LOGO: Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines. A Progressive Journal of News and Opinion. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman.
2010 Webby Award Winner for Best Political Blog
 
May 25, 2012
Log in / Register

 Choose a size
Text Size

Trending:     robert scheer     barack obama     chris hedges     gay marriage     ndaa
Most Read

Do the Bain Hustle

What We Learned About Wall Street and Big Business From Facebook's IPO

Armed Drones: Coming to an Airspace Near You

I Can't Hear Myself Think

A Rare Admission That Money Trumps Everything Else

Most Comments
Most Emailed

Reports
 * NEW! * Why Bain Questions Matter
 * NEW! * OSHA Struggles When Tower Climbers Die
Do the Bain Hustle

Ear to the Ground

A/V Booth

Arts & Culture
Better Than We Found It
The Good-Natured Dictator

Digs
Financial Meltdown 101

Truthdig Bazaar
Beyond the Revolution

Beyond the Revolution

By William H. Goetzmann
$23.10

more items

 
A/V Booth

‘It’s All About Joe’

Email this item Email    Print this item Print   

Posted on Dec 7, 2009

Those feisty progressives are at it again, running an ad against Joe Lieberman that features the actual chairman of the Connecticut for Lieberman party—but what exactly is the Connecticut for Lieberman party?

Lieberman set up the organization for his last Senate run, after Democrats bounced him, but he has nothing to do with it these days—other than the fact that it’s named after him.

John Mertens, the star of the ad below, is clearly no Lieberman fan. He’s no fan of Chris Dodd, Connecticut’s other senator, either. Mertens is challenging Dodd as an independent in the next election.

The Hartford Courant has more on the story.  —PZS

Progressive Change Campaign Committee:

Advertisement


New and Improved Comments

We are launching a major overhaul of our comments section.

In addition to more robust spam filtering and moderation, new features include the ability to rate other comments, sort how they are displayed and respond directly via e-mail or in a thread.

Unfortunately, commenters will lose their existing Truthdig identities. It's a pain, we know, but on the plus side you will now be able to log in with a plethora of options, including Google, Twitter, Facebook and Disqus accounts.

Before launching this system we spent months in discussion with our top commenters. We listened to the feedback and we hope you like what we've come up with.

Please direct any problems or concerns to us via our contact page.

By Rachael Glick-Katz, December 9, 2009 at 4:07 am Link to this comment
(Unregistered commenter)

The first three letters in Joseph LIEberman’s last name, spell out who Senator Joe LIEberman (I-CT) actually is and how he votes and proves he is not to be trusted. LIEberman is all about and all and only for LIEberman.

Report this

By Aarky, December 8, 2009 at 5:43 pm Link to this comment
(Unregistered commenter)

One of the many reasons I voted for Obama was that I knew that Lieberman would have been at McCain’s ear day and night, whispering all the talking points from the Zionist lobby why we should attack Iran. We would have been at war within six months. He then tried to set up a situation where the US Navy would have set up an embargo/blockade to prevent Iran from importing gasoline. That one failed when members of Congress were warned that by international law, it was an act of war. Not to be discouraged, he and Senator Kyle put forth the “Iran Diplomatic Enhancement Act”, which was the same blockade but with a fancy name. That failed also. The next one made it through because the bill was written to create sanctions against any company or country that provides gas to Iran. Lieberman is a very dangerous man! Willing to spill American blood on behalf of the Zionists and crazys of Israel.

Report this
nefesh's avatar

By nefesh, December 8, 2009 at 4:53 pm Link to this comment

By Purple Girl, December 8 at 8:37 am

LIEberman is not even faithful to the Jewish Religion, why would anyone expect him to be loyal to a party or a state.
I’m betting Joe has his Golden Rapture bus ticket in his breast pocket at all times- wouldn’t want to be the 144,001st converted Jew to show up.

Thank you for pointing out Lieberman’s identity as a Jew and how relevant it is.

Report this

By ardee, December 8, 2009 at 11:40 am Link to this comment

I think that ad might have mentioned why the about face from the guy who helped get Joe his fourth term in office…..Too bad he was such a slow learner.

Report this
Purple Girl's avatar

By Purple Girl, December 8, 2009 at 3:37 am Link to this comment

LIEberman is not even faithful to the Jewish Religion, why would anyone expect him to be loyal to a party or a state.
I’m betting Joe has his Golden Rapture bus ticket in his breast pocket at all times- wouldn’t want to be the 144,001st converted Jew to show up.
Lieberman is not just a despictable politician, he’s a dispictable human being.
Pick something and Actually Be It! Otherwise you are nothing but a self servicing opportunist with absolutely no moral or ethical foundation or convictions- Blatantly Untrustworthy, and unreliable. Two disqualifiers to Public Service.If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything - The Moral of the Story of LIEbermans life.

Report this

By Smudge Martens, December 7, 2009 at 4:26 pm Link to this comment

If Obama hadn’t bailed out Lieberman during the primary, Lamont would be Connecticut’s junior senator - just another gift that keeps giving from the President who’s smarter and knows more than any of his fawning masses.

Report this
Newsletter

Get Truthdig in your inbox


 
 
 
Join the Liberal Blog Advertising Network
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A Progressive Journal of News and Opinion. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman.
Copyright © 2012 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved.