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STRANDED SENATOR A DEAD MAN RUNNING (Lieberman gets more bad news on campaign trail)
NY POST ^ | August 7, 2006 | ANDREA PEYSER

Posted on 08/07/2006 3:52:21 AM PDT by Liz

Sen. Joe Lieberman stood in the parking lot of Mickey's Oceanic Grill chatting with exactly two people - one supporter and a stranger wearing a dirty tan raincoat with food speckling the left corner of his mouth.......the guy leaned in and asked Joe weirdly, "What color are your eyes?" Joe laughed - then rapidly got the hell away.....on the campaign trail Lieberman, after 18 years in the Senate, struggles to stay alive..... Democrats have abandoned him in droves because of his support for the war in Iraq.....

The cooling rain never arrives, and neither do the people. This forced the candidate to step inside Mickey's and try to persuade folks to look up from their lobster rolls. That's when this campaign stop started to resemble a wake.....people refused to look up.......

Things actually got worse up the road in Manchester.....campaign workers enthusiastically waving pro-Joe signs only seemed to make some commuters mad. .....a man fumed from his car. "How many more people have to die for oil?" And then, Lieberman melted down. "I didn't put my finger up in the wind to see which way it was blowing!"......He looked up, startled, as reporters took notes. "That was unplanned," he said apologetically. "That just came out of me."

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TOPICS: Editorial; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: andreapeyser; joementum; lieberman
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1 posted on 08/07/2006 3:52:23 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Liz

Even with all his liberal baggage, he is better than any candidate that has a chance of winning in Connecticut. He should win as an independent and then become a Republican. Hell he is better than Chaffee


2 posted on 08/07/2006 3:54:32 AM PDT by Vaquero (time again for the Crusades.)
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To: Vaquero

lieberman is a liberal in all things but Israel.


3 posted on 08/07/2006 4:00:45 AM PDT by stocksthatgoup (http://www.busateripens.com)
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To: Liz
...a man fumed from his car. "How many more people have to die for oil?

If he's mad now, just wait 'till there's no oil to run his car.

4 posted on 08/07/2006 4:01:04 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Democrats are guilty of whatever they scream the loudest about.)
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To: Vaquero
Better than Hagel too. Lieberman's about as liberal as they come... but he knows who the enemy is abroad.

He is now finding out who the enemy is... at home.

5 posted on 08/07/2006 4:04:48 AM PDT by johnny7 (“And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda... what's Fonzie like?!”)
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To: Fresh Wind
...a man fumed from his car. "How many more people have to die for oil? If he's mad now, just wait 'till there's no oil to run his car.

That pretty much says it all...

I'm probably opposite Joe 90% of the time, but I hate to see him treated like this.

6 posted on 08/07/2006 4:05:29 AM PDT by backhoe ("photo rootered"...reutered is only one letter away from neutered.)
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To: Liz

A lot of people are extremely stupid. Here we have another ignorant jackarse saying the people dying for oil crap while it is over 3 bucks a gallon - and expected to go higher from BP closing down one of their fields in Alaska. And so much for Bill Clinton campaigning for someone. I swear, that guy is the kiss of death. The talking heads fall all over themselves saying what a great campaigner he is yet the only one he has ever gotten elected is himself!


7 posted on 08/07/2006 4:05:53 AM PDT by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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To: Vaquero

LIEberman is a POS on everything except Israel and the war. he is WORSE than Chafee.


8 posted on 08/07/2006 4:10:48 AM PDT by Suzy Quzy ("When Cabals Go Kaboom"....upcoming book on Mary McCarthy's Coup-Plotters.)
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To: Liz
I think it ought to be disclosed that the Author of this piece is a neo Marxist class warrior close in line with Code Pink in her thinking then with serious political commentators.

I think this is another act of new age affirmation "Journalism" a case of the author believing that if they keep saying something it will some how become true.

9 posted on 08/07/2006 4:10:51 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (A proportionate response would be the indiscriminate slaughter of Western journalists)
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To: backhoe

Agree backhoe...


10 posted on 08/07/2006 4:14:18 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet-pray for Israel))
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To: stocksthatgoup

If Radical Ned replaces Joe Likeable, there could be a silver lining for Republicans. The DemoRats slide ever further to the fevered left, and there's a two year rocky horror picture show leading up to 2008, when a frightened electorate will frantically vote against them.


11 posted on 08/07/2006 4:15:57 AM PDT by elcid1970
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To: Liz

liar man has a 17% ACU rating. That is lower than any rino even chaffee, snow collins etc. Let him win as an indy and stay that way.


12 posted on 08/07/2006 4:15:59 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (John Spencer: Fighting to save America from Hillary Clinton..)
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To: Liz

If he loses, watch liberal candidates everywhere overplay the anti-war card.


13 posted on 08/07/2006 4:16:09 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Liz

I doubt that throwing Lieberman overboard is going to go over well for the Dems among Jewish voters.


14 posted on 08/07/2006 4:16:16 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Raycpa

The anti-War card will play well in a Dem primary. I'm guessing it won't work quite as well in the general election.


15 posted on 08/07/2006 4:17:46 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: SE Mom
Thank you- whatever we may contest about the Senator's positions, he's been a public servant for years- he must have done something right, to keep getting elected where he is.

It's an ugly thing, to see him treated so shabbily.

The last 15 years or so have seen an awful degeneration of politics- it's all so personal and petty now, at least what I see from the Left is.

I long for the days of Scoop Jackson and Pat Moynihan, who you might not always agree with, but you wouldn't mind having them for neighbors, either.

This new bunch, I would not trust with my wallet, my wife, or my old dog...

16 posted on 08/07/2006 4:21:23 AM PDT by backhoe ("photo rootered"...reutered is only one letter away from neutered.)
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To: Liz
HE's GOT J O E M E N T U M !
17 posted on 08/07/2006 4:22:14 AM PDT by martin_fierro (What's a "Proportionate Response" to Asymmetrical Warfare?)
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To: Liz
How pathetic that he apologyzed for his heartfelt comment about putting his finger in the wind.

If he has any core principles they are long long gone.

He didn't stand up for the constitution when he gave slick willie a pass and now his former constituents are doing the same thing to him.

18 posted on 08/07/2006 4:22:22 AM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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To: Suzy Quzy
Over the weekend LIEberman jumped on her heinous' bandwagon and called for Rumsfeld to resign.

GOOD RIDDANCE JOE!!!

19 posted on 08/07/2006 4:23:59 AM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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To: Liz

The elitist extremists have decided to toss that busted Rolex they've been wearing, even though it gave them the correct time twice a day. It was all for show. Goodbye and good riddance, Joe.


20 posted on 08/07/2006 4:26:25 AM PDT by PGalt
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