Login HereLast night after the State of the Union address, John McCain revealed what he really thinks of Joe Lieberman -- either that or it was a horribly timed moment of acid reflux (YouTube).
Maybe that's why Lieberman is begging off:
Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent who nearly won the vice presidency as a Democrat in 2000, says there's no way he'll be Republican Sen. John McCain's running mate should McCain become the party's presidential nominee.
''No, I'd tell him, 'Thanks, John, I've been there, I've done that. You can find much better,''' Lieberman told The Associated Press during an interview Tuesday in his Senate office. ''I'm not seeking anything else.''
The Connecticut senator said he was unequivocally ruling out sharing the GOP ticket with McCain.
I know Florida's in the bag and all, but watch your step John. Reach across the aisle and ask your Democratic friends -- Holy Joe can be a real vindictive prick.
Update: NBC is reporting that Rudy will drop out tomorrow and endorse McCain.
(thanks to scarce for the video)
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Frightening thought.
With or without the vindictive, Joe is a real prick. Or to use the vernacular, schmuck.
”No, I’d tell him, ‘Thanks, John, I’ve been there, I’ve done that. You can find much better,”’
That’s the understatement of the year!
Until today, only Cindy and the previously disposed-of wife had seen that face.
Thanks Jane. I think.
Beerfart Liberal here reporting from The City Beautiful. You know, anyone who’s been in Orlando for more than just a vacation can’t help but be reminded of the last line of that old Bruce Springsteen song, “Thunderoad.” This is, indeed, a town full of losers And I’ve never seen Rudy look more relaxed, at ease and right at home than tonight. But he ain’t pullin’ outta here to win.
Flori-duh has voted and the votes are still being tallied. The final count is expected in, oh, say, about 4-6 weeks, give or take.. It looks like a close one, but the big winner tonight is clear - the people of the State of Flori-duh. No longer do they have to deal with this, the lamest group of insufferable, pandering motherfuckers, in the history of American electoral politics. Go away!!!! All of you!!!! And don’t come back!!!!!!! And, hey,Pualtards!!! Tomorrow — no, no, TONIGHT, get your asses out there and pull up the hundreds of signs with which you have blemished this, The City Beautuiful. For what? 3% of the vote? Every goddamned one of them. Gone. Tomorrow.
Beerfart Liberal from the City Beautiful. I’d tyhrow it to our guy on the Gulf Coast but don’t see him. So, back to you, Jane.
Really did not need to see St. John’s O-face.
*shudder*
Jane! Don’t be shy, you can tell us what you really think of Joe!
Sounds like Old Lord wants Hucklebee to be his running mate.
“Rudi invested his heart and soul into this primary….”
With McCain’s win in FL, does that mean Rush is now impotent?
Saudi Arabia is running out of…. water and will cease all agriculture in 2016 and be dependent on IMPORTS… hahahaha that’s a hoot.
Self-knowledge is a beautiful thing to behold.
“Thanks, John,…You can find much better.”
probably the only time I’ll ever agree with Short Ride.
War War War and more War… thats what he stands for!
With McCain’s win in FL, does that mean Rush is now impotent?
Nah, he can still go fuck himself.
KO: MSNBC and the National Journal confirming Rudi will endorse McCain in CA tomorrow.
With chemical assistance
”No, I’d tell him, ‘Thanks, John, I’ve been there, I’ve done that. You can find much better,”
Why the fuck didn’t he say: “No, Al, you can find much better,” 7 1/2 years ago?
Unless Bain also has the patent on V**gra. Hard to tell. They do own Clear Channel though, so Rush et all will keep pushing their home grown “product.”
I guess that explains why Joey Short Ride isn’t lurking around on the stage next to McCain
Sadly, with 71% reporting, the property tax initiative is at 64% yes to 36% no. Absolutely stupid.
the lighting on McCain is really screwed up … makes his look sepulchral
Because sometimes, “Double Gitmo” just isn’t enough.
Rush will be apoplectic.
McCain will ask Rudy to be his running mate.
Must see at TPM.
LOL.
can he find the teleprompter … oh … there it is!
McCain: “There’s nothing in America that is inevitable.”
Yeah, loser. Like you ever being president.
But it makes teh gay guv look hot.
The truly scary, and Machiavellian, ticket is McCain/Huckabee…
If I were going to smear John McCain, I would just say he asked John Kerry to be his running mate.
Yeah. And he seems to be reading a teleprompter, so he weirdly stares at the camera, like he’s staring into your soul.
nighty night
Anybody watch FOX? I had it on a few minutes ago. Krystal -hey, that’s what they call “White Castles” down here - was babbling. Corndickie was making no sense whatever. Brit was saying how unfair the press had been to Rudy…..
you mean the guv?
Lieberman is playing hard to get. Judith demands access.
I guess “heart and soul” was all he could afford to lose. Cuz, no money. And now, no heart or soul. Like he could have taken that to the bank.
I cannot fathom Mistress Judi settling for the Naval Observatory — unless she believes St. McCain will croak in office. *g*
We’ll trade, water for oil.
Just kidding, but I did get a good laugh out of that.
McCain/Perry
EPU’ed from former thread.
I like the way McCain and the neocons try to sell neverendingoccupation to America as though we do not understand.
We understand, we just disagree and will never cotton to this agenda. McCain will not be our next President. Read this now and believe me later.
It. Will. Not. Happen.
OFG
Rudi has run a one-day campaign.
g’night, Raven…
floorblogging mccain’s victory speech:
o. m. g.
the anti-excitement candidate.
sincere. slow. slurred.
cue the rocky theme…
Rudee will endorse John Boy
What a match made in hell
I noticed that ….
but forgot completely with that weird little laugh McC gave at the end …
spooky
Both his eyes do not focus on the same place … quite eerie, and the lighting … visions of Max Headroom …
So how are the rank and file repug voters going to take to a guy who wants 100 more years of war and doesn’t know squat about economics?
Sheeple.
Siun - do you know who is the ghoulish fellow that was standing to McCain’s left?
And now I’m gonna throw it over to our guiy on te Gulf Coast, Jim White.
Jim, Williard’s over there. He was babbling right from the first sentence. Is he done yet? he was talking about when he was a kid. He isn’t going through his whole goddamned life is he? What can you tell us?
Why do we never see McCains black child? How old is that child now? I’ve never ever seen him/her.
It shows you just how much Jane thinks of Lieberman when she only used two words, she probably didn’t even want to waste those.
An important point I should have mentioned in my Sunday Late Nite about the apostasy of Old Lord.
Oh, jeez, Tweety’s talking about Bloomberg now.
I don’t know how to argue that - what does Perry bring? Huck brings the nuts… Perry?
That’s Crist standing behind MCStain. Were Crist and Giuliani tanning together? There were/are allegations that Crist is gay, but none of them stuck. Not enough to damage him in the Redneck State. Crist won handily over Jim Davis (possible Garfield cartoonist).
touché.
Mr. Lieberman. Perhaps you do not quite clearly understand how much many of us Democrats, who voted for you as veep, a few years ago, dislike you now.
If he ain’t McGreevey II, I don’t know what he is.
Texas
Pills, inshannity and the rest of the “true conservatives” are on the wrong side of history.
They had everything they wanted the pResidency, both houses and an obliging media and they came up with bupkus. A historical low on the most meaningful measures of our country. [stating the obvious]
Rush was trashing McCain so what whimp is he for?
I think I’m going to use the speeches Huck, McCain and Willard gave tonight to introduce my (voting age) Seniors to them this week. Time to get them familiar with the possibilities before we vote on the 19th.
Willard tells us he knows where jobs come from and where jobs go.
I think he’s jealous he didn’t the job from Crist that McCain did.
Both from the southwest though
u funny
Stranger things have happened
I think if I was forced to gauge, Lieberman would come up front and center as the most despised politician in our view in this house.
LOL. He knows enough about economics to have married a very wealthy trophy wife.
Something that many men never master. s/
His speech pattern leads me to think he’s *anexed to the hilt though.
Jeez, you’d never have thought Tweety used to practically fellate Rudi on-air.
“9-11 Tourettes”
“burping 9-11″
McCain just as soon needs Joe on his ticket as Clinton or to some degree Obama - they are all ”moderate” - mainstream - uni-party or whatever you want to call it. (Your placement of them on the contineum may vary).
From the bit of pundit puke I have heard it seems they would be correct that a evangelical-type VP sounds likely to get a good chance of victory. After all if someone like Huck can deliver 10 percent that would not show up in certain states that could be the difference. However taking into account McCains so-called mavrick staus I could sure see him joining up with a croney with more conservative (or neo) cred - but I tend to think those people will ”hold their noses” and vote for him.
Hard to tell since the media does love them some McCain.
McCain’s laugh is one of the creepiest things about him. I’d love to have someone who’s really adept at reading body language translate that for me…
There have been hints that McCain is reaching out to Rush through intermediaries. If McCain is the heir apparent, expect detente, however staged and clench-jawed…and won’t that be putrid?
Like I’ve said. I know somethin’ about gay governors bein’ from NJ an’ all. No doubt in my mind about Charlie Crist. I’ve told the people here that but they just don’t believe me. Soon enough I’ll be able to say that I’ve lived in the only 2 states with openly gay governors. That an’ a token will get me on the subway, I guess.
I long for the day when I see Mr. Lieberman humbled.
*gasp* … what about Chin- ee ?
David Gregory sure loves him some crashed flyboy.
again, I’m interested in the K.O. vs. Tweedy dynamic…
K.O., obviously has the better thoughts, upon which he bases questions. But Tweety simply won’t shut up.
Who’s winning this one?
Rush is owned by Clear Channel which is Owned by Bain Capitol, Willard’s company.
Follow the money.
I had to laugh when Rudy was giving his speech. My 5-year-old son was snuggling with me on the couch, falling asleep. The last thing he said before he dozed off, “I don’t believe that guy.”
Yeah, David Gregory is in lovvvvvvvvvve with McCain. He can already picture himself as White House press secretary.
Thanks, Deb, for the paycheck reminder. I had wondered about Vicodin-boy’s enthusiasm for anybody but Old Lord. Watch it ramp up — big time — this week.
Yes, but will Willard see the light…and contemplate a second chair? Follow the money, but also follow the changes in perspectives as we move through Feb. 5th.
… sounds like a future Firefighter … *g*
I’ve heard the hints, but Rush has been rather direct about the dim view he takes of St. John. There’s not a whole lot of room to walk things back, even if Rush wanted to, and Rush doing the whole Emily Litella thing (”Oh . . . never mind.”) is not going to happen.
It’s called painting yourself into a corner, and it couldn’t happen to a nicer radio personality.
LOL. See, thhose endorsements from Crist and Sen. Mel gave McCain a boost.
I couldn’t vote, man. I have a discrepency I have to get fixed so I can vote in the general.
That’s just amazing about prop 1. Who’s voting for it? Everyone - no exaggeration - everyone I’ve spoken to (Dem aand Rethug) said the voted against it. I guess I talk to the wrong people.
Bomb, bomb, bomb…bomb, bomb Iran….Yeah Baby…
or
Achtung Baby….Blackwater Gestapo….Yeah Baby…
Come on Amerikkka???? Come on Homeland!!! Come on….Nevermind the Constitution…bring on more killing…yeah…executions…yeah….death….WTF is the matter with our country?????
Bring us the Amerikkan Dream!!! Yeah, that’s what I’m talkin’ about!!!
More wars, more killing….yeah…The Dream…
Turn away, turn away, turn away from this violence.
SPIT!!!
Where are the cheerleaders????
Aaaahhhh. And here I thought it was orders from Cheney. Thanks for clearing that up.
Didn’t Romney buy all these radio stations just recently? You’d think there’d be a law against that!!
Wouldn’t our side prefer running against Mitt ?
LOL.
Heh. It’s almost impossible to lie to children. They can see clearly.
With McCain running out of the dough it will be interesting to see who bankrolls him now. That will tell a lot.
Rush is owned by Clear Channel which is Owned by Bain Capitol, Willard’s company.
Insane in the Bain,
Insane in the membrane
I would.
They got tax cuts. They took a big bite out of social services, va benefits, education, took a good whack at Social security (missed but not completely - they got the public repeating their talking points), gave a ton of money to the MilIndComplex, Big Pharma, Giant Agribiz, Gutted regulations, chopped down trees, poisoned water and food, exported jobs, reduced real income for workers, bankrupted the treasury… If another one gets in, he could finish the gutting.
Yes, he’s 5, so firefighter, superhero, Army man, archaeologist, or Brett Favre are his current career choices.
When has anything Rush has said in the past had any impact upon what he says in the future?
there used to be. Then the repigs gutted the laws. But that isn’t exactly news around here.
Maybe now that it’s a little clearer which way the wind is blowing, some more money might shake loose?
Hate to be redundant, but …
Welcome to France, Ambassador Lieberman!
McCain….Keating 5, McCain…where are the 750,000 documents from the Abramoff investigation??? McCain??? McCain???
72 years old and sick???
Beware of a VP choice. Beware!!!!
Yes.
Another episode of simple answers to simple questions.
What is wrong with America?
Good point.
Especially given the notion that McCain will most likely pick Mikey as his running mate …
Same here. I would say I should get out more, but those aren’t the folks I want to run into.
It believes its own propaganda.
“America isn’t easy. America is advanced citizenship. You gotta want it bad, ’cause it’s gonna put up a fight”
From some of Aaron Sorkin’s best.
What is wrong with America?
Good Christ - how long you got?
Yes; I don’t like the idea of running against a teflon media darling. Again.
It’ll probably happen anyway, but I don’t really see the steely-eyed independent thinker media narrative coalescing around Mitt like it has around Dubya and McCain.
Ohh Ohhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh (channelling Horshack)
Hullo … how ah ya … what’s wrong with America is that the smartest person doesn’t get elected … the one who wins is the one who is best at marketing to the American public …
I voted against the property tax ammendment. I voted for Edwards.
oops. forgot link.
I want edit back!!! PLEASE ? ? ?
Well folks it’s the end of another long day for us. I just can’t understand why “my kids” (students) don’t get excited about math like I do. Lahoma has indicated a question about how I feel about coming upstairs and editing a presentation she is supposed to deliver tomorrow to school administration. So it’s goodnight dear people.
L and okk.
Whenever it might appear that his “talent on loan from God” might have been called in. For Rush, changing his mind is a mortal sin. Unless he’s referring to his marriages.
I’m on a slow dialup, so I gotta ask–what DID McCain say about Rape Gurney Joe?
A rare visit for me to the Lake at night…
So. Explain this please.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new.....world.html
Frankly, I’m amazed he hasn’t been struck by lightning. If there *is* a God, He is very indulgent indeed.
It’s only a fifteen second video, so even on dialup it shouldn’t be much of a wait.
And it’s not what McCain said, but the look on his face when Tweety said Romney was bashing him for all his bills working with Dems, like “McCain-Feingold, McCain-Lieberman . . . “
Rush is God’s way of telling the Netroots, “Y’all have more work to do !”
Blitzer is pissing me off,and so are the pundits talking about Hillary’s win. We constantly gripe about apathy among democratic voters, and when they show up in Florida, where no democratic delegates were rewarded, their voting is discarded as irrelevant.
Party leaders in Florida decided to break the rules and move up the primary. The voters and the vote by these Floridians should not be dissed by these asshats.