Lieberman fears for country if Senate Dems get to 60

[kskiska]

Source: The Hill

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Tuesday that he fears that America will be hurt if Democrats achieve a 60-seat, filibuster-proof majority in the Senate as a result of the elections.

Lieberman, who was Al Gore’s running mate on the 2000 Democratic ticket and sought the party’s nomination four years later, became an Independent after losing in the 2006 Connecticut primary. He still caucused with Democrats in the 110th Congress and gave his old party a slim majority in the Senate. However, the rift between Lieberman and his colleagues widened when he not only endorsed Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), but also repeatedly slammed Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.).

His remarks Tuesday could further damage his relationship with his former party. The Democratic base is already calling for him to be stripped of his chairmanship. However, it could also be an indication that Lieberman could deny his former party the 60-seats it seeks.

Lieberman was asked on the Glenn Beck radio show whether he agreed with GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch (Utah) that “if we don’t at least have the firewall of the filibuster in the Senate, that in many ways America will not survive.”

“Well, I hope it’s not like that, but I fear,” Lieberman responded.

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[billyoc]

1. "Senator Reid, I have billyoc on line 1..."

[louis c]

45. Hey Joe, You Dope, You're One of the 60.

[wordpix]

53. he's too stupid to realize that, give Joemental some slack, lol

[Joe Bacon]

70. NO! Kick him out and strip him of the chairmanship NOW

He wants to be an asshole, let him be an asshole without a party.

[n0nesuch]

81. We dont need him...

I dont want him. Throw him out of the caucus NOW!

[Debau2005]

2. No...Lieberman fears

for himself.

[Kookaburra]

5. You beat me to it

Lieberman fears for Lieberman.

[ROakes1019]

17. Exactly!

[neuvocat]

22. He fears for his Senate seat...

basically the same thing.

[wordpix]

54. as well he should. CT will vote him OUT next time, now that he's revealed he's full fledged repuke

[Dem2theMax]

26. Every person who reads this thread will think the exact same thing.

Poor Joe.

[Haole Girl]

3. Why doesn't he just move somewhere else then. Maybe Mars. (nt)

[AlbertCat]

42. Israel is fine. He should move there. He cares about them more than the USA

Maybe he can room with Zell Miller in some nursing home.

[driver8]

4. He fears for his job -- he knows his ass is grass if we get 60!!

So long, Joe...nice knowing ya'!

[endarkenment]

79. Actually his ass is grass because we didn't get to 60.

If the split were 60-40 including fucktard we would have to put up with his crap. As it is, his vote doesn't matter one way or the other, so he is toast.

[bemildred]

6. Well, I guess that clarifies that he is no Democrat. nt

[LynnTheDem]

7. Coz we did so fucking great under republic rule, didn't we Lie-berman.

MFer.

[abelenkpe]

8. g, when will Lieberman just go away? nt

[surrealAmerican]

84. I'm afraid we're going to have to wait for 2012 for that.

Four more years of this clown is going to seem very long.

[FarLeftRage]

9. Why is this a**hole still talking?

Shouldn't this worthless traitor be praying silently somewhere?

[Dover]

10. Cuz the Republican majority was SO effective at steering this country on a winning course!

Although I must admit they had plenty of company on the Dem side of the aisle.

[Hawkeye-X]

11. He fears for his job, his office, and his staff.

His staff will be cut to 1 nincompoop, and his office will be relocated to a janitor's broom closet in the basement.

Hawkeye-X

[Lost-in-FL]

12. KISS MY BROWN ASS LIEBERMAN!!! nt

[mreilly]

13. "America will not survive??"

You know what, FUCK YOU ORRIN HATCH! "America will not survive" - kiss my fucking ass. This country did just fine under FDR. It did just fine under Truman. It did just fine under Kennedy. It survived under LBJ. It did OK under Carter (contrary to the Reagan-lickers). It did great under Clinton. So, yes, America will do just fine under President Obama as well.

I don't mind these fuckers moaning about how "Republicanism won't survive under Obama" or "Conservatism will be dead thanks to him" or "our ideology will suffer with a Democratic President." That's the truth. When these piteous turds cry about how the country will go straight down the shitter without their oh-so-experienced and knowledgeable hands at the tiller, frankly you can see why they're losing. They built a fantasy of "Republicans = America" whereby only they belong here; only they have "values"; only they have a clue, and yet reality has disproven them. Now they're seeing the results.

"America will not survive" - once again, I piss on you, Senator Hatch.

[pitohui]

14. wtf is wrong w that guy?

are we sure he said this or did glenn beck say he said this?

[Ken Burch]

15. HolyWarJoe was hoping that if McCain won, he'd get an appointment to something

Which would then let the GOP Connecticut governor give his seat to a REAL Republican, thus letting him inflict the ultimate final diss on us all.

Ain't happenin', though.

[fascisthunter]

16. Joe Lieberman Doesn't Give a Damn aboout This Country,,, Just His Career

as an opportunistic hack.

[2Design]

18. he will soon be out of work and out of power if we get a good majority

he is only about bombs and bullets and war

[L0oniX]

19. Yea he fears getting kicked out. n/t

[Manifestor_of_Light]

20. Goddamn right wing lawn gnome. Argghhh!

[cosmicone]

21. who cares what Lieberfuk thinks? n/t

[drumwolf]

23. Fuck you Lieberputz!

Anyone else think we should boot Joe out even if we DON'T hit 60?

[The Backlash Cometh]

24. What he's afraid of is that the Dems won't need him anymore.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

57. It's been a long time since we needed him.

Now we need him like we need hemorrhoids.

[RedLetterRev]

25. Bullshit, Joe, and you know it

It'll hurt the Repuke Crime Syndicate that has been strip-mining America for the last 30 years. Phucque you, your new party, the horses y'all rode in on, and the fleas that followed them. A pox and a plague on you and your ilk and all your houses.

[Frisbee]

27. Hey Joe!

Pack your bags, you'll be moving across the aisle soon. Asshole.

[Ranting_Wacko]

28. Who cares?

I stopped caring about Joe's opinion somewhere just before he jumped the ship.

[gaijinlaw]

29. Waahhh! Waahhh! Waahhh!

You bet on the wrong horse because the 2006 primary hurt your widdle feelings.

Suck it up, Holy Joe.

You can kiss your committee chairmanships goodbye, but maybe you've learned a lesson about loyalty?

[OhioChick]

30. What a tool. n/t

[Doodler71]

31. He fears for his own cushy a$$ and no one else.

[Olney Blue]

32. We would have been so much better off with Ned Lamont.

[BrklynLiberal]

33. I am sure there are millions who agree with you.....

I cannot wait for Droopy Dawg to get kicked out on his butt....

[Hoosier]

34. fuck you Joe

Kiss my pasty-white ass!
I hope you ask Gore for help getting back into the fold...and he gives you the line from the end of The Godfather--- from Tom to Sal Tessio..."Sorry, Sally." And we never.hear.from.you.again.
Period.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

35. He's a despicable little man

Horrid little pig.

[YDogg]

36. lieberman is a fucking asshole

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

37. Lieberman needs to change his registration to Repuke.

[DRoseDARs]

38. 60 Dem + 1 Indy = You out of your committee chairs and out of the party, asshole.

Correction, we need 59 Dems who aren't Liebermen plus the gentleman from Vermont, who caucuses with Dems.

[scarface2004]

39. be afraid...be very afraid!

fuck you joe and the horse you rode in on!

[bluesmail]

40. "Get over it."

[Political Tiger]

41. That dirty POS!

I wish he was up for reelection this year! He'd lose for sure!

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

43. Didn't I hear Connecticut go to Obama?

HA HA

[Hugabear]

44. He's afraid that nobody will eat lunch with him anymore

With a supermajority, we won't need his sorry fucking pathetic loser ass anymore. The rethugs won't need him anymore either. Now that they've used him for all they can get out of him, they'll just throw him away like a used rag.

Poor little LIEberman, will be eating lunch all by himself in the Congressional cafeteria.

[JerseygirlCT]

46. No, Lieberman fears for Lieberman if that happens

He's completely inconsequential, and he knows it.

[BanTheGOP]

47. 5 ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE PASSED BY MARCH 1, 2009:

1. THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE:

The only way that the illicit republican party will maintain any hope of a comeback through criminal means is by their nazi radio stations. We need to ensure that we institute the Fairness Doctrine that does three things:

1. Establish that all opinion shows MUST have another show that provides balance. If Rush is on for three hours, than that station has to play a Democrat or Progressive for 3 hours.
2. If a station does not follow that edict, their license gets taken away.
3. We MUST extend the doctrine to cover XM radio as well as all network stations on TV.

The new Fairness Doctrine will essentially ban Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Mike Savage from the airwaves unless the radio stations wish to bankrupt themselves, much like the oil/coal companies (Section 3 below).

2. JUSTIFY THE TAX CODE

We need to trigger a SIZABLE and PERMANENT tax rate on the top 5 percent of people, preferable to the Kennedy years of around 70%, but for now settle for 50%. That is doable for the 2010 tax year, even earlier if we can make it retroactive. In addition, we need to put out an IMMEDIATE corporate increase of at LEAST 35% across the board to pay for many of the societal items we need. This will ensure those who are poor can be given their stimulus checks, paid for by the rapacious republican elite.

3. SIGN THE KYOTO TREATY

There needs to be MUCH more than just the treaty requirements by the US, but we need to immediately sign it so we can justify our commitment to the world that we want to work with them, not against them. By the time the Obama presidency is over, we should be in absolute, full compliance with NEW LEVELS of CORPORATE RESTRICTIONS that will help us SAVE the planet!

4. GET OUR TROOPS OUT OF IRAQ....NOW!!

'Nuff said. We need to immediately get them out. ANY actions that happen against our country is 100% responsible caused by the criminal republican party, and we need to ensure that such actions don't happen on our watch. I am afraid, though, that the damage has been done, and we may see significant attacks done against the US, which AGAIN, were caused BY THE rEPUBLICANS, NOT the Democrats! At that time, Obama will show how a REAL world leader acts!

5. CREATE RULES OF ORDER IN CONGRESS TO NEGATE rEPUBLICAN INFLUENCE

We need to ensure that committee rules negate the amount of influence all remaining republicans have in congress from effecting any legislative action of Obama, Reid, and Pelosi. In particular, if we have a filibuster-proof senate, that ALSO includes little-known perks that can allow the majority party to highly stifle ANY legal involvement by the minority party. In addition, we need to ensure that we establish an incumbancy advantage in the next election, so we can make even MORE gains.

Obama will be the GREATEST CITIZEN in US HISTORY by the end of his tenure! And he will have performed the GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT in the HISTORY OF THE WORLD...the DESTRUCTION of the rEPBUBLICAN PARTY!

[Democat]

48. #6 - National Voting Holiday for presidential elections!

Go Obama!

[endarkenment]

80. The steep tax rate was on the top 1% not 5%.

[BanTheGOP]

83. I'm talking about NOW, not THEN

I'm talking about an IMMEDIATE assessment on the top 5% NOW.

[kayakjohnny]

49. Country fears for country if Joe gets to 67.

[alittlelark]

50. FU Turncoat Joe!

How's the aftertaste of all that R ass-kissing?

[Lugnut]

51. Kiss your ass goodbye, Joe.

What a loser.

[Connonym]

52. He can kiss all of our asses

traitorous bastard

[TankLV]

72. Not my ass!

just the stinking hole...please...

[Throckmorton]

55. In four years Joe, I am coming for you too.

Look for my candidacy for US Senator from Connecticut in 2010.

Throckmorton in 2012, you heard it here first.

[last_texas_dem]

56. Why in the hell is he caucusing with us then?

Don't let the door hit you, LIEberman...

[AwakeAtLast]

58. Tom Delay said the same thing on MSNBC

He had the nerve to say he was afraid of what Pelosi would do. WTF? We are still reeling from what he and the other former repuke asshats did to us eight years ago!

[Az_lefty]

59. if we hit 60 Lieberman loses his chairmanship. That's what he's worried about

it's entirely selfish..

[rhett o rick]

60. F*** Joe Lieberman. nm

[tom_paine]

61. Since Lie-berman is a Tyrant's Plaything, his FEAR is our JOY

He is a fool. He fears the ambulence coming but adores the criminals who left us in the gutter lying for dead.

FUCK YOU, JOE THE TRAITOR!

[olddad56]

62. Lieberman doesn't fear, he peddles fear. But nobody is buying his fear mongering tonight.

Fuck that Benedict Arnold. We have a true leader now. It is a new dawn. And Joe, your day in the sun is over, go crawl back under your rock.

[bleedingheart]

63. apparently Droopy hasn't figured out that he ditched the Democratic Party

on the eve of their taking back this nation..

he is a complete dumbshit and I hope we hit 60 without him so we can kick him to the curb...

[minnesota_liberal]

64. STFU, Joe

What a sorry excuse for a politician, a senator and a man.

[Best_man23]

65. “if we don’t at least have the firewall of the filibuster in the Senate"

And to think those asshats were looking to end the filibuster just a few years ago.

My, oh my.

[Seldona]

66. I was thinking the same thing.

What was it Repubs called it? The Nuclear Option?

It was their idea!

[defendandprotect]

67. Unfortunately, think this GOP propaganda worked, somewhat ...!!!

[morningglory]

68. I fear for Lieberman out job-hunting if we get to 60. ( Hope)

[boilinmad]

69. My god....

....when is this god-damned idiotic asshole going to shut his fucking pie hole? Could we please throw him out of the party already. I cant stand it anymore.

[TankLV]

71. So let me get this straight - the self proclaimed "democrat" is warning against him?

If Reid doesn't strip his ass of everything but a sackcloth TOMORROW, I'm gonna be one might pissed constituent...

He's NOT a democrat.
We don't need him to keep control any longer.
Kick his ass OUT!!!

[calimary]

73. Can I just say one thing?

FUCK YOU, lieberman!!!

Traitor! Turncoat! Toward the end of the night, we WERE gloating a little about him. "Honey, you picked THE WRONG GUY!!!"

[superconnected]

74. I still can't believe Gore chose him.

[bean fidhleir]

75. It's one of the reasons I would never have voted for Gore again

that level of bad judgement, or plain lack of caring -whichever it was- is just too much for me.

The real question will be whether Reid will continue to pander to Lieberman. I believe the answer is obvious: he will, because Reid doesn't give a damn about the impact of Lieberman's DINO politics on the rest of us. You heard it here first.

[Gasping4Truth]

77. This pic says it all

I think Al Gore chose the Cuckoo Chick to create a "centrist" ticket. He wanted to be the consensus candidate, just like Bill Clinton did before him.

Ah well, everyone makes mistakes once in a wile. The question is whether you learn from them or not. Al Gore chose to change the world in another way.

I hope President Obama will take a page or two from "The Assault on Reason" and push through some necessary reforms.

[sendero]

76. Yeah...

... but WHICH COUNTRY?

[Corgigal]

78. Where is that pic of Obama backing Lieberman into a corner

on the Senate floor that was taken a year or so ago? I wish I could find it to insert it here because that is what Lieberman really fears. Obama has your number.

[Blue_Tires]

82. i'm hoping Lamont runs again against him