Is Leiberman jumping ship?

[rd_kent]

Whats this all about? Is joe changing sides?


http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/372921p-316984c.html

[Benhurst]

1. Maybe Lieberman is ready to come out of the closet

and announce he is a Republican.

[TahitiNut]

6. He's coveting the GOP Presidential nomination in 2008.

:evilgrin:

[murray hill farm]

19. Absolutely!

The only ship he is on and was ever on is his own...all of his actions, including his latest..are for one thing and one thing only....he wants to be president of the usa.

[Dover]

32. Ah a riddle. Um...the answer is there is only ONE ship!

You can't jump ship in order to board another when both the GOP and DLC own and operate the same vessel!

Do I get a prize?

[Horse with no Name]

2. I thought he already did

:shrug:
Would like to see him make it official though.

[Norquist Nemesis]

3. He'll just keep taking Democrat's campaign money

and voting the Republican way.

[MADem]

12. Once he joins BushCo, he gets NO MORE MONEY

Fine--Lowell Weicker will get the seat. I'd prefer him over JoeMentum any day.

How much worse could it get? It's rather pathetic when you think that HE is preferable to Rummy.

I will say that there is one positive thing to come out of this, if it does occur: my friends in the E-Ring won't have to work till all hours of the night on Fridays, doing meaningless, hideous work that they do not believe in. Everyone will be doing the sundown Sabbath dance on their way to the parking lots/metro!

[jrthin]

4. Lieberman jumped ship

years ago, in practice and deed. He just hadn't formalized it.

[truebrit71]

5. Yup.

Scumbag.

[screembloodymurder]

7. Why did Gore pick this a$$licker?

Dems have to run someone against this traitor.

[MADem]

16. Because he was the only Dem to criticize Clinton over the Monica thing

And "conventional wisdom" said that Gore needed to distance himself from Clinton. If he had it to do all over again, I suspect Gore would have chosen someone else, perhaps from the west, and gone with the "hate the sin, love the sinner" strategy and put Clinton on the road all over hell for him.

Screw that "conventional wisdom," anyway...

[Bumblebee]

8. that also means that Jodi Rell, the governor, will get to replace him with

a GOP senator. A twofer for the WH.

I know in many ways it won't be that different but symbolism still matters some...

[WillowTree]

24. HUH??

[madinmaryland]

37. That's what scares me the most.

At least Lieberman votes with the Dems on social issues. That wouldn't happen with a Shays, Johnson, or Simmons.

[CJCRANE]

9. Normally people jump off a sinking ship

not onto it.

(I'll leave some-one else to quote the obvious saying).

[oregonindy]

10. get rid of Zell Lieberman now!

[dkofos]

11. Did he jump ship or did the ship leave without him??

[converted_democrat]

13. Let the man jump.....n/t

[goclark]

14. They were "hinting" on cable that he may replace Rummy

That would not surprise me at all.

Note the reference to "Lil Joey in the Chimp's speech.

Joey the turn coat and the new Neo Con lap dog.

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[KamaAina]

20. "Neo" is not a prefix that means "Jew"

David Brooks' protestations notwithstanding.

Who's the neocon top dog? Isn't it Cheney? He's about as Jewish as Saddam Hussein.

[medeak]

21. being pro Israel

is something they share

[oregonindy]

34. what about zionist?

[npincus]

17. good riddance.

[CornField]

18. I don't think he set sail on our ship to begin with.

If I were Joe, however, I would be a bit leery about all those sharks in the water.

[spuddonna]

22. If he doesn't jump, can we push him? ;) n/t

[robbedvoter]

23. Jumping ship? You mean becoming a Democrat?

Nah, he's more useful to them as a back stabber - he can justify headlines like "Democrats agree with W" like Hoffa Jr "Unions love W". As a GOP-er is worth zilch to them.

[loudsue]

29. Hoffa Jr. KNOWS what happened to Big Hoffa. He's NOT going to

let it happen to him.

Knowing which side your bread (and life) are buttered on is a matter of survival. That's how the GOP works. You play by their rules, you live.

The GOP IS the mafia.

:kick:

[robbedvoter]

40. But with the feds at their beckoning rather than on their trails

And with the treasury as their petty cash

[Ladyhawk]

25. If so I hope he can't swim.

:P

[greendog]

26. Holy Joe is a corporate pirate...

...it doesn't matter what ship he's on as long as the "right" people get to count the loot.

[burythehatchet]

27. If so

may he dive head first into shallow water.

[triguy46]

28. As all rats do. Happy swimming Joe.

[Cleita]

30. I hope so.

He doesn't belong in this party. I think he was a drag on Gore's campaign in 2000. He certainly didn't help.

[WI_DEM]

31. It doesn't say anything in the article about turning Republican

but it does say he is being considered for Defense or UN Ambassador. I guess he could serve and still be a Democrat afterall Clinton had Cohen, a Republican in his cabinet and he didn't switch parties and Bush has Mineta who is a Democrat and was in Clinton's cabinet too.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

35. Lieberman's a DINO (Democrat In Name Only) that we should have...

...thrown from the boat quite some time ago.

[XOKCowboy]

33. How could you tell?

Leiberman is a toadie to the banks and credit card companies. I'm surprised he didn't go over sooner.

[BigYawn]

36. In fairness to Joementum, please explain which votes by him are

pro-republican except for the Iraq war? He voted against
the taxcuts for the rich, he votes for every bill which
helps the poor, and voted for higher education spending
and almost every pro-democrat issue.

Heck even Kerry, Hillary, Edwards voted for the Iraq W.R.
The only difference is others have flipflopped on Iraq
war and Joe has stuck with his convictions. I am not
jewish so I can not walk in Joe's shoes and know what it
feels like to have Israel's very existence threatened.

Cut him some slack please. He is a good democrat.

[Anakin Skywalker]

38. Please Jump, Joe!

Please?

[The Whiskey Priest]

39. I hope so...dont any even think about throwing him a life preserver.

Hope Jaws is nearby when he does....