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Lieberman Wants Back In

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Posted on Nov 11, 2006
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Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) (left) and DNC Chairman Howard Dean.

A spokesman for Joe Lieberman says the senator intends to serve in the next Congress as a full-blown Democrat, not an independent who merely caucuses with Democrats.


Washington Post:

Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, who won reelection as an independent, will serve in the next Congress as a Democrat, not an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, his spokesman said Thursday.

With the Democratic takeover of the Senate, Lieberman is in line to become chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

The three-term Connecticut lawmaker defied party leaders when he launched his independent bid after losing to Democrat Ned Lamont in the August primary. During the campaign, he vowed to be an “independent-minded Democrat” if reelected.

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By francesca, November 6, 2008 at 8:46 pm #
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Now that the neo cons have taken the republicans down with them just watch for more opportunistic dual citizenship traitors like Lieberman trying to attach themselves to the democrats in power.

Perhaps it’s a good thing Gore lost in 2000, if he truly did….  Imagine having that Israel first bastard a “heartbeat” away from the presidency.

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By Alejandro Quinonez, November 14, 2006 at 6:03 pm #
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Joe Lie is probably the most narcistic of power hungry SOB’S I’ve ever had the displeasure to read about. Two more yr’s of haveing to hear this bastard. I hope they go quick.

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By Megan, November 12, 2006 at 10:37 pm #
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Whether or not Senator Liberman votes for Republican
or Democrats; no one can say he’s partisan.
He’s been honest and votes with his integrity and wisdom.
Are any of us forgetting here, that he was a true hero
who went to the southland to register our American/
African brothers.  He put his life on the line then and he will do the same again.  How many of us would do
as Senator Liberman did?
Let’s give a hand to the American people
who voted the Senator into office.  If his state believes
he has their interests and the American interests in
his leadership, who are we to denounce them?
No one was forced to vote for the Senator, they used
their wisdom, knowledge and free will.
I’m not in Connecticut, but a big hoo-rah for them.
Gooooooooooooooo Joooooooooooooooooooo
Thank you

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By Abdul sheikh, November 12, 2006 at 10:35 pm #
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Gore lost in 2000 by selecting Lieberman as running mate.  The rest is history. He is responsible for electing Bush as president and his neocon team. The neocons created the biggest mess in history by invading Iraq that has cot us over 3000 GIs and over 300 billion dollars.

Lieberman wants to cling to senate no matter what.  He refused to resign from senate when he was a vice presidential candidate. he refused to let go when he was defeated in primary. Allowing him to carry on a democrat will be traversity of justice and an insult to all democrats.  We do not want to cling to power in senate by selling to a traitor Lieberman.

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By Kathlyn, November 12, 2006 at 10:21 pm #
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This guy is NOT trustworthy.  Don’t believe anything he says, nor for that matter anything he does.

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By NeoConneticut, November 12, 2006 at 9:34 pm #
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To the Conn Democrats, you might want to think about a sore loser law, or just get rid of those stupid primaries.
  Everyone wants to talk about who owes who an apology…  How about Joe apologizing to all those people who donated money and time thinking that what they were doing in their primaries meant something.  Not to Joe.  Those A-Holes were just gumming up his machinery.  He can win the Democratic position without them.
  As for the Republicans of Conn, 70% apparently really like liberals…  Or they’re just hypocrites.
  Looking good Neo-Conn.

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By Otto, November 12, 2006 at 9:13 pm #
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The problem is that Lieberman wants to caucus with the Democrats on his terms, not theirs.  The first time he tries his powerbroking crap, I hope the Democrats tell him to go be a friggin’ Republican.

50% of the voters of Connecticut know why they voted against him.  The 50% that voted for him are going to rue the day that they “stuck with Joe”.  There is another side of this man that is going to come out in the next 6 years and it ain’t going to be pretty.

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By Druthers, November 12, 2006 at 6:46 pm #
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After having listened to Meet the Press I think it would have been better to lose the Senate. 
Lieberman will never be there for the votes and the Dems will be the fall guys for all that goes wrong. 
Power is all they care about, so this poor creature sat there today detailing the Senate agenda for Reid with a big smirk on his face.
Blackmailers never stop so don’t let him get started.

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By felicity, November 12, 2006 at 5:04 pm #
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Lieberman left the Dem party when he decided to run as an Independent. Is he registered in the Senate as an Independent?  Is he registered as a Democrat? If he isn’t, he is not automatically entitled to a committee chairmanship, nor can he lay his clammy hands on any Democratic party funds. What do you want to bet that he switched his registration asap.

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By JLa, November 12, 2006 at 4:40 pm #
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Well, isn’t that special. . .

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By Ken Mitchell, November 12, 2006 at 10:45 am #
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Fine with me. Granted, I don’t agree with him on Iraq or the Patriot Act, but his position is no different than that of Hillary Clinton’s. If she can be a Democrat (As well as mo senator) why can’t he be?

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By Lance, November 12, 2006 at 9:18 am #
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This is just the first salvo in what will be a long, tedious power play by Joe Lieberman.  We needed one more seat in the Senate to relieve ourselves of this odious canker sore.

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By Lawrence, November 12, 2006 at 8:38 am #
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Here’s to having egg on your face and asking for some salt.

Three cheers for the shameless opportunists of the world!

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By Druthers, November 12, 2006 at 8:23 am #
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No matter what he does he is a dismal failure.

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By Brian, November 12, 2006 at 7:27 am #
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Yep. Lieberman can pretty much do whatever he wants now. If he decides to switch to the Republican party then the Senate will be a 50-50 tie where Dick Cheney gets the tie breaking vote. I’m sure he’ll use this fact to threaten his way to the top of whatever commitee he wants. I’d never vote for that s***bag.

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By John G. Stanton, November 12, 2006 at 3:12 am #
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Joe Liberman is a fraud and always remember: he was one of w’s most ardent supporters for the War ON Iraq and for the now thoroughly discredited “staying the course” battle cry of w. Now of course, he would like us to forget that he was a supporter of w’s war but don’t let him get away with it.

Act as a full blown Democrat? If he were a full blown Democrat, he would have accepted the verdict of Connecticut’s Democrats in the Dem. primary that saw him lose to Ned Lamont and stepped aside.

Joe seems to feel that one of the Senate seats from Connecticut has his name engraved on it in stone—it’s his by hereditary right.

And w and the Repulicans were cheering for Lieberman to win in Connecticut so they gave no support at all to the Republican candidate for the Senate.

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By vet240, November 12, 2006 at 1:48 am #
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I think LIEberman demonstrated his true colors when he ignored the will of the people and ran as an independent. He is what’s wrong with our government. He rolled over for the Republicans for his own personal agenda. I think the Democrats decision to take him back is a mistake. The Democrats are trading their principles for politicdal expediency, the same mistake the Republicans made. If the Republicans would have won the elections he would just as gladly declared himself a Republican. He’s really just another R.I.W. (Rat in Washington). I say, tell LIEberman to go wait in the corner until we call him.

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