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Joe Lieberman takes yet another swing at Democrats who want to "politicize" the gross mismangement by his Republican friends that led to the online sexual solicitation of minors who were under their protection. As he told the Courant:
"The Foley case bothers people," he added. "If anyone thinks they can make this into another partisan flap, it's not. It's very real and human. The House Republican leaders and, frankly, the Democratic leadership, should not make it partisan."
Hey Harry Reid, he's talkin' about you. Are you gonna take that — again?
"The fact that Joe Lieberman says calling for Hastert's resignation is too `partisan' demonstrates that he's been in Washington so long that he can't recognize the difference between what's right and what's partisan."
Many have been disgusted with Lieberman's refusal to hold the White House accountable when it came to the Iraq War, and his vicious attacks on those who have criticized the war. But this goes from disgusting to nauseating. Watching him, you think you are watching a smarmy politician in a B comedy movie about Washington. You know, the guy who goes before cameras to claim to be a moral pious man, and then turns around, pockets a huge amount of Republican cash from moneymen funding the legal defense of indicted government officials, and then goes back out and attacks those demanding action to deal with the cover up of a child sexual predator scandal.
Put another way, this is the kind of behavior that confirms all the awful stereotypes people think about politicians. As Lamont told reporters today in reiterating his call for Hastert to resign immediately, people in Washington like Lieberman are reacting to this story as if children are just props in morally challenged politicians' never-ending quest to hold onto power. It's sick and its wrong – and it's time for a change.
The memory of Holy Joe on the floor of the Senate being his sanctimonious, scolding, old-maid self makes it — if possible — even worse.
Jeebus he is a sickening, degenerate, soulless, bought-and-paid-for DC insider hack.
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I do not think “partisan” means what Joe thinks it means.
Why then do the polls show CT voters choosing Joe over Ned? We all know Joe is lying every chance he can get (independent NOT) but isn’t the truth of his condoning republicans at every step of the way too much for CT voters?
In truth, I should not be pointing fingers at any other state — we here in Minnesota have chosen some doozies in our time.
Now if we can just wake up long enough to get rid of Kennedy and Pawlenty.
Is it me or is this sick sick sick?
Olbermann ROCKS!
http://hollywoodreporter.com/t…..&imw=Y
I would like to hear Joe explain how covering up for a sex offender has no partisan dimension whatsoever, and if not, what other explanation there is for it.
Joe protects those who protect predators.
umm, Mods,
do we allow “commercials” as in first comment?
I know the polls look good for the sh*theel now, but what little hope he had, an energized base of Republicans voting for him, is evaporating before his eyes, so he has to try to encourage them to vote. A desperate ploy by a waste of a man.
Raoul
Jeebus he is a sickening, degenerate, soulless, bought-and-paid-for DC insider hack.
Couldn’t a said it better myself.
The way things are going the Senate could end up 50-50. Then we’ll find out if Holy Joe really is the turncoat we think he is.
If that happens we need to hold his dem “leadership” enablers accountable for letting him walk all over them.
I dislike Joe Lieberman with great intensity and I still cannot fathom how anyone could describe holyfoleygate as even approaching something that he says is:
Joe is beyond redemption.
In response to Joey Low Road’s statement in the clip posted above, let’s hope the people of Connecticut treat him to “another partisan frenzy” on Election Day.
GrandmaJ @
3
electile disfunction
Riesz Fischer @ 10
He’s actually jeopardizing his re-election chances to carry water for the Republicans on the Foliasco. I think his affiliation is already pretty clear.
Eli @
13
I think you may be right on that, Eli.
Jane said,
“Jeebus he is a sickening, degenerate, soulless, bought-and-paid-for DC insider hack.”
Don’t forget “turncoat.”
Jane Hamsher @ 15
He has voluntarily taken the side of the Republicans in a scandal which threatens to sweep them out of Congress. Insanity.
Are the right-wing nuts even members of the human race?
billmon
“The memory of Holy Joe on the floor of the Senate being his sanctimonious, scolding, old-maid self makes it — if possible — even worse.”
“Jeebus he is a sickening, degenerate, soulless, bought-and-paid-for DC insider hack.”
And… as for me, I don’t like him.
I can’t imagine many Dems voting for him anyway, he has no passionate support whatsoever. It’s all bought and paid for by minions going through the motions.
GrandmaJ in #3 says what I’m thinking. The polls continue to show Lieberman with a comfortable lead. Is name recognition that powerful? It seems as if every notable Democrat has been stumping for Ned. Lamont’s ads are memorable and refreshing. His reputation is squeaky clean and he acquitted himself reasonably well at the debate. Most of the papers in Connecticut have given him positive press. How is it that Lieberman’s switch to his own manufactured party has not cost him his lead? There aren’t enough Republican voters to account for it. I just don’t get it. If Lieberman wins in November, he will become a pivotal player in a divided Senate and that will bloat his ego to even greater immensity. We’ve got to get Ned Lamont in the Senate to safeguard the caucus. It seems to me the D.C. players see that Holy Joe has a good lead and they are hedging their bets knowing that they will soon have to face the wrath of the Spurned One when he becomes a crucial swing vote.
He’s like a whiny limp dishrag version of Zell.
Let’s see if there’s any “partisanship” by the Republicans here.
The 16 year old page at the start of this story worked for Republican Rep. Rodney Alexander of Louisiana, Alexander recognizes the inappropriateness of the messages. But does he report it to the ethics committee (which has Dem members)? Noooooo! Does he report it to the folks in charge of the Congressional Page School (which has Dem members)? Nooooo! Instead he reports it to the person in charge of getting Republican Congresscritters reelected, Rep Tom Reynolds. It shows where his priorities are, eh? Democrats are kept out of the loop because, ummm, why?
Eli @ 17
He’s signalling to the Pukes that if it’s 50-50 he’ll vote for Frist. He needs to do this to keep their support. I think he’s calculated that that is his best chance of holding on to his seat.
Now we know. If all the Republicans jump off a cliff, Lieberman will jump too.
Zell on Valium!
RevDeb @ 22
Let the murmur build to a roar…
Get Out Our Vote, Get Out Our Vote, Get Out Our Vote!
Smarmy, sanctimonious, slippery, sleazy, stunted, slack-jawed, stone-hearted, skunk.
Mark K @ 21
I think the Liebermix is basically *all* the Republicans, plus roughly half the Independents, plus maybe a third of the Democrats (not sure if there’s been any polling breakdowns by affiliation lately).
If almost all the Democratic voters finally realize that he really is a Republican, then he’s toast. If they don’t, he probably wins.
Jane Hamsher @ 15
WAG Alert. Rove requested the Hastert
pimpingsupport, because Denny is the first WH firewall (Boehner and Reynolds would be the second and third firewalls). Given the FBI’s three-month footdragging, I suspect the WH has known for at least three months.Jane, are you going to Connecticut again to help Ned? I’m sure lots of us ‘dogs would gladly donate some money. I know I would.
I will say this though, he’s making it hard than it needs to be to help in person. In addition to /-$500 in donations to Ned so far this year, I’ve sent several messages to the volunteer coordinator for the Lamont campaign looking to help. Still no response. I could jaunt out to a campaign HQ, but would rather have an idea before departing and frankly would rather do something related to commuter trains here in NYC.
WH, GOP strategy makes no sense. Resigning from party positions or Congress itself, isn’t even an oasis. This story isn’t going anywhere. The right and left both want to know what Hastert, Boehner, and Reynolds knew and when they knew it. This isn’t classified and until they disclose the truth, more and more pages will dribble out on must see teevee.
There will come a glorious day. I won’t care what Joe Lieberman is doing. I won’t be reading anything, or hearing anything about him. Same for Bush, Cheney, Rove, Rice and the rest.
I just received this response from an e-mail petition to force Hastert’s hand (through Common Cause). Will someone please define “Congressional franking privileges” to me? I am not a resident of Illinois. I live in Ohio. Thanks.
Thank you very much for contacting my office about an issue that I know
concerns you greatly. Please note that this is an auto-reply to
acknowledge that your email message has been received.
If you are a resident of the 14th Congressional District of Illinois, your
position/views expressed in your message will be logged and if requested
you will be receiving a response.
For those residing outside of the 14th Congressional District of Illinois,
your position/views expressed in your message will be logged. At this
time, due to Congressional franking privileges I am only able to respond
to residents of the 14th Congressional District of Illinois. I would
encourage you to also contact your Representative directly to express your
views. You may do so by visiting http://www.house.gov/writerep/ and
entering your zip code.
Mark K @
20
The sad thing is that some CT voters identify personally with Joe’s “seniority” in the Senate. To them seniority = power and they like the feel of that. Never mind the facts-
The other nite we met a guy who said that we need more people like Joe in Congress (he is originally from CT with lots of family there). I swallowed my bile, and asked why. He said “because he stands up for what he believes in.” I said “can you give me an example?” He said that “the Muslims want to kill us all and he stands up for the “GWOT”.” Well, that opened up the floodgates… I let my s.o. handle it for the most part because the guy seemed to listen better to him than me (macho type) and then when they were done I asked him “are you a dem or a republican?”
He said, “I’m a republican.”
I handed him a piece of paper with firedoglake’s addy on it and said “do me a favor and check it out for at least 10 minutes tomorrow since we just gave you about an hour– you can read all about Joe and Ned and the wars there– you owe it to your family to be completely informed.”
End of story.
dwwenz @ 34
It means he won’t buy a stamp to reply to an Ohioan. His signature is a stamp for correspondence to constituents
Valley Girl @ 35
Joe’s entire campaign appears to be that:
1) He is Experienced.
2) Ned Lamont is running a Terrible Negative Smear Campaign.
angie @ 36
…That Bush and the Republicans should get everything they want.
I find it hard to believe the polls GrandmaJ. I think those numbers will help Bush steal the election for Joe. JMO
If, after the election, the Republicans hold exactly 49 seats, and the Democrats hold 50, and the Party of One caucuses with the Republicans, that would be useful to the Republicans, because Cheney would vote Republican to break the tie for majority leader. But if the Repugs hold 50 seats without Joey Turncoat, he would be more valuable to them caucusing with the Democrats, where he could (a) serve as a spy, and (b) continue to lend a false aura of “bipartisanship” by endorsing the Republicans’ partisan issue agenda. Then, (c), he could also continue, as an ostensible “Democrat,” to publicly chastise the Democrats for being too partisan.
“Give ‘em Hell” Harry Reid should recognize the logic of this and see that there is nothing to be gained by treating Leaverman with anything less than a full frontal ATTACK.
Prairie Sunshine @ 26
Or, in Joe’s case, simply GET OUT.
Congressional franking
FWIW, CATO is conservative/libertarian think tank.
Once Again, Incumbents Are the Big Winners
by Patrick Basham and John Samples
John Samples is director of the Center for Representative Democracy at the Cato Institute. Patrick Basham is a senior fellow in the Center.
ccmask @ 40
What party is the Sec’y Of State, or whoever controls the election machinery? I know there’s no Diebold in CT, but that doesn’t rule out vote suppression.
When Republicans want something, the bipartisan thing to do is to help them get it.
When Republicans do something wrong, the bipartisan thing to do is say it’s fine and ignore it.
That’s not bipartisan, that’s brain-dead.
So, Joe, was Clinton’s little dalliance “real and human?” I don’t remember you saying that at the time, or at any time since.
Exactly how “real and human” do you think it is, anyway? Should someone “commit an investigation” to find out?
Somewhere, Freud is laughing.
Sparcatus @ 31
I had the same experience when trying to correspond via email as an out-of-state volunteer for the primary. Finally, I just showed up at the door, but my situation was different than yours. I hope that someone (selise? revdeb? Jane?) can communicate to the Lamont campaign about this problem.
neurophius @ 41
Joe Lieberman, Emergency Backup Republican.
I thought Diebold was going to be in place for this election in CT.
windje @ 37
Thank you, windje.
“Is it hot in here or is it me?”
(just a pic)
It’s like Joe’s got some weird variety of Tourette’s.
e said…
….the loudest calls for Hastert’s immediate resignation are from conservatives. But even beyond the dishonesty is the sheer shamelessness of it all. These pious declarations are coming from the same man who used the consensual affair between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky to build his own name recognition by parading himself all over the Washington talk show circuit as Mr. Moral…..
Daily Kos
It is beyond comprehension
these leeches have tried to suck the very lifeblood out of democracy to hold on to power and Lieberman now ranks as one of the lowest especially since as Keith says Foley has preyed on Pages before Clinton and Monica came to light..
clb72 @ 45
Yeah, it’s more like boughtpartisan.
Eli @ 27
Except that the wildcard is the ground game. Sure, the GOP top brass are going to be trying to get their people out for Lieberman, but I can’t imagine that all of the GOP rank-and-file in CT are going to be enthusiastic about that. Lieberman has none of the party machinery to get voters (D or R) out on his own, just paid operatives. So I’m inclined to think he has a huge disadvantage that’s not reflected in the polls.
But I’ve always been an optimist. *g*
Sweet ‘n sour Jesus, where are my blood pressure pills.
Could Lieberman get any more odious? He mirrors this whole story in a way, in that he just gets worse… and worse..and worse, until I just don’t even know what planet he lives on, because it sure as hell ain’t mine.
I think that because he’s ahead in the polls he’s convinced himself that it’s due to his smug, sanctimonious, utterly false bi-partisan shtick. I’m as mystified as anyone else that he could get reelected, let alone in a blue state, so maybe the shtick is it. Got me–his viability and “appeal”–I am coughing up a hairball as I type that–are unfathomable, so I’ll leave this question to sharper minds.
But here’s the rub–he’s gotten so smug and cocky, and so convinced that he’s struck a winning formula, that he’s not tailoring it to this event, and if there’s a god in heaven it’s going to take him down with it.
Redshift @ 54
I think turnout has always been the achilles heel of the polls, but in recent elections it has always skewed the results way in favor of the Republicans. I’m hoping it turns out to be Joe’s downfall this time, along with the Foley scandal he has chosen to associate himself with.
watertiger @ 52
Whew– ugggly picture and Hillary is virtually gushing. Is that Chris Dodd’s eyebrow over the chimp’s shoulder?
“Now, now, let’s not bicker and argue over ‘oo sexually ‘arassed ‘oo…”
(for the Python fans out there)
That’s what I heard somewhere Angie.
Valley Girl @ 47
Thanks Valleygirl. I was going to just show up at the Lieberman hand shaking event at GCT earlier this week but got tied down at work until too late. In any case, given that there are two of us here right now. There is probably a whole backlog of volunteers in the inbox of volunteers at lamont.com.
watertiger @ 58
“Oh, what I wouldn’t give to be spat at in the face!”
Sparcatus @ 31
They are probably swamped w emails. I was able to help Howie Klein connect w a campaign by suggesting a more direct approach: CALL THEM (203) 634-6601. Talk to a human being and explain your situation. Persevere. Remember it’s their first campaign and be forgiving. I once worked with doctors who were trying to do in Novgorod what I do in St. Petersburg. They were immensely frustrated at a lack of reply to their emails. CALL THEM I said, it costs so little! They wouldn’t, to save money. Their program withered. Watch and learn.
Connecticut voters say 47 – 38 percent that Lamont does not have the right kind of experience to be a U.S. senator.
Lamont wins among those who say Iraq is the most important issue to their vote, but that is only 35 percent of the electorate. Lieberman wins on all the other issues voters say matter most to them, including terrorism and the economy.”
Quinnipiac Poll 09-28-2006
Eli @ 61
“You kicked the Minority Leader in the chest!”
BTW, Atrios just put up a link for Time’s poll that now has Bush at 36%.
This is what happens when you try to use Denny Hastert as a trampoline.
Retired Senator Danforth was on The News Hour tonight (softball interview with Gwen) and said the center of the party no longer exists and used the attack on Joe Lieberman as an example. *sigh*
Sparcatus @
31
Contact one of the field offices, you’ll probably have better luck. The Norwalk office is great and always needs help:
Norwalk Office
25 Van Zant St
Suite 18D
Norwalk, CT 06855
203 854 5219
4thcd@nedlamont.com
watertiger @ 65
Talk about a quagmire…
This is Lamont at his best! We ought to spend the next few weeks thinking up lines like this for him to say. That’s a vote getter.
Lieberman has been in Washington too long. He’s gotten all caught up in how things are, and is resisting any kind of change like a true Conservative.
Are the people of Connecticut going to buy this kind of stuff? He’s obviously pitching to the Republican voters. I hope he turns off his Democratic supporters – all of them…
Sidney Blumenthal made a very good point in the FDL Book Salon last week: Lamont needs to hit Lieberman VERY hard on his flip-flopping on Social Security “reform,” because the bulk of Lieberman’s support comes from blue-hairs.
If a kind mod would be so inclined to add one more edit since my time expired, it would be “what” I do in St. Petersburg…thanks.
Say hello to the nice peoples, Lambchop
;>)
After taking Mel Sembler’s money, is anyone really surprised that ‘Fungible Joe’ would shove the young into Satan’s maw so as to appease his temporal masters?
It’s a wonder he doesn’t spontaneously combust whenever the words ‘principle’ or ‘morality’ pass his lips.
EvilDrPuma @ 24
Now there’s an image I can enjoy! Anyone know if there’s a Pied Piper around?
neurophius @ 41
His starring role in the gang of fourteen will screw up the D’s in a big way, again.
Fair enough on picking up the phone. Done as of tomorrow. Late evening is my usual political time — I’m desperately trying to keep these @#$holes from infiltrating my work time too — so usually default to emails.
Jane quotes Lieberman from the Courant:
give me one good reason why we should not make this partisan? Go Dems!
watertiger @ 51
With all due respect to the esteemed watertiger, we have a frequent commenter on fdl who has Tourette’s in her immediate family, and has more than once begged us not to use this tragic disease for a quick laugh.
egregious @ 77
I apologize profusely.
Sparcatus @
60
From a comment on TRex’s late nite, Selise says that Megan (was one, or the one in charge of the Meriden office) is now coordinating out-of-state volunteers. AND, she is great. AND, you are probably correct that they are overwhelmed. Actually, when I went to CT, I spent time doing phone calls/ phone banking? I don’t know where this effort is right now vis a vis the Lamont campaign, but I seem to remember that it is possible to do this from out of state. (Siun would probably remember.) This was hard to do for an introvert!, but very illuminating. If you really want to get info as to the best way to help, I suggest phoning the Meriden HQ (main HQ), where Megan works- they seem to work all the time, but I suggest normal “business” hours 203-634-6601.
Spartacus- never mind!!! I just saw Jane’s comment.
Lieberman: “Right now I’d say this thing is spinning out of control, it’s become another partisan frenzy in Washington, that’s the wrong way to go at it.”
He’s telling us here (us being the entire nation, btw, but especially the members of his former party), in essence, that “we all need to just simmer down now.”
I predict that if he keeps this up the Foley whirlpool’s gonna suck him down too.
It’s easy to be partisan in a party of one.
Titanyum @
76
It’s always in bad taste to make something partisan when the party that would suffer is the Republican Party, doncha know. Otherwise, it’s not really that big a deal.
Well, I find this all very distressing and I just want to say about this whole affair:
Such behavior is not just inappropriate. It is immoral. And it is harmful, for it sends a message of what is acceptable behavior to the larger American family — particularly to our children — which is as influential as the negative messages communicated by the entertainment culture.
If you doubt that, just ask America’s parents about the intimate and frequently unseemly sexual questions their young children have been asking them and discussing since this began. I have had many of those conversations with parents and from them I conclude that parents across our country feel much as I do that something very sad and sordid has happened in American life when I cannot watch the news on television with my 10-year-old daughter anymore.
This, unfortunately, is all-too-familiar territory for America’s families in today’s anything-goes culture, where sexual promiscuity is too often treated as just another lifestyle choice with little risk of adverse consequences.
It is this mindset that has helped to threaten the stability and integrity of the family, which continues to be the most important unit of civilized society, the place where we raise our children and teach them to be responsible citizens, to develop and nurture their personal and moral faculties.
OK, I admit it. I plagiarized that last bit. With two minor emendations, it is taken straight from Lieberman’s speech criticizing Clinton on the floor of the Senate Sept. 3, 1998.
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS…..lieberman/
I can’t believe that Lamont is ten points behind that schlemiel. Is there some problem with Connecticut communications media?
ccmask @ 82
he praises bipartisanship, but created an additional party all his own… will he now sing praises to tripartisanship?
don’t think so…
Hugh!!! BRilliant!!!! I hope Jane will use that!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry about all of the !!!!!!- jes bein’ a valleygirl.
Perhaps Leiberman’s email and im messages should be checked! Is he playing the same game Foley played with those pages?
Hugh, that was very, very brilliant.
Stages of a Internet Sexual Preditor – Do you recognize any of these behaviors?
The Internet sexual predator is usually a male but current studies indicate that up to 6% are female. They come from all social, economic and racial backgrounds and are usually between the ages of 13-70. The few things they all have in common is that they have perfected their skill in selecting victims who will remain silent, have advanced techniques for avoiding law enforcement detection and their goal is to have sex with a kid.
http://ozarkcontessa.wordpress…..-predator/
dab from CT @ 161
EPUed, earlier thread.
Hugh @ 85
But, don’t you see? Because he said it about a DEMOCRAT, it wasn’t PARTISAN.
angie @ 89
A fine and well-deserved use of irony.
I wonder if the authorities had moved quick, if they would have found a bunch of pornography at Foley’s Place? I also wonder if there were security cameras where the pages lived? The page quarters must have had a sign in sheet too…
TRex up Late Nite
I’ve never taken the moral authority of religious people for granted. They want moral authority, they’ve got to earn it!
James Dobson, of Focus on the Family, after seven days, has his website saying nothing about Foley.
He and Lieberman are both exercising the same “conditional morality” that conservative used to make such a stink about. For both of them, their reason are quite obvious. They want to keep their buddies in power at all costs.
I doubt Lieberman’s position wrt to Hastert et al has anything to do with bipartisanship (just a cover to fit his campaign theme). Lieberman’s ability to win now depends on the same factors that the Republicans’ victory depends on: (1) a large turnout of Republican voters and (2) continued contributions from Republicans to pay for ads. Both of these are jeopardized by the Republican leadership’s handling of Foley.
So Joe can’t even openly criticize Hastert’s highly partisan efforts to blame Clinton, George Soros and Democrats for the scandal, because those are Hastert’s ways of keeping the Republican faithful in the fold. All Joe can say is “let’s not make this partisan.”
It seems to me this is the most egregious position Lieberman has taken to undermine his entire Party — if one assume his party is the Democratic Party. The Dem leadership could overlook a lot of things, but I don’t see how they can ignore this, especially when they’re having to respond to Hastert’s very partison attacks on them and trying to shift the Foley scandal onto them.
Cozumel @ 4
OT, but Olbermann was absolutely incredible tonight – ripped into Bush, Sleaza Rice, and the rest with incredible, beautiful, energizing power. His best yet!
Joe’s support of Hastert won’t play very well in Bridgeport. Before Edward Cardinal Egan of New York left the Bridgeport CT diocese, he made Denny Hastert look like a
fuckingamateur. If Ned can find some quotes of Joezoe slamming Egan, that helps. If Ned cannot find any quotes of Joezoe slamming Egan, that helps too.Egan Protected Abusive Priests
By Elizabeth Hamilton and Eric Rich bhamilto@courant.com erich@courant.com
Hartford Courant
March 17, 2002
http://www.ctnow.com/news/spec…..lines-home
Bold is mine.
DAs Prod Egan on Priest Abuse
By Barbara Ross and Robert Ingrassia with Chrisena Coleman and Bill Egberg
(NY) Daily News
March 21, 2002
Doctors: Church Used Us
The Eminent Institute of Living Accuses the Catholic Church of Exploiting Psychiatric Reports to Keep Sexually Abusive Priests on the Job, and Claims Egan and Others Deceived Doctors about Patients’ Histories
http://www.bishop-accountabili…..tm#doctors
By Eric Rich and Elizabeth Hamilton
Hartford Courant
March 24, 2002
MoDo weighed in beautifully.
By Maureen Dowd liberties@nytimes.com
New York Times
April 28, 2002
Liberman’s faustian position demonstrates that he is a neutered dog who hasn’t the fortitude to support those children who are the victims of perverted adults.
Who’s Parisian?
Oh, nevermind.
I have come to conclusion that the question about Lieberman is not about whether he is a Democrat or a Republican. It is whether he has any acceptable qualities as a human being; integrity, decency, insight, etc. The answer is overwhelmingly NO! I can’t understand how anyone from ANY party would vote for this whiny shell of a man.
OK, let’s forget the risk to the pages for now. What was Hastert thinking to appoint Foley as chair to the missing and exploited children committee? Was Hastert trying to find the worst person for the job? It’s like the repubs are trying to make a bad government.
every once in a while (ok, only once), during a bombardment of joe-bashing (which i was enthusiastically part of), i felt a twinge of sympathy for the guy. here he is being his same old enabling, whiney ass self like he’s always been, and suddenly BAM- his ass is almost on the street, sort of. in my defense, that twinge is the same one i feel when i have to squash the black widow that won’t leave the house… sorry, had to be done…
but then dickhead joe says some stupid ass shit, as is his wont, and then he’s back to flea and mosquito-ville… squash and swat at will, freely and often. with pleasure.
It’s obvious that Joe is pandering to the right. He knows he has a loyal and small minority of CT Dems and the only chance he has to win is to appease some Republicans.
If he wins, the DLC should strip him of all meaningful committee assignments. He is no longer a Democrat.
Shame on you, joe.
I95er @ 103
They’re trying to make a plutocratic oligarchy with authoritarian methods and zero accountability…so, yeah, that’s pretty much what they’re trying to do.
JOE THE “MORAL HIT MAN” LIEBERMAN
David Sirota nails Joe the Holy Man on his refusal-to-be “partisan” stance on the Republican Sexual Predator Congressman Foley.
Not too long ago, Holy Joe was castigating the “shameful” and “immoral” acts of his good friend, President Clinton (and please remember that Monica was 23 or 24 when she was giving Bill head, certainly well above the age to have consensual sex — unlike the juvenile 16 and 17 year-old male pages that Mr. “Republican Sex Predator” Foley was hitting on).
So, Joe’s now become a “moral hit man” like his good friend, Bill “Mr. Book of Virtues” Bennett, the degenerate gambler, and Ralph “The Christian Bag Man” Reed.
Joe, say it ain’t so! You’re the very modern model of political hypocrisy, the truly excellent exemplar of the conscience of Mr. Toad (whom, sad to say, you’re resembling more and more). Just thinking about your abject, unrepentant hypocrisy makes me want to barf.
Please resign before you do any more damage to Iraq, to the Democratic Party, and to the honest “soul” of America.
Peace and Impeachment,
David
P.S. Would you believe that I was Joe’s roommate at Yale and actually liked him as a friend and supported him as a politician for close to 40 years? Haven’t heard from him, though, since I came out publicly for Ned Lamont. Too bad, but I truly value the good of my country over even the hypocritical political interests of an old friend and college roommate.
I know that he says he “will forgive, but not forget” his Democratic friends who support Ned Lamont for Senate. Frankly, at this point, I don’t give a shit. He’s gone too far over to the “Dark Side.” Even George Lucas can’t save him.
Begin forwarded message:
http://www.workingforchange.co…..42B0A2DB6C
LiebermanKeeps Attacking Critics of Sexual Predator Cover Up
So let’s see…a congressman gets exposed as a child sexual predator, having Internet sex with underage pages between House votes. A fellow Republican congressman exposes evidencethat the Speaker of the House was informed of the sexual predator’s behavior, and did nothing about it for months or even years. The Speaker does not deny the evidence. Yet, when lawmakers call for the Speaker to resign, what does Joe Lieberman do? He focus his major attacks not on the sexual predator, not on the Speaker who covered up the scandal – but instead, he attacks critics of the Speaker.
No really, this is not a joke. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Joe Lieberman’s comments from today in Torrington about the scandal, in which he reiterates his earlier attacks on Ned Lamont and others for calling for Hastert’s immediate resignation in the wake of the sexual predator scandal:
“Right now I’d say this thing is spinning out of control, it’s become another partisan frenzy in Washington, that’s the wrong way to go at it.”
So let me get this straight: Joe Lieberman’s major reaction to this awful, disgusting and horrific scandal is to berate as “partisan” those who want just a smidgeon of accountability? Of course, he never explains how it can be “partisan” when many of the loudest calls for Hastert’s immediate resignation are from conservatives. But even beyond the dishonesty is the sheer shamelessness of it all. These pious declarations are coming from the same man who used the consensual affair between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky to build his own name recognition by parading himself all over the Washington talk show circuit as Mr. Moral.
Just step back and think about this for a second: think about how much of a career politician you have to be to have your first reaction to a sexual predator scandal be “Dammit, the people who want answers are too partisan!” Think about how bloodless you have to be to look at a situation where a minor was seized on as sexual prey by a Congressman and react to it by defending the people who covered it up.
Many have been disgusted with Lieberman’s refusal to hold the White House accountable when it came to the Iraq War, and his vicious attacks on those who have criticized the war. But this goes from disgusting to nauseating. Watching him, you think you are watching a smarmy politician in a B comedy movie about Washington. You know, the guy who goes before cameras to claim to be a moral pious man, and then turns around, pockets a huge amount of Republican cash from moneymen funding the legal defense of indicted government officials, and then goes back out and defends those covering up a child sexual predator scandal.
Put another way, this is the kind of behavior that confirms all the awful stereotypes people think about politicians. As Lamont told reporters today in reiterating his call for Hastert to resign immediately, people in Washington like Lieberman are reacting to this story as if children are just props in morally challenged politicians’ never-ending quest to hold onto power. It’s sick and its wrong – and it’s time for a change.
Please … if you know someone in Connecticut, be sure they are registered … and that they’ll consider voting for Lamont.
If you live near Connecticut, consider volunteering for the Lamont campaign now, to go door to door, talking to people about who Lamont is and why it’s important to have a real Democrat in Congress. And consider coming to Connecticut in November to help get out the vote.
It would be lovely to wake up on November 8 to a new Democratic Congress, with Lamont from Connecticut.
Why do Connecticut residents prefer Lieberman to Lamont? As one who’s lived here since 1973, I can offer perspective.
The polls reflect name recognition, in large part. Lieberman has the advantage there. In the primary, name recognition wasn’t crucial, because primary voters are the most involved politically; they all knew who both men were.
Lieberman has earned loyalty over the years as a Washington insider who has helped deliver government jobs. He’s very, very corporate. That doesn’t sit well with good-government types, but the truth is that most Connecticut residents do trust corporations and their links with politicians. People here own a lot of stock (even Ned Lamont does); they’re leery of politicians who run against Wall Street.
Independent politicians suit a state where most people identify themselves as independent. Lowell Weicker won elections here as a Republican who criticized Republicans, and Joe Lieberman has copied his style exactly (after running as a mainstream Democrat to defeat Weicker for his Senate seat).
When Joe says, “Let’s not make the Foley deal partisan,” he’s playing the “let’s all be friends” card to the hilt. Joe knows exactly what he’s doing here. It’s a calculated effort to stay above the fray and appear principled. It’s really a cynical act on Lieberman’s part.
The Republican party has been advertising itself as the party of morality and family values for years now. Given a chance to show its commitment to these principles, what do they do? They cover up for one of their own Congressmen who solicits sex from a page! So what Joe is really saying isn’t, “Let’s keep politics out of this.” He’s saying, “Let’s pretend it didn’t happen on Capitol Hill, so that our cozy bi-partisan club stays cozy.”
Ned Lamont is right. Joe Lieberman is been in Washington far too long.
So here’s my question: When the Dems pick up five seats but Lieberstain wins, then switches parties, can we all collectively go slap the shit out of the Dem “leadership” that did not vociferously demand that Holy Joe withdraw?
How could a blue state even consider re-electing this guy. CT you mystify me sometimes.
it is abundantly clear that losermon is a republican. it behooves democrats to force his hand now to declare his party switch. Doing so would unmuck the election, therby improving Lamont’s chances of winning, and would show democrats to have some spine and stand for something (not always calculating election politics like another major party we known that will sell out minors for politics).
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Liarman alert! HoJoe is appearing on local CT tv talking about how asking Foley to resign and having an investigation is putting principle above partisan politics or something like that. I kid you not. And basically he’s misrepresenting himself by implying he’s taking the initiative. He’s got slick greasy maneuvers and it’s very hard to convince folks that he’s lying. they think you are “partisan” or paranoid–unless you carefully lay the evidence before them. And it takes a lot of explaining to unravel all his untruthiness. It’s very frustrating. There are still people in CT who think Lamont is a “Republican” because of that vile ad Lieberman put on tv.
Agree with Valley Girl and others about the name recognition thing and associatons. It’s easy to change their minds with a little phone list and a dedicated persuasion script though.
Leiberman – Incredible! Definitely an Olympic-class Asshole.
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Joe wuz drunk. He meant to say the “party is on” baby!
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Maybe Joe likes little boys too. Doesn’t want to be a hypocrite. After the past 6 years anything is possible. Surreal.
Joe is a republican. He’s lying to his voters. What a traitor. He should just officially just his party to republican. He’s no more independent than a new born baby.
Joe is a republican. He’s lying to his voters. What a traitor. He should just officially change his party to republican. He’s no more independent than a new born baby.