Lieberman claims no one but "the local media" questions Iraq war support!

Nothing Without Hope

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Thu Jul-06-06 07:58 PM
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Lieberman claims no one but "the local media" questions Iraq war support!

Edited on Thu Jul-06-06 08:41 PM by Nothing Without Hope

Oh, really? Maybe some CT constituents can write in and expose this blatant lie.

This is part of a web-only Newsweek interview published today. Interestingly, the MSNBC link I followed to this article had a different (earlier?) title - "Who's The Real Democrat?" Who indeed?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13738744/site/newsweek
WEB EXCLUSIVE

Competing for Connecticut

By Jonathan Darman and Brian Braiker
Newsweek
Updated: 1:54 p.m. ET July 6, 2006
July 6, 2006 - Joe Lieberman says he�s running for reelection as a Democrat�no matter what anybody else thinks. After three terms representing Connecticut in the Senate, the former vice presidential candidate is fighting off a tough challenge from Greenwich businessman Ned Lamont. Lieberman�s main vulnerability: steadfast support for the war in Iraq. In a state that is increasingly disdainful of the Bush administration�s Iraq policy, Lieberman is hitting the trail hard to remind primary voters there are other issues besides the war.

Still, Lieberman isn�t taking any chances. This week, he announced he�s gathering signatures to petition to run as an independent (who caucuses with Democrats) should he lose the Aug. 8 primary. With polls showing Lamont within striking distance in the primary, but well behind the incumbent in a three-way general election run, some Democrats are concluding an independent bid may be Lieberman�s best shot. NEWSWEEK�s Jonathan Darman and Brian Braiker caught up with Lieberman and Lamont, respectively, just before the senator announced his possible independent candidacy. Excerpts:

NEWSWEEK: Are you hearing concern from your constituents about your position on the war in Iraq?

Joe Lieberman: This will come as a surprise to you but the only people who have asked me about that are the local media. Mostly people are talking about the economy.

NEWSWEEK: What do you say, though, when you meet voters who say, �I like you personally, but I really dislike your support of the Iraq war?�

Lieberman: I say every campaign is about the future and I want to be judged on the totality of my record. Iraq is important but it�s only one issue. When people get up in Connecticut they worry about many issues like the cost of energy and the cost of their health care, whether their kids are going to be able to go to a good school, environmental protection, homeland security. I say, �Your choice, Mr. or Mrs. Voter, is which of the two of us in this race can do better for you in the next six years; I�m offering you a strong record of fighting for Connecticut. My opponent, well, he doesn�t have much of a record. I�m running to get some more things done over the next six years, he�s mostly running against me.�

(snip - more from Holy Joe if you can stomach it.)

Don't miss what he's saying about you and me - the "liberal bloggers." The interviewer sets him up om veru supportive fashion by asking what he thinks about "all that anger." (The familiar GOP refrain. See, we're just full of anger, no reason for it it all.) Joe's response:

Lieberman: I don�t like it {the "anger" of the "liberal bloggers"} and I don�t think it�s healthy for our system. Speaking beyond toward me, we�ve seen two presidents, President Clinton and now President Bush, who�ve been the targets of just the worst vituperation and I�d call it hatred from people in our country. It�s not healthy for the country. Our politics is much too partisan. We see it in Washington. Part of why the politics is partisan is it�s a less mainstream group that dominates primaries in both parties and that�s not healthy. As far as the vituperation on the blogs�periodically my staff will show me some of it and I don�t recognize myself. It�s not me. The personal attacks are just outrageous.

There's also a brief interview of Lamont at the end of the article, just a few questions and less attention than given to Lieberman over the previous two pages. Loaded questions, like "Would pulling out of Iraq now vindicate the insurgents?"

Ah yes, our "fair and balanced" media in action. :sarcasm: But really, how can anyone read this and not see Lieberman for what he is: a power-addicted liar who does not represent his constituents.