Lieberman defends Rumsfeld from calls for his resignation

[Sandpiper]

"There's not enough evidence to convict Secretary Rumsfeld of the kind of wrongdoing that would lead him to resign, or for the president to ask for his resignation."

-- Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn.

[LittleApple81]

1. Do you think they have something on him? Or he wants to

make sure that he can stick around protecting his interest and the occupation of Palestine.

[Sgt. Peppers]

2. He did not get the nomination, so now he will hurt the Dem's

What'a ya bet.

[Flubadubya]

9. Puked out peckerwood!

Ack!

[central scrutinizer]

45. stupid asshole

and he wonders why nobody caught the Joe-mentum? Why don't you and Zell both just go away?

[arcane1]

3. imagine that

go home Joe

[stepnw1f]

4. Very interesting Statement (nt)

[maddezmom]

5. can we ask Joe to resign from the Democratic Party?

what is this man thinking??? Oh, I bet he hasn't read the 53 page report, watched the TV or read the newspapers...just like the rest of them.

[Sequoia]

14. He should retire

don't even listen to him. He's a secret Repub anyway.

[KoKo]

38. Convinced that if Gore hadn't chosen him it would have been Landslide!

I got a creepy feeling when Gore announced him for VP. Then I got over it, but later on, "creepy feeling" proved to be correct.

For all his liberal voting record he's no friend to us and I start to wonder that he didn't "throw" the election with his behavior since the "Selection."

He is disgusting. Doesn't support Democrats and is so partisan for Sharon that one wonders how he can live with his conscience!

[Daisey Mae]

6. Why are there more horses asses than there are horses??????

[wryter2000]

7. Doesn't that just figure?

I'm so glad this guy isn't our nominee. Blech.

[RBHam]

8. Lieberman is a neo-con, he wants the Mideast Holy War

For his own sick religious ideals.

Sick, sick, sick...

How many must die, joe?

[rucky]

10. Why can't he just stay quiet?

he's shilling for the PNAC - that's why.

[AntiCoup2K4]

11. Fuck off, Holy Joe!

And to think I actually voted for your ass only 4 years ago.

[Cascadian]

31. No Holy Joe on Gore ticket = Gore in the White House.

Kerry would have been a better fit for Gore as VP.

John

[democrank]

12. Joe is simply auditioning

for a spot beside Zell Miller in the Friends of Bush Hall of Fame.

[kentuck]

Joe voted for these types of torture and abuse....

by voting for Dubya's illegal war. His hands are not clean.

[skooooo]

13. Now you know why you didn't get the nomination, Joe..

So STFU!

[Mattforclark]

15. What are you doing, Joe?

What? Why? Where? When?

[robbedvoter]

16. Still hunting for that bone in the BFEE cabinet. Nomination never

a realistic goal - he is smart enough to have known it. He was there to kick W's competition from inside.

[Leilani]

46. Very true!

I will never forgive him for being so rotten to Wes Clark.

Lieberman knew he couldn t win; he was just doing damage.

[hlthe2b]

17. Ya know, I've tried occasionally to defend Joe(with difficulty) and I will

still point out that his voting record is almost totally consistent with progressive Democrat, whether environmental issues, labor, etc (unlike Zig Zag Zell). But, I just don't think Lieberman can see beyond his number one priority, which is as pro-Israeli as the neocons. That is clearly his blind spot and seems to be behind all the pro-Repug things that he has done/said.... Less I attrack attacks from the ME forum regulars, I think one can be pro-fairness for both Israelis and Palestinians WITHOUT leaning too far in either direction. That Lieberman does lean so far towards Sharon and the US neocons, is evidence to me that he is not able to be (or interested in being) "pro-fairness."

Nonetheless, I'd take Holy Joe any day over Zell.

[VolcanoJen]

18. Leave it to Joe to be the ONLY DEM SENATOR rushing to Rum's defense!

For lack of a better word, he really is a douchebag.

[gpandas]

19. boot licking piece of shit n/t

[Kellanved]

20. Pardon?

It is not about what Rummy did wrong - and he did plenty - it is about pissing off the entire Arab world (again), shocking the (irrelevant) Europeans enough that even formerly pro-war politicians did a 180, ignoring the Geneva Constitution (again), proving right the worst fears about the US not joining the ICC (again), destroying the minuscule hopes of establishing peace in Iraq, ...

So please, even if he did really know nothing, he is responsible and needs to be fired - for incompetence, if for no other reason.

[Wapsie B]

21. Having Holy Joe in the Democratic Party

serves no purpose. This is way beyond wanting to kick someone out of the big tent. He is way beyond being a conservative Dem. It is one thing to work towards bipartisan cooperation in government. It is quite another to conspire with the enemy in a time of war. And yes Virginia we are at war for control for the direction of this country. A war we cannot afford to lose. If Holy Joe cannot and will not moderate his tone and stand as a Democrat I will not censor his speech. But he has no right to say these things within the Democratic Party.

[Solly Mack]

22. Oh, now that's surprising...

not

[peacetalksforall]

23. Has anyone ever considered that Leiberman shared info with James

Baker and staff during the vote fight? Is the question absurd? If yes, which is more absurd - the positions he takes and the words he speaks and the media that gives him plenty of coverage....or the question on the subject line?

[Cascadian]

33. Do you have any info links about this?

If you do, I would LOVE to read up on this subject. Joe Lieberman seems to me like a Republican operative. He is a disgrace to the party.


John

[peacetalksforall]

35. No, there are no links - it's something that popped into my head

as I've tried to replay all the information from 2000 in light of his conduct now - I was quite satisfied with the selection at the time - I thought that a lot of people must have approved of the selection. Joe was so exuberant. I liked his wife. I really liked the idea of a VP who was Jewish. It fit my idea of inclusion and was a step in the direction of opening up to a Native American, Black American, or female President. Everything was OK with me except for his assinine moral criticism of Clinton during the character assassination and the money he took from CANF.

In the last 10 or so months, I've tried to figure out why I never read any signs in him of his disgusting positions and I can't believe how easy it is for him to earn a guest shot on the propaganda shows. His positions are abhorrant.

So I thought maybe I didn't see something back then. How could he have changed that much in three years? How can he say exactly what a right winger would say? Calling himself a Democrat became hypocritical to me.

It's only a thought.

[goclark]

34. You just read my mi nd!!

I was thinking the same thing. Little Joey really knows how to sit on the the fence at the right(wrong) times doesn't he?

I wonder what they offered him to defend the worthless Rummy?

I wonder how much they had to pay him to take the Underground Railroad to Baker during that Unelection?

[xultar]

24. OK ALL TOGETHER NOW 1 - 2 - 3 UNCLE JOE ......

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wellstone_democrat]

25. Christ on a pony...

Anyone have *enough* of Lieberman *yet?*

I wish Holy Joe would rush to the defense of Democrats as fast as he does to the unholy Bush* cabal

[MasonJar]

26. He likes their war which profits Israel.

[Bonobo]

27. And a big "FU" to anyone who supported him in the primaries from me!

[AgadorSparticus]

28. i tell ya, the repukes got ONE thing right about the 2000 election,

Joe Lieberman IS a Loserman. Can he get any more bitter about losing??? What a pathetic, ungraceful, disenchanted has been politician. He needs to be kicked to the other side of the aisle with Zell Miller. What a disgrace of a man.

[Cascadian]

29. This comment alone smacks of treason in the Democratic Party.

Could somebody in Conneticut PLEASE run against this guy. Take your party back from Grima Wormtongue-inspired leadership from people like Lieberman. He is a worm within the party!

Maybe he'll join Zell Miller and back Bush too!


John

[Oddman]

30. Joementum is a repuke

in dems clothing only . . .


“I is sorry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .that we got caught!”

[Generator]

32. With friends like Lieberman, who needs Republicans?

[mopaul]

36. joe is nuttier than a shit house rat

he just makes my flesh crawl

[ibegurpard]

37. He needs to go.

Seriously. No snide remarks...no cute nicknames. The man, if he ever actually DID have any sort of moral compass, just needs to step aside. I shudder to think that this is who we'd be running post-Gore had things turned out differently.

[Sandpiper]

39. I wish Joe would have supported Clinton

During the Starr Inquisition as much as he's supporting Rumsfeld now.

[Jacobin]

40. BWaaahahahahahaha

From one who gains his "moral authority" waving the shame of the holocaust in the face of WASPS, this fucking son of a bitch wants to be an Arab-Auschwitz denier.

This fucker is no longer just a silly neo-con enabler. He is a sick fuck.

[Pax Argent]

41. Sweet baby Jeebus!

Somebody make the bad man stop!!!

[The Lone Liberal]

42. Joe Lieberman is such a suck-ass

There must be some reason he stays in the Democratic party, it is just beyond me to figure out the reason.

[yellowcanine]

43. What exactly do the pubbies have on holy Joe?

because this is unbelievable. Talk about a double standard! He would comdemn Clinton for lying about a blow job but now he defends Rummy for setting up U.S. troops to commit human rights abuses against prisoners?

[bossfish]

44. Go away Joe..

Just keep your damn mouth shut.

I think Joe-mentom wants to appear "statesmanlike" and goes out of his way to defend these gasbags.

[thethinker]

47. I have a question

Presidential candidates seem to have a committee that helps them pick a vice president. Does any one remember who helped Gore pick his running mate?

Next question - who is helping Kerry pick his running mate?

I really think, looking back, if Gore had of become president there might have been a strange accident and we would have had Holy Joe for president.

I also really think Chaney is running the country, not Bush. I think most of the evilness of this administration comes from the vice president's office.

I think Kerry needs to be very careful where he getting his advice, and who he picks for a running mate.

[Redleg]

48. Lieberman, STFU!

Okay?

[kalian]

49. I REALLY would like to state some things about LIEberman....

but I don't think it would go well on these forums...

[bossfish]

54. C'mon let it loose...

...he's a sanctimonious asshole.

[truebrit71]

50. With Democrats like Joe who needs republicans???

..thanks again for feeding the notion that when the Democrats hava firing line they form a circle....

..Will you please just shut up and go away..??

[TankLV]

51. Why am I sooooo not surprised by this?

Lieberman, the great "liberal, progressive" candidate according to some on this board.

Riiiiiight!

He is soooo beyond contempt for the last past 4 years worth of outrages he has committed.

He is simply scum.

[Failure]

52. Him and Zell oughta get married...nt

[leesa]

53. Who will lead the fight for Israel??

I wish he would go and officially work for Israel instead of pretending he works for the US.

[King_Crimson]

55. Holy Joe...

cut straight from the Zell Miller mold!