(CNN) - Connecticut’s Democratic Party is officially complaining to Sen. Joe Lieberman for backing Republican John McCain in this year’s presidential race – but has decided against taking any tougher measures against him.
State party officials voted Wednesday night to send the senator a letter laying out their unhappiness with his decision, amid new polls that show the Democrat-turned-independent drawing record low approval ratings from constituents unhappy over his presidential pick and his continuing support for the Iraq war.
Lieberman himself, who remains a registered Democrat, retained his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee last month following a lengthy and often-heated debate over what — if any — price he should pay for his vocal support of McCain's presidential bid.
The former Democratic vice presidential candidate said then that a number of his Democratic colleagues in the Senate were moved by an appeal from Obama himself that "the nation now unite to confront our very serious problems…. This is all about going forward."
The decision from congressional Democrats came days after Republican Sen. Jon Kyl said the GOP would “welcome [Lieberman] with open arms” if he decided to bolt the Democratic caucus.
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He does not care about America, all what he cares about is Israel
Who cares? I'm a huge Obama supporter I could care less. The democratic party better pull its head out of it back side or its going to lose all the ground it gained this year.
Time to go buddy – exit stage left – its time to clean up government and starting with the ill informed and irresponsible.
Maybe it's time to vote him out.
Good, give Benedict Arnold what he deserves. I can't wait for him to get lost!
ITS ABOUT TIME TO KICK HIM OUT
Just watch.
The morons in Conn will cry and moan and re-elect the turncoat.
He's already a republlican. What have we lost if he moves over to the gop? It was obvious to many that he needed the publicity , plus he expected a cabinet post with MCCain. Get him out. he is an enemy.
Are you serious? Is this not the land of the free? Does this man NOT have the right to vote for whom ever he wishes? Does this man NOT have the right to support anything he wants to? Come on!!!! This two party political system is literally DESTROYING THIS COUNTRY!!!!!!! We need to botch it.
What are we in the fifth grade? Are we not going to sit with him at lunch and not invite him on our next trip to the mall? Grow up.
If anyone's serious about "punishing" Lieberman for his two-faced politics, then there's an easy way to do that: don't vote for him in the next election!
As long as his constituents elect him, then he has the right to vote as he chooses and support whatever candidates he chooses. We give the same right to the politicians we agree with.
So much for "free speech" in this country–they have to punish someone for backing a losing candidate when their guy won? Isn't having to put up with someone you didn't vote for enough?
This just goes to show were our political system is at when a person can not follow their convictions with out being reprimanded. Where did freedom of opion go in this country when polical party leadership is openly opposed to it. This is a problem in both parties !!!
McCain was not my choice for president but I applaud Liberman from doing what he thought was best for the country, not his political affiliation. We need a whole lot more of it.
The problem is that every vote is needed in the Senate. If you piss him off, then he might not vote your way when you need it. From what Reid said, he just doesn't vote with the Democrats on the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, but he votes with Democrats on just about everything else.
Oooooo a letter! What a ruthless bunch those state demo's are! What next...a nasty look?
A double double where you include a "wag of the finger".
I think Democrats are more Canadian than Canadians!
I have always thought you should vote your feelings. If you don't like your representative then kick him out the next time. Perhaps he should switch to the republican pary for his remaining years in the senate. Then the democrats will really have a problem.
correction to above comment: for doing............
Last I heard, someone who was voted into Congress can make decisions for themselves.
Especially if they won as an INDEPENDENT.
Lieberman has no obligation to give his loyalty to either party, and while I disagree with him on his choice of presidential candidate, and disagree with how he spoke of Obama during the campaign, I also recognize that it was his right to do so, and commend him for making the choice he felt was right, despite the fact that it might lead to the end of his political career.
I didn't have a huge problem with Lieberman backing McCain......but backing down ticket Republicans (Senators and Representatives) was a bit much.
Obama is a better man than I, 'cause I'd have given Lieberman an old-fashioned beat down!
Lieberman continues to be reminder of how feckless the democratic party is. If spineless Reid and Pelosi were unwilling to recognize the man needs to go, one would hope that Connecticut party would have the guts to kick him to the curb. But no – they have decided against taking tougher measures. Who are you kidding? You dont have tough in you!
This should be his last term. Any idiot that puts him back in office in 2012 needs to get their head checked.
One one hand I give Lieberman credit for not being partisan and sticking up for what he believes in – what ever the consequences. We would be a better country if all politicans did the same. However....I am just not on the same page with him.
Also, I didn't like part of his logic for backing McCain, which was "he is a long time friend" – that should be irrelevant....Obama got the backing of many long time friends of the Clintons because they thought that Obama was the better candidate. What's best for America should be first, friendships should be second.
I give Obama a ton of respect for telling the Democrats to leave him alone though.
If Lieberman had any sense of decency at all, he would at least make a public apology to the Democratic party and his constituents. But like George Bush and the Republicans he loves to hang out with, he's incapable of that, and the Democratic leadership is incapable of showing any spine. A pox on all their houses.
Let the people of connecticut decide of him in the next election. Leave liberman alone.
I just heard that is snowed in Las Vegas. What the heck happened? I think it is time we start a national conversation on Global Cooling. Global Warming is over and done with, it doesn't make sense any more to keep saying that it's just silly. Now, we should focus on Global Cooling. It is expensive to heat our homes and workplaces, and Global Cooling is going to drive up this cost. We need to act now to prevent energy costs from breaking the bank.
It seems to me that Lieberman's political change of heart was dictated more by ambition than by any moral concern regarding the
Iraqi situation .
Lieberman is a traitor in every sense of the word. He has no allegiance to America – not now, not ever.
Of course he wants war. What do you expect from somebody with dual citizenship. We need to amend the constitution to disallow for anyone holding public office to maintain dual citizenship. You are either 100% American or you are not. Someone with one foot in America and the other foot elsewhere will always have a conflict of interest.
So he is suppossed to be punished for being bi-partisan and choosing the candidate that he thought was best for the US instead of falling in line behind every other democrat and mindlessly picking their party's choice no matter what.....hmmm....makes sense. This is what is wrong with our political system, the party first, common sense, thinking, the ability to choose, and standing up for your beliefs second. What a joke.
DON'T TRUST HIM! HE IS A TRAITOR AND ALWAYS WILL BE!
He made his decision, and now his constituents will vote him out the next time around.
I thought that in this country there was freedom of choice and that supporting any candidate you saw fit was part of that. When did it become the Dems job to police who anyone, including a fellow Senator, supports? But this action is right in line with what the Dems want to do-interfere in everyone's life by forming a socialist government full of government intervention for everything, and crying foul whenever anyone opposes them. I thought this was the USA, not communist China or Cuba for that matter. Leave Joe alone; he has a right to HIS choice!
Gee......he gets a letter. Wow.
Let's see.....he backed/campaigned for a Rep. for Pres. and he campaigned for rep. for senate...........can he explain why he is still registered as a Dem.?
Since he holds rep. values he should register as a rep. ,then he would not even get aletter.
Oh......by the way, McCain is the one who wrote the bill in1997 that removed 12,000 women,men,elders,children onto a rdaio-active toxic superfund site........nothing grows there,the water glows in the night.....
realy ......a very Uncareing act for humanity.Oh.....this has all been documented......................
His Don Knotts looking self should have been thrown out when he supported McCain in the campaign. He's very wishy washy....Or maybe he's just a bigot himself.
I hope that the people of Connecticut remember everything that Joe LIEberman told them when he ran as an independent. He promised at that time, that he would support the Democratic Presidential Nominee. He didn't say he would support him if he liked him, he vowed to support him. So at the next election, i hope the fine people of Connecticut elect a Real Democrat, someone who means what he promises instead of lies, like Joe LIEberman. He fooled you once, don't let him fool you again. remember, You can do what the Senate did not.
Joe Lieberman should just become an independent. He supports anybody and anything that he think will put him in the white house. He doesn't care anything about a 'party'. He just tries to get in where he fits in. He will be supporting another party in the next 4 years if he thinks the candidate will be big enough to get him VP.
What a Joke!!!
The Connecticut Democratic Party did not support Lieberman when he ran for re-election but the people of Connecticut (Democrats and Republicans) elected him as an Independent anyways.
When a Republican supported Obama during the election, it was hailed as an example of what was wrong with Bush, but god forbid that a Democrat/Independent support the Republican candidate.
This is how the Democrats are going to reach across party lines and unify the country????
In this age of complaining about partisanship and elected officials remaining in lockstep with their parties, why should anyone condemn Lieberman. Agree with him or not, he stuck to his principles and voted his heart. I wish we had more like him on both sides of the aisle.
Lieberman seems to have threaded the needle for now, but it's an uneasy peace between him and the Democratic Party. One misstep, and they will throw him under the bus – just like he tried to do to Obama and the Democratic Party.
I predict that when Lieberman starts voting with the Republicans the Dems will kick him out of their weekly caucus. When he retaliates by holding up Democratic bills in his committee, they'll yank his chairmanship. He'll be in the GOP column by 2010, and out of office in his next election.
His crime is that he spoke his mind and against *gasp* Obama.
Last time I looked, this was still the USA and not Nazi Germany, where you would be murdered for speaking up and out.
What is more important to the Democrats? Party politics or someone who is willing to stand by their convictions regardless of party? This question has now been answered quite clearly.
Can someone please tell me why he still votes with the dem caucus? He's obviously getting no support from them, why return the favor?
and once again, the best the dem leadership can come up with is a 'resolution'. just words....
If resolutions actually meant something, then maybe this dem led congress would have actually achieved something other than increasing their majority in the last 2 years.
These so call cry babies who dont want Rick Warren to speake need to understand there little group dd not get Pres, O bama get elected it was main stream in the middle of the country, Get over it
And get rid of Dodd too, unless he does the right thing in regulating the runaway interest rates of some credit card companies. We are being drained. Put representatives in placed that take care of us instead of Corp. America.
Wonderful for our State Democrats to concern themselves with such pressing matters as this. I'm just happy they're not bothering with such trivial matters as the huge budget deficit the State of CT is facing, or anything else of such small magnitude.
Shouldn't they have done this 6 months ago? This is just sour grapes.
Droopy Dog is gonna get away with it. Sucks, but that's the way it goes.
Joementum is losing steam. Once a serious contender for Vice President, he is now largely irrelevant to both political parties. Worse, he's secretly or openly despised by both parties for his lack of loyalty and trustworthiness.
My guess is he will not seek reelection when that time rolls around, rather than come in third or forth. Name recognition will only get you so far.
why would he need to "pay a price"???
isn't this america....STILL...where we have the right as individuals to like or support whoever we decided?
lame duck, greedy, iTard democrats....get over it...YOU ARE IDIOTS and this latest letter to J.L. proves it.
imbecile scumbag dems get what they want and still complain!?!?!? now that IS PATHETIC!
i HATE the democratic leadership in this country more than ever now...i say you put them all on an island in the pacifc and drop a nuke on it...america's problems will begin to be solved only then!
you dems have no spine, just a BIG YELLOW STREAK down your belly!
democratic cowards that cry just because they can!!!!
Joe Liberman is now a "has been". .... goodby !
SO WHAT IS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY TELLING EVERY DEMOCRAT IN THIS COUNTRY?
IF YOU EVER SUPPORT A NON-DEMOCRAT IN A PARTISAN RACE WE WILL CENSURE YOU?
SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR AN OFFICE. SO MUCH FOR YOUR 1ST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
One of the few middle of the road, non-crooks in the Senate, Joe Lieberman is more respected by Americans than probably John McCain himself. Even die-hard democrats couldn't be that stupid!
I just hope the next time around CT gets rid of Leiberman, and replaces him with a Democrat that is a true Democrat. Not some Wolf in Sheeps Clothing like Leiberman is.
He won't make another re-election...
It's time for him to write his book: "McCain and Me: A Modern Day Benedict Arnold!"
Or with the title: "I Said Dishonest Things And Now Nobody Likes Me!"
On Lieberman
- you got it right – he needs a stiff warning – he acted on behalf of another country putting North American interests in "second place" plus you don't solve wars by more wars...
- I think he got the message – SO LET'S MOVE ON!
On Rick Warren
Obama got it right again -"change" – comes from inclusion NOT exclusion – one step forward at time – that is how you build tolerance and acceptance...
from a close outsider – WELL DONE!
Be Good!
A letter? What – are they hoping he'll get a paper cut? What a bunch of wimps! Oh well, it's not as if he's anyone relevant.
He should go.
Joe Lieberman should be kicked out of the Dem Caucus and they should run Ned Lamont against him again. I wish I could take back my vote for Obama now that he chose Rick Warren over Rev. Wright. They both got issues.
Who cares what the Connecticut’s Democratic Party thinks of Sen. Lieberman? Joe does not work for them, but for the PEOPLE of Connecticut. If they are happy with him they can reelect him, and if not, they can replace him.
LIEberman should start planning for his retirement – CT will not re-elect this big time traitor! Better start looking for a nice place in the sandy sunny shores of Boca!
Joe Leiberman (D-Israel)
Ah, so much for the Party of tolerance.
-i just don't understand why these people will get elected over and over......
senators stay in the senate for years and years......and at the end...
their pay checkes gets bigger and bigger and our solutions for our problems gets smaller and smaller.......
someone needs to fix our systeam.
Joe Lieberman put the interests of Israel above the United States interests and against the Democratic Party, by supporting the Iraq war so steadfastly and by supporting McCain for President. The Democratic Party is spineless to stand up against its own traitors. And, any of us who voted for such incompetent political representatives, of both political Parties, deserve to be in the mess our country is right now. When would the true patriotic Americans stand up and build our country in solid foundation for the prosperity of all ?
Just goes to show that no one in Congress or the Senate has the courage to buck Israel's highest ranking lobbyist.
Get rid of him. He- like all the Republicans speaking at the Republican Convention were mean-spirited and downright evil during their speeches in August. I'm so glad I can laugh at all of them now. I don't mind a Democrat not supporting Obama during his run but to be so vocal about it makes him disloyal. Kick him out!
Hang in there Joe. You bring much needed sanity to the Democratic Party that is being hijacked by the fringe left.
Leiberman the chameleon. We all have the right to choose our political beliefs and affiliations. However, at this high level, I think Joe should draw his lines in the sand more definitively. At least from the outside looking in, it seems like political suicide for a top ranking politician to register as with one party but support another for presidential candidate. You draw fire from both sides and you're loyalty comes into serious debate. I'd like to hear Joe's rationale; it seems like there is more to his agenda than we're hearing.
Joe's Tel Aviv constituency is very happy with him, he does everything they ask him to.
Bad Joe, bad bad bad Joe ! He's already an independant, why would he care what the Dem party there even thinks. He already ran against them once.
they should be tossing their shoes at him.
With Democrats like Joe Lieberman who needs Republicans?
Joe was right.
That's right people forget the Dems are not allowed to think for themselves and MUST follow the party lead at all times....how dare he make up his own mind!!
Oooo – a letter expressing their unhappiness. How will Joe ever recover from that? How pathetic. I guess it will be up to the Connecticut voters to take real action.
Dems are vindictive pricks.
Lieberman, tell the state dems to stick it! They didn't back you in the primary when you last ran and not are mad you didn't back Obama. What hypocrytes! You don't need them, don't take their crap.
That's right, punish a man for voting his conscience in a democratic world. Are they going to punish Obama for present all the time
Wasn't this taken care of already. Make a decision .
A letter? That is hilarious. A very angry letter. Wasn't this in a Southpark episode? LOL
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That's right, punish a man for voting his conscience in a democratic world. Are they going to punish Obama for voting present all the time
Boot him out. He didn't tow the party line and put other interests ahead of the party. How can democrats expect to consolidate their hold on power and change America if independent-minded folks like Lieberman keep putting what they perceive to be the country's interests ahead of the party's? He says he isn't a democrat anymore so kick him to the curb.
He absolutely did the right thing!!! He is a man of character!, which is sadly lacking in the Democrat party.
Judes... Abel... Serpant... Turncoat
The Democratic caucus should kick him out! He will also not be re-elected to the US Senate from CT when he next runs for office. He burned too many bridges and alienated too many constituents...
That's stupid. If a democrat chooses to back a republican or vice versa, they should be allowed to. I didn't support McCain, but I believe anyone should vote when whomever they choose, government officals included. Lieberman obviously felt that the democrats candidate was not going to do the best job, do we want him to lie to us about it?
He's independant voted senator anyway, for crying out loud!
oooooh, officially complaining! my stars! how will joe recover from this scathing official complaint?! did it include "stern language?" typical democrats. (of which i am one.)
Get over it people. So he backed a republican...so what??
Funny.... Drawing record low approval ratings...
How about the rest of congress.... LOL
Great spin on that one
Spineless dems make me wanna puke.
He should be thrown out – just goes to show you how the Democrats lack a spine!
Hope he is up for re-election, sounds like the voters are going to fix this problem, just hope they don't forget how Joe let them down when it comes time to vote.
Leiberman is a two-faced phony.
I'm already beginning to regret not voting for Ralph Nader again, this past November. Obama is already beginning to sell out. He's already tangled up in a distracting scandal. And, the Dems just keep shooting themselves in the foot. How depressing.
Lieberman is not gone yet?!?!
They should send him a much stronger message.
He is neither Democrat nor Independant nor Republican
What Lieberman is , is a self-serving worm...
Hope voters of any party reject him in the future..
If his peers won't punish him, the voters will by marginalizing him
Thats why he's still a Senator who can never be knocked down!!!!!!
Placate Lieberman for now to keep him in line, but he is gone once he's up for re-election.
People of Connecticut – Vote Lieberman out! If you don't, you people are going to look even DUMBER than you already do for voting him IN in the first place!
Lieberman gives Jewish people a bad name!
Lieberman gives AMERICAN people a bad name!
I'm disappointed that he is allowed to remain in the democratic party. Disagreeing with your party is one thing, but backing the opposing party's candidate is basically saying you are not a democrat any more. He's a sneak, a traitor and I hope he doesn't get re-elected by his constituents no matter what party he runds under.
Don't the Dems have anything better to do than to continually pick on this guy?
The people of CT will provide the ultimate and stinging indictment of Liebermans action during this past election. He will be kicked out of office!
Who cares?
If he's doing a good job, regardless of poliltical stances, keep him around. Why be bitter at this point??
Sen Lieberman should send the Connecticut Democratic Party a letter complaining what was done to him at the last election! Here is a men who did not get the backing of the states democratic party in his last election, who had to run as an independent and he is still a democrat.
We the people of Connecticut have enjoyed the service of Joe for a while now. But, fear not we initiate his retirement party in 2010.
This is so ridiculous! What ever happened to freedom of speech? Why should Lieberman be punished for speaking his mind? If constituents don't like it, don't re-elect him for crying out loud, but he's done nothing wrong! Let's get back to punishing the criminals,. shall we?
You know....these political parties are just a total disgrace. One person has a differing view within his party and the party goes bananas.
I applaud Joe Lieberman for finding his own voice in this election. Washington needs leaders like this who can INDEPENDENTLY think for themselves and determine INDEPENDENTLY what is best for their country.
I support Barack Obama for choosing a Republican evangelical to give the blessing. Again, Democrats are getting all bent out shape over that.
Whatever happened to we are all Americans? When did greed, power and corruption take over the American ideals? And why do citizens of America continue to allow this?
We're on the brink of seeing something good in America happening again. Don't blow it with such petty arguments.
So?
You have to love the Senate. They had to vote to write him a letter. At least they're getting down to the important issues.
Just move on and quit wasting our money.
The voters of Connecticut should remove Lieberman from office at the next available opportunity. Mr. Lieberman has been a non-stop cheerleader for the Iraq War, a War that has run over 700 Billion in cost and left hundreds of thousands of Iraqis caught in the crossfire. Mr. Lieberman believes it's ok for the US to invade countries to force a change of government, without accountability to the American people.
The War is wrong and Mr. Lieberman is wrong. And his support of the feeble campaign by Senator McCain speaks volumes about his judgement.
HE SHOULD BE SENT PACKING TO THE LOSING SIDE.
ooooh. look out, them democrats are one tough bunch.
After all the negative thing Sen Lieberman said about President-Elect Obama he went to bat for him save his job on chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. President Obama appeal from Obama himself that "the nation now unite to confront our very serious problems…. This is all about going forward." Go Obama.
I guess Democrat are not so bipartisan as they say.
Either go with our party or you will be punished.
Good for Lieberman be a rebel!!!
This is the problem with our current political system. Sen. Lieberman voted for McCain, because he felt McCain would be a better pick. Why should this man be punished for exercising his right to vote; regardless of political affiliation?
I can not count the number of stories I read applauding Republicans who "crossed party lines" to vote for PE Obama, so why take any measures against Sen. Lieberman for choosing someone other than Mr. Obama?
The picture says it all...
Come on people, it's a democracy.. I'm proud of him for publicly supporting the person he liked best in the election. On issues that were most important to him, he supported McCain... simple as that. Good for him for being strong enough to support the person he liked, rather than bowing to his party's pressure to tow the party line.
Peace out.
I'm sure that Joe will get his just desserts come re-election. People have long memories. Obama was smart to keep him on. No need created an enemy when the good people of Connecticut will take care of this traitor.
Lets see Joe lyingman go for the GOP "opened arms"...lol sick people.
All they do is complain after election dont care if the auto industry fall to fulfil their selfish interest....God Help this Country
I don't get all the drama over this. First he's an Independant...which means no party has a lock on his support and second i took a lot of courage to stand up for what he believed and do what he did.
I didn't agree with his decision, but i want free thinking politicians not robots for their party.
These politicians today are such a joke. They bicker and argue over every little thing.
who cares? with everything else going on they can find the time to reprimand him?!? that's government for you.
Joe's gotta go. He has no business being a registered Dem anymore!
It is high time Lieberman packed his bags and took his sorrry traitorous posterior somewhere else where he might actually be richly appreciated. Likud party HQ comes to mind....
He's a snake.
This is America. People exercising the right of free speech when they disapprove of those that represent them is what makes this country great and why our founders worked so hard. Senator Lieberman must realize he works for a group of people and if they do not like his actions or they way he votes, they may not let him represent them again.
Lieberman's support was not enough and may even have helped moderates or independent Democrats select Obama. Many independent free thinking Democrats do not like Lieberman and while may have considered McCain before Lieberman's Speech at the RNC Convention, did not after his endorsement.
Something to be considered.
Lieberman is a turncoat and should be treated like one. His name says it all. LIEberMAN.
Another example of the famed Democrat "tolerence" of free thinkers?
The Democratic majority needs to marginalize this clown for the next 4 years and remove him from any seat of substance on the commitees he is a part of.
Regardless, the people of CT will not re-elect him because of his Benedict Arnold ways.
Lieberman is as two faced as they come and nothing but a liablity.
So, because a Senator crossed party lines and endorses a different parties candidate, that is grounds for discipline? I think that the Party's have lost focus, you are not a Democrat or Republican first, you are American First. It's high time are Senate got back to those vaulues over that of their parties!
Is this what is called perpetuating partisanship. It is interesting that an American citizen cannot choose someone of another party to support without being castigated by those who don't agree.
Why the Dem's keep giving Lieberman a free ride is beyond me...they ought to be handing his head to him on a plate!
He's a bum throw the bum out. He's a benedict arnold throw him out
Pre-elect Obama has proven Sen. Joe Lieberman wrong that's enough. If someone tells you that you can do anything prove that you can that's what matters.
Yes, a sternly-worded letter. That'll show him.
I'm sure he'll pay a price come 2010, when he's voted out. The American people aren't as apathetic as he'd like to believe. But that's what happens when you gamble, right Joey?
its time for the far left to form our own party,the democrats continues to ignore us even though 80% of the people who voted for obama was people from the far left,but his cabinet consists of 0 far left members,obama only recieved 3% of republicans in 17% of moderate democrats but his cabinet is 94% filled with moderates,in 6% republicans,and 0 liberals,its time the far left get their own party because am tired of not being represented, in the whitehouse,its all about the center,but the center only consist of 17% of the vote,the democratic party has gone to far,obama is acting like a republican he lied to us,this rick warren issue was the last straw,the liberals needs their own party,we can win some elections,it will send a strong message to the democratic party.howard dean and dennis percentage will be excellent leaders to become our leaders,we dont need anymore barack obamas or clintons,we have to form our own party because the democrats has turned their back on us,in am tired of seeing them take our votes for granted,so am begging someone out there please form this party because the liberals are not part of the democrats plans,but we are 80% of their votes
Oh, give me a break! If the Dems were unwilling to remove LIE-berman from his coveted chairmanship, do you really think that they will do anything else? So what if they send him a letter, and admonish his actions? What does that accomplish, other than help to keep yet another whacko in a position of Senate power?......
The best thing the Democrats could do at this point is to completely throw his tail out of the party. If he walks like a Republican, and he talks like a Republican, then he's a Republican! Go away, Joe.... just go away.....
CRY BABY DEMOCRATES. Do you have nothing better to do?
Let the GOP have him. No love lost here. Let him go down with the sinking ship that is the GOP.
its time for the far left to form our own party,the democrats continues to ignore us even though 80% of the people who voted for obama was people from the far left,but his cabinet consists of 0 far left members,obama only recieved 3% of republicans in 17% of moderate democrats but his cabinet is 94% filled with moderates,in 6% republicans,and 0 liberals,its time the far left get their own party because am tired of not being represented, in the whitehouse,its all about the center,but the center only consist of 17% of the vote,the democratic party has gone to far,obama is acting like a republican he lied to us,this rick warren issue was the last straw,the liberals needs their own party,we can win some elections,it will send a strong message to the democratic party.howard dean and dennis percentage will be excellent leaders to become our leaders,we dont need anymore barack obamas or clintons,we have to form our own party because the democrats has turned their back on us,in am tired of seeing them take our votes for granted,so am begging someone out there please form this party.
Wow, what cajones. His party turns its back on him and then they are mad at him???? It is nice to know that the hypocritical oath is alive and well in the party of the Demoncrats. Joe Biden says Obama is not fit to lead, says McCain is better qualified and he becomes VP. Lieberman stands up for his convictions and gets lambasted. Maybe that is the objection, Dems only take a stand for as long as a poll shows it is popular but will change their stance when the winds change. Have you libs had enough of Obama's centrist policies yet? Are you sure you elected the right candidate?
That's all in the past and we should move forward. However, I wouldn't turn my back on JL, he WILL do it again. He has NO conscience and he IS a turncoat. He has no loyalty, integrity or honor. Be careful.
I think Joe should GO, I was thought the senate and the house are to repersent the people, thats becoming a joke, it seems they do what they want. Their should be a recall vote if the PEOPLE are not happy.
What is Lieberman going to do if he loses the chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee? Go over to the Republicans? That would require actually voting with the Republicans on issues where he presently votes with Democrats.
He knows that those votes are representative of the people of Connecticut. If he changes his votes, it would show utter contempt for the people he represents, and would destroy his pious self image. Joe Lieberman, the 'Ethical' man? Any perceived personal legacy of integrity would be destroyed.
Let him go to the Republicans. His votes won't change.
Get rid of Joe. He disrespected his own party and its canidate. He voted for the war. He screwed up the election in his state, and he made Gore lose in 2000. If it wasn't for him, our country would not have been screwed up more than it is now.
I hope in 2012 that Lieberman loses his reelection. Hes worthless to me, and all Americans now.
Imagine if Republicans were to discuss a penalty for Colin Powell in response to his endorsement of Obama. We would be called mean-spirited, closed-minded, and of course, racist.
Liberal Democrats, where is YOUR big tent?
Politics are politics are politics. No one is ever going to be happy. Lierberman was all the buzz a few years ago when he sided with the Dems to give them a majority in the senate. Now we're busting his balls becuase he backed another party's presidential choice?? Come on... what happened to freedom of speech and choice? By the way, I'm Dem, not Rep.
Lieberman just wanted to have the sheer pleasure of having the "deciding vote" in the Senate...I guess that's not the case anymore, now is it? The Dems don't need Lieberman.
Joe's speech at the Republican Party and subsequent comments made during the campaign about the Democratic ticket were way over the top. With Democrats like him, who needs the Republican opposition? Joe should unregister from the Democratic Party and either join the Republican Party or register as an Independent. Let him caucus by himself in the next Congress.
Joe, go!
MORE SHOULD BE DONE
Jowly McJowlyface should be shot into space after a public flogging.
So the State Democratic Party of Connecticut has decided to punish Senator Lieberman by sending him a letter. Whoa... I'm sure that will have him quaking in his shoes. What a bunch of wusses! If this is the best the Democrats can do at the state level is it any wonder we have such ineffective leadership in Washington? If I have to watch and listen one more time as Mr. Reid or Ms. Pelosi grandstand on an issue opposed by President Bush, only to cave at the last minute, I just might have to say goodbye to the party I have been a member of for the last thirty-five years. Good luck to President-elect Obama trying to get anything accomplished with those two out of touch dinosaurs standing in the way.
NOT ENOUGH!
So, the Democratic party, the so called party of partisanship, make the best decision regardless of party, etc. etc. etc. says if you don't support our party and our party views, you should be punished.
How hypocritical can you get?
This is the change the democrats talk about?
Our way or you're attacked?
What about making the what you feel is the best decision regardless of party?
Oh, I forgot. The democrats truly believe that they know what's best for everyone and if you don't think their way, you are either uninformed, stupid, ignorant, etc.
Talk about uninformed, stupid and ignorant.
Just toss this bum
Yes, they should crush dissenters for disagreeing, is the message I'm getting here.
Wow, what scary place America has become. Let's not go down this road any further, gang, it won't take us to a nice place.
Ha! This is comical. It's all one party with two names anyway.
Oh, a letter. How brutal. I hope he doesn't get a papercut. LOL
CNN, having a slow news day again?
Yeah, that's what America is all about: PUNISHING people for being true to their consciences.
Disgusting.
Let it go!!!! I am a huge supporter of Barack Obama and I am so excited that he won!!! But enough already with this Lieberman attack. He had a right to support who he wanted to. Just like Republicans had a right to support Obama. There are so much more important things to worry about than Lieberman's support. That is old news. Lieberman is irrelevant anyway. His support of McCain just makes him look silly now. Isn't that punishment enough?
It is up to the people of his state to vote the rat out next election. I can't believe he got back in last time.
Why do you guys have "no bias" along side Cambell Browns name? Most of her headline stories about PE Obama has bias all over and through them, so please change that. Thanks.
So hes not a party flunky. If more of them were not, maybe this country wouldn't be in such sad shape. Isn't it each persons responsibility to opt for the canidate they think will do the best job? In this I do not fault Joe, I just disagree with him. I didn't like either canidate for the major parties and will grudgingly give Obama and the Democrats a chance to make good or hang themselves. I'm an Independent and feel free to vote not by party but on issues.
Whoo-wee... what's that smell??
As a CT resident I am disappointed that Joe Lieberman is allowed to continue to "serve" us. He has been MIA for more than 8 years trying to get himself another job. He should step aside and allow someone who WANTS to work for the State of CT to take the job.
Politics as usual.
AB – Obama basically said to leave Lieberman alone. Hard to go against the offendee when he's the president.
This is precisely why George Washington warned against the formation of political parties in his farewell address. So what if Lieberman backed McCain instead of Obama.
It's not about parties, it's about people...and if Lieberman thought McCain would have been the better pick for President, then so be it. He's entitled to his opinion.
I don't agree with his opinion about McCain, which is why I voted for Obama. I thought he was the better choice.
But I don't fault the man for stating his convictions. In fact, I applaud him as being a man of conscience and integrity. If only we had more people like Lieberman in the House and Senate. Then party politics would disappear and things would get done.
You know, I knew this would come back to bite him. However, being a party member doesn't mean you have to agree with everything the party line wants you to - including their candidate for office. His support of McCain, while I consider it dumb, is still his personal choice. I think he would have been better off keeping it lower key, but that was his choice as well.
I stay out of party politics for this very reason - I have never seen a party, a party platform, or party candidates that I agree with 100%. But if you are a party member, you are supposed to check your brain at the door and not think for yourself. Don't think so....
By the way, isn't his official designation Independent? Didn't he run as an Independent? Why, then, or maybe, how, can he remain a registered Democrat?
Give the poor guy a break! So he supported McCain for President! It's not like he's the first politician to cross party lines. Gen. Colin Powell crossed party lines to endorse Barack Obama and he's still very well-respected in Republican circles. Joe Lieberman isn't a bad guy, just perhaps misguided about who was the better candidate for President. It's over now; Obama won. Let's move on, people. There are more important things to worry about, like our collapsing economy, two failing wars and climate change. Let's get to work!
Santa grand me these two Christmas wishes:
1. Sarah Palin runs for Presidency in 2012 against Obama
2. 1/2 of "Sore Loserman 2000" and "Joe the Loserman of 2008" support her in 2012
Obama '12
The Democrat party of Connecticut is being as tough and principled toward Lieberman as Dem's in the White House will be with national security.
Joe Lieberman is not someone I'd trust to save me if I were drowning. He is an opportunist (in the worse sense), one who goes where the wind blows, and the worst thing is, he doesn't seem to think about the consequences. His bad judgement seems to erode even more as time goes by.
His low approval rating speaks volumes and he deserves to lose his seat in the next election. Turncoats aren't put up with for long.
Corrupt obsolete RepubliCONs make me wanna puke.
Still, they should can Lieberman. He's a disgrace to the party IMHO.
It's his duty, right, and privilege to back the candidate he has determined to be the most qualified for the position. What a dis-service it would be to just "go along with the crowd" and back someone else simply because of party affiliation. America does not need any more lemmings.
How many private citizens crossed party lines in the last election ? Should we punish them also ? Give the man credit for having a backbone.
What a turncoat! I'd take him out of the Democratic Party and make sure he does not get re-elected. He pissed me off during this years elections.
I do not agree with all of Obama's policies concerning Lieberman. I feel that he is not to be trusted. When do we learn NOT to favor turncoats?
I do NOT agree with the Rick Warren's role in the inaugurational ceremony either. I would suggest say.... Joel Osteen as a better choice. I am not a Christian, but I listen to him regularly, because of his non denomal form of ministry. I know that he is a fundamentlist Minister, but he does not cram anything down the throats of his audience. I suspect he would be received much better than Saddleback's extremist Rick Warren.
Just saying....
And I am a staunch Obama supporter.
I find Lieberman's behavior absolutely SLIMEY. Why would any Democrat want this guy in ANY position of leadership. Shame on him for supporting McCain so feverishly and especially with McCain's low-ball, dirty campaign strategies - ala Karl Rove.
Why should there even be a "price he should pay" for supporting either canidate?? I thought this was a free country and we (even an US Senator) should be able to support who ever we feel is best suited for the job?? This is another expample on how the two party system stinks.
His position should be changed to poolboy at Bush's Dallas house, or maybe permanent hunting buddy for Cheney! We are eventually rewarded for the things we do.
With rats like sore loser Lieberman who needs friends, this was his payback to the Democratic party now it should be ours.
come on over joe. you like others are always welcome in the R party. eventually the smart ones see the dem party for what it is: a bunch of narrow minded phonies.
They preach bi-partisanship but only so long as its Reps joining ranks with Dems, but not the other way around. What a sickening bunch of hypocrites.
Brainless republicans make me wanna puke.
Can't we all just get along? In a free democracy aren't we supposed to be able to support the person we think is best for the job then accept the outcome, regardless if our candidate wins or not? I can't beleive the Dems are being such sore winners. NOT President-elest Obama's philosophy at all. Leave Joe alone and judge him on his performance in Congress.
Lieberman sounds like a man who has one foot in the boat and the other foot on the shore! He can't have it both ways.
Write him out of the party.
I don't get all the hostility towards Joe L. The last time I checked, this is a free country and he could support the candidate of his choice regardless of party. I am a Democrat and I got mad that he ripped Obama, but I got over it. Obama pretty much forgave him, that's good enough for me. Let's get people to work now and quickly.
I don't think Lieberman will be re-elected. He betrayed his constituients and no more loyal to the democratic party. This is his last term.
Why do DEMS still keep this opportunist in their party? He supported McCain and he opposed the policy of Democrats. He wants to make "PERSONAL" benefits from any one who is in Power.
The citizens of Connecticut will have to decide his fate in the next election. But they are responsible – because they new he was a maverick when the re-elected him as an independent. Now they have to suck it up and deal with it. It's their own fault. Sorry.
keep Joe for now he will be kicked out next cycle
Off with his head
A letter? Really? And they had to vote to send it? What a waste of time. Politics as usual, I guess.
Just a quick reminder... the CT Democrats already selected someone else in their 2006 primary over Joe. Joe then beat him and a Republican in the general election. I don't know that the CT Democrat party has a whole lot of influence on Joe any more. Ultimately, the voters have a much bigger say than political parties. So, he clearly doesn't need the support of the CT Democratic party anymore.
Throw this turn coat to the wolves!
Why are dems so afraid to do what THEIR base wants them to do. The dems remind me of what is generally thought of as being French weaknesses and the republicans remind me of Putin and Russia. Can't we democrats act like proud Americans with some bed rock- don't cross the line principals?
I am wondering if dems are going to present this latter with flowers, or on their knees.
Are you kidding me? So the man takes a stance against what you think is right and you want to hang him out to dry! Democrats preach tolerance but as soon as someone says something they don't like, they are not tolerant of anyone or just one mans opinoin!
I'm a registered republican but I don't always agree with everything they do. Does that mean the republicans despise me? On the flip side, I don't always agree with what the democrats do. Does that mean the democrats despise me?
Aren't we aloud to have our own opinions anymore? To be honest, there should be no party lines! We should all be independent and think for ourselves!
Dems want 60 democrats in Senate. Are they that arrogant that they think they should just kicked him out to join the Republican caucus to give them an extra vote?
Wow-penalizing a man for standing by his convictions. Let's not let a little thing like the Constitution (remember–free speech, etc?) get in the way of getting things done.
He has every right to support whomever–no matter how it may anger some people or even come across as being disloyal. While I may not agree with many of the issues that Leiberman stands for, I do respect the fact that he had the courage to support someone he thought was the better candidate. President-elect Obama is right–it is time to put the past behind and unite and move forward. That will never as long as we let the big egos (both dems and reps) run the show in Washington.
I completely agree with AB. I don't understand why these Democrats, who now have nearly limitless power, still cower before a handful of arrogant Republicans, still bend to the toxic will of W, and still allow the despicable Loserman to hang around. They should kick him out of their caucus, fire him from his positions, and let his constituents deal with his consistently wrong decisions. He's only going to work against them anyway, no matter how nice they are to him– his loyalties lie elsewhere. Like in his wallet.
Lieberman and Bush. Both lame ducks. Alas, one will remain in office.
Ooh, a letter. I'm sure he's quaking in his boots.
Hopefully the folks of Conn. will send him a stronger message when his reelection come up.
Lieberman is gone next election. Unfortunately, the seat will probably go to a Republican. Nice going, jerk.
So... he doesnt have the right to support who he wants to?? I guess once your a Democrat you can never support anyone but fellow donkeys. This is what is wrong with America! Party First, thats the Dems slogan.
The Democrats should not have even wasted their time with this letter. Taking action against Lieberman for endorsing the candidate of his choice comes across as petty and vindictive. He has already shown he has no party loyalty and is nothing more than an opportunist. Lieberman's political fate should lie in the hands of the Connecticut voters, not the Democratic Party.
Guess you can't have a brain, think for yourself and be a Democrat. No wonder most are such mindless blobs!!
Too bad lieberman's priorties were NOT the US FIRST.
It's clear to all where his priorties lie.
Time for change in the mid-east!
Time to bring peace for all, despite lieberman.
He's gone to the Republicans now...too bad. Democrats shouldn't have turned on him a couple of years ago...it was a mistake. Democrats can only blame themselves.
Since there is nowhere else to publish this comment...Campbell Brown needs to SHUT HER MOUTH or change to Fox News. PE Obama will speak at his own time. It's his right to do so, and if she doesn't like it...SIT AND SPIN! I turn CNN off everytime I hear her annoying, complaining, whining voice. You've lost a viewer!
Who cares what Connecticut voters think? What is important is how is he polling in his real constinuency, Jerusalem, and how much more money AIPAC will give to the Democrats to keep him.
Liberals, listen up! This is a free country. That means people can back whoever they want to vote for. The two party system in this country is a joke and forces some politicians to back legislation and other measures that they otherwise wouldn't back, for fear of reprisal. You're party has been taken over by the far left loons and is looking more like a communist party.
Why isn't the Democratic Party doing anything to Sen Dodd? He is the one that needs to be punished for his lack of doing anything as the Head of the Banking and Finance Committee. He was directly part of the cause of the financial mess this country is in right now.
The Dems have more to worry about with Obama than to bother with Lieberman.
Give Joe Lieberman to the GOP to join Joe the Six Packs and Joe the Plumber. Keeping Joe Lieberman with the Democrats is like having a Trojan Horse in the house. If I was Joe, I will resign of my own free will, like a general/ commander for a bad decision which was made. At least McCain has guts to stand for what he is fighting for, from the beginning to the end, He does not jump ship. Joe Lieberman does not deserve to retain the chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security, for the "DEFECTOR", he has been playing throughout the whole campaign even now, deep in his own mind and his heart. That's pure Politic hypocrisy. I will be very excited if we gonna have another talk show with Bill Maher on Larry King about his opinions on this matter. Sure he will shoots straight, with fun and sarcasms.
Step Down Joe!. You have no integrity.
He's lucky Obama decided to let bygones be bygones. In this case, these were some pretty big bygones.
Connecticut Democrats are wasting their breath. Joe Lieberman is interested only in his own self-preservation and his own pet projects. They would do well to instead start grooming their own really strong candidate and then DUMP LIEBERMAN hard next time around.
I wonder if the same people who are demanding the release of the Iraqi shoe thrower as "protected free speech" are those looking for some sort of sanctions on Lieberman to punish him for using his right to free speech to support John McCain for President.
Lieberman is the most dishonest and opportunistic parasite. the Dems are so dumb to keep this snake in the tent. he is going to bite them again.
Could you imagine what would have happened if he would have become a vice president?
Big Joe is far too intelligent to be bothered by bully-boy school-yard antics of myopic wanna-be's who try to gain fame through blustering and meaningless finger pointing. If just a modicum of their efforts were directed towards constructive endeavors, politics would take a giant step forward. CT is too great a place for imbecilic behavior.
What is it about Joe Lieberman I no longer like? I think it is the fact that he looks like the "Joker" character in the Batman movies – take a look at that leer as if he pulled something over the people of Connecticut. Actually, he lost the democratic race in Connecticut, which is why he switched to independent. I am certain his constituents in Connecticut will leave no avenue open to him when he is up yet again for re-election. If they do, they will deserve what they get.
I'm as strong of a democrat as the next person, have been active in multiple campaigns. But I honestly can not get angry at this guy. He is afterall allowed to follow his beliefs, if we think he is right or not. Sure he is elected to serve, but he is elected a free man. There is no rule stating he must go with his caucus on everything. Infact, I think it shows great courage for him to stand up for what he believed and not follow the tide. Really, we need more people that are open to having there own opinions and less that just follow there party.
Yes, punish those who disagree with you. After all, is that not the American way?
-Sigh.
The only punishment, per se, should be chairmanship being taken away - because he obviously cannot lead a committee that does not respect him. Other then that, its up the voters to decide his fate in the next election.
I think it's very interesting that people want to punish him. Yes, he's a democrat. At the same time, he's allowed to have his own opinions and be vocal about them. Did I agree? No. I felt that he was a one issue voter, and that one issue became all he cared about to the extent that he ignored the possible repercussions of his decision in regards to every other issue that he cares about.
So I think he was wrong. But he's allowed his opinion. He's not some child to be put into time out for talking back or disagreeing. I think it's unfortunate that we seem to tell people to just vote along party lines, rather than thinking for themselves and making decisions they feel are best.
Lieberman is a good Senator. More politicians need to put the interest of the country first not just their political party. That is the problem with this country – too much partisianship. What I have noticed is the Democrats are not happy unless they are attacking someone, even in their own party.
This guy is the most arrogant, double-dealing member of the US Congress. Get him out of there and give the chairmanship of his committee to a real Democrat.
AB, these are not spineless dems, these are spineless liberals who are superb at losing and then castrating themselves in protest.
They never had a chance against a political jedi master, because when it comes to Conn politics Lieberman literally wrote the book. This all goes on Tom Swan for the poor choice of a candidate with Ned Lamont who in desperation sunk so much money into the campaign that he came off as another limousine liberal trying to buy an election. Liberals are good at using the netroots for piling on and fund raising but politically they are not effective for change–well. maybe their spare change, but that's all the teeth they have.
Lieberman has always been a Centrist and that looks just like what Obama's cabinet and governing style will be too. What a smack-in-the-face to progressive that is.
Netroots are NutRots now–they just cut off their own cajones with a toned back letter. They're not important, they're impotent and they did it to themselves.
Joe will likley not win reelection, whether he runs as a Democrat, Republican, or Independent. Sorry Joe, your career is ending.
I believe the dems in CT already voted him out in the primaries...
Lieberman is walking proof that we should not allow Israeli citizens to hold office here with dual citizenship trickery. This self serving mealy-mouthed slimeball is one reason that Israel wags America year after year, decade after decade, with our giving that criminal regime billions annually as we pay the price of being seen globally as enabling the tragic suffering of the Palestian people. His prime loyalty is to Israel....we need government officials loyal to AMERICA.
Of course, there must be a penalty. In the Democratic party, there is no freedom of speech, or individual rights, obviously. Only the party. The party is not made up of individuals. We wouldn't want people stepping out of line, or thinking for themselves, would we? Sounds like some of those science fiction movies where everyone belongs to the government and only speak and thinkgs the government line, under penalty of death. Wonder what we're getting into??????
Joe is no longer a member of the democratic party (maybe still a registered democrat) . He should be able to support any candidate, just like you and me. If you guys think he should be voted out of office, then 99% of the democrats and republicans should also be voted out. They have been too long in the House and Senate
What will this low life weasel have to do to so that these DEMOCRATSwill have the guts to kick this jerk out of the democratic party. His actions and loyalty make him an easy fit with the type of person the GOP IS , NEEDS , WANTS. The way the DEms are handling this is further evidence that This REID SENATE NEEDS NOT NEW BUT ANY LEADERSHIP. At this rate of competency the GOP will be shoo in by 2012 if not sooner 2010.
We are open minded. We are open minded. WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A Democrat thought for himself and crossed party lines. DESTROY HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I believe the great people of Ct. will kick this guy out if he is foolish enough to run again regardless of what party he aligns with.
His Don Knotts looking self should have been thrown out when he supported McCain in the campaign. He's very wishy washy….Or maybe he's just a bigot himself.
I'm surprised that the Dems took such a weak stance against Mr. Lieberman, as if they're afraid of making someone upset... If his support base really is so weak, why would they hold back like this? "A letter expressing disappointment." WOW!! They're REALLY angry! Man, you'd better shape up!! ....pfft.....yea... right....
In any case, his support of Mr. McCain may have effectively ended his career in the Senate. We'll have to see what happens....
I'm a democrat but that doesn't mean I always vote with the majority of Democrats on issues. Joe Lieberman has the right to support the candidate he feels would be best in office – the same right of every American citizen. Colin Powell openly supported Obama, and I believe he's a registered Republican – I don't see anyone splitting hairs over his declaration of support for Obama over his party's choice McCain. As long as Lieberman wants the best for his country and is willing to work with Obama's administration, I think everyone should just drop the issue. It's dead in the water anyway – McCain lost; Obama won.
I'm glad Sen. Lieberman had the courage to follow his conscience and not be a mindless adherent to his party's commands. He truly believed, as did many of us across party lines, that John McCain was the most worthy candidate for president. In fact, more Democrats should have crossed party lines to support McCain, since McCain has crossed party lines so many times to take bipartisan action for the good of our country. The Democratic Party should respect Sen. Lieberman's principled stand.
Wow, I keep forgetting that in this country, FREEDOM only works if you agree with X political group. So what if he backed his longtime friend? THis is the problem with our country today. People have no RESPECT for the views or the people that are different from their own.
I voted for Obama, and I commend Senator Lieberman for standing with one of his best friends and supporting him. If anything, this shows a loyalty that most politicians are lacking.
Just because Lieberman has (or had) a D next to his name, he is forced to vote and support the people Harry Reid wants or he will be punished? Really? Holy spoiled children Batman! What kind of freedom is that?
And anyone who attacks Lieberman for supporting McCain, you should be ashamed. The beauty of this country is the ability to vote for anyone. Calling someone a traitor for standing up for his friend and supporting his friend is asinine and selfish.
Lieberman is disloyal and untrustworthy. In this regard, he is worse than Cheney, DeLay, Bush, Gingrich et al. The gutless Democratic responses to his antics will only encourage more of this behavior. Lieberman needs to be cut off at the knees somewhere down the line.
Don't they have better things to do w/their time?
CAMPBELL BROWN NEEDS TO TAKE A BREAK OR SHUT UP!!!!
CNN...PLEASE SHUT HER UP OR GIVE HER A FEW DAYS OFF!!!
I disagree. I would rather a politician who stood for what he believed to be right, rather than one who kowtows to whatever his party advocates – no matter which party he belongs to. What are we as Americans if we're not independant? Should we be a nation of sheep following 'the crowd'? If you don't like Joe Lieberman then vote him out, but don't call him out for making a decision and not just 'going with the party flow' and voting 'present' – that's the old Washington way of doing business. Let's have some 'change we can believe in' and see some American independance.
Looks like Joe might be looking for a new job in a few more years.
There always the next election..
Leiberman votes with the Democrats more than McCain voted with Bush. The Dems don't know any better than to eat their own. The Democratic Party acts like the Kremlin. Where's the inclusiveness we always hear them rant about. Inclusive only means your in if you agree with them.
This traitor should have been kicked out of the Democratic party.
So, let me get this straight....when a member of the Republican party breaks ranks and crosses party lines...(can anyone say POWELL) he is called brave, when Lieberman does it...he is punished by his own PARTY?
I wonder what would happen if the Republicans did the same in a flipped scenario....oh yeah! LIMBAUGH lambasting Powell...and its LIMBAUGH who is being criticized!!!
So Obama gets to shut up a reporter, NOT answer questions on a growing scandal that he MIRACULOUSLY had nothing to do with (I forgot..he is the MESSIAH) and now the Democrats are punishing free speech and thought.
Gee...we ARE headed in the right direction as a country!
Connecticut deserves better representation in Washington.
What a joke! Sometimes I am ashamed to be a life-long Democrat.
Connecticut Democrats went against Senator Lieberman and now they want to dictate to him and tow the line. They need to remember that that when Senator Lieberman kicked a.., he did so as an Independent.
That is why we are in trouble. And now, with Senator NObama to be installed as our leader, we are in real trouble.
Message to Connecticut Democrats: GET A LIFE! Right on Senator Lieberman!
Lieberman is a breath of fresh air in a sea of corrupt and misguided liberal democrats. Thanks, Joe!
We're already seeing the anger and hatred of the left as evidenced by their rage at Obama's choice of who will say a prayer at his inaugural.
People on the left need to Get Real....there are more opinions out there than your own.
well to cross party lines is kind of a sin in this country......
banish him..........
and everyone in washington is only in it for themselves, not just this guy.
How Lieberman is registered to personally vote seems somewhat irrelevant. In terms of running for office, the Democratic party in Connecticut rejected him, so he ran and won as an Independent. Just because he caucuses with Democrats (which is doing them a favor), he is still an elected Independent and is free to support whomever he wants for President.
Note: I have no political agenda here.
The fact that dems criticize Lieberman for exercising his free speech speaks volumes. Lieberman supported his friend and stood up for what he believed in.
At least the Reps didn't come out and criticize Colin Powell's backing of Obama. He threw McCain (a friend for 25 years) under the bus to endorse someone who reflects absolutely none of his own political beliefs – because he was black.
Here is a ruler Joe, please rap your knuckles ten times at your earliest convienience. Your on the honor code...
To answer your question, I care.
powell was not chummy with obama. unlike lieberman
Dems really need to turn their attention elsewhere. First, dump Pelosi and Reid if you ever want Americans to respect your party leadership.
Second – Dodd, Frank and Rangel need to be investigated and exposed for their blatant fraud and corruption.
In order for Lieberman to caucus with the GOP he would have to flip-flip on nearly every issue other than national defense. It would be pretty comical to see that happen. Alas, Joe has been allowed to retain his precious Senate chair on Homeland Security.
I think Lieberman is a phony. He wears his Judaism on his sleeve when it comes to Arab nations and that is simply wrong for an American. A year ago, Lieberman was pushing for war with Iran. If he feels that strongly, perhaps he should move to Israel and run for office there. Make no mistake about it, Israel is our ally and we will defend them if necessary but Lieberman has gone too far with his war mongering.
I have never voted along Party lines. Lieberman shouldn't have to either. Punishment in this case would be absurd and unjust.
Oh, I bet he's really scared!
I'm sure Lieberman, the opportunist of the 21st Century, thought he was advancing his career when he aligned himself with the Republicans, but stayed a registered Democrat. You can't have it both ways, Joe. Now neither party wants you, and you have one foot in a sinking boat, and the other in a boat that's leaving you behind.
It is politicians like Lieberman that make Americans cynical and distrustful of politicians in general. The best that will happen is when he is shipped to the same retirement ranch Palin and the rest of that bunch need to go to.
Buh Bye Now!
Lieberman's greatest stab in the back of the Democrats wasn't just his support of McCain. It was his selling of his status as a defender of Israel and providing a constant reminder of this fact every time McCain opened his mouth on TV .
I don't think that it was an accident that just about every time that I saw McCain speak at a rally there was Senator Droopy beaming benevolently over his shoulder. It wasn't Sarah Palin in all of these" two shots".
Lieberman went all in on this hand and lost. Time to leave the table.
The liberals trying to crucify Lieberman are showing that they are, truly, revolting.
The election is over and it is time to move on. Lieberman will be needed to forge bipartisan support for Obama's legislative agendas.
Sorry but party lines should be crossed if you believe in something strongly, Liberman did not think Obama was right for the U.S. If you agree or disagree it matters little. He did what americans should be doing. No matter what party your in do what you think is right.
Dems your losing site of what makes america great..It's people not politics.
This is insane. We need MORE people voting for people of different parties. Why are the Democrats outraged that Colin Powell endorsed Obama...how dare someone think for themself. Lieberman is an all-time great senator.
The Democratic Party couldn't be any more totalitarian if it tried.
That is the good thing about America. Choice!!!!!
As an Obama supporter, I have no problem with Joe backing Mccain,. however, some of the untruthful thing that he said and the mean spirited tenor of the campaign from the Republican side do give me cause for concern. He has the right to support the candidate of his choice, however, he should be morally above the type of divisiveness that permeated this campaign.
The problem is not that Joe Lieberman made an independent decision to support who he thought was the best candidate. It's all the wing nuts, right wing and left wing, that toe the party line regardless of how bad you are messing up the country.
Lieberman is a scum bag. No loyalty and no conviction. Always changing his allegiance. Total sleaze!
This wanna-be neo-tard Sen. from CT needs some shoes thrown at him.
All I can say is Disappointing!
While I don't believe that Lieberman should necessarily be punished at all (disagreement is disagreement), Democrats sending him a stern letter is about the most pathetic punishment that I've ever heard. As a lifelong Democrat, all of this shows me that all of the Republican barbs about Dems as weak and spineless bears some truth to it, and that disappoints me tremendously.
He is leaning towards the smart side! he realizes taxing itunes and soda (NY) is the dumbest thing since a Chia-Pet!
"Kevin In Ohio": are you Joe the Plumber in disguise??? You don't seem to possess intelligence. .
Darko,
A republican is telling democrats that their party is not respected? LOL...that's laughable.
So tell me, Einstein, How many seats did the republicans pick up this election cycle? In the house....they picked up some right? Ok, what about the senate? NO? Ok...surely you must have won the presidency then...right? NO? Oh yea...ok, your statement holds a lot of water, DEMS are the one's not respected? Brilliant sherlock!
Typical democrats. We support all peoples rights and accept everyone's views......unless they disagree with what we think you should say, do and believe, then we will punish you.
WHO IS JOHN GALT?
Lieberman is treacherous! Pure and simple. I don't think Dems or Republicans should trust him. He goes where he thinks the wind is blowing. I hope to God that the voters in his state kick him out!!!
Who cares, I am a lifetime Democrat, but I vote on Issues that I can relate to. So, I may not vote with every Democrat, on each election. I may not vote at all if neither party can not give me a reason to vote with or for them. But, I am not interested in what punishment Leiberman will receive. Let's understand, "he is human and as humans we make human decisions."
I think people are missing the real point here. Joe Lieberman as an independent had the right to support the Republican candidates, however he made such a spectacle of himself nodding his head like Howdie Doodie in agreement with all the nasty and hatefull rethoric spewing from the mouths of Mcain and Palin. His own belittling remarks about Obama is not support for your choice of candidates but the attempt to tear down the other candidate. His allignment with the negative campainging says more to his character ,or lack thereoff ,than all his whining " I am an independant just exercising my right to choose".
Joe from Georgia
I have never left a comment on this site before but reading all of these foolish comments made me decide to leave my own. Everyone is missing the point here!!! No one ever said that Lieberman couldn't support any candidate of his choice, but it was the way he went about doing it!! Lieberman jumped on the McCain/Palin bandwagon and started to spread fear and hate to try to scare voters. If you don't believe me then you didn't watch the Republican Conventions or any of the stumps that he accompanied McCain and Palin. What you all don't understand is there there is a right and wrong way to dissagree with someone and he picked the wrong way!!
Lieberman should not be trusted. He got really strange after loosing in 2000.
@Pam: If you've never voted along party lines, perhaps you're in the wrong party?
Senator Lieberman,
Take note: When your term ends I campaign for your opponent in my district. What you did after the Lamont victory shows that you are nothing but a career politician who is only concerned with being in office and not what is best for your constituency. You sir are a fraud.
It seems like the Democrats have a lot of problems with loyalty.
Republicans don't have that problem; they haven't rejected Colin Poweel, Gates and others. Demorcrats are the only ones that have super delegates. Why? I can't believe that the Democrats get so brainwashed. Their problem is that they believe everything they read in the press. It sarts when you're in grade school. When you get older you began to realize that the press is biased. Where is the change that Obama promised and the press pushed it? Now the liberals are beginning to notice this. They got hoodwinked.
Democrats will be begging a Bush to come back in 2012, that's Jeb Bush. Mark my word.
Senator Lieberman,
Take note: When your term ends I campaign for your opponent in my district. What you did after the Lamont victory shows that you are nothing but a career politician who is only concerned with being in office and not what is best for your constituency. You sir are a fraud.
I wonder if anyone in the Dem. party knows what independent means?
Give it a rest!
Connecticut voters must be really dumb to elect this Benedict Arnold. Will you Connecticut people PLEASE vote this guy out? YOU voted this idiot in...America calls on YOU to make the right decision. Lieberman is bad for America. Period.
Senator Lieberman,
Take note: When your term ends I campaign for your opponent in my district. What you did after the Lamont victory shows that you are nothing but a career politician who is only concerned with being in office and not what is best for your constituency. You sir are a fraud.
In my humble opinion, if he is so dissatified with his party why is he even able to retain his status? I'm under the belief Lieberman thought McCain would win and he, being McCain's buddy, would then be in the Cabinet or in the White House in some capacity but now that, that is not the case he is sorry and regretful of his actions... there should be a reprocaution for this kind of betrayal to the people who expected him to be their voice as a Democrate.
Our hard earned tax dollars at work. It's nice to know they spent all that time and ended up writing him a letter. I wonder how much that cost us.
"Heh heh heh,I still haven't found dat waskuwee wabbit....."
What a bunch of wimps! He has gotten away scot free!
If Lieberman would register as an Independent, then, this discussion would not even be happening..
personally I feel that because he is a registered Democrate, while he has a right to his opinions, I do not believe he should have been out on the campaign with McCain .. there just seems something wrong about that..
So Joe, go change your party afiliation and you'll be ok to campaign for whomever you want..
that traitor will be kicked out by the voters in Conn, and they will vote for a Dem too.
Lieberman put the good of Isreal above the good of the USA.
Joe 2, Dems 0. Nice.
Lieberman is a two-faced hypocritical sleazebag. He is dishonest when he claims to be a Democrat. He is a right wing, conservative Republican. He supported John McCain when he knew McCain was clueless about a wide range of subjects including the difference between a Sunni and Shia Muslim. The voters of Connecticut should be a lot smarter than they were when they elected this little Howdy Dowdy look alike!
Excuse me...this story would not even be in the news if Liberman were a former republican turned independent and supported Obama. It always amazes me how liberals get mad when someone doesn't agree with them. I should be awarded for standing up for what he believed in. You democrats bashing him need to go out and plan your inaugural party and order your beer kegs before they run out. Be happy your man won and stop belly aching about Liberman.
MY MOTHER ALWAYS SAID THAT A TWO FACE INDIVIDUAL IS A CROOK AND THAT STATEMENT REMAINS TRUE WITH ME.
I agree with Mike. Joe Lieberman would not be doing his job if he voted straight ticket and supported someone he didn't think was the right choice. Joe Lieberman is the kind of person that we need in Congress. One who stands up for what he believes in, opposses what he thinks is wrong, and still works with everyone in Congress, no matter what party they belong to. Lieberman is not a sheep, he does not just fall in line and vote "present", he actually does something for Americans. Joe Lieberman did not act like a traitor, he did not sell out Democrats, Joe Lieberman acted like an American Congressman, he stood up for something, and it wasn't voting party before country and it wasn't special interest groups, it was something that I was proud to see. Thank you Joe Lieberman, and God Bless you sir.
They tried to punish him first by having supporting another candidate in the mid-term elections, one that got trounced by Joe in the actual election, the folks in Connecticut weren't stupid and know who does well by them. Now they try to punish him again because he doesn't follow a party line but by his beliefs and convictions. Democrats you better wake up now and realize if he had been punished that you are now punishing the very thing this nation was founded on. He went by his convictions and his beliefs that the best man for the job in the white house was McCain, not your new patron saint in Obama.
You say time and time again that us republicans are closed minded and not open to new ideas, all of you saying he should be punished are guilty of being closed minded simply because he chose to support his own beliefs.
Shame to all the democratic party and the party leaders in Connecticut for trying to stifle a democratically elected leader, a leader elected by the popular will of his state, simply because he went by his own ideas and not the party line.
It's okay for a Rep, Colin Powell, to turn, but not a dem? Give me a break!!
We have law to protect people based on race and religion but apparently in you belong to one of the major parties you no longer have the freedom to think independently? What has become of this country. We elect officials to do the "right" thing not blindly follow their party line.
I sent Joe the senator an email many weeks ago on his defection. Never heard a word back. His big ego trip only hurt the people he is supposed to represent in CT. He's in it for himself now.
Yeah, Joe!! One man who isn't led by the nose by the party, any party, etc. Good man.
CT voters are perhaps stupider than FL voters.
Even when Sen Lieberman was a Democrat, I admired him because it was evident that he put country above party. I was so glad when he became Independent. So, why are the Democrats insulting an Independent? Thing is, and even the Dems should be proud of that, Sen Lieberman still puts country above party. All Federal politicians should do the same. Instead, just look what is now going into what used to be the White House, a do-nothing, did-nothing talker who is trying to cause the country to think he is "for" everyone/everything which is not possible.
Yes, he's allowed to have his own opinion but he supported the Republican ticket. One that was full of subliminal racism, divisiveness and intolerance. What does that say about him? He's definitely no friend of the real Democrats and Liberals.
Benedict Arnold = Joe Liberman
This is a prime example of why I am no longer a democrat. The democratic party is spineless and unprincipled.
Joe should have been outcast six months ago, yet both the state and national democratic party embraces him.
Just what does a guy have to do to get kicked out of the dem party?
Punishment? ARE you nuts. You CANNOT punish a person for exercising his freedom of choice. I don't dislike him as a person but I question his intelligence backing a person who clearly would not have been a president any different than Bush, including being a liar when he claimed Palin was chosen for her qualifications (come on liar ) when all her wanted was Clinton's votes. If they want to throw him out of a committee fine but DO NOT use the work punishment.
who cares who he supported? it's over. stop whining and move on with life! there are worse tragedies in the world, and if the Conneticut Democrats believe this should make headlines, they may want to rethink a few things.
Since the magic number 60 is out of reach, Joe should be invited to cross the aisle. Even if his conscience and AIPAC said no to an endorsement of Obama – silence would have been the mark of someone deserving of a role in democratic leadership.
Joe. The last true democrat standing in a party of liberal turkey take overs.
He and Bernard Madoff share the same mentality. Just the sight of them both reminds me how little it takes to sell your soul.
If Liberals really believed that dissent is patriotic then Joe Lieberman would be leading the party. It's funny how the party of "tolerance" doesn't tolerate alternative viewpoints. Witness the attacks on talk radio and the calls to reinstate the fairness doctrine. Typical dems can't handle opposing opinions.
Happy Hanukkah Joe thanks for the recon mission buddy
McCain never saw it coming! Our Semitic Brother would never
sell out his Afro-Brother, Joe ran that psy-ops mission like
a champ!
its ok for colin powell and other republicans to endorse obama but its not ok for a democrate to endorse a republican give me a brake
State Dems need to just "move on." The election is over. Obama has been gracious to Lieberman. Why can't the state Dems follow suit? Lieberman was gracious to them - he kept the Dem label even though they - and all the Washington Dem leaders - through him over the rail to back Lamont.
Many people here are saying that Lieberman had the right of free speech to support McCain.
Of course he does. However, he doesn't have the right of that Chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee.
If he thinks Obama is such an experienced socialist, as he stated at the RNC during his stellar speech, then he doesn't need to expect favors from Obama or Obama-supporting democrats in the Senate.
If he simply endorsed McCain, that would be one thing. However, he actively sought the loss of a Democratic colleague, so his fellow Democratic Senators owe him nothing.
He should have lost that Chairmanship. If that drove him to caucus with the Republicans, then he would be caucusing based on revenge and not upon his ideals and his true beliefs. That's pretty opportunistic, don't you think?
The Obamas seem to have a "thing" about weird and controversal religious figures.
Obama's choice of a far, far right evangelical to give us some preachin' on inaugural day is yet another example.
I really thought Obama was smarter than this. Reminds me too much of Sarah Palin's weird and controversal religious tastes.
CHOICE – is good, providing it does not instill division, contention and strife. My, my, my, how thoughtful we are with CHOICE. It is free-will, however, like LIFE, with responsibility and accountability. When there is no responsibility and accountability, there is no integrity. No integrity, no models to follow; and we are appalled at why people live and respond the way they do. Everyone is responsible for their own actions, why? Because every man has a conscience and your conscience will always get the best of you! In Lieberman's mind he made the right choice. Did he care at all about the working relationships of his fellow Senators, I think not! And CT elected him in FOR THE PEOPLE....I think not! My observations is he did it for himself, hence the response. What did his fellow Senators and constituents he respresents get from this CHOICE? There is no good being spoken of his CHOICE or of his work in the Senate, AMAZING!
Joe warned us about Mortal Kombat in the 90's. He's been out of touch for a long time.
I love liberals. Shut up Rush Limbaugh, Campbell Brown, Sean
Hannity et.al. What are you afraid of. If it wasn't for these people, all we would hear is the c@$p the left wing media tells us. I am glad we are able to hear both sides and perhaps come do a decision on our own. I have never heard a Republican ask for Air America to be silenced. You may get your wish with the fairness doctrine but do you really want to be kept in the dark and fed bs all day.
The guy's an Independent. Did EVERYONE in the Senate get a complaint because they didn't support Obama? The guy USED to be a democrat, but no longer is. I can see why. Democrat's have NO tolerance of someone who doesn't agree with them.
All this garbage and yet liberals claim to be the party of "CHOICE". I guess that's only true if you CHOOSE to agree with them. That's why they elected Obama, a slave to his party who votes along party lines 97% of the time. How DARE Lieberman think for himself and have the audacity to support the man he thinks is best for the job. Have you noticed that Republicans haven't attacked people like Chuck Hagel and Colin Powell who endorsed Obama? That's because Republicans still have some integrity.
FYI to the morons saying he won't get re-elected. He already lost the Dem primaries once and was elected as an independent because the people of Connecticut were smart enough to ignore the DNC.
Tell'em to pack sand Joe.
Freedom of Speech and Liberty mean nothing to a Liberal if you happen to disagree with them.
That's a shining example of the Tyranny of the Left.
IT WASN'T A NOD !!
IT WAS SLANDER, SLEAZE, LIES & BIGOTRY.
What a free country? Reprisals for having a mind of your own. This country has gone nuts.
This guy is an opportunist. He thought that McCain is a shoe-in and will easily beat Obama in the election and sucked up to McCain. He would have become something big in McCain's administration. It is the big hearted Obama who saved him from the wrath of democrats for which Leiberman should be thankful.
LIEBERBIGOT SUPPORTS THE PARTY
THAT DOLES HIM DOLLARS. MAN HAS
NO PARTY, NO HONOR, NO DIGNITY
AND FOR SURE NO HONESTY.
@ Rob
Sure you can punish a person for exercising freedom of choice. People "choose" to murder people all the time and then we prosecute them. Lieberman CHOSE to be a member of the Democratic party and then CHOSE to betray it. This isn't about punishing him for being a free-thinking "maverick." This is about his CHOICE to be a Democrat and then his CHOICE to act in a manner diametrically opposed to his CHOSEN party's interests. They should kick him out of the party because he CHOSE to lie about being a party member.
Hopefully, CT voters will CHOOSE someone with more principles and integrity next election.
So, when Republicans support a Deomcrat they are "open and fair minded" but when a Democrat supports a Republican they are "traitors".
HUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tolerance is as tolerance does.
That's just awful. He has a right to support anyone he wants. We are not governed by any party affiliation. When I hear this, it makes me think of Communism and Fascism. We have a right to express our thoughts without fear of losing our jobs. They should give him credit for speaking his mind. We need more people in politics who can do that.
Vote him out or throw him out. Another "chicken" war monger that doesn't have the guts to serve.
The funny thing here is, all the people who claim Lieberman is not a real Democrat need only look at his voting record. Other than Iraq and McCain, he is a Democrat through and through.
Last time I checked, anyone could support anyone they wanted for president. Does that mean that Republicans who supported or voted for Obama should be booted from being Republicans. Sure you might disagree with his choice, but don't deny him his right to make that choice.
Two points here...
One, Lieberman of course can have his own opinion. However, the things he said and how he said them were over the line. Especially when in 2006, after the Democrats backed Ned Lamont, Barack Obama went to Connecticut to help Joe in his campaign.
Two, the right wingers bleating on here about Joe putting his country first appear to be the same ones who slammed Colin Powell for supporting Obama.
So, who are the hypocrites?
ooooh, they voted to send a letter. Your tax dollars at work.
Totally unbelievable! they should send him packing.
Again, the comments on this ticker are as hypocritical as ever. Good quality bi-partisan values! (Except, of course, when it means showing even a hint of support to moderate values...let alone conservative values) Now that's Change you can believe in!
Are you libtards still fussing over someone being American?
By the way, McCain openly said what groups he supports and doesn't support. I may not agree with him, but I like the honesty. Obama told everyone he was on their side, and now he's letting Democrats down. He said he would recognize some of the genocides committed that have never been acknowledged, I'll bet you anything that's another promise he'll break.
Lieberman is a prostitute
Steve, NY – Republicans HAVE NOT REJECTED Colin Powell? Priceless... and then the rants about biased press and how Dem got hoodwinked and will be BEGGING FOR A BUSH in 2012...
Seriously dude, what have you smoked?
Any blog in which appears the name of Mr. Powell in the headlines is a sure go for various post condemning his 'betrayal', his 'race-based vote and statements' his character and such... but according to you the posters might be dems...
YES there is such thing as a biased press, and there is the good and reliable independent source of news. There are many ways to find out which is which (those who make a big show of a fraud, like that lunatic who carved her own face in order to bash Obama supporters for instance, and then don't apologize for their exageration are a good example of a source who deserves no credit), but if you can't find a way to distinguish or simply don't want it's a big problem... FOR YOU.
Yes, Obama WILL make some democrats, liberals or whatever name you prefer feel like they had been duped. WHY? Because he promised to be the PRESIDENT OF ALL AMERICANS, and not the president for those who have a foot or two 'on the left'... those at the extreme of the left are in for a (much deserved) disappointment, since he's for UNITY, not DIVISINESS...
Jeb Bush in 2012? It's his right to try to be the Republican candidate... IF he's going to be it's another story.
As for the case in hand, Joe Lieberman stood by the candidate who was his PERSONAL friend. No political or ideological commitment, just plain and simple 'he's my buddy so I stand for him...' NOT something that you expect for someone in the SENATE...
I actually applaud Liberman for standing up for what he believes in. His choice for president shows his good judgement. Those who supported Obama the fraud showed poor judgement. No one in their right mind should have voted for Obama.
Mr. Lieberman's been a scumbag for a number of years now, but this whole debacle makes it worse. yes, he has the right to back whomever he wishes for president and vote however he wants to, but if he's going to play by our rather demented two-party system and its rules like everyone else, then he should know that he's walking on eggshells. he backed McCain not just because of his political agenda but because Joe wanted to get in cozy with the republican party and obtain more political power. by doing this he's basically had a bidding war ensue over his services between the Dems and Republicans, which absolutely disgusts me. In the end, he's won the most since November because Mr. Harry Reid has been too much of a, well, spineless Democrat, to do anything about it. And I know Obama has called for Lieberman to be excused and for people to unite and all that, and i get that, but the Dems have to be careful with Joe because he's going to use whatever he's got to make sure he's in a cushy and safe position at all times. He may be a conservative nut job in faint disguise, but his spinelessness shows that he's a real Democrat!
I say feed him to the wolves, or better maybe he could go and spend time with Madoff, both are back stabers, and both were trusted by people in their faith.
Ok, here we go again:
Mickie: He's not in the Demoturd party. He's an independent who caucuses with the Demoturds.
Lib: Your name says much, see above.
Eli: Don't try to reason with liberals, sit back relax and enjoy watching them eat their own young for the next 2 years.
I never knew why Lieberman wanted to support mccain and palin in the first place. It's not like he really made his intentions known and if he spoke anything bad about Obama he pretty much just regurgitated the republican talking points.
Maybee Lieberman is one of those old school southern democrats, you know, the kind way back in the 50s who supported segregation but suddenly changed into republican after segregation was abolished.
perhaps joe was trying to remain a party democrat to restore it back to its roots that were decades ago (the conservative, non progressive, democrat who hailed segregation)
Who cares about Lieberman? Isn't he irrelevant by now? Keep him out of politics, and send him on his merry way. The GOP don't need him, and the Dems will be better off without him. His career should be over by now.
CT people, vote this scumbag out of office. It seems that the DNC has no spine. If JL wants to be an independent, why in the hell doesn´t he leave de DP. He wants to have it both ways knowing the the Democratic leadership is going to put up with him.
a bit late–leave it to the Dems- always late. never on the forefront of anything
I care who he supported, he is a turncoat on his party and nothing more than a sleazebag politician that will do or say anything to get what he wants... worse than most.
I have emailed his offices with my displeasure with him. He deserves nothing less than being booted out and my party has shown a spineless side by letting him stay. They will also hear from me about that.
Loserman should just go away.
Okay, some of you might want to admire the man for standing by his ideals and supporting the Iraq War to such an extent that he aligned himself with John McCain who thought the same as he did with regard to the War. But the fact that McCain picked Sarah Palin for his V.P. instead of someone who was qualified says a lot about McCain's judgment. Can you imagine her as our V.P.??? EEEE Gads. Anyhow, he still stuck by McCain, so I really have to question his judgment thereafter, though I understand why he aligned himself with him originally. But come on Joe, use some common sense, too. You actually would have trusted this country in the hands of those two goofs??
Everyone get over it. Obama is bringing a new culture to the country. No devisive behavior allowed. It will take some time for us to get used to it after so much devisive behavior the last 12 years. Stop whining about the differences and start looking for common ground.
To ellen: please tell me how joe was putting country before party when he endorses and cheered on Palin for VP. He knew she was a spoonful fed idiot.
You people are unbelievable. It seems that repugs and so-called independents like to re-write history or either ignore the parts that they don't like. You all should be called the great revisionists.
Remember folks Joe ran against a Democrat and was elected as an independent! He was supporting his good pal John McCain.... who should have made him his choice for VP!
leave the man alone. talk about not respecting freedom of speech rights or thought rights. So he thought his party picked a dog of a candidate, big deal. you don't see the Republican party slapping around their members who chose to support Obama. grow up Democrats.
I'm a new CT voter, and a Democrat. And, I can tell you specifically "Matt" (who posted at 12:23pm EST on 12/18/08) we are definitely not "stupider" than that comment and lack of proper knowledge of the English language.
I think the real issue is how Lieberman perceives himself. If he is going to be an Independent, he should register as such. Keeping his registration under the Democratic ticket yet not following a lot of the Democratic party's platform, or endorsing the Democratic candidate for president certainly has put a lot of people off. It's like a lifelong Yankees fan deciding to play third base for the Red Sox in a game against the Yankees, but still wearing a Yankees uniform. It just doesn't make sense.
I'm not sure if "punishment" is the way to go on this, I do believe the bad press received by Lieberman since this began is enough for him, and it makes me wonder if his political future in CT is over. I know he doesn't have my vote, but then again, I was never a fan to begin with. I do also believe, however, that him endorsing McCain was a slap in the face to many Democrats across the country, considering he ran with Gore several years ago as his VP candidate.
While his actions don't support the party that got him where he is now, the idea of "punishment" in my opinion is childish. Let him dig his own hoel.
Lieberman gave up his principles to become McCain's lap dog.
Now he's a nothing and a nobody.
gg,
I am the biggest Obama supporter and I totally agree with you. The difference with Lieberman is that he went and campaigned for McCain. It's one thing to voice your endorsment, its another to go campaigning and attacking Obama. When Lieberman was running for his seat, Obama campaigned for him. I think its good politics to see beyond party lines, but this guy Lieberman is a backstabber and a slimeball.
To cr and the other right wingers with memory lapses....
Colin Powell was roundly criticized by Republicans for endorsing Obama. There was none of this political drama because Powell does not hold office. And if you still believe that Limbaugh stuff about Powell voting for Obama because he is black, then you got more issues than I can help you with.
If you want to go back to a similar situation, look at what the Republicans did to Sen. Jim Jeffords when he went from Republican to Independent. He was treated as a complete pariah. So, yesh, it goes both ways. The difference is as a Democrat, I am willing to criticize my party. The right wingers here seem to go lock-step with their leaders.
It's one thing to endorse someone from a different party and its another thing to hangout and be all chummy with someone from another party, with that taunting smile on camera. Thats called a snake. what party secrets did lieberman disclose. he deserves the axe for having slept with the enemy. powell merely endorsed obama, he new better. You Republicans are sick. good writtens to your party.
Joe always puts his country before party. The only problem is his country is Israel.
You have the freedom to do whatever you want, but that doesn't come without consequences. The difference between Powell and Lieberman is that Lieberman actually criticized Barack Obama as a means of endorsing John McCain. Powell spoke out about the misdirection of the Republican party, but that was a populist concern, and Powell always stated his respect for McCain.
Joe Lieberman has been a long time friend of McCain. He was in a position where his friend should be able to expect his support. Last I heard, this is still a free country. His party ties don't restrict him from supporting who he wants.
HE IS SUCH A SCUMBAG.....WAIT UNTIL HE IS UP FOR RE-ELECTION..HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Joe Lieberman showed a total lack of dignity and respectability, when not re-elected he turned his back on the party that has helped pave his career. Joe showed to be very petty, and like he has his whole career jumped on with the wrong horse. The Democrats chose the high road and have allowed him some of the dignities that he did not show the party. Joe Lieberman is scummy, in a city littered with scum bags he hails near the top!!!
kick that snake out
Joe Lieberman is the senator from the state of Israel. He could give a crap about the people of Connecticut or the people of the United States. Or at least the goyiem.
He considers all non jewish people goyiem (cattle). He will smell bacon when he dies.
To those supporing Joe Lieberman:
He was the Vice Presidental pick for the Democratic Party in a hotly contested and constitutionally controversial election – his joining the opposition in this election was a stab in the back to those who supported him eight years ago. That being said – many of the core principles of the Democratic Party were openly NOT shared by the Republican ticket this year – it seemed to be a betrayal on Lieberman's part to his core beliefs – which then calls into question his overall veracity on a whole host of issues.
And he did not put country first – if he did he would have been openly opposed to the racial epitaphs being hurled at McCain events.
To all the Democrats and liberals who post on here: Don't let your emotions run out of control. He votes on a lot of the liberal social issues that you all love so dearly.
How can you punish an individual in a democratically free society whereas it is within our right to back, endorse or vote for whomever we feel is right for the position. Shame on the democratic party for even pondering to do so.
The picture is fitting. I almost choked. Lol
Not to worry, the CT voters will send a stronger and clearer message.
What amazes me is that anyone, anywhere thinks that this kind of thing matters to most Americans. Who cares about Lieberman or anyone's reaction to him? Most Americans will agee with me that the entire US Government has become innocuous.
First ammendment gives Joe the right to say what he wants... vote how he wants. Personally, I couldnt care less about how he votes as that is his right given to him by the forefathers of this great nation.
To all of you self-proclaimed "Democrats", please, SPELL CHECK isn't a bad thing. Educate yourself in spelling or use the tools that every computer has access to so you dont make yourselves look any dumber than some of the things coming out of your keyboards.
I am not going to down anyone for their opinion here as everyone has a right to it, but please, do your research on things, back your words up with facts before you go out and say things that just make you look silly. I would rather have an intelligent conversation or debate with someone than a yelling contest of WHO IS DUMB, WHO IS WRONG, WHO IS A TRAITOR. Use the brain that was given to you in an intelligent manner and you will be much more respected by both sides.
Point made. Take it to heart. And Merry Christmas!
And can we please stop calling Democrats spineless? This is precisely why so many of us are upset with folks like Lieberman – they allow these divisions to continue instead of trying to unify the country.
Name calling accomplishes nothing but more name calling.
I am more concerned with MS. Kennedy wanting Clintons Senate seat when she did not support Clinton in the election. Entitlement seems to go a long ways according to Ms Kennedy. She seems to think that she is a shoo in so long as she is the relative of a famous person.
Only ONE punishment for this traitor.....LET HIM BURN IN HELL with
Bush, McBush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and PALIN.
Send him back to his own country.
Thats pathetic. The man stands up for what he belives and because he doesn't to the same line, they punish him.
Wow.. So that basically means government runs in 2 ways and thats all.
I get it, the Democrats do not believe that a member of their party can chose to support the candidate he or she thinks is best suited for the job, they believe you vote for their person regardless. Sounds like democracy at it's best!
To 99 and others
What makes Lieberman's support of McCain different from Powell's support for Obama.
1. Lieberman, as the former Vice Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party owed a debt of loyalty to that party. He expected members of the party to back HIM when he ran for Vice President. Yet he didn't return the favor. The cross-over of a former nominee of a national ticket was unprecedented in modern American political history.
2. Lieberman was backed in the 2006 Democratic primary by Barack Obama. Is this how you repay your supporter?
3. Lieberman did more than back McCain. He actively campaigned for Republicans seeking other seats.
4. Lieberman repeated distorted Obama's record.
5. Lieberman endorsed McCain well before it was even clear who the Democrats would nominate.
6. If Lieberman could not bring himself to support the Democratic nominees, if he couldn't remain silent in the race, then he should have had the integrity to resign from the Democratic caucus.
I am a proud Dem; however, I do not see a major issue here. He has a right to endorse whom he wants. He picked McCain. BIG DEAL. Move on. There are more pressing issues other than how to punish him. Is it that when you are in Congress you loose your basic rights to include freedom of speech. He has always been a swing voter. Let him be or kick him out. However, the debate should be done with. 2009 is a new year. GET OVER IT!!!
Colin Powell went against his party and supported Obama because he was black. No one seems to thing that is wrong so whats the difference if Lieberman supported McCain. At least they were long time firends. .
Some Jewish People in his age bracket really did and are still supportive of Bush's attack on an Islamic or Muslim country because some hate muslim as muslim hate the Jews. I've talked with both Jews and Muslims, they both have a story to tell. One thing for sure both sides have been cruel to the other side. I've heard a Rabbi make this statement. I believe Lieberman is of that generation and mind set. That is all he focused on and could not look beyond it. I do not see how any one who is a people person, one who cares about all people could possibly support Bush or McCain. They both support division and hatred. I like to hear OURS, WE, WORDS THAT UNITE NOT DIVIDE. It is my opinion Lieberman is too old. Many young Jews do not support his views.
I love the new "Inclusive" democratic party. We're for everyone, unless you disagree. We want to compromise, as long as it is exactly what we want. Sounds a lot like Bush & cronies to me. I don't understand how all of you party loyalists don't see yourselves in your opposition.
Lieberman is a pig. Pure and simple. He should be recalled by the voters of Connecticut and fired from every position of responsibility in the Senate. Joe's in it only for himself. He has no integrity whatsoever.
The Democrats are just sore losers over the 2000 election still, and they see Lieberman's wavering on his party allegiances as a way to shift blame. The fact is that even though he may be "registered" as a Democrat, the Connecticut Democratic Party has just about as much justification for sending him their letter as global warming nuts have for thinking that adopting every global warming plan will fix what's going on with this planet.
Whats the matter with the Dem's, its a free country and we have the right to freedom of speech or is that the next thing Obama and his Democratic Cronies will take away from us. Liberman spoke his mind, so leave him alone................
Joe claims to be bipartisan, but everything he says and does gives the Republicans cover to be more extreme. Let him sit on the back bench in the Senate for a few years and keep his mouth shut. That would rehabilitate him.
Funny, though, he never went to Georgia to campaign for Jim Martin. I guess the notorious Saxby Chambliss is too good a friend of Joe's to throw out of the club.
I cannot believe that Joe Liberman got away with treason towards the Democratic Party for supporting the Republic John McCain during the presidential campaign as well as the war in Iraq. I hope that he will not get reelected for another term as senator from CT when he is up for reelection. If I were Liberman, I would not seek another term for the US Senate because I do not think that he will win.
I think Joe's endorsement says alot about who Joe is, and that's someone I try to avoid at all cost. Joe didn't just give a simple endorsement but he campaigned with and for the Republican candidate. Its hard for me to understand someone like that.
I think Joe is a hypocrite and CT people should vote him out of office.
CT voters had a chance to elect a real Democrat. now they are stuck with this jerk until next time around. then they can show him the door. Untill then he is like the cousin in "Christmas Vacation. " Not really welcome, uncouth, malodorous, but still family so you can't just throw him out.
Lieberman has been a republican in all but name for many years now. Anyone who's taken a look at his history could tell that.
Awful lot of crybaby conservatives in this comment thread.
I love how the people who crowed about majority rule when they had a razor thin advantage now demand that the Democrats be "bipartisan" and "tolerant". Don't make me laugh. And this has nothing to do with freedom. Joe Lieberman is a blackmailer and a political prostitute. The press matter-of-factly reports that Democrats have to let him keep the Chairmanship of of the Homeland Security Committee because Democrats need his votes. So if they take away his candy Lieberman will vote the other way? It's disgusting.
If you have to blackmail constituents to vote for you -creating your own party of one after they reject your nomination and threatening to split the ticket and your votes have to be paid for with perks you are not being free you're gaming the system. Its only a matter of time before he shows his gratitude by burying a political knife in the Democrats again and they will deserve it. Too bad we will be the ones who feel it.
Why go through the process if you can't drop the hammer when it is needed?? A bunch of spineless, worthless politicians wasting our time and money.
Jerry - "What a joke! Sometimes I am ashamed to be a life-long Democrat."
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Yeah, we all really believe that you're a life-long Democrat. Get real, idiot! You're really transparent.
Powell didn't speak at the DNC! And as for punishment, we are not talking about flogging the guy just kicking him out of the party. If you republicans don't care how about we Democrats trade you Lieberman for Powell? A former Joint Chiefs chairman is a better ally than a flip flopping traitor any day of the week!
Lieberman is the only politician to step up to the plate,he has done what HE thinks is right,unlike other politicians that vote 100% party lines,or "vote" present if they are clueless on what is going to make them look good.Lieberman put the country, in his opinion,FIRST,not his political career like everyone else.You will probably see he WAS correct in the not to distant future.
Lieberman, thank you
Why won't any of you libs answer this simple question: Should Powell be punished for supporting Obama?
And since the comments are closed on Obama's pick of Rick Warren, I'll say it here: I'm outraged too! I can't believe a Christian pastor would agree to inaugurate this pro-infanticide, pro-"gay", anti-American, anti-Jew, racist embodiment of evil! And oh yes there is a significant difference between Warren and Dobson: Dobson would have refused!
Hey, Steve from NY you asked;
"Where is the change that Obama promised and the press pushed it?"
Well we now have a person who is actually smart that is going to be our President, and we no longer have a vice-president who also doubles as the devil.
That's a good start seeing as how he hasn't taken office yet!
You also said;
"Democrats will be begging a Bush to come back in 2012, that's Jeb Bush. Mark my word."
Yea...ok....Even the Republican party wants to forget the Bush/Cheney administration. That is why we never saw either one out working for the McCain campainge. They decided to go with Joe the Plumber instead of anybody from the current administration.
I don't get it. Just because someone likes one candidate over the other doesn't make them good or evil...it's really not that big of deal to me, but then I'm an independent, so I don't have a party bias that causes me to have the "them against us" attitude.
Leave it up to the LEFTISTS to complain about someone actually speaking their own mind and doing what they think is best for this country. I guess when you a Democrat you have to bow down to their leadership and do as you're told.
Way to go Joe. Stay independent and do what you want. You don't need people telling you what to do.
Oh yes!!!! Mr lieberman has always put country before politics.
Israel over American Politics or welfare.
I simply love how people are bashing Lieberman, calling him "irrelevant." Those people are the ones who should look in the mirror and wonder why their opinion or comments are relevant.
The problem with Joe is that he seems to forget that Obama campaigned for him even when he was running as an independent. By saying that, there is no problem in choosing a candidate, but Joe went too far which makes me think that he has some hatred against minorities. A lot of things he said were so negative, and offending. He is a confused man with no honor and dignity, if I were him, I would not consider myself an independent but a two faced demoblicans, or an informant for the republican party. But what do I know, he is a joe
I love the way you rabid Obamites just can't get over anyone not falling in lock-in-step with your beliefs. "Out with the traitor" says of the Republican ticket – "One that was full of subliminal racism, divisiveness and intolerance". The only racism, intolerance, or divisiveness that was brought up came from Obama and his minions – and it was not subliminal. Before spouting this tired line anymore, please provide specific instances when McCain or Palin said anything close to racists.
I agree that anyone in this country should have a choice. That being said, Lieberman was chosen to represent his constituents in the Senate. They voted for a Democrat pushing liberal policies. His actions – tagging along on the campaign trail with McCain & Palin – were undoubtably not the kind of representation that the people of Connecticut (who voted for him) had in mind. For that he most certainly will be punished – not by the DNC, or other elected officials, but by the Connecticut voters.
I do think its ridiculous that the Democratic Party thought it was a good idea to get together and write him a letter – it sounds like something the Plastics from Mean Girls would have done had one of them not worn pink on the designated day. Karma will take care of Lieberman – come next election, on the whole, the Democratic voters of CT will renounce him, the Republicans will never truly accept him, and America will remember him as the guy that came crawling back to the Democrats with his tail between his legs. Its punishment enough.
The Democrats should be Judged upon their MATURITY! This self-righteous group of Partisan weirdos should NOT be deciding upon the 'punishment to Joe Lieberman,' for there are many more important and pressing issues that need to be addressed.
This action just shows how IMMATURE and RIDICULOUS and UNQUALLIFIED for Congress are PELOSI, REID, FRANK, and DODD............ THIS IS AN OUTRAGEOUS ACT TOWARD SENATOR LIEBERMAN. THIS IS NOT A DICTATORSHIP and SENATOR LIEBERMAN was FREE to support the CANDIDATE OF HIS CHOICE. This STUPID ACTION is just another reason why the Democratic Party should NOT be in charge of Congress. The United States WAS a DEMOCRACY.....THE LAST TIME I CHECKED!
He should move to Israel and run for president there. He does not belong in America.
Many would see Lieberman as practically a one of a kind politician if he's willing to support a Republican candidate. Believe it or not, there are people out there that vote based on the candidate, not by party. People are forgetting that he is probably much more informed than many on each of the candidates personalities, past decisions and other experiences leading him to his choice. We cannot say that he cannot be trusted for supporting McCain because McCain would have been like Bush. First of all, how many people supported Bush when he first came into office? Does that mean millions of Americans cannot be trusted. Secondly, like McCain said, he is NOT Bush. Thirdly, the election is OVER and Obama is president, so the Democratic Party should be concentrating on their success and the MAJOR economic and other world issues at hand.
Gee aren't you Dems the very same ones that lauded jeffords from VT when he changed his caucus from Rep to Dem but didn't change his party affiliation? Wasn't he called a brave and courageous person instead of a total opportunist that lost his chairmanship because the Rep leadership wanted someone to be a REP as a committee chairman? You guys crack me up! You couldn't invent this stuff!! LMAO>
Lieberman should be the Chairman of a newly-formed Neoconservative Party. The false Republicans can all quit tainting the Republican party and join him. Then we'll have two decent (prelatively speaking–as far as political parties go), and one Anti-American party who would rarely, if ever, win an election.
@John Galt in Colorado..
Give it a rest!!!
Wow, such short memories. You guys must've missed ol' Rush saying that Powell was a traitor and that the only reason he did it was because he is black. Powell was called all kinds of names by the republicans.
The problem isn't Liberman siding with McCain, as there is no problem with Powell siding with Obama. The difference is how it went down. Liberman also got involved campaigning for McCain, slinging mud and speaking at the RNC on behalf of McCain. Powell had no bad remarks about McCain when he made his statement.
@ Rick
You're right. Lieberman spoke his mind and what came out was nasty fear campaigning. It's not that he supported McCain, it's HOW he did it. However, you should note that he is a member of a political party and acted in direct oppositoin to that party's interests, which entitles that party to be upset and, if they want, to kick him out of the party. This isn't about punishing free speech, it's about whether he is a good member of the party or not. He can speak his mind all he wants but that doesn't mean he gets to do it as a Dem.
Joe Lieberman is not someone I'd trust to save me if I were drowning. He is an opportunist (in the worse sense), one who goes where the wind blows, and the worst thing is, he doesn't seem to think about the consequences. His bad judgement seems to erode even more as time goes by.
His low approval rating speaks volumes and he deserves to lose his seat in the next election. Turncoats aren't put up with for long.
This Democratic Congress has got to be THE single most ineffective weak bunch of nimrods ever to hold elected office
I can't believe Americans are making this a big point.
Doesn't Joe have the right to back whoever he wants???
I thought this was a free country....
Many Republicans backed Obama....so what's the point. Just cause he's a Democrat doesn't mean he NEEDS to back Obama.
This country is loosing their values day by day...
FREEDOM...MEANING HE BACKS WHOEVER HE WANTS!!!
As a former CT voter, I never voted him before all this. Always knew he was no democrat. If CT voters keep him, they will get exactly what they deserve. Sorry, guys.
Only in America...
I support Senator Lieberman's choice, and think the Dems in CT need to re-examine their priorities.
Although it's reasonable to believe that the Senator's actions warrant partisan repercussions, I doubt a letter will send the right, or even a strong, message to the GOP's "Independent" ally.
Twoface can say whatever he wants. Free speech, however, doesn't mean he gets to claim he's a member of the Democratic Party while saying things that are damaging to the party's interests. He just needs to go off and say whatever he wants as an Independent or Republican or whatever. Won't matter after 2010 anyway.
The Democrats are principled. They do appear spineless at times and the reason for that is that they wish to accomodate all people. They try to compromise to satisfy all sides and because it is an intellegent thig to do. They are the party of the people, ALL OF THE PEOPLE. And the republicans stand in natural opposition to the Dems.
While it is true one should not be punished for excercising their right of choice, it should be know by everyone that there are consequences for your actions. Lieberman had abandoned the dem party but most importantly he abandoned the dem platform and ideals. The party should not punish him. The people should
Now he won't learn anything. I just hope the people of Connecticut have better sense next time and vote him out. If he loves the republicans so much, he ought to get honest adn join them. I wouldn't be so angry with him if he had simply supported McCain over Obama but he didn't do that. He was horribly mean spirited and said some really terrible things. I don't htink he cares about America that much anyway except as it pertains to the support and defense of Israel, a country he appears to believe can do no wrong. I think he would willingly sacrifice every young man and woman in this country if he thought Israel was in peril, to the detriment of this country.
Just boot him out of the party already, he could careless about the party anyway, so what good could come out of keeping him around? The only thing i can see is that the Dems arn't strong enough to boot him out so Joe will sitt around laughing in your faces. What a great guy, all for the Iraq war from start to its misserable finish.
THEY SHOULD BAR HIM FROM DOING ANYTHING WITH THE DEMOCRATS.. HE IS A LOSER AND SHOULD BE LEFT ALONE IN THE HOUSE. NO ONE SPEAK TO HIM OR DO ANYTHING LET THE REPUBLICANS HAVE HIM. NOT ONLY DID HE BACK MCCAIN HE DID A MESSED UP THING TO WIN HIS ELECTION THIS TIME. I AM ONLY GLAD HE NEVER MADE IT TO V.P. AND TO THINK I BACKED HIM AT ONE TIME. MY GOD I NEED MY HEAD EXAMINED.
As much as I despise Liarberman (sic) and racist, confederate Republicans and Democratic connedselfservatives (sic) in general, I choose to follow the wise path that our magnanimous President-elect has and simply accept his (their) treachery, in hopes that we can finally get these traitors to do something for the common good.
If not, let's hang 'em all!
His first loyalty is to his political career, not to country, party, or affiliation as far as I can see. As a Democract, I think he should be kicked out! You want to be a Republican, Lieberman? Fine! Then GO BE A REPUBLICAN! We don't NEED you, and we sure as hell don't WANT you! But, why the Republican would want such a two-faced, self-serving snake is beyond me. Oh wait! That's right!! We're talking about Republicans!! Never mind. He'll fit in FINE!
They sent him a letter? You've got to be kidding – this traitor deserves to be hung by his nads, and they send him a letter?
Is it any wonder everyone thinks the dems are a bunch of wussies?
And I say this as anti-republican as you can possibly get!
what a shock, I am in moderation again.
As much as I despise Liarberman (sic) and racist, confederate Republicans and Democratic connedselfservatives (sic) in general, I choose to follow the wise path that our magnanimous President-elect has and simply accept his (their) treachery, in hopes that we can finally get these traitors to do something for the common good.
If not, let's get rid of 'em all!
OK I want to take this opportunity to address all of you crazy Liberals who have a huge problem with Obama's choice of minister for his inauguration. The same liberals who had no problem with Barack Obama's 20-year membership in a racist, anti-Semitic, anti-American church are now in an uproar because Rick "Purpose-Driven Life" Warren is going to pray at the Obama inauguration for 2 minutes.
Warren's going to pray for Obama, and that's an outrage, but for 20 years a racist lunatic prayed with Obama, and I was ordered to ignore it by the Left.
What's the Left's problem with Warren–that they don't agree with his pro-life position, or support for traditional marriage? OK, then why didn't these same liberals complain about Rev. Wright's racist theology, or pro-terrorist rantings? Or are they saying that they don't find Rev. Wright's idiocy offensive? Once again we see the hypocrisy of the Left in full force
"[It's] shrewd politics, but if anyone is under any illusion that Obama is interested in advancing gay equality, they should probably sober up now," Andrew Sullivan wrote on the Atlantic Web site Wednesday.
And here I thought the Democrat party was the tolerant party.
So much for that.
CNN, I was about to say you're discriminating against Canadians, till I saw you posted 'Thierry of Montreal'.
Why haven't you released my comment @10:57? I've been noticing lately that you hardly post my comments anymore. You post maybe 1 in 5 and I can't figure out why. My comments are filth free, legible and almost never insulting. I've even been read on the air on Cafferty File.
I'm beginning to feel quite insulted.
Is this the same Democratic apparatus that did not nominate him, and ran another candidate against him in 2006? The same one he had to defeat in 2006 to get re-elected to the senate? He certainly owes them!
The DNC need to grow a pair and kick Liebermann out of anything important. He's a traitor and can't be trusted.
joe lieberman is the bernie madoff of politics!!!!
cr....Lieberman supported McCain because Obama is black!!!! When Lieberman ran for President it was a disaster. I did not like him then and I am a Democrat and I don't like him now. He does give Jewish people and the American people a bad name.
Lieberman is a weenie. He hoped John McCain would pick him as his running mate, then thought McCain would win anyway and he would be rewarded. He painted himself into a corner.
You bunch of cry baby democrats. How come you are not bashing Hillary. All Joe did was repeat and say what she said and thought.
Tim Hampton - "The Democrats are just sore losers over the 2000 election still, and they see Lieberman's wavering on his party allegiances as a way to shift blame. The fact is that even though he may be "registered" as a Democrat, the Connecticut Democratic Party has just about as much justification for sending him their letter as global warming nuts have for thinking that adopting every global warming plan will fix what's going on with this planet."
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Global warming nuts??? Wow, you probably also believe that evolution doesn't exist, that Noah actually built an arc with two of every animal and that Moses actually parted the Red Sea. Continue to not believe in science. After all, it's only fact that you're ignoring. Why let the truth get in the way of your beliefs.
Lieberman definitely crossed the line of freedom of expression, where instead of simply endorsing McCain, he actually campaigned for him. Obama does not believe in negativity, and that has been taken as enough lead for Democrats to let him go scot-free. I really hope the CT voters will have the final word and throw this man out.
He should leave the democrat party...He's too good for them. He has high moral standards, common sense, and wants to protect our Country...those are values the main-stream democrat's DON'T HAVE.
Elected officials represent the will of their constituents NOT personal agendas. If his base of Connecticutt residents wanted John McCain for president then fine. If they preferred Barack Obama and he actively campaigned for his own personal friend to gain power instead of the will of his residents then they can vote him out.
Simple Really. A politician having to get a real job isn't the end of the world you know
Spineless is putting it mildly. I was alright for Colin Powell to support Obama but horrible for Lieberman to support McCain.
HYPOCRITS
Throw the bum out and take "Rick" from this blog with him.
If Woody had just voted for Lamont this wouldnt have happened.!!! Even Joe's closest friends and advisors from the old New Haven Machine days say they don't know what he is thinking anymore and have abandoned him. I would not be so mad at him if he would just stop paying lip service to "bi-partisanship" and switched parties. He is like having a son staring in an all male revue who only dresses in drag and dates men telling you he is not gay. Come out of the closet Joe and out yourself for the Republican that you are ....
Does Connecticut have a recall law? If so, they could exercise THEIR right to free speech and kick him out of the Senate and send him into political oblivion.
The odd thing is – they had their chance to boot him out during the last election. He was defeated in the primary by a real Democrat and so Lieberman ran as an independent – and those idiotic voters put him back into office. He'd already proven himself a traitor to his constituents – what did they expect?
The old saying comes to mind: The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result!
Many years ago, we thought it was humorous that obviously democrat-leaning Wieker ran for governor as a republican, while obviously republican-leaning Lieberman ran for the senate as a democrat.
Then we were rolling on thje floor laughing when Lieberman said he he'd toss in the senate towel if he lost the democartic primary, and then – after he indeed lost – he decided to run as an independent.
The guy is power hungry. Lieberman thought that, if McCain won the presidential race, he'd be in a prime spot in line for an even more powerful job.
His support for McCain was nothing more than an attempt to position himself for a job change.
I thought he should've been gone on January 20th with the rest of them. He didn't simply support McCain, he actively campaigned with him and Falin, I hope his ratings continue to go down since his true colors showed and maybe his constituency will do the job and boot him out in the next election.
Lieberman's unclear reasoning for supporting the Iraq war isn't grounds to kick him out, but his campaigning for McCain is. It shows the old fashioned politics Lieberman clings to. He thinks one can live as a legislator on a sliding scale. I'm afraid "not wanting to appear too liberal" shows he's living back in the 1990's. It's all about substance and details, now that we have Obama. Lieberman must leave the party and be stripped of his chairmanships.
Marine wrote:
"Spineless is putting it mildly. I was alright for Colin Powell to support Obama but horrible for Lieberman to support McCain.
HYPOCRITS"
Who ever said it was OK for Colin Powell to couch for Obama? If I were a stinking republican, I would be calling for his head, even though he didn't get on stage with Obama repeatedly like Lieberman did with McCain.
Be sure of your target when your locked and loaded, unless your ready to blow your buddies head off there, Marine.
Eric the Hedge Fund Manager sounds more like Eric the Hedgehog!
Calculated move on Lieberman's part. He was just re-elected in 2006, so his risk is minimal. It will be 4 more years before this issue really affects his electability. By then, who knows? The national party should send its signal, and it probably has. What is the most interesting is the response by the CT voters, as they're the ones who will do something concrete.
Marine, I don't remember Powell coming out to support Obama until a week or so before the election. Lieberman was there for McCain from day one. Traveling with him, whispering answers in his ear. Giving speeches as a surrogate. Showing up at the convention, basically trashing Obama. Your comparison is distorted.
Yeah, Marine, after Colin Powell was described by the right as a black turncoat whose support was solely a propaganda effort in a bid of racial solidarity by "those people", I'd question who the real hypocrites are. The Dems spared Joe, but for a letter merely expressing disapproval, at the behest of the person who was most negatively influenced by his actions. You and yours can calm yourselves down.
Perhap's Lieberman's decision to endorse McCain had much to do with their long mutual friendship. This is not, however, a freedom of speech issue. A Democratic Senator does not endorse the opposition candidate in a presidiental election. No, no, a thousand times no. I can't believe that Liebrman has been left as Chariman of Homeland Security. He should be stripped of his rank and priveledge and if he bolts to the Republicans, so be it.
Colin
Lieberman has the right of freedom of expression on the campaign trail, just as the citizens of Connecticut have freedom of expression at the ballot box.
Joe Lieberman has a right to say anything he wishes and to vote any way he wishes and support any candidate he wishes. That is his right as an American.
The Democratic Party has the same rights. They can support or withdraw support or censure someone who is still registered as a membor of the party,
I love the people in this thread that say because the Democratic party takes offence to someone that went beyond just just "supporting his friend" to use every insult he could to trash both the party and their choice of candidate that the party is somehow un-American or stiffling freedom. Of course these are the same people who for the lat 8 years anyone who had the audacity to disagree with the most minute details of the Repug agenda was a traitor and maybe even a terrorist.
That included the gnashing of teeth and horrible comments when Colin Powell stated his support for Obama. I can think of dozens of examples of conservatives in the last 8 years that have stated disagreements with der "Party Line" that are now outcasts forever.
The most remarkable thing about Repugs is that their memories are more convenient than most teenagers.
The thing that really disgusts me about Joe Lieberman is he did this because he KNEW that the Democrats COULDN'T kick him out! If we kicked him out of the caucus the Senate would be split 50-50 until Obama's inauguration with Dick Cheney having the deciding vote! He knew that this was a way to show bitterness at not getting the Democratic Nomination in 2004 for president and for losing his own party primary for the Senate! He could do this, and the Democrats in the senate would have to beg him to stay in the caucus. He couldn't lose! Also, if the Democrats got 60 (if we win Minnesota and had won Georgia) then we would have to beg him to stay AGAIN for a supermajority. That is disgusting! Oooh, when 2012 comes around, I just may get on a plane to Connecticut and do everything in my power to make sure he does NOT get reelected!!!!!
Lieberman decision & behavior to support McCain is representative of what's wrong with politics in government. Loyalties and voter expectations should be for Lieberman's Democratic positions or at least in the Independant Party positions. He chose personal ideologies over public trust & elected representation – nobody elected should turncoat their electorate. He commited worst decision I've seem in my 45 years as a democrat
As always, you Dimocrats are amazing – freedom of speech is wonderful – as long as your speech agrees with the party, right? I don't care if he backed a Republican or if Powell backed a Dimocrat. Shows they're "free thinkers" and aren't told what and how to think. Who cares anyway? Last I looked we had freedom of speech in this country. Y'all moan and groan about your rights having been trampled by Republicans but you can't allow a man the right to make a choice!?!? Shame on you!
Being a registered Democrat, I do not have a problem with him sticking to his convictions. He may be a registered Democrat but he ran as an independant. The only people that really have a say about him are the people of Connecticut. If they approve of his action, they will vote to keep him in offfice, if not they will vote him out.
...Benedict...
I honestly don't understand this at all. Just because you belong to one political party doesn't mean that you have to be a lemming. Everyone is entitled to support whoever they want to support. That's the freedoms we have as Americans.. and to punish, reprimand, or even officially state your unhappiness about that is not only wrong, it's un-American.
I was a stout Obama supporter and always lean democrat.. but this puts a sour taste in my mouth.
Yeah! How dare he put the well being of the country ahead of the well being of the Democrat party! Throw the book at him! Take away all his toys and make him go to bed without supper.
Why, what Lieberman did was so, so, so American! How dare he!!!!!!!!!!!
MARINE,
Colin powel didn't show up at the DNC Convention, Rallys to run down the pick from his own party.
Think about it.
Lieberman could be a secret agent of mossad for all I know. His continuing israel first position disturbs me, a poor goy taxpayer.
israel gets far too much free US money!
Seamus J. Wilson
Oh, and I forgot to add.........
.....LAMONT FOR SENATE 2012!!!!!
I cannot WAIT to see him in office as he should have been in '06! Lieberman lost his party primary, so he ran as an independent when the Democrats of the state DIDN'T WANT HIM!!!! He really needed to just deal with defeat, but then he goes behind Lamont's back and does that! I didn't think it was so bad at the time, but now I don't know what to think. Considering we here in Tennessee had a competitive Senate race in '06 (remember, Harold Ford Jr. vs. Bob Corker???) and racism (Harold, Call me!) and voting irregularities in Democratic precincts (like mine) blew it! Look what we gave the Nation Tennessee! Union-busting Corker! Anyway, my point with THAT tangient is to say that I wish that we would get a good Democratic Senator in the North to make up for our problems down here in the South!
I love the Democratic hate for Lieberman. If a party member doesn't follow the party line explicitly, they are chastised. At least Lieberman has a mind of his own. Good for him.
I don't care what Lieberman says, at heart he is a republican – he lies, cheats, uses false attacks, is selfish and for his own best interests – a typical republican.
gg: disc or drum?
Has he not heard of loyalty ?
He's toast; he may as well change his party to Republicans.
Are you right wingers paying attention? "It's OK for Powell to support Obama but not OK for Lieberman to support McCain"?
Read what is being said....Lieberman can support whoever he wants, but it was the stuff that he spewed that angered Democrats.
And how was it OK by you guys for Powell to support Obama? Your mouthpiece, Limbaugh, said he made a racist decision and the sheep on these blogs agreed with him.
There is plenty of hypocrisy on both sides. Why do Republicans keep acting like they are above the fray?
how dare you express your own opinion, mr. lieberman.
welcome to the next 4 years- "Tolerance.... as long as you agree with everything the liberals agree with."
@ Praetorian
a much stronger message?
like what?
fall in line with the democratic mafia, or risk being stripped of all your senatorial duties?
wow, the Democrats are SUPER tolerant.
Colin Powell endorsed Obama for factual reasons, not relating to race whatsoever. It was because Obama was the best person for the job. Lieberman endorsed McCain for the wrong reasons just as all those republicans at the RNC did. They were taking a step back by promoting racism, hate, wealth, and socialism. I heard nothing but lies and negativity when I was watching it on tv. Especially from that cross dressing Rudy Giuliani. Sara Palin didn't do anything to help the Republican ticket. Therfore, with that being said, Liebermann has got to go period!!
Lieberman will not be affected by any of his constituents opinions of him. If he feels the tide turning he will just switch parties again. The nation as a whole understood this and voted for Bush for president in 2000 and not Gore. It is very difficult to pinpoint Liebermans allegiances. It's the same reason McCain lost the presidency. Who knew where he stood from day to day.
Dmocrats, the party of inclusion – Unless you don't agree with them on everything!
Lieberman did what he thought is right thing to do, so Powell. The hole we are all in is so deep so this stuff so doesn't matter at least for now...
When that guy threw shoes to Bush, i was so upset not because this happened to Repuiblican or Democrat, but because he the president of AMERICA. You are all one nation, stand for every american...That's why our solders are fighting for.
Obama won – help him. Powell said what? It was just his opinion, so what. Lieberman? Thank you , come again.
This never was about Repubs vs Dems vs Inds vs etc., Lieberman
would support ANYONE that was FOR a war that cost American lives and treasure; but , if successful, reduced the cost in lives and treasure for Israel. American foreign policy should be made TOTALLY on the basis of its benefit to the American people; NOT a foreign country INCLUDING Israel. Lieb's loyalties are obvious. It is time for him to emigrate to Israel and to join the Knesset. OUR Congressmen have a DUTY under the Constitution to put the interests of the U.S. FIRST!!! Otherwise, it is called TREASON!
I guess Lieberman wasn't corrrupt enough to stay a Democrat, that why he's hated by the left. Where is the tolerance of other peoples views the dems keep pushing. Besides its Connecticut voters that get to chose. Not the Democratic Party. WHAT A BUNCH OF WHINERS
Either you are a Democrat; or you are not. Lieberman seems to want it both ways. If he did not want to endorse Obama, he simply should have kept his mouth shut. By his actions, he has shown that loyalty to the Dem. Party is very low on his own agenda. I do not know how he could ever be trusted again?
He is probably the wisest man alive, at least more respectful than Obama.
Ideally, he is just voted out of office and a more competent person replaces him. He is neither a Republican nor a Democrat–he is an opportunist in true Palin form. Dumpy Joe justs needs to go.
All of you folks who arecomplaining about the Connecticut Dems reaction to Lieberman's backing of MCSame should take some of youir own medicine. Dissent is the major tenet of our Constitution. Lieberman was free to do what he did and others are free to comment disagree or let Lieberman know how they feel. That is freedom at its broadest. You folks crack me up with your contradictions.
Peter(ca)-Lieberman didn't spew any more anti-Obama speech than Biden did. Or maybe that is why Biden has been muzzled and not seen since 2 weeks before the election. Democrat censorship-CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE
Is he still alive?
People, the red lines under your words indicate that they are spelled incorrectly. Make a note of that. Also, it is Democrat not Democrate; hypocrite not hypocrit; and allowed as permitted, not aloud as in to say things aloud.
Lieberman had the right to endorse whomever he wanted and he will need to deal with the consequences when the time comes.
Shall we get back to reporting on and issuing offensive anonymous comments on real news now?
Leiberman can always go both ways-because he doesnt' represent the people of his state-he's only there to represent the national interests of Israel. When those are at stake–he'd become a communist if necessary.
@ Mary in Texas
Yes. If you want to call yourself a Democrat or Republican or whatever affiliation you choose, it is generally expected that you exercise your free speech in a manner that is consistent with that affiliation and not directly against its interests. Otherwise, you can go about saying the same thing, just not wearing that membership nametag. THAT is what this is about. It is NOT about Lieberman being ridiculed for what he said...even though that should be fair game as well since he joined in with the McCain/Palin smear and fear festival.
Joe's Tel Aviv constituency is very happy with him, he does everything they ask him to. Try to start a war with Iran, no problem.
What I find soooooo funny is all the right wingers keep trashing the left for things they have done and in worse fasion. You guys have THE most selective memories i have ever seen. You all also keep bashing President Elect Obama saying thins like 'wait till this socialist takes power, the country will go to pot!" Once again showing you all really know nothing. The last THREE republican presidents ended thier terms with the country in recession. The last democtratic president, Bill Clinton, ended his term with a balanced budget , no deficit, VERY low unemployment rate, lowest welfare rate in 30 years...yet you are all doom and gloom now that we have come to power. Your party wrecked our country, your president could not have done a worse job! Where do you repubs get off? You are like the coach for the Detroit Lions telling the New York Giants they don't know how to play football. Get a clue!!!!!!
Joe Liebermann is a true pratiot. He has more balls than anyone in Washington.
Lieberman is Isreals arm in washington.
Thats all he is interested in and that is why he is one day a democrat
and the next day a republican.
Israel first – usa second.
And thats a fact.
And would you GOPers tolerate it if a person calling themselves a Catholic went around blabbering about Allah all day long and praying to Mecca 5 times a day? Looks like a duck, acts like a duck, quacks like a duck...must be a duck. Lieberman is a Republican, so he should not be in the Democratic party.
If you don't like him, vote him out.
Any Republican pointing to the Dems' reaction to this as a sign this administration won't be inclusive needs to look in the mirror. How inclusive was YOUR party?
You're not hearing hat from Dems on these blogs. You're hearing total and complete disavowment of the last 8 years of leadership. I.E. we're ANGRY.
I had no problem him backing mccain, I just had a problem how he disparaged Mr. Obama who to me was made a criminal in the eyes of Americans, how sad!!
Mr. Lieberman and the rest will remain guilty in the court of most American eyes for lack of dignity.
I would think there was a way he could have been Mr. Mccain backer without saying what he said about Mr. Obama
I absolutely agree with Barbara. Lieberman is neither Democrat nor Independent nor Republican. He is a self-serving worm…a sleazy snake. I cannot stand him. Like Barbara, I hope that voters of any party reject him in the future. Who needs this traitor?
In CT the voters have spoken. The Democrats did not nominate Lieberman for Senator we nominated Ned LaMont. Lieberman is an independent and should be treated as such. He has no allegiance to any party or or anything else for that matter. He is solely concerned with holding on to any power and advantage he can get. If Obama is or the Democrats are gracious enough to let him hold on to his chairmanship so be it. I'll be working to see that he doesn't represent CT the next time he is up for re-election. He is basically against all the Democratic Party principals and should be treated as such. In other words, after seeing him support the illegal invasion of Iraq, support the illegal detainment of prisoners at Guantanamo, support wire tapping of US citizens, support Israeli aggression in the Middle East, and support rendition I am secure in the fact that Lieberman is a SCUMBAG!!!!!
DId I read criticism of Robert Byrd, with Senator Lieberman's picture in accompaniment?
Senator Byrd has more integrity in his little finger than Joe Lieberman. I consider the courage to simply speak your truth. We don't need tap dancers, eager for power, approval or influence. I personally hope Byrd (whose views are not always my own!) is around a long time.
Oh, that's right. Powell campained with Obama, said he wasn't sure if McCain was marxist or not and he even traveled abroad with him telling the world what a great man he was. Wasn't that Powell going around with Joe Biden? Telling everyone who would listen that McCain pals around and got the endorsement from a terrorist(BUSH)!
From what I've heard and I could be wrong, Sen. Lieberman holds dual citizenship with the US & Isreal. There is nothing wrong with that except possible dual loyalties. Just read between his lips, he wants Americans to go to war with Arab countries on behalf of Isreal, McCain will give his his war, so of course he's all for McCain. Most of us strongly support Isreal, it's a great country just in a hotspot. Lets just tell Sen. Lieberman to come out of his war closet & just admit that he wants war and then America can decide instead of him wispering in McCain's ears hoping to get the war clouds to gather. Americans want to fight the good wars and we will defend Isreal in their time of need. Americans just don't want the wars where our political leaders start for personal or financial reasons. Be honest with us Sen. Lieberman, live up to your so called values for once in your political life.
Liberman is his own man and makes his own decisions whether he goes against his party or not. I respect him for that and just let it go already.
Just as Lieberman betrayed the Democratic party he would be quick to betray the USA if he were ever to find his way into the Whitehouse. To Lieberman the slogan "Country First" means Israel first. He is supporting McCain because he knows that McCain will willingly spill American blood and spend American treasure in defense of Israels interests.
This rat was elected and represents part of the country and they should boot him as well. The voters that elected him are having buyers remorse?
Lieberman not only endorsed McCain, he made attacks on Obama that went well beyond the pale.
Hopefully when the Dems get to 61 or 62 seats in 2010, they can kick him out of the caucus. In 2012, it won't matter, because Judas Iscariot's time is up then, and he stands very little chance of being re-elected now whatever party he runs for.
Why should we be surprised by what the Dems are doing. Look at their modus operandi. They only support an issue if it follows their beliefs. They wanted a strong female role model. Well, America got one, but because she didn't abort her baby, had a gun, believed in God (OH MY NO!!!!), and never had to evade imaginary sniper fire, the Dems couldn't stand Sarah Palin. And don't even get me started on what they do to a black Republican.
Is it just me, or does Lieberman look like the drunk uncle you want to avoid at holiday gatherings in that picture?
I absolutely hate everything that the Republican party has become, and I am unabashedly a liberal Democrat. But this idea that someone has to vote a certain way to remain "loyal" to a party is an example of the scummiest politics America has to offer.
I cannot believe this is an issue at all, the man can vote however he wants. He is, after all, still an American.
For once I am siding with the repubs.
Please. Republicans being tolerant? The same republicans that called anyone who disagreed with the war in Iraq a traitor? They way they blasted Powell for siding with Obama? You people kill me.
And speaking of Powell, I'd be willing to bet that most of you here typing this nonsense are the same ones that said the only reason he did it was because he was black. But Liberman was only putting country 1st and did so only because he felt McCain was the better man?
Waiter, round of reality checks, please?
It is fortunate that in our country we have the freedom to make our own decisions and vote for whom we want without fear of intimidation or threats. I don't feel it is right for the Democrats to send a letter of disappointment to Senator Lieberman. They must want to intimidate him, which is not a good choice for the Democrats. It makes them look a bit evil. I think it says a lot that the Republicans would welcome him with open arms. Frankly, I admire him for supporting John McCain. He did what he believed in.
For the confused few that reference the Powell/Obama vs Lieberman/McCain comparrison.
Powell was still respectful towards his parties nomination, whil Lieberman spouted LIES and went dirty. It's politics. Go dirty on your parties candidate, expect those in your party to be upset.
Party politics is what IS WRONG in our country.
hmmmm..... just thinking.... perhaps they want this man where they can watch him closely.... he may have the position.... but I would bet money that he has no real power in it..... just the name only.
Not good enough. How they let him keep control of a powerful committee is beyond me. I'm a democrat and it just shows how weak and pathetic Reid and Pelosi are. What a shame.
Raj, if you felt in your heart that you had to "go one way" and follow it through, would you worry about "crossing the line?" I think he did what he felt he needed to do. It is good that we can do that and not be influenced or punished by evil dictators. America is a free country and a safe place to live. We are so lucky to be able to live within the walls of freedom without fear everyday. I believe he did what he thought was best in order to protect what we have.
Rap him upside the head!
Does anyone think they aren't watching him like a Hawk....
Just asking...
I really can't stand Leiberman. I hope he gets voted out of his Senate Seat come next election cycle. He makes me sick and I have no respect for the leech that he is.
I agree with "A real American".
Lieberman's alliances lie with Isreal 1st ... NOT with America's. He should renounce his US citizenship and move to Tel Aviv.
Lieberman is an Opportunist that bet on the wrong horse, McCain.
He is more than that though. He maligned Obama in the campaign. He threw false grenades at Barack after vowing to provide respectful, civil support to McCain.
It is his conduct, not his traitorous pick of McCain, that has him in hot water with the voters. Sooner or later, he will pay.
@Steve, NY (12:09): You spew the typical vacuous [R]ightwing drivel, while exhibiting no sign that you sense the irony and hypocrisy of a [R] saying [D]s are brainwashed and have loyalty problems. Man, you neo-tard types drink something alot stronger than Koolaide.
Is it just me, or does anybody remember the vitriol spewed right here on recent tickers by rightwing goons towards Powell and Gates?
[D]s are brainwashed? Oh really? Just who voted for the tri-fecta of consistent and abject failure....THREE times!......2000, 2004, and 2008? I can only say that those who did so should seek refuge in the excuse that they were brain-washed, because the other explanation for chosing consistent failure would be a much more severe comment on your mental faculties. Who comes on here and defends rightwing drivil-dogma from ilk like Limbaugh as if its the bible?...and I'm brainwashed?
Who got hoodwinked? I voted for Obama, and I'm quite happy......in fact, noticeably more happy than you. You're the one that voted in 2000 and 2004 for small government and less spending AND GOT NIETHER! I knew from the get-go that Mr. Bush was a proven disaster, was surrounded by neo-idiots, and was supported by the rightwing underbelly of this country -- if that's not a recipe for FAILURE, I don't know what would be....and indeed it CERTAINLY was. And I'm proud to say I DID NOT VOTE FOR IT.
You seem to think us [D]s have problems now, but honestly, the only problem we really have is to choose which of the many methods availbale to beat you [R]ightwingers like drum.
i,m a christian and i feel ISRAEL has all the right to exist but if a US senator has more loyalty to his ancestral home than the USA then we are in a mess. this means irish americans will love ireland more than america, italian americans italy above usa etc if liebermann puts the national interest of israel above that of the USA he should resign public service period.
To say that membership to a specific party requires no loyalty, and personal opinions are all that matters misses the point of ANY party membership. If you play for the Giants you don't endorse the Cubs. Opinions are for private citizens. If your opinion is in conflict with the party you claim, you must quit the party, or be labeled the hypocrite you are.
i BELIEVE LIBERMAN SHOUD HAVE BEEN GIVEN HIS WALKING PAPERS FOR ALL THAT HE SAID AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. HE IS A TURN-COAT, AND NOT TO BE TRUSTED. HIS WORDS ABOUT OBAMA WERE PRETTY NASTY, AND HE MEANT EVERY WORD HE UTTERED. MY QUESTION IS WHY IS HE STILL WHERE HE IS IN CONGRESS?
@ STEVE IN NY........ after the BUSH DISASTER, Jeb Bush does not have a chance!
Where is the CHANGE????
CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP
CHANGE IN HOW OUR LEADER LEADS.... WITH HIS BRAINS!
CHANGE IN HOW THINGS ARE DONE.... EXAMPLE: asking both Republicans and Democrats to JOIN the OBAMA CABINET!
CHANGE IN HONESTY! NO MORE LIES ABOUT TORTURE OR WAR!
And IF you are still not convinced! CHANGE does not mean that you do not use past leaders as well as new leaders.... IT MEANS BEING SMART, USING YOUR GOD GIVEN BRILLIANCE. Using the BEST and BRIGHTEST regardless of party affiliation or years in D.C.!
OBAMA IS CHANGING THE WAY AMERICA LEADS AND DOES BUSINESS IN THIS WORLD!
HOPE TRUMPS LIES, HATE & FEAR!
Here is the problem with BOTH parties in a nutshell.
Lieberman lost the Democratic nomination for his seat, elected to run as an Independent (which he said he wouldn't do), retained his membership in the Democratic Party, and used it to coerce his way into committee chairmanships. Then he turns his back on the party and actively campaigns for the Republican nominee and speaks at their convention slamming the Democratic nominess, again which he recently said he didn't do.
He is nothing but a liar and an opportunists as about all others on Capitol Hill.
Now neither the Democratic majority has the balls to strip him of his chairmanships and send him packing to the Republican side where he belongs. And now his state party is sending him a letter expressing their dismay at his conduct.
Screw them all!!! The people of CT need to send this jerk packing when he is up for reelection and Harry Reid and the other need to grow a set of balls, or has George Bush neutered him too????
Change isn't coming to this country until all these fools are replaced in Congress. And I don't mean by their relatives.
Everyone is entitled to vote for who they want to but Don Knotts/Lieberman was on the campaign trail. I read someone's post who complained that no one said anything when Colin Powell endorsed Obama....That all Colin Powell did. He wasn't out there on the campaign trail skinning and grinning and carrying on. Don Knotts could have came out and said he endorsed McCain and then shut it up.....
Freedom of speech should also apply to Joe Lieberman.
Lieberman was the only RAT in the party,that did not think Obama could win.That is why he jumped ship.
Hey Raj (1:57pm)
Obama doesn't believe in negativity???? What a laugh! He listened to the Irreverent Wright for twenty years, whose basic MESSAGE is hatred of America, hatred of Jews, hatred of whites. But of course in all those twenty years, Obama NEVER heard him say any of those things.
You libs need to try to control your Oboner.
I find it strange that the Dems in Connecticut that cut Lieberman out during the primaries in '06 would have the gall to tell him what they think of his positions re: the war and McCain.
I applaud Joe Lieberman for his fortitude and courage under fire.
He is McCain's puppy dog but hey, if that is the stand he wants to take who are the Dems of Connecticut to tell him otherwise. for Shame.
Looks like he's asking us to pull his finger.
I think it was one thing for Joe to support his old buddy McCain, but when McCain put Palin on the ticket, his continued support for their ticket made him a traitor in my eyes.
Every time I see a blog on here from obvious Limbough, Hannity mindless folks I never cease to be amazed at the small mindedness hate I read. The party of wealth and greed that claim the Lord, while cutting back on anything that help the poor, the elderly, the sick.
I would not begrudge anyone rich to support the Republicans, what I can't understand is how many of the poor that are just bursting with pride to be in that hateful party.
I believe in Jesus before party, and though my party has some issues that they support that I don't think the Lord would approve of, I still find the Dem. Party concerned more about the issues that Jesus spent most of his time teaching us. Caring for the poor, the weak, the elderly, the sick, etc. The Republicans seem to only support the rich, and lo0ve of money.
Matt, dude, you need your medicine. Joe's an Independent. Yes, a person should be loyal to the affiliations they claim to prize. He doesn't claim to be a Democrat. Unlike Powell, who claims (for some reason unknown to mankind) to be a Republican. Yet, lo and behold, the Repubs are not trying to "punish" him.
Lieberman is old and obsolete...he should retire, and move to Israel.
Maybe they should throw shoes at him.
he looks like a keebler elf....