Lieberman: I Won't Leave Democratic Party

[babsbunny]

http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-lieberman0905.artsep05,0,2635507.story

[bigwillq]

1. He just abandoned it.

:mad:

[Telly Savalas]

11. Just?

He abandoned it back in 2006 when he ignored the decision of plurality of Democratic primary voters who voted against him.

[bigwillq]

12. No, I meant

he didn't leave it, he just abandoned it. By ignoring us and siding with the GOPuke.

[lonestarnot]

2. Fine! We'll just have to oust Droopy Dog then!

[young_at_heart]

3. Al Gore's biggest mistake

I never understood back then why he chose such an unappealing man!

[Behind the Aegis]

5. Things were much different 8 years ago.

Also, Gore was trying to distance himself from Clinton.

[lapfog_1]

23. Gore made a calculated decision regarding Florida

He figured that the significant Jewish vote in Florida would be enough to secure the state for the ticket and that would win him the presidency. He was absolutely correct... except that bastards stole it.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

53. Lieberman was an excellent tactical choice at the time.

Without him the election probably wouldn't have been so close.

[bluestateguy]

4. He won't leave because he can be more annoying as a Democrat on paper

If he switches, he is just one Republican among many. He's more unique, though, as an "independent" Democrat who votes with the Republicans on every issue that matters.

[Vinca]

56. You nailed it. He would no longer be the Republican pet rock. nt

[rwheeler31]

6. Go already.

[tularetom]

7. Me to Loserman: The Democratic Party will be the judge of that, asshole.

[Caliman73]

39. Exactly

The moment we get the seats we need for a solid Democratic majority he can go caucus himself in the bathroom.

[izquierdista]

8. If it's such a big tent

Can't he be tied to some big tent peg on the outside?

[mamalone]

9. Why does he want to stay????

Seriously... what is he thinking? Won't he be pretty much stripped of any control or power within the party? What would be his motivation for staying?

[Eric J in MN]

25. Maybe he wants to be a Senator for another term after this one.

If he joins the Republican Caucus, then the voters will kick him out of office in the next election.

If he stays in the Democratic Caucus, maybe he'll keep winning his Senate elections.

[CatWoman]

28. DING, DING, DING, DING!!!

Give Eric a cigar :)

[mamalone]

30. So they'll re-elect him even though he is a Dem in name only?

If they are so set on having a Dem (which I certainly understand) you'd think someone would challenge him for the seat... and it seems like it would be pretty easy pickin's after his recent behavior. I'm not intentionally being obtuse- I really don't understand.

[Eric J in MN]

35. We can try again in 2012 to replace Lieberman with a Democrat...

...but he won once running as an independent and might win again that way.

Further associating himself with the Republicans by joining their caucus would probably make him easier to defeat.

[mamalone]

36. Yes, I would think that's very true.

Personally I cannot bear to even watch him speak for more than an instant or two. The mama in me has the urge to say, "I can't understand you when you use your whiny voice," ;)

[bedazzled]

55. i thought the only reason he "won" the last time is because thugs voted for him

now if they choose to run a "real thug" next
time -- it'd be the unemployment line for
the enchanting mr. lie-berman...

[TransitJohn]

10. He's not in the Democratic Party.

He's in the Senate Democratic Caucus. Big difference.

[Lasher]

15. Right, he already left.

He's doing what he always has done, playing both ends against the middle. If McShithead wins he'll get an influential job in the new administration, possibly Secretary of Defense. If Obama wins he'll remind us of all the kissy kissy lies like this, hoping we'll be stupid enough to forgive and forget when it comes time to organize the new Senate in January.

[louis c]

21. Conn. Dems threw him out

[rurallib]

32. He's in the Connecticut for Lieberman party or some such shit.

Which has thrown him out also - but that's another story.

[ColbertWatcher]

13. Sounds like he may be regretting that time when he betrayed the people of Connecticut. n/t

[DCKit]

22. The election or most of his votes since?

He's a serial abuser.

[ColbertWatcher]

27. The election. He saw how dignified Hillary was about not being the nominee...

... and had no idea that it was possible to lose an election and not be an asshole.

Like all authoritarians, he lacked imagination and class.

He regrets being a sell-out.

[ladjf]

14. Perhaps he means that would never voluntarily leave the Democratic Party.

[BrklynLiberal]

16. I thought he already did..when he ran as an Independent after the Dem primary didn't give him the

votes to run as a Democrat in Conn.

[B Calm]

my thoughts too. . . .

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

17. The reality of things...

May well be, finally, out of his hands. I would hope that the Dems have the grit to dump his sorry ass at the exactly best time, for them, and to make it as painful, messy and personally and professionally embarrassing for The Silly Little Man as they can. And then make it worse.

The worst thing you can be is disloyal to those who have been loyal to you. He has been disloyal to the Dems in general and Obama in particular. The truth of The Silly Little Man's character has been exposed for all to see. It is now time for the accounting.

[WePurrsevere]

18. We need a nice big majority in November, that would essentially castrate him.

n/t

[louis c]

19. The Dems in Conn. kicked Joe the f@#k out

[Bobbie Jo]

20. Someone call security and have this intruder removed.

Preferably physically. x(

[adamuu]

24. turncoat son-of-a-bitch. n/t

[Canuckistanian]

26. Too late, asshole

You were FIRED in 2006.

Deal with it.

[tsuki]

29. He doesn't have to. The Democratic voters of Conn threw him out.

He's an Independent.

[arthritisR_US]

31. ah Joe, when you try the door lock to the Democratic Party, the locks will have been changed. n/t

[Arugula Latte]

33. Yeah, well you'll leave when we tar and feather you and drag you through the streets of DC

by your wrinkly old scrotum, Traitor Joe.

[ejbr]

34. Bitch, we already kicked you to the curb! What the fuck are you on?

liebershit

[Dover]

37. Lieberman's main allegiance is to Israel

and the Israel hardliner's lobby has obviously made their choice (and it ain't Obama).

http://electioncenter.military.com/2008/07/lieberman-touts.html


Lieberman: `Time for Israel to Act` Against Iran
http://www.israelenews.com/view.asp?ID=2942

[Behind the Aegis]

48. 39 posts!

That has to be a new record for spewing anti-Semitic bullshit about Lieberman. Congrats.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

38. If I had gone over to the enemy to support their candidate, I wouldn't have the nerve that Joe has

I'd be just too frickin' embarrassed.

[calimary]

40. I think we're WAY past that, joe.

Didn't you do that when you started actively stumping for john mcsame? Didn't you do that when you refused to accept defeat when Ned Lamont beat you fair and square in the Connecticut Democratic primary in '06? Didn't you do that when you decided bush's war was more important than not just your party but your country?

[myrna minx]

41. He already left the party for the exciting Connecticut for Lieberman party, whose fever is sweeping

the nation. :eyes:

[Larkspur]

51. Lieberman initiated the CT for Lieberman party but he never got it formally created

with the Secretary of State. It was the Lamont supporters who did the paperwork after they hijacked that party so that Lieberman could not use it or create another party with his name on it.

[DianeG5385]

42. Joe is NO DEM!!! He left when he lost the Dem primary in 2006

And persisted in his lust for power by becoming an Independent and defeated the Dem winner, I disliked him from that point forward. I think Lieberman is a punk. HE IS NO DEMOCRAT!!!!!!! He cares more about his personal power(AIPAC) than his country!!!!

[sakabatou]

43. Give him the boot!

[Critters2]

44. He left the minute he decided not to abide by the results of a Dem primary.

Now he just needs to STFU!! :grr:

[krispos42]

45. ...he cries to an empty cornfield...

as a caravan of coach buses labeled "Democratic Party" dwindles into the distance, passing a sign that says "PROGRESS: 60 DAYS AHEAD". He turns plaintively after the caravan of buses, revealing a dusty footprint in the seat of his suit pants.

[WheelWalker]

46. He's been smoking ragweed

[FVZA_Colonel]

47. As much as he sucks I think we need him until next year.

Come the start of the new term... bye, bye loser!

[terrya]

49. His ass will be thrown out of it, then.

Speaking at the Republican Convention, PLUS coaching the Republican Vice Presidential nominee is basically being in the Republican Party. How does he NOT get that? He's a goddamned traitor.

[Solly Mack]

50. "During his visit with the Connecticut Republicans, " -

"He noted that he was re-elected as an independent in 2006 with 70 percent of the Republican vote and only one-third of Democrats. "So, I'm here to thank my base,"

I believe that says it all.

[malaise]

52. Lieberman should have been removed from all committees

when he became an Independent.

[Solly Mack]

54. Lieberman had two game plans depending on what McCain did -

He would have gladly placed that R after his name had McCain chosen him

or

Make the claim he was still with the Democratic Party if McCain didn't choose him


McCain didn't pick him as VP...so this is Lieberman's predictable self-serving, opportunistic nature jockeying to maintain some label of leadership.


At least I think so