CNN

Sen. Joe Lieberman;
You can't have your cake and eat it too.

Sen. Harry Reid;
Stop backing up this idiot. He's trying to ruin the democratic party
and you're the in the leadership.

Joe Liebermann appears to have decided that he is happier with the GOP rather than being an Independent (Democrat). Unfortunately, he is from a heavily Democratic state (Connecticut). He needs to change over, if he is so happy wiht the GOP and his pal McCain. He is acting like a GOP member already. Now he just needs to switch. Would this be another example of Political fence-sitting? Is he waiting to seewho wins in November – McCain-Palin or Obama-Biden. Once the election is over, Joe will make his couragous decision. To the victor go the spoils. In this case Joe Liebermann. The quetsion is – Does anybody want him?

I live in the state that John McCain represents and, it's such a shame watching all these republicans Just praise John McCain. It's actually beginning to make me ill. The John McCain that represented Arizona is long gone and has been replaced by a typical republican;" say ANYTHING to get elected clone that it is depressing". I have to admitt that I don't much have the stomach to watch CNN anymore since you don't seem to call him on anything he and his new running mate says, "Even if they spew out bold face lies". John McCain better hopes he gets into the White House because there is NO WAY this NEW McCain will be re-elected here in Az

Excluded from lunches? Big deal.

Walk down a few blocks, grab a Subway sub, go back to your office or sit in your car, and listen to Rush nail the silly Democrats. That's what I do.

Lieberman is a loser supported by the right wing republcians. He SOUND OUT HIS COUNTRY. AMERICAN NEED TO STAND UP AND START FIGHTING FOR AMERICAN VALUES AND THE TRUTH. REPUBLICANS LIE!!!

Lieberman should be excluded !! He's a traitor and shouldn't be around ANYONE who is discussing serious business because he'll just take it back to McBush.

Since McSame couldn't choose you for his VP, I'm sure if he wins he will set you up in a cushy cabinet position.

sorry, Joe ... out you go! You are not a Democrat or you would not be supporting McCain policies – the opposite of everything the Democrats abhor ..

You aren't really "independent" – you are a McCain whisperer – and on the short list to be McCain's VP until he caved into the right-wing ..

Go ahead and wander in the political desert for 40 years – you don't know where you stand ...

“The senator chose not to attend today’s caucus lunch because he thought it would focus on presidential politics and he has an informal policy of not attending when he thinks the discussion will focus on the presidential race.”

THIS MAN IS A WHIMP AND A SKUNK!

America? The last frontier? Being destroyed!

Is LIEberman jot a Judas now? You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.

I am still waiting for Sarah Palin to we the American People on a one on one basis not through teleprompter. Also, if a VP cannot stand on her own to discuss issues that matter to the people and will rather stay to be shielded by a campaigne, tells me that someone would not be able to stand up to a President (I pray it does not happen) like McCain to defend the people she is elected to serve.

And oh, did you notice that gas price came down when congress was on recess, but wait till they start the energy saga again, you will see that gas prices will start going back up. I personally just think that if they can just zip their mouths for a while, the price could return back to Pre-2001 level.

Give Lieberman a jar of peanut butter and some crackers and
send him back to the Straight Talk Express. Democrats don't want
him back. Traitor!

Campbell brown...NO BIAS! NO BULL! You are the bias and you are the bull. You have a lot of nerve...we must not trust a word Campbell said...she wants to gain your trust and stir the republican ticket under your neck in election day. The table is already fixing to overturn the election anyway.

Mr. Lieberman , what position did McCain offer you in his cabinet ? I hear the position of Brutus , Caesars friend , is vacant .

Cut out all comments, and CNN have control?? Really? Your playing Catch-Up!

Why is America afraid of electing McCain-Palin? I thought it was a free market world we want, eventhough we have been having a burst in the last few years, I think the market (global world order) needs to correct itself further.

Thanks for electing the right kind of leaders and voting against your interest around the world; China overtaking almost everything, india is rising. People, we aint see nothing yet, i thougth there were those countries we used to call third world nations, they will start lifting themselves out of poverty we the re-distribution is all over.

Stay tuned as the next 4 years shapes things more. I guess Sarah palin will be saying then that, it is probably another way of God telling us of our ignorance. Didn't the bible she reads says "My people perish for lack of knowledge".

CNN, once again, I DARE you not to post this.

Lest give him a good by party and send him to ISRAEL

You know what, after the way the Democrats treated Clinton and that includes Obama, Edwards, Dean, Pelosi, Kennedy – they are capable of plenty of dirty tricks. I hope they lose in November, they deserve to.

He should be excluded.

Since Lieberman is NOT a Democrat why should he go to Democratic caucus lunches? What's the big deal here CNN. Why can't you report on REAL Issues instead of badgering voters around this way. Why don't you report each day on one issue and what each candidate's true position or approach is. Help inform the voters - I guess that would be too uninteresting and provide too much of a service to your readers. CNN is turning into a mere gossip magazine.

I see that you all are digging into Sara's rumors. I don't see you looking into Obama's rumors which are a heck of lot more. Let's be fair.

Throw the Judas out!

WELL HIS BEHIND SHOULD HAVE BEEN BARRED! HOW DARE HE BRING HIS BEHIND BACK THINKING OTHER WISE!

JUDAS!

I used to like Lieberman....I guess he was a sheep in wolves clothing!
I have lost all respect. . . what a nerd!

Regardless of his party affiliation, he is a disloyal man and should be held accountable for his actions.
Obama/Biden 08

who cares

That Judas Lieberman should be THROWN OUT and kicked in his wide sewer of a mouth. That creature stinks.

I think that he needs to go crawl under a rock some place and stay. He probably doesn't know what to do with himself since his "friend" doesn't need him to tell him all of the things that he can't remember on the road anymore. I'm sure that he thought he was going to be picked to run as vp for the Republican party by his "friend". I'm sure that he probably doesn't know which side to go to, or which side still wants him now that he isn't needed! I also think that he was used to go against the Democrats like that for that reason, and then along come this vp pick. What makes me mad is that the Republicans now think that all of the women will just flock to her (and her running mate) because she is a women. I frankly find that as a slap in the face. It is a insult to me and all of the women in America. That they think that we don't care about the issues that face our country or our families! That we would put a womens movement in front of those things that are important at this time and the way things are now. I think that she is also being used for polical reasons, because she is not qualified for the job only a heartbeat away.

Speaker Pelosi, not content to screw up the House, is now injecting herself in Senate matters, What is scarier than Sarah Palin being a heartbeat away from the presidency is that Pelosi is 2 heartbeats away.

Well. we've had an idiot and the devil running this country for 8 years – we could have an idiot and a women that wants to take us back 40 years that has no right to be the VP. Looks like I am going to be looking for some land in Canada and take my money with me.

Lie-berman is a traitor to the Democratic Party and SHOULD be ousted from the caucus immediately. He is a Republican. Send him on over and let him join the corupt party of Bush, McSame and his secretary/caregiver Gidget.

I do not blame Lieberman for not attending the Democratic Caucus lunches in the wake of his recent speech. His attending one of these lunches would be equated to a chicken being thrown into the middle of a pack of wolves. They wouldn't take the time to pluck the feathers.

Senators are supposed to do their jobs.......NOT TALK ABOUT OBAMA AND THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE!!!!!!! Harry Reid, how about you tell your democrats to come up with some decent legislation instead of drooling over Obama.

Turning his back on an unethical slimeball like Reid only shows how competent Lieberman really is. Personally, I like the fact that he is willing to be BIPARTISAN, even when it means his party will turn their back on him. This country would be better off without the extremists (either left or right) that currently sit in government positions. People working together? Wow, what a concept!

Oh, and Kathleen, her name is PALIN not Padin.

Our we talking about Lieberman or Olberman the weirdy from MSNBC???

uhhhh....e.j.mohammed September 9th, 2008 6:43 pm ET

Why would any self respecting person stoop as low as Lieberman, Romney and Giuliani did at the Republican convention! Is this the Republican party's best weapon, smear tactics! What Democrat would want to break bread with these people!
By the way Ms. Palin needs to study her facts on Freddie Mae and Fanny Mae!

A former Republican who will never vote Republican again!!

I think it's Freddie Mae and Fannie Mac... Perhaps you should also study eh...

Lets see if he catches that I got it wrong also...

Lieberman supports whichever party puts Israel's interests ahead of the United States. Republicans are especially extreme on that issue. So, Lieberman is campaigning for John McCain . . . and endless U.S. troop presence in the middle east.

Oh what Joe..... a man without a party.

Why in the world should the democratic party or any party that has been so demonized by a past memeber have to invite him to the table for anything? He turned like a viper on his party and all the people who voted for him.

Forget him, Democrats! With friends like that.... you don't need enemies!

Lieberman has one and only one agenda. It is to CONTINUE THE IRAQ WAR AND DESTABILIZE THE MIDDLE EAST. Why ? Go figure

Why would any self respecting person stoop as low as Lieberman, Romney and Giuliani did at the Republican convention! Is this the Republican party's best weapon, smear tactics! What Democrat would want to break bread with these people!
By the way Ms. Palin needs to study her facts on Freddie Mae and Fanny Mae!

A former Republican who will never vote Republican again!!

Joe should be expelled, if not; soon after November 5th.

McCain is an honorable man and a man who will protect our country and our values.

I see Obama is not ready and even Joe Biden said that obama was not ready. Hillary said Obama lacks the experience for the job.

Heavy comments by the lions of the Democratic Party.

Let's support the Republican ticket all the way to the White House.

Why is Lieberman relevant. Lieberman is like a wart that will not go away. He will align himself with whoever he can push the Zionist agenda, period.,

Don't feel bad Joe ; Harry Reid isn't playing with a full deck !!!

Last I heard, he wasn't a Democrat. So why should he be included?

He is not a democrat and has no place else to go.

Joe is a two faced traitor. He is probably afraid to face the Caucus

I think the left should just cut this Leiberman character out of the loop completely. He's an embaressment to Democrats and his actions are those of a traitor. I beieve in freedom of speech and free choice and even free market to a point. But this man was a heartbeat from the democratic presidency and he's now vying for the VP slot on the Republican ticket? And he would have gotten it too, had it not been for the fact that the GOP needed some life in thier campaign.

Now, it appears the american public and worse, the press, are selling and buying this new line of garbage regarding a candidate who they don't even trust to spend time with reporters? C'mon folks.

WAKE UP AMERICA!

Lieberman is smart to back Mccain/Palin. He picked the winners.

Mccain/Palin WIN WITH DIGNITY!

The left loses again.

Have lunch with your buddies McCain/Palin, pretend democrat.

L I E berman...

And I bet every single one of you Lieberman bashers voted for him and Al Gore in 2000. Such hypocrites.

Shame on the democrats.Lieberman had the right to do the things that he did.After all the Democrats treated him badly when they had the Senate election last time.That's why he ran as an independent and won.Democrats need to stop whinning about everything.Your ARUGULA eating candidates blew it. If I were Hillary and BILL I wouldn't help him at all.After what they did to her they had the nerve to ask her to do the dirty work for him. That is just shamefull.

Lieberman is joined at McWars elbow better known and McWars elb ow puppet has to tell him what he forgot but now with the Pitbull where Liebereman fits in just a lot of barking going on but n o substance the usual just more lies.

Lie berman should be ashamed of himself, for the lies he told at the convention.

Joe will be in as long as he is needed but if the democrats no longer need his vote they will throw him under the bus!

Obama is a user or patronage politician! He will grease your palm if you grease his!

McCain/Palin 08! They will deliver authentic reform with integrity!

I guess I do not know why after Mr. Liberman said all those lies and 1/2 truth against Obama and Joe Biden and is for John McCain and Sarah Palin would he even want to continue to be included in anything the democrats are doing!

Liberman will do as Liberman wants.

The DEMS need his SENATE vote more than he needs them.

He proved that when he won this current Senate seat running as an Independent ...without help from the DEMS.

Reid is such a wimp. He should kick Lieberman out of the Democratic Party and and let him hang with the Repugs. But Reid is not a man.

Does Joe look a little like Sen. Palpatine in Star Wars

that harry reid could be a cartoon character-'drabble' comes to mind.

Lierberman is a fraud. He is upset because the Democratic electorate voted for the REAL democrat in his last Senate race.

Lieberman must go!!!!

LIEberman has principles? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! He dumped his own party once it was convenient and is kissing the rear end of a man who's policies noticeably don't coincide with his own just so his career isn't totaled.

Folks, as an adjunct to the comment I just wrote, why am I reading so much anger - even hatred - in this thread? We tend to blame politicians for the ranchor and lack of civility in government, but our own discussions are focused on personalities instead of issues. If we are so intolerant of others' views, how can be expect our representatives to conduct themselves with any more civility?

Lieberman got PUNKED, Sen McCain has Palin lets see how much he needs you now? LOL

It's clear that feelings are strong on this issue and many others related to yet another divisive presidential election.

I don't always agree with Joe Lieberman. Nonetheless, it's refreshing to see politicians who aren't afraid to tell people how they feel regardless of their party affiliation. If it were up to me, we wouldn't have party designations - people would merely campaign based upon their views and what they can do to help the American people.

I propose that we all try hard to set aside labels like Republican, Democrat, conservative, liberal, right-wing, left-wing, and the other monikers that only divide us. I admire any politician that isn't afraid to stray from his or her own party's position.

THANKYOU AMERICA FOR SUPPORTING OBAMA. GET THE WORD OUT TO EVERYONE ABOUT VOTING FOR OBAMA. LISTEN TO OBAMA'S PLANS FOR AMERICA AND SHARE THEM WITH PEOPLE YOU ENCOUNTER ON A DAILY BASIS. OBAMA NEEDS ALL OF OUR HELP, SO THAT HE CAN HELP ALL OF US. GET THE WORD OUT! WE NEED TREMENDOUS NUMBERS TO OVERCOME THE EVIL GOP. VOTE FOR OBAMA IN 08 AND 2012.

Liberman is the REAL JUDAS...he needs to switch parties because he will never be welcome and any Dem functions again.

LIEBERMAN SHOULD BE EXCLUDED FROM THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO with dem party this is one dem that demands he be banned maybe mcbush will take him to lunch PITIFUL EXCUSE FOR HUMAN BEING go suckup to republicans joe you are not welcome in harry trumans party

I guess McCain can get Lieberman to sell out the Democrats.

Will Palin get him to sell out the Jews, too?

party unity!!! fire anyone who doesn't tow your party line.
apparently the dems think you're stupid enough to believe that if they put up some smoke and mirrors and give cheesy smile for the TV cameras that will undo all their actions that have driven a wedge between them.

they coronated obama when he was not the more popular candidate, they forced hillary to release all her delegates so that at the convention, the TVs would show you a fake sense of unity for obama, they alienated millions of voters in florida in michigan

what next? lip synching 7 year olds and computer generated fireworks? probably.

I have an informal policy of not supporting neo-idiots who are hell bent on continuing the [R]-led nightmare of the last 8 years. The people in Conn. must be so proud of their 2006 choice right now.

The dems need to kick Lieberman to the curb as quickly as they can. As for Lieberman having morals and courage, what a joke. Lieberman is out for himself and himself only. Lieberman is sucking up to McCain hoping for a cabinet post. He knows his days of relevance in party politics are numbered.

dems bipartisan behavior

If Harry Reid is not excluding Liieberman from his caucus meetings and lunches, then he should. This is a no brainer. Lieberman, like John Mc Cain, is an opportunist. Lieberman wants the best of both worlds and neither party should trust him.

Liberman knows that his days are numbered as a member of the Democratic caucus in the Senate. That's why he's kissing McGrandpa's gludes to get a job in January.

got the dems up in arms for backing the only party that will change washington...... way to lieberman

The dems should just leave it up to Palin to decide what to do with JL. I don't think JL got the memo on how Palin really feels about him. I have seen enough of this freak show, I'm ready to vote for Obama now and in 2012. Go Obama!

Lieberman should join the Republicans..... he is just like them ... ....full of ANGER AND NEGATIVITY.

Palin is not going to put food on our tables. I dont know. These women or men must have jobs.

I am proud of Lieberman. He speaks the truth and the truth hurts!
DNC is suck and Obamites are pathetic!

THE DEMS NEED TO KICK CAPTAIN ISREAL TO THE CURVE NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He probably wasn't because most Democrats are forgiving people. They are going to treat him with kindness and find someone to run against him and he will be outta there.

Lieberman has served this country for 38 years and now that he's broken ranks, to support a more qualified candidate for the highest office in the land, his legacy is suddenly null and void. nothing more disturbing than watching the democrats cannibalize their own.

Amazing that the dems want him as long as it puts them in the majority. This is probably the ONLY man in Congress with any morals. They're supposed to represent the people, not the party! I applaud him for being one of the few men with principles anymore.

Throw that bum out!

Incidentally, Nebraska, the party of FDR invented Social Security, the TVA, and Fannie Mae, all programs Republican oligarchists hate. FDR was a Liberal with a capital "L".

When Fascism comes to America, it will come waving the Bible and wrapped in the Flag. Todd presumably has the pictures.

The only thing I hate about this story is the fact that I actually used to like JL when he was with Gore and it broke my heart when the GOP stole it from them and gave it to W and let him wreck the shop. I just can't see why JL would not support Barack. The policies and issues Obama is addressing are some of the things I had envisioned Gore and JL fixing and or working on and seeing what we got in exchange for Gore and JL in W really has me baffled as to what in the hell is JL doing on that side of the fence. JL should feel out of place at least for a little while because when we needed him the most; I mean we the people needed him the most, he has choosen to jump on the side of 4 more years of Bush!!!!! Say it ain't so, Joe.... Say it ain't so. Vote for Obama 08 and 2012.

More fodder for Republican dirty tricks.

Obama/Biden 08

They ought to read him out of the party. After the November elections result in more Democratic Senators...the party won't have to play nice with Joe Turncoat. Let him fend for himself as an Independent, better yet..let him join the Republicans.

It takes a worried man, to sing the "Worried Song"... They're worried now, and they will be "Worried Long"..

Men, Palin is not pro choice, you will be hit with the bill $$$$$$$$$ over the next 20 to 40 years.

Lieberman, the Mosad agent, is as slimy as they get..

Lieberman spends his time hanging with the Republicans to the exclusion of his own Democrat Party. Another Republican eff-up blame someone else when he messes up his calendar. He must think we are idiots to waste time listening to him cry and whine about being excluded. Well Lieberman you better decide which party you are going to align yourself with and busy yourself with their business.

Who cares . Harry Reid need to stop complaining if hes going to keep kissing Joe Leibermans behind.

He should be excluded. He's a disgrace to his party. He's a Republican spy.

This story is a distraction to hid the fact that John McCain is switching his colors and talk to match Obama's. Conservative Republicans are running as Democrats now. But be not fooled. This is not the reason for his recent poll bumps.

Stop looking for dirt on Palin because she is clean, maybe vindictive at best. The hard reality is that women identify with her because she looks and feels familiar to them. The problem is that they really can’t see how different she is from most of them. When they switch the Supreme Court next year, pro-choice goes out the window with it. But not for 4 years, but for the next 20 years. That is the wool being pulled over women’s eyes.

Problem is, women are not carrying this critical issue (their right to choose) in the forefront of their minds. They won’t get it tell it’s too late, and after the price for Palins seat proves too expensive in personal rights.

They'll keep him on until Nov. 5th. All bets are off after that and he'll have to find a new job after that. He's toast and he knows it. We just can't let that out until Nov. 5th.

I am sure that Harry Reid and the rest of his disfunctional do nothing cronies will be out of a job sooner than Lieberman will be.

The real traitor is Reid and Pelosi for forcefeeding us Obama and then not doing one thing their entire time they have controlled congress. Pathetic people that can constantly call a press conference for every little thing and still cant find time for their job.

I feel sorry for Lieberman. Now Republicans don't want and neither Democrats. Must feel awful. Should have thought about it when he was criticizing Obama at the republican convention. Has he learnt his lesson or still campaigning with McCain?

He isn't a democrat, though..he spoke at the RNC praising McCain. That stips him of his dem status. I wish Ned Lamont had won that Senate seat and this whole thing would be moot.

Forget these trivialities! Here's some news that you have to digest:

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The modest shift in US forces to Afghanistan announced Tuesday by President George W. Bush falls short of his commanders' requests despite signs the seven year-old US-NATO project there is at risk.

Sen. Joe Lieberman and Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid are denying reports that Lieberman has been excluded from Democratic Caucus lunches in the wake of his recent speech at the Republican convention which unexpectedly attacked Sen. Barack Obama, the party’s presidential nominee.

What a joke - this is way Obama will loose the election - Reid and Lieberman should both be thrown out !!!!

Come on Harry Reid. Be a man and stand for your beliefs. Kick Lieberman out of the Caucus NOW!!! NOW!!! NOW!!!

it is all over for sen. Obama. even if he wins the white house, it will be because Hillary gave it to him he couldn't do it on his own

The Dems can do what the want to Lieberman. He'll have a cabinet position in the McCain administration.
You goober Libs blew it big time. No Hillary on the ticket, no White House. You got so excited about a Black guy being President you forgot to pick a real candidate. Excellent.

FACT is CHILDREN

The democratic party abandoned him
HE DIDN'T abandon them.

Seem to remember another Democrat of recent memory that was abandoned by HER Democratic party.

Same mistakes, same spin, lies same, same hate.

Exclude him from lunch, dinner, breakfast, snacks, and everything else. The guy is a Rethuglican in Democratic clothing. If he's so in love with John McCain, let him go a-courtin' in the GOP.

Interesting...since Lieberman has converted from Democrat to Republican for McCain, I guess it will please Palin when Lieberman converts from Judaism to Christianity.

HA HA HA!

The democrats wouldnt do any of these things because they would seem punitive and partisan. Not something they need right now. However, Liberman knows very well that they are not very happy with him and he has lost some of their support. That could also mean he might be more receptive to voting yes on controversial democratic issues to get that support back. Win-win for the democrats.

He needs to be excluded.. all he is doing is sabotaging the Dems Election... send him to the GOP.. let them have him!

why in the hell are we paying for their lunch in the first place? these millionaires can buy their own lunch or brown bag it like the rest of us

I think that Mr. Lie erman, I" sorry, Mr. Lieberman is a disgrace.

unfortunately all is fair in politics and war. mud slingin at its finest

If Reid and Pelosi said it, you have to know it's not the truth.

...and the democratic candidate says working across the isle is a good thing and his party does this???

NO OBAMA!!!!

There isn't a reason in my mind where Joe Lieberman should feel he should be included in any Democratic caucus or any policy functions. He isn't a Democrat. He is a Independent with strong ties to the Republican party. He should attend Republican caucuses.

Guess what? I believe that Joe Lieberman believes in the Democratic Party of FDR, Truman and Kennedy. Trouble is, todays party is but a mere shadow of its former self, one that has prostituted itself to appease the far left liberals whose ideals our founding fathers would find treasoness.

Joe is looking out for the country and all Amercians which is my position as a fellow Independant.

Lieberman owes the dumocraps nothing. He is not one of them. Vote Republican Lieberman...vote Pro US! Help bring the US Senate back to the Republican party where it belongs. The dumcraps have had control of the house and senate for 2 years and they have almost destroyed the country. No surprise there, there isn't a dumocrap alive who isn't traitorous scum. Proven fact!

What Lieberman did took a lot of guts. Putting your country first is never easy. Obama on the other hand never go against his party for what is right. How can a person like Obama with all-rhetoric no record of legislative accomplishment come this far?

It is clear that most Americans do not want a black president.

The excuses for voting against Obama are comical. America has become a joke under the Bush Admin to the world and our money is nearly worthless. We make nothing and appear to be stupid enough to be supporting McCain and Palin as its only a matter of time and China will own us.

Let's be serious, if Obama looked like Tom Hanks, this election would be a landslide.

the fact that a nobody gets this much attention is a perfect example of the issues w/ American politics today.

Wow, no wonder Hillary didn't get nominated.
Our party can't even have lunch without making fools of ourselves.

Hillary 2012.

R E I D ,,,,,,T O,,,,,,L I E B E R M A N,,::::::M I ,,,,,,,,,C A S A,,,,,,,,,,N O,,,,,,,,E S,,

T U,,,,,,,,,,,C A S A ! ! ! !

(my home is not your home)

Old Joe showed he wasn't bipartisan he showed he was a republican. The Bush administration even today has finally done everything Obama has said to do as they down him for saying it. Lieberman is making all the people he might of lost in the camps by backi9ng a woman with some of the same Ideas, and a man that gets out of trouble saying I was a POW, well the way they attack max clelland and it was found to all be lies, well folks sorry, McCain is a lemming not a leader. The surge only help because they paid off Sadir and the sunnis.

Well if they weren't excluded, I want to know why? If Dems invited those two turn coats to their luncheon – I'm voting Republican as it will mean there is absolutely, positively, unequivocally NO TRUTH or HONESTY in any Party, Politician, or the White House!

McBush snubbed Joe, Mitt & Rudy! All 3 are hanging around for the crumbs off the table.

Lieberman should be excluded. He's disloyal to Democrats. Even worse, his disloyal to America, because he puts the interests of Israel ahead of the United States. We've got troops stuck in the middle east . . . and we're hated by the Arab world . . . because our military power enabled Israel to maintain its land grabs against Palestinians. And Joe Lieberman supports this travesty. Toss him out!

What the heck is wrong in this country? McCain/Palin up in the polls, masquerading as agents of change, and Joe Libermann the traitor.

I wish that folks would step back and look at the issues instead of the individuals. John McCain picked Palin thinking that she would attract the Hillary voters. If she was a man, he would not have picked her with such a thin resume. You MaCain women are being disrespected by McCain. He's using her to win this election. At least Obama was honest and not just picked Hillary to win the White House. He thought about what was best for the country. I thought that John McCain was an honorable person. You folks put him on a pedestal because he was a so called war hero and that's questionable. If you think that the 8 years with Bush was bad, wait and see what happens if McCain gets elected. McCain is going to sit in the White House and the Karl Roves will be running the country just like the Bush White House. We are the only country that votes based on race and personalities. Other countries take voting serviously, we let someone give a good speech and WOW, he/she gave a good speech so I'm going to vote for him or her. If we vote McCain in, we get what we deserve, just like we did with Bush.

WHY?!!?!

Just look at the independence running from the left.., thanks CNN.

Wow! Judas is looking for sympathy from the Dems. Tell him he can attemp stabbing us in the back in 4 years.

Lieberman should be excluded from anything Democratic. Lieberman needs to continue cleaning the McCain and Palin toilets.

Liberman, McCain and Pelin are all narcisstic and selfcenter!!! Pelin wants to be the savior from Alaska for the AOG church and bring Jesus back with bomb, bomb and bomb somemore. Lieberman and McCain are more of the same!!!!

"Lieberman is a traitor! " Way to reach across the aisle.
ZerObama.

Lieberman pressed at GOP convention all the wrong buttoms and remembered the republicans point after point why they allways have hated McCain. I am sure Lieberman felt very lonely at the end of his speech. His former democratic friends from the senat are for sure not the right people now to help him and his little soul. Maybe sometimes when he is looking at the sky in the evening he remembers the little dog Laika who was send once by the former soviet union into the orbit and was forced to die lonely somewhere out there.

Why this ship jumping Judas(Lieberman) is even remotely relevent is mindboggling to say the least! He couldnt possibly be any less of a non-factor!!! Slow news day CNN?

Foreigner – not all of us are stupid – just the ones that are bought off by the republican machine.

Here are more examples how Dems are NOT looking good to the public eye. I thought there are"No blue or Red, or no Liberal or
conservatives, We are the United States Of America"...

All this talk of Obama being the man to unite us all. All I see is a man who is out to divide anyone who doesn't agree with him. There is no middle ground for him...his way or the highway. Please will someone please explain to me how Obama is more capable and ready to handle the job when he isn't even as qualified as McCain's vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin? His foreign experience all comes down to a 2 week trip he took back in July and I'm supposed to believe that makes him qualified? Has he ever ran any sort of governement? His biggest accomplishment is publishing two books in which he created his own image of himself.

And now I heard he is ready to take care of American's educational system. How is he going to do that when he spends $40,000 a year for his girls to attend a private school. If only all Amewricans had that kind of money to spend on their childrens education. Obama, don't talk as if you understand our situation when you are so far from it. At least Palins parents were teachers and her kids grew up in the public school systems...she know what changes need to be made, because she's one of us.

It's time for Obama to get real. I'm tired of him trying to portray an image of himself that he is clearly not. Go back to writing more books of yourself...for making up stories is something you are clearly good at.

McCain/Palin 08

He should be if he's not!

The Democratic Party really seems to be going out of its way to display itself as hypocritical. It's leaders step out and talk about working in a bi-partisan fashion, then slaps down a Senator who publically spoke his conscience. I have never understood the party's treatment of Joe Lieberman. After being Gore's running mate, the party refused to back his re-election bid for his senate seat. He refused to go away quietly and ran as an independant and won – proving his constituents wanted him as their senator. I'd swear the Democratic Party elite would eat their own young!

If Lieberman were to attend a Democratic caucus event, he would deserve a unanimous cold shoulder. Nobody really wants Joe out of the caucus until after the election, though, least of all his Republican allies.

I'm sure Joe will get along with his new anti-Semitic allies at least as well as he'll get along with the Democrats he now spits on.

Everybody make room at the table for Joe.

Well, Jokey McCain has stated that he would have some democrates in this cabinet, I see two problems with that, if he was counting on Joe Lieberman as on of them, Frist, Joe Lie-berman is not a democrat and second Jokey McCain is not going to be the president, so you will not have a cabinet. McCain you would have done better with Lieberman as a running mate, at least he would corrected you when you didn't know what you were talking about. so implant a listening devise into you ear. Vote. OBAMA TROY.

i wouldn't let him sit at my table.

Who cares? Lieberman is a has-been who couldn't even win the nomination of hs own state party when he ran for re-election. Now, tell me when the dems are replacing Harry Reid as leader and I'm all ears!

Americans are a joke.

I don't think you know how many of us laugh at you and the fact that McCain still has a chance to win this election. McCain supporters are either dillusional or on his payroll. We have uncovered lies upon lies upon lies between McCain and Palin which gets filtered through the media yet they are praised.

It is evidently clear that many Americans do not want a black president. The excuses for voting against Obama are comical. Let's be serious, if Obama looked like Tom Hanks, this election would be a landslide.

Go ahead, ruin your country to serve your own biggotry. I don't mind.

if mccain is president this is going to be the world war 3. the reason is that russia will not listen to that mcbush. America, be ready for blood bath. this is the prophecy. mccain is more likely to go to war because of his anger. this is the begining of world war 3

LIEBERMAN, GOT SNUBBED, AND PALIN PUNKED HIM!

He needs to decide what side of the fence he is on. He is playing both sides hoping he can save his career. He almost got a vp slot with this stategy. Gotta hand it to him. He has to live with himself.

Lieberman's is our Judas

Mr. Liebermann has been running thru a very tight rope but in politics sooner or later politicians have to decide what is the party of preference or ideology. Liebermann is doing a disservice to himself but I think that McCain, should he becomes president, will be one to offer Mr.Liebermann a position in his cabinet complying with his declarations the other day of having Democrats as part of his government. Maybe that is what Liebermann wants and possibly has made an agreement with McCain. After all, both are politicians and has been part of the Washington "crowd" for a long time and they know all the tricks of the trade. If Obama becomes president, Liebermann has not future in politics as a Democrat.

When I give my time labor and money to support Obama for presidency, I don't expect my party to welcome with open arms persons who have done immeasurable harm to my democratic candidate. Mr Liberman has chosen to support the republican candidate, he should go to the republican lunches and leave us to doing the business of getting our candidate elected.

Lieberman is a Democrat. Lieberman supports Republican John McCain for President because he knows John McCain will work to get things done in a bipartisan effort. Joe Lieberman does not like that his Democrat party has embraced far left philosophies that will hurt our country. Joe is a principled man and he is making a stand against the Democrat party leaders who have chosen the candidate with zero foreign policy experience during such a crucial period in our front against tyrannical governments.

Lieberman is a traitor! He should not be invited to anything Democratic!! Let him go to the RUP..I'm sure the Democrats won't miss him!

Lieberman is a "traitor". Considering his stance at the Republican nomination and his support of McCain he is not a Democrat, he is a Republican. Why doesn't he change his registration to Republican, he is a hypocrite . Any respect I once had for him has gone through the door.

Joe LIEberman should be excluded from the Democratic lunches and other functions as well. He is a traitor and a two -faced liar. It seems like just about everywhere you see grandpa (McCain), LIEberman is not far behind. He should be dismissed from the Democratic party.

It's really too bad we can't deport AIPAC Joe to Israel...

I hope the get rid of this idiot a traitor he is shame to the democratic pary to this nation and his family, this guy has not ethics and does not care about any thing but himself.

This probably won't get posted, but CNN, I am disappointed in your moderation. You clearly state in your policy that you discourage libelous posts, yet you continue to allow comments stating that Palin cut special needs funding, per the thread concerning Biden/low blow. In fact, she did not, as stated on factcheck.org:

"Palin did not cut funding for special needs education in Alaska by 62 percent. She didn’t cut it at all. In fact, she tripled per-pupil funding over just three years. "

CNN, you cited this website in one of your articles the other day; is it really that hard to deny posts that continue to perpetuate this, and other heinous rumors? Of course, factcheck also points out that your own Soledad O'Brien erroneously reported this, so perhaps this is a CYA move- if you keep letting people post it, maybe no one will notice.

See you in the "your comment is awaiting moderation" section.

I don't get the Dems on this at all. Not just this specific article but the whole thing they have with Lieberman. They act outraged when he shows up at the Republican convention. They act outraged when he indicate any kind of support for McCain. But THEY (the Dems) are the ones who threw him under the bus a few years ago because he didn't toe the party line on Iraq. This from the party that is supposed to stand for diversity and differing opinions. And now he's expected by them to be a Democrat.
What hypocrites.

As if the Democrats are dumb enough to let this turncoat listen in on their conversations?

Lieberman, first a Democrat, then an Independant, then a Republican.. and then announcing he is a Democrat at the RNC... and then ........ hearing McCain will work together bringing the country together... and have Democrats in his cabinet... IS HE TALKING ABOUT LIEBERMAN.??? YOU KNOW LIE the Man..????.

ha – wait til mcwarmonger gets back to the senate – they are all watching and listening to his lies –

So is the world. So in the world.

Ban him! And don't make excuses! This is a traitor to your party!
For God's sake, Lieberman and Graham went on a taxpayer funded
trip with McCain. The trip was specifically for McCain Fundraiser Dinner in Paris. But, they threw in a visit in Iraq at the very last minute.
I cannot stand Lieberman! And Linsay Graham, is a true Republican
Idiot, just on CNN with Wolf Blitzer a few minutes ago!!! It will play
again in a little bit. Graham was defending McCain for not mentioning
Bush's name today.

If McCain Padin win, it will be a disaster to the U.S. Rove picked Padin!
Bush will rule the roost even after he leaves office. He is "planning"
to keep this war going, and going, and going. McCain Padin will take
orders from Bush. Absolutely!!!!!1

Obama-Biden 2008 OR goodbye America.

McCain Padin double speak. NOBig Government means, YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN!!!!!! w/ Healthcare, Education, Unemployment, Medicare, but then provide NO JOBS AND THE DRAFT.

YOUR OWN.

Lieberman has the courage to defy his party for what he believes!

I don't get the Dems on this at all. Not just this specific article but the whole thing they have with Lieberman. They act outraged when he shows up at the Republican convention. They act outraged when he indicate any kind of support for McCain. But THEY (the Dems) are the ones who threw him under the bus a few years ago because he didn't toe the party line on Ira

Lieberman is a political ADULTERER... He should be forced to wear a scarlett "R" or optionally have a big "R" tattooed on his forehead. Throw the bum out!

Just one more example of how Obama and Biden are in it for the Party and not the People.

When is Lieberman going to be denied access to Congress? He's such a putz. Why McCain's camp wanted Lieberman to speak at the GOP convention is beyond me.

Lieberman is probably too ashame to show his face and who cares if he doesn't attend a luncheon. Lieberman packed his lunch to go at the GOP convention.

he should not only be excluded he should be made part of the minority... Howard Dean should be fired for the lousy job he has done.
Because Dr Dean did not win he decided to pull appart our party.

Typical democrat cry babies. Just a bunch of sore losers.

Lieberman should not be invited to Democratic functions. He would only report his findings to Mccain. He was going to be the GOP VP if the Rep. would have let Mccain have his way. He went after the Dems choice to personally to be Pres. he is no longer one of them he is an outsider. In his terms an Independent.

Lieberman is a traitor and should be dealt with harshly. They should have dealt with Zel Miller harshly. At what point did he abandon the ideals and the platform of the Democratic party, the party for the people for evil that we know today as the GOP. A lot of Republicans have left that party because they see how they have led America astray. and now this SOB is going to talk down on our candidate? WHAT HE SHOULD HAVE SAID, WAS NOTHING!
But this turncoat has made his decision. And the only reason I would allow him to attend that meeting is so that I may formally dismiss him from the party and send him packing to those losers in the GOP

DEMOCRATS'08 AND FORVEVER

Liebeman is right! dump the dems as they dump Hillary!

I say lets not play around and dump his tail..Lieberman is a sell out!!

This is ridiculous. Its time for a change...a REAL change. NADER 08!

Odd. I thought his attendance at the supper was scripturally required.

Lieberman should be ban he is not a demoncratic he a indepent he is phoney,,,,I believe he a spy for republican party...We need to vote Lieberman out the office

why would we be suprised at this? Dirty politics from the dirty party.

LIEBERMAN GO AHEAD BACK THAT DOG MUSHER!

HER PASTOR ALREADY SAID JEWS ARE WILL DIE UNTIL THAY COME TO JESUS CHRIST.

JOE, YOU GOT PUNKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds like it's starting to topple.. "Samson McCain". The Democrat Temple is weakening..

Lieberman shouldn't be allowed at ANY lunch-he's enough to turn stomachs!

"...in the wake of [Lieberman's] recent speech at the Republican convention which unexpectedly attacked Sen. Barack Obama, the party’s presidential nominee."

"Unexpectedly?" Have you been paying attention to this election, CNN? Lieberman has been attacking the Democrats since endorsing McCain, and he's been after Obama since Obama became the presumptive nominee. There was nothing "unexpected" about Lieberman's speech at the convention. For you to say such is evidence of your lack of any research during this campaign. And it's very misleading.

So who are the dividers???

Seems there is plenty of division to go around.