Lieberman drops

[Fixated]

AP reporting, no link yet.

[Robin Hood]

1. Aboutfuckingtime.

Too bad Dean doesn't take the hint as well.

[CatWoman]

16. that's just plain mean LG

The Dems didn't start speaking up until Dean led the way.

And for that, I'll be eternally grateful.

[Robin Hood]

20. I hear you.

But I am afraid that Dean will pull a Nader on us, as he is switching his message to the "there's no difference between Bush and Kerry" mantra. And that just gives me bad flashbacks of 2000. I will be livid if he or nader throw the vote in 04.

[Demonaut]

25. Joe just expected the nomination was his by right of the earlier run

He just would not accept reality

[Robin Hood]

29. Lieberman blew it in the debate against Chenney.

When that twisted lipped walking heart attack said that he never made a dime off the government and Lieberman let him get aw3ay with it even though that fat fucker had been in public office screwing US for most of his life.

That was inexcusable. The ball was set up perfectly for him to kick it through the goal but he walked back to the bench. And now he wanted to go for the grand prize? yeah right?!! Buy a clue joe.

[Cronus Protagonist]

43. Now now, that's in bad taste

You can get threads locked for posting things like that you know.

"FUCK Bush" Buttons, Stickers & Magnets

[Beetwasher]

2. Good

Stay in the Senate Joe and try to do some good there.

[alittlelark]

6. No, leave the senate and support a REAL DEM

for your vacated position.

[Snazzy]

3. Happy dance

AP Bulletin

The Associated Press
Tuesday, February 3, 2004; 8:54 PM


WASHINGTON - Sen. Joe Lieberman abandons presidential race, Democratic official says.

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[DS1]

10. OMG

HAHAHAH

Dude, you just cleared out my sinus infection!

[bleedingheart]

15. snort!

that was bad but funny...but bad..
hahahahaha

[disgruntled_goat]

5. apparently all his "Joe-mentum"

is not the same as actual success.
riddance!

[bleedingheart]

17. perhaps if he ate enough greens he could get his jomentum going

hahahah

[UpInArms]

7. I can now throw away

my closepin that I would have needed had he gotten the nomination.

[Maeve]

8. link

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=2&u=/ap/20040204/ap_on_el_pr/lieberman

[Catherine Vincent]

9. Well, that's too bad.

In a way I feel bad for him. But he's still a democrat and I will always support him in the Senate.

[Zero Gravitas]

11. goodbye Joe

go away & don't come back!

[Raenelle]

12. OK, sigh of relief, now I'm for ABB

[pinto]

13. he's making his exit speech now, hope he supports Dem candidate

[pinto]

14. little dig at Dean, but promises to support candidate

[wuushew]

18. Where are his numerous apologists?

I am waiting.

[Kitsune]

19. Hooray

Now he can stop going on CNN and saying "Well, I think Mr. B*sh is doing a fantastic job, and invading Iraq was a just and wonderful thing, and everything is great...but vote for me anyway."

[Fovea]

21. Sad for Joe

Happy for our Party.

Joe could have been working for his and Gore's re-election effort, if he had all the moral starch he represents himself as having. In the end, he and Al let themselves be whipped by a bunch of brownshirts on dope. Yes, we would have had a gen-u-ine constitutional crisis, but what are we having now?

Sorry Joe, I would have voted for you, if and only if you had been my only choice besides * or Nader. And as the quasi official candidate of the DLC, again it is good to see you decide to quit. You've got soul Joe, so search it. Make that moral rectitude count in the Senate, go give the bastids hell.

[AlFrankenFan]

22. Poor Joe

Though he wasn't even near my first choice, I still know it's a difficult thing to decide, and he's had a good run.

[rexcat]

23. As much as I don't like Lieberman...

he did show some class giving up is run for the presidency.

[Manix]

24. Don't let the door hit you on the way out Joe !!!!

nt

[Arugula Latte]

26. Now that Joe is no longer officially a candidate...

are we allowed to say nasty things about him in GD and elsewhere without getting our knuckles rapped by the mod ruler?

[Voltaire99]

27. Clearly not the "mainstream" candidate he pretends to be

Were he not so far to the right of the mainstream, he might have won a vote or two.

Good riddance, pathetic man!

[paulthompson]

28. Joementum

Joementum ought to be in the dictonary as the opposite of momentum. He started high in the polls due to the name recognition, and went steadily down, down, down as people learned more about him.

[Enjolras]

32. Andy Borowitz

wrote in his online column that Lieberman's campaign was going "Joewhere".

[mac56]

36. Jon Stewart

reported last week that Lieberman was getting "Joe Blown Off".

[FredScuttle]

44. and now it's.....

JOEver

[RFKHumphreyObama]

30. I don't particularly like Lieberman and he wouldn't have been

my choice for President but I must concede that I am stunned and amazed at the level of hatred and vitriol directed against him by some (not all) DU'ers on this particular thread. Sure, Joe was a little too right wing on foreign policy and defense issues for my liking. And, sure, I didn't appreciate some his statements and actions during the 2000 presidential election and during this presidential nomination season. But yet I am at a loss to comprehend where this vitriol and hatred toward Lieberman comes from.

Say what you like about Lieberman but he is much more progressive on social and economic issues than quite a few of the Senators and House Members that presently represent the Democratic Party -Zell Miller and John Breaux come to mind. And, unlike Zell and some of the California Democrats, he's never sold out the party and gone over to endorse the dark side. He’s remained totally loyal to his party and his principles throughout the years –which takes a considerable amount of courage, commitment and dedication. We may not agree with some of his principles but he has a whole lot more honour and integrity than people like Miller –who claim to be Democrats and then sell the nation out to Bush

Some people on previous threads throughout the last year have accused Lieberman of being racist. Where does that come from? He probably has the most progressive record on civil rights than all the candidates combined –and BTW, was the only one with the courage and valour to campaign for civil rights in the Deep South during the 1960s. He’s also accused of being an ultra-conservative mouthpiece of the Sharon government when in reality his statements and policies on the Middle East were somewhere to the left of Dean’s.

As I said, Joe is not my candidate of choice. But he’s not the evil right wing Republican that some of you make him out to be. I have heard more negative comments about Lieberman than I have about Cheney or half the other figures in the Republican Party. He’s a Democrat. He may not be an ideal Democrat but I’ll take him over Zell Miller any day

Good luck Joe. You weren't suited for the presidency but you've made a great Senator and I wish you a wonderful career for years to come

[wuushew]

31. Joe Lieberman was a significant factor in the outcome of election 2000

Which allowed the Bush kabal into power and which in turn has caused the death of thousands of innocent lives and economic dispare for millions. As he is politician I feel I am free to criticize him on whatever I feel until at which point he becomes citizen Liberman.

Bush is enemy and supporting a candidate who is concilatory towards such fascism is quite unacceptable.(This includes Gephardt). Kerry has also made stupid remarkds but his character flaws have more to do with yellow streaks of political expediency. As the pendelum in American politics has swung so far to the right the only way to regain equilibrium is an opposite or greater push towards the left. Compromise is unacceptable. I want angry democrats which Joe was not. Compromise. DLC, Clintonialism have done nothing to slow the attack of the rabid right. Finally it is possible that Lieberman is really not that nice of guy at all based on what I hear about his 1988 Senate campaign. Certainly I have taken the time to review his comments regarding the Clinton impeachment and his own campaign comments since 2000.

[Piperay]

33. Farewell Joe

and all the best! (I will not kick a man while he is down)

[Snappy]

34. A good person.

He shouldn't have cluttered up the candidate field. His ideas were out in right field and old hat.

[Herschel]

35. Lieberman was the best choice

This is a decent man with moderate views, pragmatic on foreign affairs.

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[Blitz]

41. Ah, the old dual-loyalty slur

That never gets old, does it?

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[GreyV]

37. Lieberman ...

Lieberman was more to the right than Bush if that's possible, especially when it came to his views on middle east affairs and American foreign policy in general. His proposed middle east policy and ideas how to deal with those "stupid Europeans" made neoconservatives look like bunch of pacifists and Ghandi followers. He ain't nothing but a neoconservative pretending to be a democrat. Good riddance!

[myomy]

38. Did you notice how silent it was when he hit following the “drop”?

.

[twilight]

40. no loss that I can see

Glad he's gone. Never cared for Joe Lieberman or his politics on any level. Bye-bye Joe! Have a good life (what's left of it that is!). :evilgrin:



DENNIS J. KUCINICH FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004!!!

:dem: :kick:

[edzontar]

45. Tell me how Joe is all that much more conservative than Kerry

or Edwards...


Voted for IWR, like Kerry/Edwards.

Supported USAPatriot, like Kerry/Edwards

Supported No Child Left Behind, like Kerry (and Edwards????)

Supported Nafta, like Kerry.

If anything, Joe was more consistent and less wishy washy than the currenr front-runner.

I never could have supported him, but wish him no ill.