce our selves from it’s influence on our politics?” -Freeman

First of all, for someone who cares only about Israel, why doesn’t Senator Lieberman support the release of Jonathan Pollard from Prison? Moreover, how is Senator Lieberman more pro-Israel than any of his Senate colleagues? Lastly, why is being pro-Israel (or pro-France, pro-England, etc…) mean that you are anti-America? Martin Luther King Jr. once said that: “You declare, my friend, that you do not hate the Jews, you are merely ‘anti-Zionist.’ And I say, let the truth ring forth from the high mountain tops, let it echo through the valleys of God’s green earth: When people criticize Zionism, they mean Jews–this is God’s own truth.”
Freeman. keep your biggoted statements for your KKK ralies.
Letjoestay.blogspot.com

]]> By: Lungman424 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/comment-page-1/#comment-5338064 Lungman424 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:08:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/#comment-5338064 Keep Obama out of it??? well maybe publicly but privately he should be pushing Joe off the cliff..If he retains his chairmanship it's Obama's fault...the buck stops with him. Keep Obama out of it??? well maybe publicly but privately he should be pushing Joe off the cliff..If he retains his chairmanship it’s Obama’s fault…the buck stops with him.

]]> By: SWBob http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/comment-page-1/#comment-5338062 SWBob Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:08:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/#comment-5338062 Joe is all about Joe. His interests are self serving and he certainly does not care about the Democratic party. If he wants to stay in the Dem fold, then give him a minor role but don't allow him to have ANY say in what happens. After all, this guy isn't even a democrat! What are the Dems thinking about....why not ask a "liberal" repub to chair a committee too. . . ? Joe is all about Joe. His interests are self serving and he certainly does not care about the Democratic party. If he wants to stay in the Dem fold, then give him a minor role but don’t allow him to have ANY say in what happens. After all, this guy isn’t even a democrat! What are the Dems thinking about….why not ask a “liberal” repub to chair a committee too. . . ?

]]> By: hussein toasterhead http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/comment-page-1/#comment-5338056 hussein toasterhead Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:04:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/#comment-5338056 <i>freeman Says: Is the Israeli lobby really so powerful that we can not divorce our selves from it’s influence on our politics ? November 12th, 2008 at 11:01 am </i> _______ No. It's not that Israel influences us - we need Israel to do our dirty work. freeman Says:

Is the Israeli lobby really so powerful that we can not divorce our selves from it’s influence on our politics ?

November 12th, 2008 at 11:01 am
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No. It’s not that Israel influences us – we need Israel to do our dirty work.

]]> By: freeman http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/comment-page-1/#comment-5338052 freeman Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:01:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/#comment-5338052 Is the Israeli lobby really so powerful that we can not divorce our selves from it's influence on our politics ? How can we ever be an honest broker for peace in the mid east when we are using the Israeli's as a military outpost and they are using us to arm themselves to the teeth and shield them from the righteous indignation of the world community as they commit acts of aggression against a much weaker people. The world is grown too small for such things . Do we really want peace or is that no more than a charade ? Is the Israeli lobby really so powerful that we can not divorce our selves from it’s influence on our politics ? How can we ever be an honest broker for peace in the mid east when we are using the Israeli’s as a military outpost and they are using us to arm themselves to the teeth and shield them from the righteous indignation of the world community as they commit acts of aggression against a much weaker people.
The world is grown too small for such things . Do we really want peace or is that no more than a charade ?

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/comment-page-1/#comment-5338042 katy Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:55:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/#comment-5338042 <em>“We aren’t going to referee decisions about who should or should not be a committee chair,” said Stephanie Cutter, a spokeswoman for the Obama transition team.</em> and this is smart. keeps obama out of the fray... which is why the committee members and leaders need to know what you think: http://senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm i've sent links from TP and Firedoglake also... “We aren’t going to referee decisions about who should or should not be a committee chair,” said Stephanie Cutter, a spokeswoman for the Obama transition team.

and this is smart.
keeps obama out of the fray…

which is why the committee members and leaders need to know what you think:

http://senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

i’ve sent links from TP and Firedoglake also…

]]> By: tom http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/comment-page-1/#comment-5338038 tom Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:54:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/#comment-5338038 <em>00mpp00 Says: </em> ___________________________________ <strong>Trollette's Outbreak Alert!</strong> Please be careful not to step in this mess. We certainly don't want to track this oozing stupidity all over the site. Just move along. Nothing to see here. Just another knuckle-dragging mouth-breather looking for solace and attention now that his whole world-view has crumbled around him. 00mpp00 Says:
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Trollette’s Outbreak Alert!

Please be careful not to step in this mess. We certainly don’t want to track this oozing stupidity all over the site.

Just move along. Nothing to see here. Just another knuckle-dragging mouth-breather looking for solace and attention now that his whole world-view has crumbled around him.

]]> By: Xisithrus http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/comment-page-1/#comment-5338036 Xisithrus Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:51:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/12/mccain-lieberman-gavel/#comment-5338036 McCain and Joe should retire together. McCain and Joe should retire together.

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