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Lieberman's support of McCain frays ties to Democratic friends
ITH ^ | July 14, 2008 | Mark Leibovich

Posted on 07/14/2008 8:08:07 AM PDT by COUNTrecount

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1 posted on 07/14/2008 8:08:07 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: COUNTrecount

I hope Joe has better luck this time as a VEEP candidate than he did last time.


2 posted on 07/14/2008 8:09:20 AM PDT by Yo-Yo
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To: COUNTrecount

It appears cornering Lieberman in the Senate a few weeks ago didn’t produce the results B-HO intended.


3 posted on 07/14/2008 8:12:22 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: COUNTrecount
"Lieberman's support of McCain frays ties to Democratic friends"

AKA: Fair weather asses.

4 posted on 07/14/2008 8:16:51 AM PDT by Enterprise (Let all Democrats have a half vote. They deserve it!)
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To: COUNTrecount

Joe has no dim friends... he does not hate America.

LLS


5 posted on 07/14/2008 8:17:35 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (REAGANISM... not communism!!!)
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To: COUNTrecount

Since he is not a democrat I don’t see how they can ask him to tone down anything. OTH, he shouldn’t be going to dem meetings either and he shouldn’t caucus with them. They have showed how they feel about the guy so why does he bother?


6 posted on 07/14/2008 8:18:31 AM PDT by calex59
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To: COUNTrecount
Joseph Lieberman, the lapsed Democrat from Connecticut...

As I recall, he was stabbed in the back and thrown under the bus by the Democrats in favor or a megga-bucks moonbat. He does not owe them a damn thing.

7 posted on 07/14/2008 8:19:53 AM PDT by Ditto (Global Warming: The 21st Century's Snake Oil)
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To: Enterprise
I'd have to say the dems frayed those relations when they supported his far left primary opponent and Lieberman had to get reelected as an independent.

The dems have made it clear they will throw Lieberman out of the party next year as part of their reaching out to all Americans and changing to a more inclusive politics. Barf.

8 posted on 07/14/2008 8:22:07 AM PDT by Williams
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To: Enterprise

What exactly did those “friends”do for Joe when Soros sandbagged him by megafunding his primary opponent?


9 posted on 07/14/2008 8:22:17 AM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: COUNTrecount

I am thinking that when he was abandoned by the party in the Dem primary for a leftwing loon, and he then came back and won the general as an independent...that is wheen some of those ties were ‘frayed’.


10 posted on 07/14/2008 8:23:27 AM PDT by ilgipper
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To: COUNTrecount

I wouldn’t call those people his “friends” since they stabbed the guy in the back during his Senate run. Joe seems to be the only Dem with some courage.


11 posted on 07/14/2008 8:25:35 AM PDT by normy (Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
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What exactly did those “friends”do for Joe when Soros sandbagged him by megafunding his primary opponent?
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The liberal Dims have been urinating all over Joe for a very long time...and he still associates with them?? Shows you how important a total lack of self-respect is to surviving on the Washington dung-heap. I guess it is still something to covet, being a member of the most disrespected and disliked Congress in the history of America.

Such a proud credential. Become a Repub Joe -— being a RINO is very acceptable to Repub voters, so what the hell...


12 posted on 07/14/2008 8:25:43 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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Since he is not a democrat I don’t see how they can ask him to tone down anything.

Joe caucuses with the Dims, and the Dims control committee assignments. So they can strip Joe of his Chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and indeed kick him off of all of his committees if they wished.

13 posted on 07/14/2008 8:28:35 AM PDT by Yo-Yo
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To: COUNTrecount
Lieberman understands that either
1) Obama does not understand Iran or
2) Obama is philosophically on the same page as Iran.

Lieberman's philosophical ties to Israel are stronger then his (hopefully soon to be former) politically expedient ties to democrats.

14 posted on 07/14/2008 8:31:00 AM PDT by FreedomProtector
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Such a proud credential. Become a Repub Joe -— being a RINO is very acceptable to Repub voters, so what the hell...

I think if Joe traded sides today, he wouldn't be the most RINO of the bunch. I think the GOP and the dims could have a "prisoner swap" and move two or three to the other side, and folks would probably be better off for it.

15 posted on 07/14/2008 8:31:08 AM PDT by boycottliberalhollywood.com (www.boycottliberalhollywood.com - www.twoamericas.us)
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To: LibLieSlayer
Joe has no dim friends... he does not hate America.

Lately on the liberal media, I've seen people complaining about Obama, that he isn't sufficiently lib! It's as if the psycho-leftie portion of our nation is ready to flat out come out and create a Labour party, a Socialist party, or what-have-you, and leave the Democrats positioned more left-center instead of left.

Folks like Nancy Pelosi, yeah, they're your Labour party leaders. They aren't idolizing the days of FDR, they're idolizing the days of Stalin.

16 posted on 07/14/2008 8:35:30 AM PDT by boycottliberalhollywood.com (www.boycottliberalhollywood.com - www.twoamericas.us)
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To: COUNTrecount

Johnny Boy is going to have to make up his mind who his base really is. You can’t play both sides of the fence, what does Rush ALWAYS say about a middle of the roader?? They get run over.

McCain’s pandering to the enviromental movement tells me a whole lot about what he really is. How ‘bout BIG BEER Johnny Boy??

This election, more than any other will decide whether we become slaves or remain (relatively speaking) free citizens. If slaves, then the Constitution will not save us or the form of government we cherish (cherish? Not anymore...), there will be no recouping the lost ground other than through drastic means.

Read history. There’s always enough minions to enforce the oppressor’s edicts and pogroms—always—don’t kid yourselves.


17 posted on 07/14/2008 8:41:48 AM PDT by brushcop (We remember SSG Harrison Brown, PVT Andrew Simmons B CO 2/69 3ID KIA Iraq OIF IV)
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To: calex59

Well, you have to remember, back in 2006 he promised to get a democratic president elected. Especially galling for democrats is the nominee is the same guy who actively campaigned for him in the democratic primary.

Needless to say, as Joe stabbed the dems in the back for some perceived slight, he’ll stab the GOP in the back without a second thought.

Joe Lieberman doesn’t care about America, he only cares about Israel and himself (I’m not sure in what order), the GOP & McCain would be wise to keep him at arm’s length.


18 posted on 07/14/2008 8:43:07 AM PDT by Philly Nomad
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To: xkaydet65; Williams

He owes them exactly nothing.


19 posted on 07/14/2008 8:46:16 AM PDT by Enterprise (Let all Democrats have a half vote. They deserve it!)
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To: COUNTrecount

BTTT!


20 posted on 07/14/2008 8:53:20 AM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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