BWAHAHAHAHAAA...Lieberman tells MTP that the President-elect hasn't been returning his calls.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

As it stands now, Lieberman seems likely to have weathered this particular storm. This past week, Senate Democrats voted to let him keep his post as chair of the Homeland Security Committee. Much of the credit, Lieberman said, goes to Obama himself, who let it be known that he wanted the Connecticut Independent to continue caucusing with the party.

But there was one hint dropped on "Meet the Press" that suggests not everything between Lieberman and the Democratic Party is pure kumbaya. Asked if he had talked with the President-elect during this process, Lieberman said he wasn't granted the audience.

"I called Senator Obama, President-elect Obama after the campaign," he said. "He's busy. I heard back from Joe Biden and Rahm Emanuel, I'm sure we will talk, and in some sense he talked to me through Harry Reid and his spokespeople."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/23/evasive-lieberman-discuss_n_145825.html

[Zombie2]

1. Fuck Joe!

He should be at the turkey farm with Sarah.

[Oceansaway]

2. imagine that, after telling his lapdog

Durbin to make sure Joe stayed in the Dem. caucas....

childish imo....

[FrenchieCat]

8. Durbin is no one's lap dog,

and to say that doesn't make it so.

[Hutzpa]

26. Why would you refer to Durbin as

Obamas lapdog, that is a down right despicable thing to say.

[Oceansaway]

28. because before BO said anything about

Joe, Durbin was ADAMENT about his removal...then BO quits the senate(no vote on the matter) but

tells Dickie boy his wishes for Joe to stay put...and lapdog Durbin (and others) all jumped on

the bandwagon...i think it sucks....jmo...

[mkultra]

27. last on the list is the appropriate spot for joe.

seems pretty mature to me.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. For a second I almost felt sorry for Joe.

Almost.

[DCBob]

4. Let him sweat..

Obama should not return his calls until the traitor demonstrates his loyalty with a significant vote.

[L0oniX]

5. Is it time to call the Wambulance?

[Starry Messenger]

6. Ha ha ha. He's a stalker now.

The martyr complex is strong with this one.

[mokawanis]

7. Joe will never live it down

At least I hope not. He's such a despicable fool.

[zulchzulu]

9. I tried to watch Joe with my Sunday omelet and started to get sick to my stomach

The remote is your friend. I also wanted to smash my TV. I've recovered.

[kskiska]

10. Unrequited love…the only love that lasts…

it lasts a lifetime.

Joe will have to be content with his memories…

[Orsino]

11. Are we supposed to believe that Lieberman has some vital new ideas...

...for the Obama Administration? That just couldn't wait?

Tell Lieberman to write his Democratic Congressman. The adults are busy right now.

[rasputin1952]

12. Meh...Lieberman doesn't return my calls, and I'm not an...

R in disguise...hmmm, maybe that's why he doesn't answer or return the calls...:evilgrin:

[AlCzervik]

13. "I'm sure we will talk" hmm, you wish Joe.

[Clio the Leo]

14. Say it ain't so Joe! The credit goes to Obama! No! LOL!

You mean the reason why Joe was given a mere slap on the wrist in due in large part to the President-elect's influence! WOW! I thought he had no control in the Senate!!

HA HAAAA!!!

(being right is superfun)

I'm leaving the space below for the knit-pickers to come along and point out that Lieberman didn't say he got to keep his chairmanship because Obama expressly said it. (Ha!)

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[Cha]

15. Sounds like Gov Linda Lingle

of Hawai'i.."Obama hasn't called me".

Typical whining repukes..

"Senator Obama likes to say he's from Hawaii. But, the truth is, I've never met him in my life. He's never called me on the phone. Ninety-five percent of the people in my state had never heard of him before he ran for president" said Lingle."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7544566&mesg_id=7544851

[yardwork]

16. She was the one praising Palin at the RNC. Awful person.

[Cha]

20. When I move back to Kaua'i in two

years..there will be an election that I hope to vote for the Democratic Gov of Hawai'iB-)

[yardwork]

21. Lucky you to get to live in Hawaii!

[Cha]

22. Yes! My son still lives there

but I haven't been back 10 years already so it does seem a little surreal to actually be planning such a move. :fingerscrossed:

[political_Dem]

24. Can someone tell him how Lingle became governor in a Blue state like Hawaii?

I'm truly curious.

[Cha]

32. Well, I don't live there now but

I tried to find out from afar and what I got was..

Lingle was the mayor of Maui and there were no Dems who had the fire in the belly to run for Gov..I'm wondering if they're sorry now?

I also heard she was thinking about running for the Senate when one of the Dans retired but after her anti Obama fiasco..that might not be so feasible now.

[political_Dem]

33. Thanks for that information.

I had been wondering if she had gotten in the way that Schwarzenegger and Palin got into their offices.

[Hippo_Tron]

34. I think she won on the principle that at some point the other party must win

Until Lingle was elected Hawaii hadn't had a Republican Governor since 1974.

[earth mom]

17. Joe is getting what he deserves. nt

[Hieronymus]

18. Obama has Lieberman where he wants him .. You go President Obama.

[MadMaddie]

19. Be patient folks

Joe will self destruct, he can't help himself. The fact that he even said allowed that he hadn't talked to Obama, implying that Obama hasn't returned his calls....

oh this will be worth the wait....:popcorn:

[political_Dem]

23. I agree.

I hate to bring up an old analogy that I used from another thread because it is rather profane. However, it explains Lieberman's eventual demise to a tee:

Lieberman's like an aging whore who is now running out of Johns. Succinctly put, the pimp doesn't want her because she's bad for business, so he kicks her out of his fold. The only way for her to go is right into the gutter because she's not as profitable or enchanting as she once was.

Nobody wants her. She realizes that, but keeps on fighting it.

As a result, everybody thinks her coquettish displays in her declining days of solicitation are kind of pathetic. In the end, they all end up turning their backs to her despite her pleas to be noticed and adored.

[MadMaddie]

25. If the analogy fits....

and it certainly does in this case....

[BlooInBloo]

29. Hm. Now if he would only start whining about "dissent" and "feet to the fire", he would be...

indistinguishable from a DUer!

:hide:

[struggle4progress]

30. Joe's just wants to know what progress has been made on his application for a cabinet post

[tbyg52]

31. First thing that occurred to me....

A lot of us object to a Department of Homeland (yech) Security in the first place. Perhaps it will be among the first things to be eliminated...?

Oh Fatherland, Fatherland show us the sign
Your children have waited to see......