“Lieberman has reached a point in his public career when every single thing he does, including talking about his grandparents, is irritating.”
Gail Collins, NYTimes
“I don’t believe this allegation. If Lindsey Graham found men sexually attractive, why would he hang out with Joe Lieberman?”
Down To Earth Wednesday
with the euphoria of “our win” still fresh in our minds. let us not forget and let us not get too cocky. we Dems are capable of huge mistakes. hence the above almost VP’s.
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Jon Stewart: “Is Joe Lieberman a dick?”
Rep. Anthony Weiner: “Yes, Jon.”
Lieberman: Democrats disapprove of him by 14%-81%. Republicans by 39%-48%, and independents by 32%-61%. Only 19% approve of his actions on the health care bill.
“Joe Lieberman isn’t popular enough with the Democrats or the Republicans to receive their nomination for the Senate in 2012,” said PPP president Dean Debnam, in the polling memo. “And since the independents don’t like him much these days either it’s hard to see how he’ll be around for another term.”
“You could not find a better, more humane facility for a detention center in the world,”
Sen. Joe Lieberman believes that Guantanamo Bay’s bad reputation isn’t deserved.
Franken v. Lieberman: What Really Happened
…And indeed, earlier in the day, when Sen. John Cornyn asked for more time for his speech, the presiding officer, Sen. Mark Bevich said virtually the same thing:
“In my capacity as a Senator from Alaska, I object.”
But the facts didn’t get in the way of the media’s — and the right-wing’s — efforts to paint Franken as a vindictive partisan.
The right-wing reaction was predictable. Blogger Ann Althouse called it a “dick move” and suggested a boycott of Minnesota. Michelle Malkin accused “nutroots hero Al Franken” of “a little snit fit against Lieberman.” Red State’s James Richardson accused Franken of “breaking from the Senate’s long-held standards of collegiality.”
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(via thedailywhat)
What Goes Around…
Eric Kleefeld of TPM points to this stunning October 2008 story by Arjun Jaikumer of the Daily Kos noting Traitor Joe was supporting Republican Norm Coleman against Franken….
via REALITYCHEX
Franken Cuts Lieberman Off, Won’t Let Him Finish Floor Speech
“If you think you are sick of Joe Lieberman now, just wait until you get sick.”
(CNN’s Jeanne Moos)
“This is essentially the collapse of health care reform in the United States Senate. Honestly the best thing to do right now is kill the Senate bill, go back to the House, start the reconciliation process, where you only need 51 votes and it would be a much simpler bill.”
Watch Lieberman Endorse Medicare Buy-In Three Months Ago
“My proposals were to basically expand the existing successful public health insurance programs Medicare and Medicaid…
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