Lieberman lies: ‘I never felt that Barack Obama was unready.’
By on Nov 24th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Lieberman lies: ‘I never felt that Barack Obama was unready.’
In an interview with Hartford, CT, local Fox affiliate Fox 61, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) denied that he had ever suggested that Barack Obama was “not ready to lead.” “I never felt that Barack Obama was ‘unready,’” he told the host. Watch it:
As MyLeftNutmeg’s video makes clear, Lieberman was lying. The host pushed back, warning him that bloggers who watched this interview “are going to have a field day with it.”
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November 24th, 2008 at 12:17 pmJaffa Joe still has all the GOP-splooge he ever sucked stashed in his dewlaps...
November 24th, 2008 at 12:19 pmHe's called Joe LIEberman for a reason. Reid, and other Dems have no balls for letting this schmuck keep his chair.
November 24th, 2008 at 12:19 pmPerhaps Lieberman "never felt Obama was unready to be President" but he just lied through his teeth to get his buddy elected
November 24th, 2008 at 12:23 pmYou know, I can't decide who has gotten more air time lately: Sarah Palin or Smiling Joe. Perhaps they should take it on the road.
November 24th, 2008 at 12:23 pmThis episode shows what we knew to be true; the Senate has a low ethical standard and individually zero integrity. That Obama not only allowed the caucus to act as it did, but actively petitioned for the outcome speaks volumes on what we can expect of the new Administration and Congress.
November 24th, 2008 at 12:25 pm‘I never felt that Barack Obama was unready.’
That is probably a true statement. That being said Joe, then you lied your fcking ass off when you stated that Obama was unready. The fact is that Joe said Obama was unready.
November 24th, 2008 at 12:26 pmSorry galmud, you beat me to it.
November 24th, 2008 at 12:26 pmTokin you inspired me:
Stash it in dewlaps
November 24th, 2008 at 12:27 pmSave it for a rainy day
Ah the memories
Liebermann, Palin, Chambliss, DeLay, Boehner: they all get way too much press coverage for saying nothing or contradicting themselves. Give it a rest.
November 24th, 2008 at 12:28 pmOf course, LIEberman our beloved senator from Israel is all smiles because the next admin will cater and bend over bacwards for AIPAC thus continue our reckless foreign policy.
November 24th, 2008 at 12:28 pmHe’s called Joe LIEberman for a reason. Reid, and other Dems have no balls for letting this schmuck keep his chair.
November 24th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
It's the Myth of 60 Seats. It gives the Dims cover, even though it is itself a meaningless number. They will say they have to cower to the wrath of Lieberman because hs'll by the (mythical) 60th Seat.
But of course this is all cow-flop. With 70 seats, the Dims couldn't guarantee 60 to vote cloture on any progressive measure, or any nomination o utside the 'center-right' mainstream of the Congress generally.
By my count, there are at LEAST 12 DINO votes available to block pro/lib moves: Loserman, of course, but also the rest of the Dim side of the gang of 14 from the '94-96 congress, plus Baucus, Byrd, Rockefeller, the two Nelsons, Lincoln, probalbly Carper, Feinstein, and Salazar...
November 24th, 2008 at 12:29 pmIf Lieberman "never felt" that Obama was "unready", he is either lying now, or he was lying when he essentially accused Obama of being just that during the campaign.
What I don't understand is that in this day and age when we have cameras, recorders, YouTube, internet, etc., politicians STILL think they can get away with "I never said that".
November 24th, 2008 at 12:29 pmLIEberman Lied?
I'm shocked, I tell ya!**
**I'm shocked his tongue doesn't catch fire and melt out of his evil head.
November 24th, 2008 at 12:30 pmPssst, Joe - we, uh, *do* have recording devices and suchlike....
Just sayin'.
November 24th, 2008 at 12:30 pmPerhaps it's all a part of Michele Bachmann's 'Urban Legend'?
The Senate, America's House of Lords, protects each other first, regardless of party. (Look at the Stevens' lovefest.)
I guess having to spend all that time with Lindsay Graham is punishment enough for Droopy Dawg.
Joe is a chameleon. He'll change colors, stances, issues or partners in a holy minute, depending which way the wind's blowing...or he's blowing.
November 24th, 2008 at 12:31 pmdrop dead, joe.
November 24th, 2008 at 12:32 pmSo Lieberman doesn't know how that whole videotape thing works, eh?
November 24th, 2008 at 12:33 pm"Ah NAIVUH cawled thet culuhd boy "Macaca," an' iyuff Ah dayid, ewe jis tuk ayit outtn cawntext, boy..."
November 24th, 2008 at 12:34 pmWell this clears up any questions for the voters of CT. that their Senator is an open face liar and proud of it. There are to many times to count when Lieberman said Obama wasn't ready. As it stands Lieberman is publicly making a bigger fool of himself to save the Republican Party. I look forward to the chess game Obama will play with Lieberman and McCain, it should be interesting.
November 24th, 2008 at 12:40 pmI'm hoping that this isn't a case of Obama kowtowing to to the mythical 60 votes.
Instead, I'm hoping that this is a case where you have a huge hammer (because he can never 'unsay' his words thanks to the internets) constantly hanging over Lieberman's head. And so, when certain things need to get done that heretofore Lieberman balked at, the hammer starts swinging and Lieberman is forced to act.
Then again, it could be as it appears... we protect our own.
November 24th, 2008 at 12:45 pmBushie Says:
This episode shows what we knew to be true; the Senate has a low ethical standard and individually zero integrity. That Obama not only allowed the caucus to act as it did, but actively petitioned for the outcome speaks volumes on what we can expect of the new Administration and Congress.
Obama did not actively petition for the outcome. All he did was to say that he wanted LIEberman to caucus with the Democrats. He DID NOT say that he wanted them to allow LIEberman to keep his chairmanship. He allowed the Senate to make up their mind on that one. I suppose he could have ordered Congress to now allow LIEberman to keep his chairmanship, but that would be a lot like what Bush did with his Republican congress.
November 24th, 2008 at 12:49 pmThe cartoon character, Droopy Dog, has more credibility than his real life counterpart.
November 24th, 2008 at 12:52 pmWhat an ass hole.
November 24th, 2008 at 12:53 pmSen. Quislingman has found that his lies never catch up with him so why should he start worrying about it now?
November 24th, 2008 at 12:56 pmIf there's any doubt remaining that Joe Lieberman is a Rethuglican, this ought to dispel such doubts: He can lie, straight-faced, and without a twinge of conscience, knowing full well that the tapes prove that he's a liar. He's right up there with Bachmann and Palin....
Cheers,
November 24th, 2008 at 12:57 pmSomeone really needs to explain how magnetic imaging works to Joe. Really. Becausehe does not seem to understand that the stuff he previously said on camera can be replayed over and over and over, proving what a liar he really is.
Sadly, we're stuck with him until 2012 until the voters of Conneticut can finally kick him out.
November 24th, 2008 at 1:05 pmThe Dems did the right thing by letting JL keep his post.
The media would've made Obama and the Dems look like arrogant bullies if they had not.
Brilliant move by Obama and the Dems in the Senate. Keep Ole JL on the run by making him look like the true liar he is!
November 24th, 2008 at 1:06 pm.
What...?
... Liarman is now the denyerman.
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November 24th, 2008 at 1:08 pmIt's encouraging that a FOX affiliate in his own state is willing to challenge the mealy mouth.
November 24th, 2008 at 1:08 pmTotal conjecture on my part, but...
November 24th, 2008 at 1:15 pmHas anyone floated the idea that perhaps Lieberman operated as a double agent within the McCain campaign? Given the way things have turned out, it kind of makes a weird sort of sense. Obama was mighty OK with letting Joe keep his seat, and not because they need his vote.
Just wondering...
Just waiting for his pants to burst into flames
November 24th, 2008 at 1:17 pmLIEberman caught on video! Hope CT constituents have some sense to not re-elect him.
November 24th, 2008 at 1:20 pmIt used to be you could tell a repub from a dem by their political stance: conservative vs. liberal.
Now it appears that you can tell a repub by the way they spin and contort themselves to deny what they said or didn't say - an don't seem to realize that the tubes of the internet are full of youtubes.
By this later definition, Joe LIE has caught the repub disease.
November 24th, 2008 at 1:30 pmdrlarrymitchell Says:
Total conjecture on my part, but…
I think Lieberman is an agent for the Defense Industry, and a certain small Middle Eastern rogue nuclear state whose primary export is armaments.
November 24th, 2008 at 1:47 pmA Traitor who has become an irrelevant old fart.
November 24th, 2008 at 1:48 pmBut more importantly.
November 24th, 2008 at 1:49 pmWhat does old joe shoot from the back tees ?
It will be a surprise if this man says anything truthful.
He always lies.
He has been fooling millions of Americans for sometime;he fooled Democrats who even selected him to be their VP nominee.
Now he lies that he never said Obama is unfit to be a president.
Any surprise there !!!.
November 24th, 2008 at 1:57 pmNot to me.
I'm sick and tired of Lieberman.
Joe is a sanctimonious self-serving turd.
I'm sick and tired of Reid!
Harry is the sanctimonious self-serving Turd's ENABLER.
Hold Reid accountable then the Turd. It clears air and smells like justice.
November 24th, 2008 at 2:00 pmAhem. The last clip in this compilation clearly contradicts his statement above.
November 24th, 2008 at 2:10 pmHe lies through his face!
November 24th, 2008 at 2:55 pmWhat a piece of garbage this schmuck is!
November 24th, 2008 at 3:31 pmSeriously,
When are we going to get organized and call for Reid's ouster as Senate leader?
He's up for re-election in 2010. Do we have to wait that long to have him replaced as Senate leader? Because "Leader" is the last thing he is. This Joe story shouldn't even be a blip on the radar. Reid's abject incompetence makes it so. Enough!
It smells in the Senate right now. Its time to clear the air. Am I missing a memo? Who is willing to challenge him in the Senate and where do we sign up to support him/her?
November 24th, 2008 at 4:13 pmShoot me or shoot him. And, Jesus, tell him not to talk with dick in his mouth- or elsewhere.
November 24th, 2008 at 10:47 pmPossibly between the ADD youth, the senile elders and the sleeple, old Joey Joe Joe really doesn't have to worry about very many people catching his lies.
Thanks again, Connecticut!
November 24th, 2008 at 11:05 pmI don't think that we have to worry too much about joLIE in 2012. I believe that he will retire rather than spend energy and political capital in a losing race. He will just move on to being a lobbyist in support of the same clients he now has.
November 25th, 2008 at 10:08 am