Comments on: Joe Lieberman: Running Against Himself

By: The Great Society :: Your Tax Dollars at Work :: July :: 2006

The Great Society :: Your Tax Dollars at Work :: July :: 2006 — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 06:23:39 +0000

[…] Speaking of a vested interest in Halliburton, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (LfL-Lieberman) loves playing that kind of runaround as he proved earlier this week. Lieberman was on television and said that his Democratic challenger, Ned Lamont, has stock in Halliburton, declaring, “I think when you get into public office today, you’ve got an obligation to the public to disclose, ah, all of your financial holdings,” but as Jane pointed out, Holy Joe has his own “holdings” in Halliburton himself through his Victory Fund. Did he throw this out there as part of his obligation to the public? No. But that’s just another one of Lieberman’s Republican tendencies rearing its ugly head — projection. Hell, he’s already laying claim to victim status in the race. (Damn those anti-semitic liberal Jews! They are getting to be as bad a problem as those black-white supremacists you’re always hearing about.) […]

By: mui

mui — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 13:46:32 +0000

Apparently Lamont does *not* have Halliburton stocks and got rid of the small amount he had a while ago. The stock was part of some deal, or something that a stockbroker picked out for him. Again it’s the Lieberman style of politics of mass distraction.

By: Environmental Republican

Environmental Republican — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:46:46 +0000

Clinton to Support Lieberman

Ned Lamont has pulled even with Lieberman in CT and the Kos/Hamsher wing of the donks party is elated. Clinton on the other hand sees that following that wing and electing Lamont will only embolden the group that is destroying the party that Clinton re…

By: raybear

raybear — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:29:09 +0000

Good thing for Joe he was being interviewed by a “journalist.”

By: Vultureman

Vultureman — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 03:47:09 +0000

Ned could whoop ass if he declared he would sell all his big oil and halliburton stock (as well as drug company etc). He won’t, he’s part of the club, you think he will offer a windfall profit tax on himself for the immoral tax breaks his tax bracket is benefitting from under Bush? No way he’s scum too with an impressive spin machine that only money cab buy…just like Joe.

By: Adie

Adie — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 01:15:10 +0000

Anyone catch Bill Bennett on WolfieB. tonight?

Acting all huffy because some Dems had the gall to refer to esteemed Prez. yesterday as our “Moral Ayotulluh”.
Hey! I thot that was little Billy’s job back awhile ago! Well. I guess he oughtta know, if anyone, eh?

By: ccmask

ccmask — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:28:41 +0000

Just thought I’d post this story here. Couldn’t find a proper thread for it *big cough*
Ralph Reed Embraces ‘Blatant Adultering Cousin-Fuc_er’
here’s the last paragraph:

Giuliani said he opposes a ban on gay marriage, and that the issue “should play itself out in more states.” Well, now it’s playing out in Georgia, thanks to Rudy-n-Ralph’s traveling road show and red state revival. Reed’s homepage decries a judge who overturns Georgia’s gay marriage ban, and features a photo of Reed and pro-gay-civil-unions Giuliani embracing, shaking hands, and baring their teeth for the camera.

Break out the popcorn! Let the hypocrisy fest begin.
http://www.talk2action.org/sto.....15054/3433

By: jacktheokie

jacktheokie — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:26:13 +0000

Ol’ Josh is certainly assisting the bad-mouthing of Ned. Thank you for not having that site on your blogroll. I guess I have to just read it sporadically now to find out what the centrist enemy is up to. Some people just can’t stand a progressive movement.

By: Eric Paulsen

Eric Paulsen — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:23:32 +0000

So, Joe has Haliburton stock and is PRO war and Ned has Haliburton Stock and is ANTI war? In what bizarro universe is this revelation supposed to reflect badly on Lamont? It just calls FURTHER into question just what these other ‘allegiances’ Lieberman has that are other than to the Democratic party.

Voting for your financial self-interest while soldiers and civilians pay the price isn’t really a good selling point you old hack!

By: Jenny from the Blog

Jenny from the Blog — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:01:04 +0000

Jane -

Jack Hitt on the Majority Report just quoted this post (not FDL specifically). He said (paraphrase) “One of the blogs today is talking about Lieberman running against himself”. Pretty cool.