Lieberman officially declares war against Democrats

[Larkspur]

Lieberman hires GOP pollster
http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2906

Also at Daily Kos http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/8/18/163434/224

Joe Lieberman, who has bemoaned the fact that Ned Lamont is going to be hurting Democrats in the other competitive races in Connecticut by running is actually going to be sharing polling data with other Connecticut GOP candidates! What's going to destroy Democrats chances in other races in Connecticut is the 300 lbs gorilla Lieberman campaign spending untold dollars on polling data that will help the GOP, a GOP voter focused GOTV effort and a Cheneyesque theme that Democrats can't keep the nation safe!

SNIP

[Arugula Latte]

1. He is beyond disgusting.

All the ugly things that were said about Lieberman have proved to be TRUE, and then some.

It's like Bush -- we couldn't imagine how fucking evil he'd turn out to be. Same with this piece of crap. :grr:

[liberalhistorian]

3. I wonder what all of his

(ahem) DU apologists have to say for themselves now?

[Name removed]

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[Cha]

4. That was the truth being told about

joe..everybody just thought it was Ugly!

This picture grosses me out but I think it needs to be seen over and over like that VW Bug with "The Kiss" on top, following lieman around in the primary.

[Arugula Latte]

6. "The Look of Love Is In Your Eyes"

:puke:

[Cha]

10. A look your smile..

can't disguise~ The look of love is saying so much more than just words could ever say~ And what my ...


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[Jim Sagle]

28. What will Condi think?

:D

[derby378]

2. And Harry Reid is going to let him keep his committee appointments?!?

Our tolerance for this bullshit evaporated a long time ago...

[Supersedeas]

11. the forturne of Dems nationwide may depend on REID'S stand!!!

[depakid]

14. Better hope not

Reid's been nothing but a disappointment and failure as majority leader.

[liberalhistorian]

5. Lord Lieberman of Nutmegshire

strikes again! :mad: :mad: :puke:

[dolstein]

8. Seeing how the Democratic pollster he hired . . .

for the primary did a sh***y job, this wouldn't surprise me.

By the way, simply because you hire a pollster who also represents other candidates doesn't mean that your polling data is shared with those candidates. I wouldn't expect other people to know this, but candidates pay good money for their polling data, and no self-respecting pollster of either party would share internal polling data with other candidates without their client's consent.

[TankLV]

9. "no self-respecting pollster" - you can stop right there.

If he's a repuke - there never was any self respect, AND you can expect the WORST of them...

NEVER.
EVER.
TRUST.
A.
REPUKE.
PERIOD.

[dolstein]

12. Do you trust Jim Jeffords?

He was a Republican until a few years ago. And while he left the Republican Party (an act of political treason far worse than anything Joe Lieberman has committed), he never joined the Democratic Party. What does that say about him?

[Nite Owl]

15. Since he chose to caucus

with the dems it says he was more of a democrat than a republican. Same with nomojoe, he is moee of a republican than a democrat. I don't beleive he will caucus with the dems and hope he doesn't have the chance to prove it.

[CrushTheDLC]

16. I always figured it "said" that Jeffords despised the neocon PNAC agenda.

Doesn't make him a Democrat, but it does make him likely to vote against that shit. Unlike Indy Joe, who voted FOR it, even when he was calling himself a Democrat.

[lyonn]

31. Jeffords caught on real quick with the bush bunch and bailed

[dolstein]

33. Nice revisionist history

At least from contemporaneous reports, he bolted primarily because of a dispute over special education funding.

[newspeak]

35. BINGO!!!

Jeffords saw the writing on the wall. He was against these PNAC miscreants and went independent. Which says a lot about Jeffords-that he had enough integrity and conscience to be against those who have no integrity or conscience. Wasn't it Lieberman who influenced Gore not to press the election results? I'm just asking cause I heard he had a hand in allowing the Bush ascendency. of course, there were other dems who didn't stand with the Black caucus on questioning the 2000 election--look where we are now!!!!

[The Magistrate]

39. Useful, Sir, But Not Trustworthy, Is My View

With turn-coats and double agents of any sort, it is a real challenge to assess where the balance of their treacheries and divided allegiances actually lies....

[TankLV]

41. Not in any way shape or form.

He's a repuke at heart.

He's no longer supporting dem causes when it counts, only when he's sure to "lose".

The repukes - from collins on down - do that all the time.

NEVER.
EVER.
TRUST.
A.
REPUKE.

NEVER.

[Monk06]

21. Self respecting pollster?

Compared to pollsters prostitutes are paragons
of discretion. They charge for sex but manage to
maintain their dignity. Pollsters however cannot
make the same claim.

[izzie]

13. The ego of this man is beyond help. All about Joe

This is just what the Dem. do not want. And God help him if he gets in with all this GOP help, They will not care once the elections is over. The man has no class at all.

[Totally Committed]

17. Well, there ya go! How disgusting is that????

Harry Reid should be stripping him of every committe assignment he holds. EVERY ONE. He is no longer a Democrat... AND now he is sharing information with the enemy.

Unbelieveable.

I'm calling Reid's office tomorrow about this. It's an outrage.

TC

[Mr_Spock]

18. I hate Joe Lieberman

He needs to retire before it's too late.

[dsc]

19. That could well cost us the House

we have three competative races there.

[bvar22]

20. It has been clear since 2000,

The DLC and their paid puppets would rather see a Republican win a seat than a Progressive Democrat.
The DLC and the Republicans work for the same people.

[Lerkfish]

22. precisely. the DLC are neocon moles in the democratic party, IMHO

they spend more time attacking other democrats in the press than anything else.

[democrank]

23. Well, isn`t that special. What`s next?

A tour around Connecticut in Bush`s limousine caravan?

[pazuzu]

24. If Bush has such a low approval rating in CT,

why in frig is Liebersnake polling at 53%?! They both have the same agenda.

[Olney Blue]

25. Good question.

Hi pazuzu- welcome to DU!

:hi:

[Larkspur]

26. That is the key to defeating Lieberman in the general election

Keep tying Lieberman to Bush. Lamont started doing this after Lieberman parroted Dick Cheney's line that Democratic voters support Al Queda when they voted for Lamont.

Don't worry the Kiss-mobile will continue haunting Lieberman on the campaign trail.

[xxqqqzme]

29. can someone direct me to a picture

of the 'kiss mobile'? I was off-line during that time and missed the image. I did a google image search and got nothing but 17 videos of 'The Kiss'.

[Larkspur]

37. Here's the Kiss float on his maiden voyage through Willimantic CT

in the July 4 Boombox Parade http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1880 .

Watch the video of the creator of the famous “Kiss” float that followed Sen. Lieberman at Willimantic’s Boombox parade at bottom of this diary.

[quiet.american]

36. Was thinking the same thing. My theory: Repubs + Lieb Dems = high #s

I think the crossover of CT Repubs joining with those Dems who voted for Holy Joe is giving him a lead in the polls.

Dems in CT who are backing this guy now find themselves in the position of holding hands with the Kool-Aid drinkers who still think "Lawless" Bush is swell.

[The Magistrate]

40. It Is In The Assumption On Your Part, Sir, They Have The Same Agenda

That the difficulty lies.

They do not have the same agenda, and certainly do not strike many Connecticut voters, who do not approve of Bush but seem ready just now to vote again for Lieberman, as having the same agenda.

Some of the items that move a number of people here to state these two are identical in aim instead strike Connecticut voters as evidence Lieberman sticks to his principles and displays independence, traits that have wide resonance in New England lore particularly.

[laylah]

27. Answer please!

Does this weasel still hold any positions of merit within the Democratic Congress?

[pazuzu]

30. Of course he does!

The Democratic leaders in Congress are legendary for their spineless, walking-on-eggshells approach to EVERYTHING. They surely won't UPSET or OFFEND him, lest he slither back in for a 4th term.

[Eric J in MN]

32. Where did "mcjoan" get that Lieberman will be sharing data...

...with GOP candidates?

[dolstein]

34. I think she pulled that info out of Kos's ass

Sadly, most of the people who read these blogs don't actually know how campaigns work. Any pollster who shared polling info without their client's consent would be fired. The polling data is proprietary information that the client has paid for. Disseminating that information without permission is theft.

[MercutioATC]

38. This is perhaps the only time you'll see me agree with dolstein...

...at least on anything Lieberman...


Polling data is paid for and is the property of whomever pays. If Lieberman pays for polls, they're not going to be shared with anybody else.

This is a completely fabricated issue.