Let's all wait for Lieberman's apology
By Steve Benen Tuesday Apr 08, 2008 7:35amWay back in 2006, during the heat of a contested primary against Ned Lamont, Joe Lieberman's website crashed. Lieberman and his team argued that this was the result of a vicious attack from Lamont supporters, and demanded a criminal investigation.
The Lieberman campaign denied speculation among liberal Web pundits that the centrist Democrat's Web site had simply crashed because it used a low-budget Web host unable to handle the volume.
Well, guess what.
A federal investigation has concluded that U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman's 2006 re-election campaign was to blame for the crash of its Web site the day before Connecticut's heated Aug. 8 Democratic primary. The FBI office in New Haven found no evidence supporting the Lieberman campaign's allegations that supporters of primary challenger Ned Lamont of Greenwich were to blame for the Web site crash.... "The server that hosted the joe2006.com Web site failed because it was overutilized and misconfigured. There was no evidence of (an) attack," according to the e-mail.
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CT voters....
You poor, poor bastards....
To my knowledge no federal investigation has ever concluded Bush stole the 2000 election either.
Someone with Nexis let me know if any Democrat has apologized for any of those claims; all I have is Google and so far coming up empty.
Don't hold your breath while waiting for an apology.
The accusations were made to get press. I doubt any of them even remember what it's about.
Will they apologize for making wild, ridiculous accusations based on nothing but their own paranoid delusions? No.
Will they admit they were wrong? No.
Will they have to get the FBI to explain what it's all about because they've since moved on to trying to convince the sheeple that it's time to bomb iran? Yes.
Dennis,
Has there been a federal investigation of that election?
No?
Does the lack of an investigation speak to your point?
Does your point have anything to do with the Lieberman issue?
No?
Does the lack of having a point speak to your mental state?
You would have thought Lieberman, as the incumbent, would have had the resources - financial, technical, etc. - to have a website that would have not crashed. I would like this go if this were like, oh, I don't know, 1996 even, but 2006? Websites are hardly rocket science.
dennis @ 3:
Thank you, "Dennis." You've done your work. Now go pick up your paycheck from the RNC.
dennis @ 3:
Shrub didn't do it. His handlers did. Then the bought and paid for judges helped.
i've found out that inept ppl are inept all around. inept policies, inept website management.
Ohh, com'on. I'd bet my house that one of his IT guys did this ON PURPOSE. Str8 from Rove 101: Campaign Tactics. Bravo, Senator.
I'll crap in one hand and wait for his apology with the other and see which fills up first.
They blame the left for the crashing of democracy too.
Go figure.
MargeAggedon @ 5:
Thanks for getting my back, Margie. And I agree with everything you've said above about the 2000 election.
Except I'm not so sure how your last point enters into it. Dems don't think Iran is any sort of a threat, I thought. It thought they think Obama will be able to schmooze Amadinejad like he has a good many American voters with his eloquence and message of hope and unity.
As a former Nutmegger, I am truly sorry for the residents of the great state of Connecticut.
Senator Lieberman has achieved that level of disdain where I immediately begin to shout
epithets at the TV screen the moment his face appears.
Joe Lieberman, always was and always will be, an asshat.
EMBA30
dennis @ 3:
No Federa; Investigation has ever been conducted.
Your moma raised an idiot.
Well, i guess that settles that.
The key in your sorry diatribe is "knowledge". Something you have displayed time after time you clearly don't have Dennis. Hey stupid, please try to think of the many unsolved crimes that have been committed in history.....like your parents failed abortion...of you.
People like Lieberman always react in the same way to any issue. Its always somebody that opposes them that did it. The Lieberman campaign initiated the criminal investigation and the FBI found that there was no evidence supporting that claim. It was all due to their own incompetence, negligence and cheapness. I suppose this outcome is fitting because these findings reflect exactly how the Republicans operate at all levels. Lieberman definitely is with the right company with McCain.
xoites defends Constitution @ 17:
XO-ites-
Read your good news on the Open thread. Congrats, buddy. To your bride-to-be too.
Lieberman, and the rest of his warmongering ilk, must be apoplectic that former President Carter is going to meet the leader of Hamas, which the US considers a terrorist organisation.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,348413,00.html
Carter has to be praised once again for his courage and willingness to engage in diplomacy instead of war. He knows full well that Hamas was elected democratically (more than we can say W was). And Lieberman knows the irony of the US, not Iran or Hamas, being considered globally as the leading world terrorist. Undeterred by pressure from the Likudniks, it was Carter who called a spade a spade when he correctly termed Israel an apartheid nation, something Meirsheimer & Walt agreed upon, despite AIPAC's apoplexy .
And while Obama brilliantly and correctly is now calling for Iranian diplomatic talks, Lieberman et al know that they better move fast before their dreams of world domination disappear in a puff of smoke. They also know that Israel is now likened globally as employing the exact same collective oppression in Gaza as the Nazis did elsewhere. Lieberman is dangerous because he is being pushed into a corner like a rabid salivating dog.
This is probably the closest we will ever come to a Fedora Investigation.
Typical Republican.
Lieberman has a lot to apologize for. This is small potatoes compared to the big betrayals he has committed.
Thank you, Dennis. :)
dennis @ 3:
That's 'cause there has been no official investigation, you cretin.
xoites defends Constitution @ 13:
Hey X
I scrolled back to read last nights Open Thread............Congrats man!
That's a great story that you have shared with us.
Glad to have you back bro.
And while we're waiting for Liarman's apology, may we also ask Barry Obama to apologize for his support of Lieberman in that very same primary?
I know as a "progressive" I'm not supposed to point out the numerous failings of our cult leader, but this one certainly warrants an apology.
Thank you Radically Moderate :)
MargeAggedon @ 5:
........(tune of the twilight zone)
*du du du du *
I'm recalling a KKKarl Rove press conference....
*du du du du *
"Someone broke into my office!!!!!!!!!! I'm not sure it wasn't my opponent!!!!"
many headlines about break-in
Investigation reveals no possible suspect or motive (that part of the story is relegated to page a-18)
damage is done!
Dennis @ 14
Color me shmoozed.
Iranian backed al Qaida special groups most probably did it
Radically Moderate @ 27:
xoites defends Constitution @ 29:
I know we are getting a bit OT here but I just have to give my congrats to. :)
By the way, since you met her on C&L it would be only fitting to have the C&L cartoon guy to be your best man! lol You could put up a cardboard cutout of him and have him hold the ring. Just stick it on one his fingers. lol Hey, I'm just throwing out ideas here for ya. lol
dennis @ 3:
It really doesn't matter whether an investigation occurred or not. The entire world knows that accountability has been completely suppressed by this regime. World opinion believes that W stole the election. Travel to Europe and ask ten strangers what caused 911, or whatever else you like. World opinion counts. And the US is reviled and spat upon and disprespected in the rest of the world because of its arrogance and barbaric torture (despite no investigation) and a million other reasons.
People in CT,what were you guys thinking. Lieberman showed his true colors long before the election. And enough people voted to get him in again. We got to vote out these dinosaurs. They are destroying our country, Democrat and Republican alike.
there needs to be a group like 'geeks for democracy' to help campaigns protect themselves from such attacks.
Jim @ 28:
First we need to get ourselves a cult. The defenition of a cult, by the way is rather specific and includes the inability to leave when one wants to and the turning over of all possesions. Are you suggesting America is becoming a cult? Because you may be correct.
It wont be an issue if you choose to run again Joe. Nothing you say or do will get you re-elected.
why would a spineless excuse for a person apologize unless he saw some personal gain to be had in the apology. his character places him in the upper ecelon of the bush administration or the mccain admin that he perceives will win. If they lose, as i believe they will, will this toady come crawling back to the fold and more importantly, will he be welcomed with open and forgiving arms. from what i've seen of the top dem candidates the last scenario seems very plausible.
moondancer @ 38:
Don't underestimate the stupidity and ignorance of Connecticut voters.
Jim @ 28:
Why do you dopes keep repeating that lie? Obama supported Lieberman in the primary as a loyal Democrat. When Lamont won that election, Obama supported him in the general election. Sorry, this fuck up is on Connecticut not Obama. Nice try though.
Would it have made a difference if this came out before the election? CT voters would still have gone for Joe. Gee, and they call the people in the "red" states ignorant.
Centrist?
... Democrat?
moondancer @ 38:
You kiddin' me?! At the end of the day the rich white Jewish CT voters of suburban NYC will always vote for Mr. Israel.
Won't matter if McCain is elected. Joe's going to the Supreme Court or AG.
Joe's mouth is overutilized and his brain is misconfigured!
nipit @ 42:
If i am not mistaken it was the Republican voters who got Lieberman into office.
Joe Lieberman should learn more from the Republicans that he supports. I mean seriously. If your own incompetence and doing things on the cheap brings down your website don't call for a criminal investigation because the findings will only go against you. Just call for a surge in staffers!
dennis @ 14:
you think everybody is a goddamn threat! sit down and shut the FUCK UP!!!
One of the first things the Democrats need to do when they once again take over the White House is to demote Lieberman. Take away all of his privileges as a Democrat and let him wallow along with his fellow repugs. He is a disgrace to the Democratic party. Every time I see him smiling over McCain's shoulder I want to throw up. Come on Reid and Pelosi throw this traitor under the bus, soon!
xoites defends Constitution @ 37:
Being a "cult" to these angry, suffering Hillary/McCain followers simply means that you don't support their political business as usual bullshit.
CT is never going to get an apology because they don't want one. Lieberman got elected because he has a large group of Zionist sympathizers there who want to see the Palestine/Arab/Muslim peoples eliminated from the Middle-East once and for all.
Left&Left @ 41:
Wait a second. First you said it was a lie, then you immediately agree that he did indeed support him? Wow, that's interesting logic. Barry supported Joe. It's a fact. He FLEW out to appear on stage with him at a rally. That's much more than simply towing the party line. But when Ned actually won the primary did Barry take time out of his busy schedule to fly out and appear with Ned? No, he was too busy refusing to support an Alito filibuster. Once again, we're just not allowed to stain our fearless leader's fairy tale, right?
P.D. @ 35:
Repugs abandoned their candidate to help put Lieberman back in the Senate along with compliant Dems.
It seems as though Lieberman may have picked up on that Bush theme of being chosen by a higher authority therefore anything he says or does was predestined by that higher authority.
Arrogance and intellectual corruption disguised as faithful destiny have fooled too many people for to long at our nations peril.
Call both of Holy Joe's offices.
Be nice, but ask if he'll be apologizing and ALSO whether or not he will be refunding the government for an unnecessary federal investigation. He wasted your tax dollars with this.
Washington, DC Office
(202) 224-4041 Voice
Connecticut Office
(860) 549-8463 Voice
(800) 225-5605 In CT
Left&Left @ 50:
What business as usual? You mean taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from Exelon Corp, a huge nuke power plant maker in his home state, then being one of only a handful of Dems to vote YES for GW's energy bill because it gave big breaks to Exelon? Is that the business as usual you are referring to? Or perhaps you mean claiming you were/are against the Iraq invasion, yet voting to fund it EVERY SINGLE time except for the last one when you waited until the last moment to decide. Or do you mean voting in FAVOR of the Patriot Act? Is that the business as usual you are referencing? Or could it be cow-towing (pun intended) to the Iowan voters by supporting kickbacks, er, tax incentives for ethanol production, the single worst alternative to oil.
Please, help us here. How in the world is Barry any different than Hillary when it comes to politics as usual? Sure, she's been at the game longer, but that doesn't mean he's magically clean.
SiteMonitor
I am not Jewish but i am offended by by the comment name at #51
I think it is a mistake to allow this person to use zionism is racism as a screen name.
[I am sorry you are offended by it. It is not an offensive name. Zionism is a belief that non Jews should not be allowed to live in Israel. All of my Jewish friends are against Zionism. They agree with the sentiments expressed in the poster's name. If you are offended, it is a choice you made-Sitemonitor]
Fascist States of America @ 54:
LOL!
If i know my Reoublicans they have no remorse when wasting tax dollars for their benefit. They only complain when it benefits poor people. And, yes, Joe is a Republican. I don't care what he claims to be.
dennis @ 14:
Lieberwhore is a dem? Since when?
We need a real investigation into why Neocon Israel has so much influence in Washingto DC and WH policy in general. If we need Israel as part of the USA then let's vote on it up and down...we could use the revenue stream.
Remember that this man was on the presidential ticket for the Democrats in 2000 when you gin-up some fresh Nader hatred.
Radically Moderate @ 56:
So now one can ask that a post be taken down because you disagree with the politics of the screen name? How progressive of you. Sorry but some of us do not automatically agree with the concept of Israel. In fact, I seem to recall a U.N. resolution (subsequently repealed) that officially referred to zionism as racist which was accepted by most countries of the world to be so. Some people feel that when one group claims they are somehow deserved of a "homeland" in the middle of someone else's land, that is in fact a racist point of view. How wacky, huh?
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Lieberman will never apologize - he is a conservative and conservatives are always correct about everything. The FBI agents who did the investigating have been reassigned to the newly opened field office on Kiska Island.
Jim @ 55:
Sorry, I don't know dude. Maybe you should ask the many registered voters who rejected Hillary's negative ass message.
Lest we all forget: Ned Lamont beat Joe in the primary challenge and Joe should have gotten out of the race right then and there. But he refused to be defeated and resurrected himself as a Connecticut for Joe candidate (no, really THAT was the party name). He got petition signatures in a shady way, with "street walking money" and the complicity of our secretary of state (who wouldn't investigate his new party status), plus Dem party elders were looking the other way for their good buddy Joe...namely folks like Nancy Dinardo, Richard Blumenthal, Susan Bysewicz, and Bill Clinton. Combine those shenanigans with the fact that Republicans voted in droves for Holy Joe and Joe's lying promise that, "Nobody wants to get out of Iraq more than I do" fooled the low information idiots.
Bottom line: he ran a perfect insider campaign, aided and abetted by his staunch Dem machine friends such as Bill Clinton, as well as Karl Rove.
The grassroots movement worked, but the machine took over and stole this election. But I will admit that uninformed voters swayed by swiftboating tactics were alive and well and their stupidity worked like a charm for Joe.
Joe was a brand name in the state and had garnered enough favor over the years to carry him through. It just goes to show how much work the grassroots voters have to do; we can NEVER give up!
LIEberman is a Neocon spy for Israel but no one in DC seems to care.
Radically Moderate @ 55
It is true and you know it. The hatred and violence that Zionism has spread through the world has resulted in more oppression and deaths than any other ideology. Carter was right when he called Israel an Apartheid.
Misspoke at 64:
It was "Connecticut for Lieberman" party that Joe ran under.
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Radically Moderate @ 69
Actually, I did choose it to make a point that Joe Lieberman and all of his ilk are hateful, vengeful hypocrites who push conservative agenda to promote hatred and violence through the world.
Also, it's spelled "naive".
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Geri in CT @ 64:
Ha! This is hilarious. "He ran a perfect insider campaign, aided and abetter by his staunch Dem machine friends such as Bill Clinton, as well as Karl Rove." Gee, whom did you leave off this list of Joe's Dem machine supporters?????? BARRY Freakin' Obama! Thank you for making my point.
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Zionism is Racism @ 71:
Right on. Without this Land of Make Believe known as Israel, we wouldn't have this mess in the middle east. Gee, I like baseball. I think I'd like to start a homeland. Let's call it Baseballia. Yeah, then we can put it anywhere in the world. Hey, howzabout right smack in the middle of someone else's country? Yeah, then they can go F-off because after all, my baseball bible tells me that I'm 'chosen', and that I should be allowed to start my country right here.
This is what psycho religion gets you. And ALL religions are psycho. Including Barry O'Bama's.
Zionism is Racism @ 73:
I stand by what I said.
where do you get off condemning an entire religion as racist?
Because of Joe Lieberman?...........phffft!
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LIEberman will send his kid off to war he champions for somebody else's kid to fight before he apologizes.
dennis @ 14:
I wasn't 'getting your back' I was commenting on the lieberwhore story. Shrub co. did steal the 2000 election, as I noted in my response @9 and lieberwhore isn't a dem as I stated in response @58.
Pay attention.
I'm sure holy joe is waiting for an apology.
Did any of y'all see that awful movie Popeye with Robin Williams and Shelly Duval? They brought back her family from the comic strip Thimble Theatre: Nana Oyl (mom), Cole Oyl (Dad), and Caster Oyl (brother). Her dad spent all the time insisting someone or another owed him an apology.
Has Cole Oyl become campaign advisor to Obama?
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Jim @ 78:
LOL!!!
Radically Moderate @ 77
WOAH WOAH WOAH! IT IS NOT A RELIGION! Get your facts straight before you start flipping out on me. I have no problem with Judaism as a religion and I believe that Orthodox and reform jews around the world should be allowed to peacefully visit Jerusalem for religious purposes. To think that Israelis have a right to the entire area when the Hebrew people have not actually controlled that area for OVER TWO THOUSAND YEARS is preposterous.
Zionism is an political movement that is not much unlike Apartheid. People had no problem calling Apartheid racist. So why have a problem calling Zionism racist?
BTW for the record I do not agree with Jim's anti-semitic sentiments.
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ysbaddaden @ 81:
Your humor is often hilarious.
But this one is a looooong stretch. Too much work for the joke and no pay off. ;)
Dr. Hussein Matt @ 68:
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Sk8trboi-
Dude, seriously, you really need to quit me. I'm really very boring....married, kids, golf on weekends, watch way too much sports on TV...yada, yada, yada.
Xoite's story on the Open threads is really quite heartwarming and probably the best one I've ever read in almost 3 years here, but please don't get your hopes up that it can happen to you with me.
"Centrist Democrat"? I think Lieberquisling has amply demostrated to us all what the "centrist Democrat" agenda is all about.
Will Lieberquisling apologize? No, of course not. He milked it for what he could gain from it.
Radically Moderate @ 77:
WTF?
An entire religion as racist... Zionism = Judaism?
Zionism is a Nation-State, now a geographical state that allows all races in, particularly if they practice the Jewish faith. So technically that can't be accused of racism, but possibly bigotry.
And as for the Semites, as in anti-semitism, the Palestinians and the Arabs are Semitic too. Iranians and Iraqi, however are Persian.
dennis @ 87:
Daaaayuum Gina!!
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Funny thing about WWII.
The Master Race was attacking the Chosen People who are rescued in effect by the combined effort of the Messianic Nation, and the Vanguard of the People.