If you were Obama, how would you feel about the Lieberman

[marylanddem]

outcome?
I would be furious - I would feel that my "friends" were telling me they protect their own & don't give a rat's ass about what I endured from that simpering asshole Lieberman.

[Burma Jones]

1. If Obama wasn't the kind of guy that could take this in stride

he wouldn't have won.......

[Oceansaway]

2. he condoned it....n/t

[otohara]

9. Exactly - Dean Already Said

it's what Obama wanted.

and now because of the vote, we're to believe Lieberman will no longer be a grade a asshole because he got to keep his precious committee chairs, and he knew all along that the democrats would do nothing in spite of all the nasty things he said about Obama.

Spineless Democrats would have done the same thing if McCain would have won.

[LaurenG]

3. If I were Obama, or how I think Obama would feel, I'd be too busy

to care about Lieberman. He's no one and in the big picture, unless he changes, will go down in democratic party history as a Benedict Arnold. Something tells me that Joe is going to be one frustrated man starting in January.

[peace13]

4. He's happy.

They did what he told them to do. Go figure. I wish he would direct them to hold one lawbreaker accountable for something. We poor fools follow the laws and still pay a fine from time to time. What is our problem?

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

5. Publicly he said to let Lieberman keep his chairmanship

Privately I sure hope he has read the little rat's number. I remember when Obama confronted Lieberman on the floor of the Senate--backed him into a corner. At that point, Holy Joe knew who was boss, but he apparently forgot the lesson. With Obama the PE, I hope he has remembered.

[marylanddem]

10. I don't think Obama said Lieberman should keep the chairmanship

just "remain in the caucus"

[MNDemNY]

14. And he said that knowing that he would leave if removed.

[anndash]

6. That Reid did what was expected of him

Obama already expressed his desire to keep Lieberman in the fold.

[spanone]

7. obama supported lieberman keeping his chair.....i know how he feels....happy.

[old mark]

8. This is what politicians do for a living - stab folks in the back,

smile and say they are best friends, then stab again,then smile....

My dad used to hang out with local pols for many years (making money on good ol'boy shit) and I could never stand any of them.
Still can't.

I am perfectly happy to let professionals like Obama - those who seem to really enjoy it - do the necessary, just so i don't have to associate with these people.

Up close and personal, they make me either want to puke, or to hit them very hard many times, which , unfortunately, is illegal.

The fact that Obama can hang with these scum and still remain a decent man is rare and amazing.
He deserved to be elected on that alone.

mark

[pacalo]

11. That maturity & class Obama shows is why so many are in awe of him.

I'd be furious, too, if it were me.

But isn't it time that the Democrats stop exhibiting Stockholm Syndrome symptoms to those who helped get them in the majority, where they are?!

[Bonhomme Richard]

12. This isn't about what Lieberman wanted. It's about what Obama wanted.

For now I will trust his judgment. He is nobody's fool.

[MNDemNY]

13. It was largely his bidding.

[SE_Ohio_Dem]

15. My guess is that Barack and Joe will have a little heart to heart when...

SCOTUS appointments come up and the Repugs threaten to filibuster anyone to the left of Scalia. Joe has gone on record saying he's not in favor of shutting down filibusters but he might be inclined to change his mind after this one. I can only hope that there's some kind of future benefit to keeping Joe the Traitor in the fold.

[99th_Monkey]

16. Obama to LIEberman: "Kiss my ring Joe". Obama owns Joe now. ~nt~