During Senate Debate, Lieberman Accuses War Vet Warner Of Not Supporting The Troops

[RedEarth]

During Senate Debate, Lieberman Accuses War Vet Warner Of Not Supporting The Troops
Yesterday on the Senate floor, Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and John Warner (R-VA) had a testy exchange over their Iraq resolutions, during which Lieberman claimed that the difference between his pro-escalation resolution and Warner’s anti-escalation resolution is that “ours is a statement of support to our troops.”

Warner responded, “I forcefully argue that ours is in support of the troops, and there is no suggestion that one is less patriotic than the other.” But Lieberman insisted, “One is not less patriotic than the other, but actions have consequences, as I said during my remarks. For the Senate to take this unprecedented action on a nonbinding resolution to disavow, disapprove a mission that our troops are being asked to carry out right now cannot help their morale.”

Transcript:

WARNER: I thank the presiding officer. My question to my good friend and colleague is as follows: this debate is well underway. The plans are being discussed. I just inquired at the desk, and the McCain resolution is not filed. Yet, I understood you to say it had been filed. Could you help clarify for the Senate the position on that.

LIEBERMAN: I’d be happy to very briefly. The resolution Senator McCain and I and others have has been prepared, and I gather it has been the subject of negotiation between Senator Reid and Senator McConnell.

WARNER: But it’s not part of the record, so –

LIEBERMAN: No, no, that’s right. The debate going on now is obviously on the —

WARNER: I’ve always been very carefully, I feel very strongly that the Senate should work its will on facts that are out in the open, and I have filed my resolutions one after another at the desk, so all senators can have the benefit. Is that a possibility that we could have the benefit of this resolution?

LIEBERMAN: My dear friend, it’s more than a possibility. It’s a promise.

WARNER: At what time might the promise be executed?

LIEBERMAN: Well, there are copies of it around now, and we’ll get you one. They were publicly distributed on Thursday of last week.

WARNER: I’d be glad to give you my copy, but I’d feel presumptuous for me to address it unless it is properly before the senate.

LIEBERMAN: I thank my friend. The difference, of course, is that ours is as nonbinding as yours, but ours is a statement of support to our troops and benchmarks to the Iraqis.

WARNER: Madam president, I’m clearly — what I’ve read is correct. But I assure you that I forcefully argue that ours is in support of the troops, and there is no suggestion that one is less patriotic than the other, if i may say to my dear friend.

LIEBERMAN: One is not less patriotic than the other, but actions have consequences, as I said during my remarks. For the Senate to take this unprecedented action on a nonbinding resolution to disavow, disapprove a mission that our troops are being asked to carry out right now cannot help their morale.

watch the video here..........

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/06/warner-lieberman/

[iconoclastic cat]

1. What a twat. nt

[caligirl]

2. So LIEbermini is Bush's guard dog in the senate. Strip him of his roles.

Its his comments and feuding that are hurting the troops.

[demnan]

3. The people of Connecticut should be sorry

they voted this monster back in. He is more pro-war than my Right Wing Virginia Senator and you know that he doesn't reflect the wishes of the people in his state.

[goforit]

4. My comeback to little Joe.....Supporting the troops,eh? You're murdering them!

[Norquist Nemesis]

12. He's utilizing them as human shields. n/t

[no_hypocrisy]

5. The Senate has truly become The Theatre of the Absurd. n/t

[Larkspur]

6. Was Warner in a war movie?

If not, that could be why "8-Deferrment" Lieberman accused war Vet Warner of not supporting the troops.

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. I saw that yesterday. Lieberman is such an ass. I forgot...how many years did Joe serve in the

military? What a bastard. I never thought I'd see the day where I would be defending JOHN WARNER over Lieberman. Has hell frozen over and no one told me?;)

[fooj]

11. I'm ready to give Judas Joe his scarlet "R" ...

He'll NEVER vote with us. What a joke that was. I say force the SOB out. Take away his Chairmanship.

We hold the majority and it didn't matter yesterday. I say...CUT THE RAT BASTARD LOOSE!

[orleans]

13. see my post #10

and yeah, baby! it's cold outside...

[Norquist Nemesis]

8. ARGH! Toss this schmuck into the Potomac!!

:grr: Gee, thanks Joe! Thanks alot!!! You've just single handedly given the Cons a talking point for the future. I can hear it now..."Democrats accused Senator Warner... a decorated veteran, a former Undersecretary of Defense, a WAR HERO of not supporting the troops! How dare they!!! Senator Warner is one of the most patriotic men in the country who has laid his life on the line to preserve our Freedoms! How dare the Democrat Party stoop so low for partisan political gains."

Next up, YouTube. :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh:

[Virginia Dare]

9. I have no sympathy for Warner...

He's as big a ditherer as any of them. He sat on his ass for six years while this debacle unfolded. He's an asshat, and so is Lieberman.

[orleans]

10. let's compare

"Lieberman never served in the military. A spokesperson told the Hartford Courant in 1994 that Lieberman received an educational deferment from the Vietnam War draft when he was an undergraduate and law student from 1960-67. Upon graduating from law school at 25, Lieberman qualified for a family deferment as he was already married and had one child, Matt"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lieberman#Personal_life



"Warner was born and grew up in Washington, D.C. and attended the elite St. Albans School there. His parents were John W. and Martha Budd Warner. He enlisted in the United States Navy during World War II in January 1945, shortly before his 18th birthday. He served until the following year, leaving as a Petty Officer 3rd Class. He went to college at Washington and Lee, where he was a member of ΒΘΠ, graduating in 1949; he then entered the University of Virginia's Law School."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Warner


let's see....warner has first hand experience supporting troops because he was one...and joe? what the hell could his agenda be? (like we have to even wonder...)