Lieberman renouncing past votes (read: liberal ones), such as voting against Alito

[marmar]

His journey to the Dark Side is complete. :evilfrown:



from ThinkProgress:



Will: Lieberman’s Office Says He Was ‘Wrong’ To Vote Against Alito In ‘06»



Earlier this week, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said he wouldn’t rule someone out as a potential vice presidential running mate just because they are pro-choice. On ABC’s This Week today, former Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson called Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) “the best of the pro-choice candidates,” but added that it would be “a major problem” that Lieberman had voted against Samuel Alito’s Supreme Court nomination.

Conservative columnist George Will then broke in, saying that Lieberman’s office told him this week Lieberman now believes “he was wrong” to have voted against Alito and that “now he likes Alito”:

WILL: Well, I called Lieberman’s office this week and said, “why did your man vote against Alito?” And they said, “he was wrong, now he likes Alito.”

STEPHANOPOLOUS: Did they really say he was wrong? That the vote was wrong?

WILL: He said that now that having seen Alito in action.

Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/17/will-lieberman-alito/


In January 2006, when Lieberman voted against confirming Alito, he issued a statement saying that he was “left with just too many doubts” about Alito’s “judicial philosophy.” As an example of why he was voting against him, Lieberman pointed to Alito’s record on “equal opportunity and fair treatment“:

For example, in civil rights cases, Judge Alito has repeatedly established a very high bar, an unusually high bar, for entrance to our Courts for people who believed they’ve been denied equal opportunity and fair treatment based on race or gender.

In light of his stated reasons for opposing Alito, it is confusing as to why Lieberman now believes he “was wrong,” considering how Alito has voted since joining the court. For instance, Alito wrote the majority opinion in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire Co., which “made it harder for many workers to sue their employers for discrimination in pay.”


http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/17/will-lieberman-alito/

[BlooInBloo]

1. He did enough - he voted for cloture, ensuring Alito would be confirmed.

[PA Democrat]

2. OK, Joe. We'll let you take back those votes, if you let people

who voted for YOU take back theirs. After all, you are no longer the person you claimed to be when they voted for you.

[saltpoint]

3. If John McCain loses this election, and he will, a few temper-tantrums on

FOX News is all that's left to Lieberman.

Squawk up a storm, Joe.

[MJW]

4. Lieberman should be drummed out of the"party"

I know he is an Independent , but he caucauses with Democrats. The party should wash its hands of him after Nov when we get a super majority in congress

[jesus_of_suburbia]

5. I hope this means Lieberman will be McCain's VP. He will insure a loss, lol!

It will make the Conservative base furious, and they will stay home.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

6. Geez, kick his ass out of the party already!?

[blm]

7. He only voted against Alito because he had a primary opponent. He's scum. Transparent scum.

And I'll never forgive Schumer and Hillary Clinton for arguing against filibustering Alito in the senate caucus, giving plenty of cover to those Dems on the fence - they COULD have used their influence to convince the Dem fence-sitters how dangerous Alito would be, but they refused. Then Hillary had the nerve to claim the next day she was for a filibuster - sure, because she had thousands of phonecalls at her office from activists. She and Schumer had their staffs planting attacks on Kerry and questioning his motives for leading a filibuster publicly.

[depakid]

8. Obama also criticized the filibuster

and I'm sorry to say, used none of that high powered speaking ability to help rally the troops.

[blm]

9. Yes - I noticed he was cautious then, imo, believing the hype about Clintons' political

instincts and paying too much heed to them. Just as too many other senators and too many Democrats, in general, did for far too long. I am glad he made the effort to forge a more independent path - imo, too many Democrats are STILL taken in as if Clintons are the ultimate political animals. They have been wrong on too many serious matters and too protective of BushInc over the last two decades for me to think they have wisdom and any sense of patriotic duty towards democracy on their side.