Joe Lieberman -- Weasel.

[Ben_Hecht]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1207/7418.html

Off the commitees. Out of the party.
Today.

Well, he wasn't going to plump for Teddy's pally, Chrissy, after Chrissy took the sucker bait (i. e. Ned Lamont).

 

[Yawn]

Hoo boy.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Who's Joe Lieberman?

He had to make one more big splash before becoming totally irrelevant.

And he knows it.

Let's hold Good Old Joe in contempt, for the RIGHT reasons . . . primarily, that he's an utter drug/insurance sector toady.

Joe's for Joe . . . first, last and alwys.

 

[expendable]

Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals! Except the weasel.

 

[Yawn]

And Teddy is for the people. Right.

Joe is AGAINST the Muslim terrorists. He also understands them, which is more than his fellow Democrats who say "We support you troops" while plotting to cut their funding. As you newspaper folk know in such an industry where cutting is a regular function of the powers that be, cutting funding is a real moral boost.

Oh, but you support the troops.

 

[Webster]

He's against the Muslim terrorists? Sorry -- AGAINST them. And he understands them?

Joe is my hero.

 

[wickedwritah]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1207/7418.html

Off the commitees. Out of the party.
Today.

Well, he wasn't going to plump for Teddy's pally, Chrissy, after Chrissy took the sucker bait (i. e. Ned Lamont).

And that's my issue with Fenian ripping him. Dodd tossed Lieberman overboard ASAP for Lamont.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1207/7418.html

Off the commitees. Out of the party.
Today.

Well, he wasn't going to plump for Teddy's pally, Chrissy, after Chrissy took the sucker bait (i. e. Ned Lamont).

And that's my issue with Fenian ripping him. Dodd tossed Lieberman overboard ASAP for Lamont.

Wait a minute.
Lamont won the Democratic primary. He was the party's nominee for the US Senate. Dodd endorsed him. As has been pointed out, Lieberman's relevance continues only as long as he can threaten to jump parties. Come '08, that's very likely not going to be a factor. But if he endorses a Republican for president, he's out of the party instantly.

 

[wickedwritah]

Dodd should not have endorsed Lamont since he had no chance of winning the general election. And he was running against an established Democrat who never should have lost the primary in the first place.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Wait another minute.
"Never should have lost the primary in the first place"?
The Democratic Party in Connecticut resoundingly rejected an incumbent US Senator - and for good reason, given his performance in office since being re-elected up to and including today. It rejected him because most Democratic voters knew he would behave precisely the way he has, despite what he was saying on the campaign trail. He got elected because enough Republicans crossed over.
To say that Dodd shouldn't have endorsed the overwhelming nominee of his party is flatly bizarre.

 

[hondo]

You may disagree on Lieberman's views, but I will ask Democrats this:

Are you really happy with the party ditching Lieberman over the war issue in the first place, leading to a primary election victory for a candidate who had no prayer in Hell of winning the general election?

They've never been afraid of losing elections to prove some inane point, or to run the wrong guy. For proof, just look at the wooden indians they've been nominating for president since Clinton (Gore, Kerry).

You might try giving people a viable choice.

 

[Beaker]

As Fenian has pointed out, the issue with Lieberman is that he lost the Democratic primary in CT and yet decided to fork his constituents and the primary system itself while he weaseled his way into the general election.

And as Ben said, Joe is an arrogant Basket who only cares about himself.