Lieberman to head pro-McCain 'organization'
By Steve Benen Thursday Jun 05, 2008 12:40pm
It’s hard not to get the sense that Joe Lieberman is just taunting Dems at this point. Lieberman doesn’t want to just burn the bridge to the ground, he wants to pour salt in the earth around the wreckage.
Wednesday, Lieberman joined a conference call coordinated by a right-wing House member to bash Barack Obama. Yesterday, he announced the creation of what he calls a “new grassroots organization,” called, “Citizens for McCain.” From the letter the McCain campaign distributed today (no link available):
Citizens for McCain is an organization within the McCain campaign for people who put country before political party and support the candidate for President who has a proven record of bipartisanship.
As you know, I caucus with the Democrats as a United States Senator and was the Democrat Party’s nominee for Vice-President of the United States against President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
But first and foremost, I am an American. I have an obligation to do what I think is best for our nation regardless of political party.
A couple of things. First, how far gone is Lieberman? In his letter to “fellow McCain supporters,” he uses the far-right, grammatically-wrong construction: “Democrat Party.” Pathetic.
Second, Lieberman calls Citizens for McCain a “new grassroots organization.” It isn’t. In fact, by all appearances, it’s not an organization at all — it’s just a gimmick of the McCain campaign, cooked up to collect money and addresses. Campaigns come up with these gimmicks all the time, but for a sitting senator to announce that he’s the “chair” of a “new grassroots organization,” when there is no actual organization, is pretty ridiculous.
Maybe Obama needs to back him up against another wall.
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People of Connecticut--Impeach him now--please!
This hurts Obama. Lieberman must go.
"There is nothing more that I want than a Democrat in the White House" Lieberman during 2006 debate. I wonder if those asshole Connecticut Dems who voted for this joker believe that he is a fucking liar now. Doubt it.
I'd call Lieberman a Benedict Arnold but I don't want to shame Arnold with the association.
I wonder what kind of excuse Reid is going to use this time? La-who-sah-her.
Bring out the stick! Time for some whupass...
His allegiances and duties certainly do not lay with the people of CT...
How much more transparent can his treachery be?
LIEberman = the ANTIpatriot
What IS his aggenda?
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Seems clear from that that he didn't write that letter. Some McCain drone wrote it and handed it to him to sign.
Too bad Obama didn't REALLY rough him up on Wednesday!
The Democratic Party has been infiltrated by some very not progressive people. Hopefully we can take our Party back from them. They are sneaky.
Thanks a lot, Connecticut.
To Joseph E. Bank Clothiers -
On the occasion of the remembrance of D-Day, Rush Limbaugh just equated anyone on the political left as an enemy of the United States on the same level as the enemy we fight in Iraq.
This was followed by a Rush endorsement of Joseph E. Bank clothing.
You may rest assured that I will never, ever spend another penny in a Joseph E. Bank store. I will encourage my friends and family never to make purchases at your store. I will spread the word, at every opportunity, including on every internet site on which I write, that you support the divisive hate that Limbaugh spews forth.
Joe 'H' has been officially working in McCains campaign for some time, this isnt new news.
Time for all senior democratic senators to step forward and loudly repudiate (and reject) LIEberman.
Orangutan. @ 9:
Joe 'H' is Independent not a Democrat, he was kicked out of the party.
Oil up 9 bucks today. Market crashing.
Time for the gop to act to save corporate with more billions.
w to speak on the oil crises at 2:00.
Wow...LIEberquisling has truly become a turncoat...didn't see THAT one coming! *rolls eyes*
He needs to be fucking oustered from the Democratic Party NOW!
A grassroots organization? What a hoot!
It's hard to imagine ANYONE as far removed from the grass roots as Lieberscum.
FOX is State Sponsored TV @ 2:
I don't see how it hurts Obama. After the election i expect Lieberman will be tossed out of the party.
That picture was SO CLOSE. Why didn't you get them actually kissing?
liberalHUSSEINmoderation @ 16:
Ok...showing my ignorance here...what in tarhooties is a quisling anyway?
McCain knows that after the election he's got no leverage any more. So he's making inroads into ass-kissing the other party. I assume he'd be able to keep his senior positions if he does so.
He's going for broke. Where's the recall, CT?
B
me @ 19:
A little Lieberman-McCain tongue action would really get people's attention.
getalife @ 15:
HA! This oughtta be good! LMAO!!!
"But first and foremost, I am an(Zionist)American. I have an(deranged obsession)obligation to do what I think is best for(my self)our nation regardless of(what happens to my)political party."
But first and foremost, I am an American who puts the interests of Israel before the interests of my country is what should have been printed.....
liberalHUSSEINmoderation @ 20:
Quisling was a Norwegian turncoat in WWII. He headed the nazified government in Norway, and was hanged after the war.
Kick this Bush ass kissing Reslug off any Dem. committee he's on immediately.
Do you see any Democratic party link here !?
He is not a DEMOCRAT
Orangutan. @ 9:
They look much more like just plain old full-blown gutless idiots to me.
If they can't impeach Cheney & Bush, they sure as hell are not going to
do anything about Lieberman.
me @ 25:
My mistake. Vidkun Quisling was shot by firing squad.
ferrofluid (Obama 08) @ 27:
He is outside the Democratic party whip, not a member, an ex Democrat, a Norwegian Blue ex Dem.
to paraphrase Monty Python.
xoites defends Constitution @ 18:
My bad. He is an independant.
Rescind his committee chairs!
cut that weasel prick loose as soon as possible.
he is without worth. his value is 0.
Doug @ 4:
They are both from Connecticut, oddly enough.
me @ 25:
And here I was about to say don't ask "me".
xoites defends Constitution @ 18:
I agree. You can't kick him out now or the Democrats become the minority party in the Senate for the rest of the year. Once they have more than a one person majority, which almost assuredly will be the case after the November election, you kick him out. Of course, he can always change right now and cause the Republicans to assume the majority again but he won't (since that would defeat his "Democrat supporting McCain" ploy.)
black is white, blue is red, people dont read.
So what's the problem Ried? What good is he doing the Democrat (sic) party anyway? More importantly, what can he do to the Democrat (sic) party if you strip him of his committee seats? I doubt he can embarass your ass anymore than he has already.
Richard @ 35:
I guess we both missed his departure. All the more reason to remove his seats on all committees.
Did you know that John McCain is fully disabled and gets a pension for being fully disabled? Did you know John McCain gets Social Security payments? Just like campaign finance reform John McCain cheats the system.
Poor little Joe got his feelings hurt when Gore refused to endorse him so now he's spending the rest of his life getting REVENGE....................AAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA..............I'll show that democrat party.
i hate lieberman
but the dems are responsible for enabling this fuck.
i have posted this many times for months now, and still it remains that lieberman is:
Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
lieberman has chosen not to be a dem, but the dems choose to let lieberman run roughshod over them.
pinkobait @ 34:
HA! Good one pinkobait!
And I thank you, me!
Can you say QUISLING !!!!!! ? WHAT A WORTHLESS SACK !
getalife @ 15:
Whew!!! So everything will be ok then .....
Richard @ 35:
this is not a good reason. nevermind that lieberman sides with the rethugs, but to willingly let someone blackmail the party is not an acceptable excuse.
ferrofluid (Obama 08) @ 30:
He is probably from the Silly Party or, possibly the Very Silly Party.
me @ 19:
there wasn't a bathroom nearby.
DC @ 39:
Nobody mentioned the Social Security payments after he released his tax returns. I wondered about that. I realize you can work after "retirement" but I thought you could only make so much money. How is he doing this?
I like how Joe managed to spin a guy who joined Keating in ripping off old people into an activist.
what is his AGENDA?
what does he want?
What are his goals?
and I ask:
WHO does he work for?
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being an independent is fine but he is a neocon want a be.....bush is going to push like hell to get that permanent tax cuts we can't have it
Well... at least now we know what they (Obama and Lieberman) were talking about: Put up or shut up.
Looks as if Lieberman gets to write his own epitaph for his affiliation with the Democrats.
earl @ 44:
Well, he wants Congress to extend tax cuts for the wealthy and make it permanent.
Drill, drill, drill and named a new housing secretary after foreclosures are 1.5 million. 4 months of job losses and still spews it is an economic slowdown.
Politics as usual.
karl @ 51:
wannabe?
Now the question must be asked and answered: "How do the voters of Ct. feel now?"
Can Liberman be expelled from the Deomocratic party? He should be.
Is he actually going to be supporting the Republican candidate John McBush? If the democrats can't expell him, then he should be marginalized as much as possible.
He is little more than a Republican plant within the Deomocratic party trying to dfamage it from within.
getalife @ 53:
getalife @ 15:
Whew!!! So everything will be ok then .....
Thanks. I actually get ill listening to the little douchebag talk.
Nice to see his policies have evolved with the times.
Lieberman has about as much class a turd in a pool.
I know why they don't cut him loose from his committee chairmanship but I think the Dems should hold their nose and GET HIM THE FUCK AWAY FROM ANYTHING relating to the Democratic majority privileges. NOW, damn it!!! He is a traitor.
An Other Greek @ 50:
I think he's looking to be part of another loosing ticket as the VP candidate.
He will pull out Obama's support / endorsement of him during his Senate run.
What an ASS.
I say, let him go... And good riddance!
earl @ 44:
Oil rises to $145 at 2:05pm
Does anyone know for certainty? What does it require or take for Reid and the
other Dem Senator to remove LIEberman from his chairmanship of the Homeland
Securities Committee?
By showing his true colors, there is absolutely no reason as to why LIEberman should
be permitted to serve in any capacity on any committee.
xoites defends Constitution @ 54:
yup........i'm not to swift
karl @ 62:
I was not correcting your spelling. :)
BIGBONEDED @ 43:
Joe 'H' more Heydrich than Quisling,
going by his love affair with Rev. Hagee (who wrote "Hitler was good for the Jews" and "Jews dont have human souls")
Rat Jumps ON to Sinking Ship!
A historical first.
wonder if lieberman has dual citizenship with israel?
ferrofluid (Obama 08) @ 60:
Mission Accomplished!
Monie Hussen @ 1:
they cant too busy running the elderly down in the streets
xoites defends Constitution @ 54:
Give xoites a break. He was away for a couple weeks.
xoites defends Constitution @ 63:
got it... like i was saying i'm not to swift with the spelling public schools.....thanks
When an American politician of the Jewish faith, who has a wife descended from a holocaust survivor family,
actively sucks up to a anti semtic xtian fundie like Hagee, then the politico has serious mental problems.
or no morals at all.
Was it just me or did bush look a little stranger than ususal today when he began to speak?
Okay, that picture of those two in that embrace is creepy.
Flipflop McSame! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/06/mccain-supports-bushs-war_n_105...
earl @ 67:
its reported that oil will be $150 a barrel next month.
An Other Greek @ 7:
He's gambling on the GOP staying in control, and if not...he'll apologize and say he was only joking and really is a Democrat
You just know that if Reid should do anything against Joe, he will instantly become a GOP martyr, like poor Gov. Casey of Pa., who will be forever until the end of time be invoked as a victim of those hate-filled evil intolerant liberals. The GOP will do the same thing for Joe, count on it.
A person called in to c-span's Washington Journal this morning and suggested that Obama should pick Lieberman for his veep. The hosts on that show usually don't say anything no matter how weird the caller's message may be. But when that caller suggested that, the host said, "Are you serious?"
karl @ 51:
George Bush will see Jesus before he sees those tax cuts made permanent.
pissed off patricia @ 72:
I wish the various GOP politicos would go hire a hotel room for an hour or follow Craigs method.
The Senate, when properly run, is a very powerful institution. It brought down the Nixon juggernaut.
But that was then and this is now.
The Republicans got Gray Davis recalled in California is there a way the Connecticut voters can recall Lieberman?
ferrofluid (Obama 08) @ 74:
And part of the analysis includes this little trivial nugget:
"Israel said an attack on Iranian nuclear sites is unavoidable, and according to Flynn, geopolitical tensions in the region also pushed the price of oil higher.
Another caller this morning called in to Washington Journal and suggested that McCain should pick Larry Craig for his veep. The host had to try really hard to keep from laughing.
It's really quite a gamble on Senator Lieberman's part. If Sen. McCain loses in the Fall, Sen. Lieberman will be lucky to be put in charge of the Senate cloakroom.
He's made himself radioactive to all but John McCain.
earl @ 82:
Yeah, I think that was the main reason oil spiked today. There was one report that the US had okayed such an attack by Israel. Whether that is true, I don't know.
Need some help here.
I live at the east end of the range the flyboys from the Whidbey Island Naval Base use for their flight range. Been an unusually high amount of activity the last few days. Anybody seeing anything on the radar screen for increased military activity?
How do know mccain and his wife ain't like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7DFRTbpmNo
Ruthless People @ 81:
I thought most politicians never recall.
John McCain is fully disabled and gets a pension for being fully disabled?
And he deserves every dime of it.
I despise McCain's politics, his lack of principle, his marital history -- nearly everything about the man revolts me.
But he served honorably, was hideously tortured as a POW (that's why he's disabled),
endured a long convalscence, and courageously lives a normal life despite deep scarring, constant pain, and crippling deformities resulting from that torture.
Say anything else you want about McCain, I don't care.
But sneer at his disability, his service, or his physical problems and you're scum.
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He's gambling on the GOP staying in control, and if not...he'll apologize and say he was only joking and really is a Democrat
And when Obama wins the election, and both the House and Senate remain under
Dem control, they can then tell LIEberman that he is neither a Dem or Independent,
and is really just a big pile of shit and consequently they are flushing him down the
toilet with the other crap.
It's past time for the Democratic party to strip him of his chairmanship, and toss his dumb ass out of the party.
When you campaign for the opposition, you shouldn't be welcomed to stay.
There is no way to recall a US Senator.
Otherwise we Californians would be organizing to recall Dianne Feinstein (R-Big$)
Liberal AND Proud @ 75:
THEN can we punch him in the goozle?
And if Lieberman ends up McCain's running mate, and by some miracle, McCain wins.......who do you think Lieberman would caucus with? The answer is easy. Why does he still hold the chairmanship of the Homeland Security committee??? Hellloooooo.....calling Harry Reid......wake the f$#% up!!
"Wednesday, Lieberman joined a conference call coordinated by a right-wing House member to bash Barack Obama. Yesterday, he announced the creation of what he calls a “new grassroots organization,” called, “Citizens for McCain.” From the letter the McCain campaign distributed today (no link available):"
OF course there is no link available. Those evil liberal blogging net maniacs would hack Lieberman's site!
Doggiebobo @ 61:
He can be chairman of the committee to kiss my ass!
Liberal AND Proud @ 78:
i thought he claimed to talk with jesus...that was probably on the phone or via internetsss