Comments on: You Knew This Was Coming

By: lizard

lizard — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:47:08 +0000

Maddow Guest Jane Hamsher: Democrats Could Close Groton Sub Base to Punish Lieberman

and Dems wonder why the voters think they are weak on defense.

By: Unstable Isotope

Unstable Isotope — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:50:59 +0000

Lieberman left the Democratic party after the voters in the Democratic party chose someone else over him. Lieberman then became an independent. How do you reconcile the fact that Lieberman lied to the voters of Connecticut? He told them he’d vote for health care reform.

I laugh at the thought of Republicans taking Lieberman. Really, the party that is purging any Republican with independent thought is going to take pro-choice Lieberman? You have to be kidding me. Lieberman may have enough ego to think that he’s indepensible, but he’s kidding himself.

By: nemski

nemski — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:33:29 +0000

Republican David wrote I think that you guys forgot that the Democrats kicked him out of their party.

Do you even know that you are wrong on this fact?

By: Republican David

Republican David — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:33:02 +0000

He promised to be a “very independent Democrat.” You must have missed it. Think back to 2006, he said that he would back the right candidates regardless of party. He is keeping his word.

Once he filed as an independent, Lieberman spoke of being “unshackled” and “liberated” all through the fall campaign. He proclaimed his independent candidacy a “twist of fate.”

“I will go to Washington beholden to no political group, but only to the people of Connecticut and my conscience,” Mr. Lieberman declared during his victory speech. He went on to proclaim “a declaration of independence from politics of partisanship,” emphasizing “I will be an independent senator.

It is fitting because Lieberman got his start as a Senator with backing from William Buckley and other conservatives who wanted to get rid of a commie lib mascaraing as a Republican (Wiecker).

By: Republican David

Republican David — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:17:31 +0000

I think that you guys forgot that the Democrats kicked him out of their party. He is an independent. He won with Republican and Independent votes. The Democrats need him, he doesn’t need the Democrats. They were the ones disloyal when they did not back him in the primary. He owes them nothing.

As for Harkin, is he saying the same about Bayh, Nelson from NE and Nelson from FL, Lincoln, and Landrieu? If he keeps that up, he may be the one to lose a chairmanship.

By: lizard

lizard — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:30:46 +0000

UI, I think he is signalling his intention to run as an Independant again not as a Republican…

and it looks like you may get your wish:

Harkin warns Lieberman: Healthcare filibuster could put chairmanship at risk
The Hill ^ | 10/30/2009 | Eric Zimmerman

One of the leading Senate Democrats on healthcare reform legislation fired a warning shot in Sen. Joe Lieberman’s direction yesterday, previewing the possible consequences of joining a GOP filibuster.

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), chairman of the Senate HELP Committee, told reporters that Lieberman (I-Conn.) ought to consider the benefits of his membership in the Democratic caucus before he decides how to vote on healthcare reform.

“[Lieberman] still wants to be a part of the Democratic Party although he is a registered independent. He wants to caucus with us and, of course, he enjoys his chairmanship of the [Homeland Security] committee because of the indulgence of the Democratic caucus. So, I’m sure all of those things will cross his mind before the final vote,” Harkin said in a conference call.

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the healthcare bill is such “good” legislation that it need blackmail and bribery to pass.

By: cassandra m

cassandra m — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:14:09 +0000

I would like nemski to buy us all expensive steaks and wine as penance here.