Joe Lieberman Attacks Democratic Funders

Joe Lieberman gives an intereview to (wait for it) NewsMax and spews his usual tripe about anyone who doesn’t agree with him being a partisan and a traitor, but this time it’s George Soros he attacks:

Taking aim at billionaire George Soros, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman calls Soros’ views on America “so negative, so critical, and so often anti- American.”

In an exclusive interview with NewsMax Magazine (in the July edition now on newsstands), Lieberman described Soros, a major source of funding for Democratic causes, as representing “everything that’s
wrong.”

Lieberman and his interview were featured as part of the cover story of NewsMax’s Magazine’s “Power 25: Joe Lieberman and the People Who Really Run Congress” – which reveals the 25 most effective members of the House and Senate.

Defender of the United States

In his talk with NewsMax, Lieberman explains why he feels so strongly about Iran’s weapons program and offers a surprising assessment about Sen. Hillary Clinton. But Lieberman’s most pointed critique was aimed squarely at George Soros.

Lieberman says of Soros, “His view of America is so negative. The places he’s put his money are, in my opinion, so destructive that it unsettles me.”

Soros, who gave $18 million to Democratic advocacy groups seeking to defeat President Bush in 2004, has said he supports Barack Obama for 2008.

That troubles Lieberman, who says he doesn’t respect Soros’ values.

Soros is a major Democratic funder and if I was him I’d slam my checkbook shut and tell the Democrats to stick it as long as they keep empowering Lieberman with, among other things, his cherry seat as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, a perch from where he obstructs any meaningful oversight into the crimes of the Republicans who got him elected. That Lieberman is now not only raising money for Republicans but attacking key sources of Democratic financing should be a signal that empowering him has been and continues to be extremely dangerous. When you want to destroy something, you go after its financing. Joe wants to destroy the Democratic Party. I really don’t know how it can be any clearer.

None of the 08 candidates, save John Edwards, has had the stones to speak out against Lieberman and his insane calls to attack Iran. Joe has now placed Obama in an extremely precarious position where, in order to defend a loyal supporter, he has to also feed into all the right wing narratives that attend Soros. He ought to have the guts to do it anyway. But Joe will just keep running his mouth and finding more ways to damage the party until Harry Reid and other key members of the Democratic Senate leadershp figure out a way to put meaningful daylight between Joe and the party.

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