Joe Lieberman gave his farewell speech today to the Senate ........

[Botany]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/nyregion/lieberman-in-senate-farewell-speech-reflects-on-his-political-journey.html?_r=0

On Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Lieberman arrived in the Senate chamber to deliver what he
declared would be his farewell speech.






And Connecticut will now get a real democrat as a senator too.

[Warpy]

1. Good riddance to a very bad man

who did a lot of damage to many of us.

[Botany]

4. Think of all those people who rang door bells, raised money, and volunteered to work for him ...

.... and how he wound up stabbing them in the back.

[WCGreen]

5. Larry. Curly and Moe...

[RKP5637]

11. Sure are!!!! Three clowns. n/t

[Liberal_Dog]

53. Holy Crap!!

What did Larry, Curly and Moe ever do to you to deserve an insult like that?

[SummerSnow]

66. The Trifecta of Trash those 3

[lunatica]

17. Lots of hatefulness in that one photo

[secondvariety]

27. Lieberman, McCain-

who's the other clod?

[heaven05]

35. graham

[connecticut yankee]

54. I am proud to say

that I never voted for Holy Joe, except when he ran for Vice President, because I really had no choice.

I didn't vote for his opponents -- I just didn't vote for any Senator when he ran.

One of the proudest moments of my life was when I was physically ejected from the 1994 Democratic State Convention for leading an anti-Lieberman demonstration.

I also worked very hard for Ned Lamont in 2006, but the Repubs backed Lieberman, leaving their own candidate, a sacrificial lamb, high and dry.

Actually, he originally was elected to the Senate with the backing of William F. Buckley, who was trying get Lowell Weicker, a very Liberal Republican, out of the Senate.

[Cha]

63. Republicons are so ugly.. oh, wait Lie-man isn't a republiCON

but who the f*** could tell the difference?

[OldDem2012]

2. So long, good luck, don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out. nt.

[DonViejo]

3. DAMN! I missed it!

[standingtall]

6. Good riddance

[PoliticAverse]

7. So who will he end up lobbying for ? n/t

[truebluegreen]

48. Medical/pharma industry, like his wife?

Or defense* contractors.

*It was a really big mistake when we changed the Department of War to the Department of Defense after WWII. REALLY big.

[connecticut yankee]

50. Probably some pro-Israel group

They don't call him the "Senator from Israel" for nothing.

[Mike Nelson]

8. Goodbye, Joe, and...

...thanks for... um... er...
...well, just goodbye.

[SoCalDem]

9. ta-tah joe..

[RKP5637]

10. Good riddance!!! The door is over there. n/t

[PufPuf23]

12. Good bye and good riddance.

[99Forever]

13. Perfect graphic.

Says it all.

[sdfernando]

14. Who cares ??? /NT

[Comrade Grumpy]

15. Good riddance to that sanctimonious little fuck.

[DainBramaged]

16. "With only a few of his Senate colleagues in attendance"

Nobody gave a shit asshole, beat it, I'm sure you have a job as a FAUX comentator lined up.

[lunatica]

18. This is great news to me

and it makes me happy and hopeful! And it also makes me want to dance, only I wish it was on his grave. Ah well! One must celebrate anyway!

[doc03]

19. Don't let the door hit you in the ass Joementum. n/t

[DeeDeeNY]

20. Remember the Kiss. Yuch.

[sheshe2]

21. Wow! That man sure has Elevated Opinion of Himself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

During his floor speech, Mr. Lieberman, who voted mostly with Democrats, returned to the theme of bipartisanship. He urged Republicans and Democrats to find common ground, warning that the “partisan polarization of our politics” represented one of the nation’s gravest problems.

Sorry Joe...you have had your nose so far up the GOP's A**H**es, for so long... You can not even smell the stink that permeates the air surrounding you and GOP/BFF's!

[bvar22]

22. Lieberman gave his "Farewell Speech"...

.. at the Republican Convention in 2008.

WHY any "Democrat" would deign to acknowledge his pathetic Judas existence after THAT is beyond my comprehension.

[marble falls]

34. Great line!

[Terra Alta]

24. Fuck Joe Lieberman.

I have NO respect for this man AT ALL. He should have did the right thing in 2006 and conceded when Ned Lamont defeated him in the Democratic primary, but no, it was all about him. I'm so glad he will be gone and a real Democrat will take his place.

[Yavin4]

25. Damn. I Missed It. Anyone Tape It?

Anybody? Anyone? Buehler?

[demwing]

26. GO-mentum!

He's got It

[AndyTiedye]

28. Goodbye to the Connecticut Boll Weevil

[Rain Mcloud]

29. Buh Bye Blue Dog.

Now off to grovel at the feet of the Koch Bros.

[BainsBane]

30. Turn-coat is more like it. nt

[Cha]

64. Perzactly.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

31. Who was the long ago booted member....

....who loved Joey Lies, and defended everything he did?

I wonder if he's weeping somewhere.

[Downtown Hound]

32. May he go choke on a hand grenade. n/t

[marble falls]

33. And don't let the door smack your fanny.

[Panasonic]

36. And stay retired and in obscurity, please.

Go fix Brooklyn or something, just stay out of the limelight.

[Panasonic]

37. JOEMENTUM HAS LEFT THE HOUSE

never to return (sputter.... pfft)

[democrattotheend]

38. It's sad how far he has fallen

I had never heard of him until Gore chose him to be his VP, but as a Jewish American, I was very proud. And he wasn't so bad back then...a little conservative for my liking, but still a Democrat and good on most issues.

But then when Bush decided to invade Iraq, he jumped on board and was as enthusiastic as any Republican. And it was all downhill from there.

For what it's worth, he has been good on some things. Like, playing a leading role in getting DADT repealed. And being reliably pro-choice, and pretty good on the environment. I give him credit for that.

Still, he has been a thorn in our side for years and I am glad that he will be replaced by a true Democrat.

I know this isn't the "good riddance" that most of you are giving him and I don't blame you for it. But since he's retiring I thought it more appropriate to reflect on his whole career as a Senator, including the few bright spots.

[truebluegreen]

46. His pro-war stance was bad enough, but he had plenty of company.

What I really won't forgive him for is that, if it weren't for him, we might have had an age 55 buy-in to Medicare in the ACA.

He can burn for that. Too bad I don't believe in hell.

[democrattotheend]

47. I agree. That is worse

A lot of good Dems unfortunately voted for the Iraq war, although he cheerleaded for it much louder than most.

[kimbutgar]

39. Bye bye farewell don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.

I am so glad Lieberman senator for Israel is going. ( I am not bashing Israel) but I strongly dislike Bibi Netanyahu he is evil and dangerous. How he back stabbed president Obama was despicable. I hope Lieberman moves to Israel. He cares more about that country than the US.

[lbrtbell]

40. Fuck off, Joe

Don't let the doorknob hit you
Where the good Lord split you!

[thesquanderer]

41. Don't let the waterboard hit you on the way out (n/t)

[jeff47]

42. Nah na na na....

[RagAss]

43. Get he fuck out of town !

[Bainbridge Bear]

44. Now the old sell out is free

to formerly join the Rethugs instead of being an "Independent"and get a very lucrative job with a right-wing "think" tank or he can be an expensive whore for an HMO like his wife. Go fuck yourself, Joe. Let's hope that Connecticut never elects such a hypocritical asshole again.

[truebluegreen]

45. Too bad it was--at a minimum--six years late.

[Iggy]

49. ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

[bpositive]

51. Yeaaaah

Good fuckin riddance

[Raine]

52. Good riddance you backstabbing traitor. I'll never forget or forgive seeing a former Democratic Veep

candidate standing up at the repuke convention to endorse McINSANE & winkie Palin. Rot in hell asshole!

[putitinD]

55. good riddence to bad rubbish (no offense to bad rubbish)

[TheKentuckian]

56. Decades too late but better late than never to lose Joementum

What a fucking anchor!

[madinmaryland]

57. And no one was there to see it.

[Historic NY]

58. Who, Joe Lieberman...who.....

[arthritisR_US]

59. Wow, I didn't know they had cameras in the loo

loo

[WilliamPitt]

60. ...to an empty chamber.

Seriously. He was talking almost completely to himself.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-joe-liebermans-sad-sendoff/2012/12/12/b2ac4608-44b1-11e2-9648-a2c323a991d6_story.html?hpid=z2

[Ikonoklast]

61. May the next thing I read about Joe Liberman be in the Irish Funny Papers.

Sooner more than later would be OK with me.

[B Calm]

62. What a dissapointment this sniveling

son of a bitch turn out to be! So long MFer!

[kath]

65. Buh-bye, Joe. Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.

You asshole.

[libodem]

67. He is a real phoney piece of work

I'm relieved he is leaving as a Republican and will not be tainting our brand with his slime. No, he's not an Independent. I don't think so. Fingers in ears.....nah, nah, nah, nah.....I can't hear you!!!

[indepat]

68. Farewell, adios, you bleeping

nasty-word.