Letters to the Editor
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Can't Wait...
...for his keynote address at the Republican Convention.
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Just a Suggestion
Since we're winning the war in Iraq, he can drive home that point by dressing up like Uncle Sam and wandering the streets of Baghdad for a few days. That would go a long way to make me believe Joe(AIPAC)Lieberman.
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Oh, so THAT'S why they want to kill us!
Because we're Americans! And not because we placed military bases in Saudi Arabia, which was seen as propping up the corrupt and murderous Wahabbi regime! And not because we starved, then bombed, then invaded, then occupied Iraq, and built military bases there and now pledge to stay for decades to come. And not because we unconditionally back Israel's use of retaliatory bombardments with weapons made in the USA when they are plagues by the attacks by Palestinian militants.
This is almost as good as Bush's line about "They hate us because of freedom!" To which Bin Laden (remember him?) said in one videotape, "If that's the case, why didn't we attack Sweden?"
What I sometimes find frighetning is that Americans know so little about the rest of the world that gibberish like this from our ostensible leaders sounds credible.
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It's Not Unusual
That is why we need a president who is going to be ready to be commander-in-chief from day one -- a president who won't need on-the-job training.
What, was Shoeless Joe Lieberman borrowing Clinton's talking points? It's amusing to hear him talking about crossing party lines -- yeah, right. The original DINO-saur roars, and we're supposed to take his feckless words at face value.
Of course he's psyched about the "we're at war" thing -- his defense industry backers are all for that kind of talk. Keep the war going, keep the profits rolling. Oh, Joe, you blow.
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"Independent Democrat"?
George Orwell turns in his grave.
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Uh, Joe?
What is your evidence that "they want to kill all of us, because we are all Americans"? I want book, chapter and verse corroborating this claim. Who said this, and when did they say it?
And who ARE "they" anyway? Specifically, who do you consider to be The Enemy, requiring a U.S. defense budget of about 3/4 of a trillion dollars -- larger than the rest of the world combined? No doubt even THAT isn't enough to protect The Homeland against the amorphous Islamic Threat To All That Is Holy here in God's Country. Just imagine the proposed defense budget under a McCain administration, if Lieberman were a major player in it! *shudder*
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Two creaky old dinosaurs
McCain and Lieberman look like they should be sitting in a nursing home dining room in sweats suits and diapers waiting for lunch.
I think that's why Obama's campaign is gaining so much momentum. It really is time to retire this crowd. We're facing a host of dire problems and I really don't think the answer is turning to people who've been part of those problems for years. I'm not one who thinks the clouds parted and Barack Obama dropped down, but he would be a dramatic change from the rut we're stuck in now. He's more forward thinking, more open to ideas. Mcain, clinton...relics form the past.
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Uuugghh
Why did so many Democrats turn out to support Lieberman last time around? What an annoying person he has turned out to be.
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No Such Thing
There is no such thing as an Independent Democrat, and in Connecticut it is illegal to name a political party incorporating the name of another political party, such as "Democrat." Thus why Joe ran under the Connecticut For Lieberman Party, although he has been kicked out of it since, I believe. I wish somebody would call him on his made up name and ask him to provide any kind of information regarding his "party."
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@ Can't Wait...
I think you meant "spittle-flicked incoherent rant at the Republican convention."
Maybe he'll challenge Chris Matthews to a duel afterwards.
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I thought they wanted to kill me because I love freedom
I get so confused.
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Like Ronnie said
"Here they go again"
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Remind me again who was a Goldwater Girl?
Ah yes, Hillary. Thank you.
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"And have no doubt: We are at war ...
.. and it is with great pleasure that while working with my friends across the aisle, I've helped to make sure that the first causality was the Constitution of the United States of America."
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Indistinguishable
Most American voters can't distinguish between Democrats and Republicans, either, Joe, thanks to mealy-mouthed political jackoffs like yourself and the vast majority of Congress that doesn't stand for anything other than getting re-elected.
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In case anyone was wondering...
When he says, "...the person whose responsibility will be to defend our nation at a time of war," Joe means Israel, of course.
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Is McCain so stupid?
i'm praying—loudly and long—that McCain could possibly be so stupid as to nominate Joe Lieberman as his VP running mate. that hypothetical move would, in effect, end the general election right there. he would pick up zero votes by crossing to a nominal democrat, and lose hundreds of thousands of disgruntled republican voters. and, as some of your previous posters have noted, these two guys are dinosaurs, SO out of touch with reality and so caught up in their own perceived wisdom and greatness, as to be laughable. they are nothing more than twin beltway bubble boys. i realize the rumor of such a move is far from it actually happening, but maybe if we all say a mantra...
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They take such obvious pleasure in the phrase "We are at war"
Don't they?
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Did you Klan members know he was Jewish when you voted for him in CT before?
I mean before he slew The Lamont. I'm wondering if you folks are marching up to Tom Lantos' office to smash his windows too, he who's never said much materially different from Lieberman vis a vis the mideast. You Salon fellows need to wander off the UC Davis and/or Berkeley campus at least once in a while.
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"Goldwater girl"?
God, I'm sick of hearing that HRC wore a Goldwater button when she was fifteen.
However, I would love it if some entreprising journamalist would ask her, or her husband, if they're glad they worked so hard to keep Joe Lieberman in the US Senate.
http://empirezone.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/09/22/connecticut-an-unmitigated-blessing/
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Oh, Joe
"When it comes to keeping our nation safe and solving the problems we face at home, John McCain is the one with the experience, the determination, and the character to lead America forward to a safer, better future (emphasis mine)."
And what, pray tell, are the problems we face at home to which John McCain has the solutions? Lieberman doesn't even bother mentioning any. Lieberman does, however, toss in a little saber-rattling against Iran for good measure.
Lieberman submits this op-ed to the conservative and inferior New York Post. What, the New York Times wouldn't have you? I've gotta say, though, that Lieberman's endorsement is like the kiss of death for McCain. The Right Wing doesn't trust McCain, and Lieberman's seal of approval isn't likely to help matters any.
Lieberman's strategy all along? I wish.