Lieberman: Bush’s ‘Ratings Among Historians Will Be Greater Than His Ratings In The Polls Today’

[CatWoman]

Has Joe been hanging out with Almond?

Suck it, Joe!! Suck it!!!

Yesterday in an interview with right-wing radio host Hugh Hewitt, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) praised President Bush’s policies in Iraq and predicted that Bush will be remembered by historians as a great President:

HEWITT: Oh, that’s fascinating. Last question, how do you think history’s going to evaluate George W. Bush?

LIEBERMAN: Well, I personally believe look, mistakes were made, and I know the polls are down, but I think on the largest issue of our time, which is the rise of Islamist extremism, that he will be judged as a president who saw the threat, and in the midst of an unpopular war, he stuck with it. And so I think overall, over time, his ratings among the historians will be greater than his ratings in the polls today.

Lieberman’s comments echo those by Rush Limbaugh, who in May said, “Long after we’re all dead and gone, when historians who are not yet born begin to write about this era, they’re going to place George Bush in the upper echelon of presidents who had a great vision for America, who looked beyond our shores, who didn’t just restrict himself to domestic policy niceties.”

It’s interesting that now, with the war more unpopular than ever and violence skyrocketing, Lieberman decides Bush is a great president. In contrast, in May 2003, when Lieberman was competing for the Democratic nomination for president, he said the Bush administration “seems to have been unprepared for the quick victory it predicted.” Similarly, in Sept. 2003, Lieberman stated:

I am shocked at how unprepared the Bush administration was for what to do afterward. They’ve left a vacuum which the terrorists, the Saddam loyalists, our enemies, have jumped into.

Rush and Lieberman may not be aware, but historians are already debating Bush’s legacy. In fact, Rolling Stone recently wrote, “Many historians are now wondering whether Bush, in fact, will be remembered as the very worst president in all of American history.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/13/bush-lieberman-historians/

[dipsydoodle]

1. Sure - historians wil remember

the dumb fuck as the root cause of the rise in Islamic extremism.

[kenny blankenship]

8. Hey, Joe didn't say in *which* country historians will rate Bush highly

In Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and China future historians probably will remember the dumb fuck fondly.

[dipsydoodle]

9. True !

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[rfranklin]

2. No, Joe the greatest threat of our time is George Bush and the people...

behind him who have created chaos to further their fortunes or to fulfill some religious lunacy.

[Crunchy Frog]

3. He would have made a more fitting running mate for Georgie in 2000

than for Gore. I wouldn't be surprised if he deliberately sabotaged the election.

My God, what was Al Gore thinking?:argh:

[AndreaCG]

16. In 2000? No. Now? Absolutely.

Except for impeachment his positions weren't that outside the mainstream Democrats, if the more right wing part of the party. And even a lot of the Dems condemned Clinton's actions. And he voted against impeachment in the end.

Now he doesn't even deserve the label "Indepedent".. He is a more reliable Republican stooge than some of the Republicans are!

[kurth]

4. Islamist extremism has been around forever

Fucking addled-brained cocksucking moron.

[Cha]

5. lieman just doesn't want

his kiss with bushit to end him up like mccain's sloppy hug did.

Historians don't need much more history with bushit to pronounce him the worst imitation of a president in the history of the USofA.

Just because lieman jerks off to bush's press conferences' doesn't mean he's palpable to most Americans or their historians.

[karlrschneider]

10. palatable

;)

[Cha]

11. EeeHaw!

You're so right..that's the word I thought I was usin' :) ..you know "agreeable"!

So every time I see the word "palatable" or use it again..I'll think of this!:9

[karlrschneider]

13. I admit it, I'm a spelling Nazi.

:D

[Cha]

15. I love to spell correctly..I didn't even

have the right word cause I thought I knew what I was doing in my rage against the lie-man.

I don't even use "spell check" cause I want to look up the words in my online m-w so I can remember them the next time. BTW, thanks for callin' it out..otherwise I could have gone on in my semi-ignorance. :)

[UTUSN]

6. Is this a Lounge thread?!!1 n/t

[Botany]

7. Lieberman: History always judges John Wilkes Booth ...

... on that one "thing" but after all he was a great actor for which history
has not given him his due.



BTW how the hell did he win in 2006?

[Cha]

12. That's what I'd like to

know?!

[antonialee839]

14. Joe, you are one sick mother.

[SammyWinstonJack]

17. Mistakes? How simplistic of him.

:banghead:

[BenDavid]

18. A shandeh un a charpeh

A shame and a disgrace.....

I do thank you
Ben David

[in_cog_ni_to]

19. Lieberman needs to stop taking mind altering drugs. What a stupid thing to say! The psycho will

go down in history as this country's WORST PRESIDENT EVER!! Hands down!

[Blue Belle]

20. My God. He's not even drinking the kool-aide anymore...

he just has it administered through an IV drip. :eyes:

[spanone]

21. Dammit Joe, quit huffing the glue.

[Hubert Flottz]

22. Somebody check Joe's diaper...

I think he's full of GOPer shit too!

[Yavin4]

23. Bush Has Directly De-Stabilized The Middle East For Years To Come

Iraq is an epic mistake, much larger and far more dangerous than Vietnam.