"I obviously haven't done it for political reasons," Joe Lieberman

[kentuck]

However, it should be pointed out that those numbers were reversed when Lieberman first came out for the war. It was the politically easy thing to do.
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Lieberman acknowledges his support for the war runs counter to sentiment in Connecticut, where a recent poll found more than 60 percent of voters believe the war is wrong. But he also points to a poll showing just 15 percent of state voters would support a candidate based solely on his position on Iraq.

"On the war, I've done what I thought was right for my country. I obviously haven't done it for political reasons," Lieberman told Reuters.

Calling himself a "proud Democrat," he said, "There is a lot of opposition to the war here but a lot of people I talk to understand that now that we're there we have to end it in a way that doesn't leave a disaster behind."

Lieberman has frustrated Democrats for years on issues beyond Iraq, from his early condemnation of President
Bill Clinton during the 1998 Monica Lewinsky scandal to his recent refusal to support a filibuster against conservative Supreme Court nominee
Samuel Alito.

[billbuckhead]

1. Just remember Joe's sorry performance debating Cheney in 2000

He's still interviewing for Carlyle, Halliburton, GE, one of those defense contractors.

[TahitiNut]

6. Joe's insurance and banking 'sponsors' hold large positions

... in such stocks. It's about corporate cronyism.

[Drum]

2. Joenertia nt

[MrSlayer]

3. It's been a disaster from the start.

How ludicrous is it for him say we shouldn't leave a disaster behind when we brought the disaster about? I'm not saying Hussein's Iraq was a utopia but it wasn't anywhere near this out of control. We have made things far worse and this guy keeps speaking as if we're all idiots. I really hope he gets voted out in the primary.

[pansypoo53219]

4. look at the bright side

we will never EVER have preznit joemental.

[AndyTiedye]

5. Which Country? The USA or Israel?

"On the war, I've done what I thought was right for my country.…"