Iraq Takes Center Stage in Lieberman Debate

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Connecticut (Reuters) - Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2000, took a hammering over his support for the Iraq war on Thursday in a debate with an antiwar rival whose race for the Senate is seen as a battle for the heart of the Democratic Party.

Lieberman, who announced on Monday he would run for re-election as an independent if he loses his party's August primary, appeared on the defensive for much of the debate against Democratic rival Ned Lamont, a self-financed neophyte.

``Senator Lieberman if you won't challenge President Bush and his failed agenda, I will,'' said Lamont, who has been embraced by antiwar Democrats and leftist bloggers for criticizing Lieberman's willingness to support President George W. Bush on the war and other issues.

``Senator Lieberman cheered the President every step of the way when he stood have been asking the tough questions,'' said Lamont, who made millions in the cable TV business. ``It's time for us to change course. It's time for us to start bringing our troops home.''

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-lieberman.html

[Rose Siding]

1. "took a hammering"

Go Reuters! :thumbsup:

[MissWaverly]

2. this Congress will go down in History as Bushbots

that enabled an illegal war and kidnapping and torture of x number of people, it is their legacy
carved in stone. And when someone tried to speak up and seek justice; they repeated tried to
devise ways to perpetrate this illegality.