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HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
Fri May 19, 2017, 08:16 AM May 2017

Why Democrats Don't like Joe Lieberman

Well, hey, could be that he's partially responsible for W.

And there was that unwavering support for Dubya's wars of folly.

Oh, and he's the main reason we don't have multi-payer health care.

And just a bunch of other things . . .

It was during the post-9/11 years that Lieberman linked arms with Republicans Graham and McCain, two other hawks who, like their Democratic friend, were known to thwart their party. The trio traveled the world together and became known as the "Three Amigos." So high was their mutual regard that McCain reportedly wanted Lieberman to be his 2008 running mate, though he eventually succumbed to pressure to pick conservative Sarah Palin instead.

Still, Lieberman stood by his friend.

"In the Senate, during the three-and-a-half years that Sen. Barack Obama has been a member, he has not reached across party lines to ... accomplish anything significant, nor has he been willing to take on powerful interest groups in the Democratic Party to get something done," he said at the 2008 Republican convention.

Democrats viewed that speech as blasphemy.

"He could have given a speech defending John McCain, but instead he went on the offense and blistered Obama over his lack of foreign policy skills, which were a major Republican talking point," said Manley, a long-time senior aide to Harry Reid, the former Democratic Senate leader. "It caused a lot of ill will."


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Why Democrats Don't like Joe Lieberman (Original Post) HughBeaumont May 2017 OP
Never forget his betrayal. NT The Polack MSgt May 2017 #1
We lost the opportunity for 2000 moral high ground on vote counting when SharonAnn May 2017 #26
This right here melman May 2017 #40
Thought I had heard the last of that DINO!! riversedge May 2017 #2
Leave it up to Schtroumpf to resurrect the dead!! HughBeaumont May 2017 #3
Very obvious attempt to block the investigation. Lieberman is a total shill. ooky May 2017 #27
gee, whatever happened to all the DUers that loved them some joe lieberman? KG May 2017 #4
Joementum was Perry Logan's favorite Dem. HughBeaumont May 2017 #6
We saw the light. HelenWheels May 2017 #10
That asshole is the ONLY reason Freddie May 2017 #5
I just donated to a gofundme for a 26 year old who has Stage 3 breast cancer. HughBeaumont May 2017 #7
Yep. dalton99a May 2017 #16
easier to list why some like him n2doc May 2017 #8
Bingo. dalton99a May 2017 #14
Besides being an asshole who eliminated the public option Ligyron May 2017 #9
Personally, I can't stand Joe Lieberman. mountain grammy May 2017 #11
Oh the irony an Anti-Communist warrior put in the FBI by traitors. gordianot May 2017 #12
And let's not forget martigras May 2017 #13
That should not be forgotten dalton99a May 2017 #15
Oh look at that insurance-fattened fuck. HughBeaumont May 2017 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author peace frog May 2017 #22
Foreign Policy Skills Martin Eden May 2017 #17
He works for Trump's own lawyer. Orsino May 2017 #19
Oh, and one more not fooled May 2017 #23
I always wished Saviolo May 2017 #20
Oh yes. Good quotes. "It doesn't seem to be doing us much good" SharonAnn May 2017 #25
Always loved that scene... but it's worth noting the key difference from the current debate FBaggins May 2017 #29
Yeah, he needed that talk years ago. Saviolo May 2017 #32
I live in Connecticut. Atman May 2017 #21
Yup. He's a worm. nt zentrum May 2017 #24
he lost the democratic nomination for senate and then ran *against* the democratic nominee unblock May 2017 #28
Because he's a pompous gasbag? DeminPennswoods May 2017 #30
His working at the law firm defending chump will unravel him as a candidate. kimbutgar May 2017 #31
VP Debate against Cheney hibbing May 2017 #33
Lieberman was more concerned about himself looking dem4decades May 2017 #38
Hey, this practically writes itself rpannier May 2017 #34
McLiebercain for me MiniMe May 2017 #35
I will always feel nothing but contempt for Joe "short ride" Lieberman Demit May 2017 #36
I remember when he was selected as VP Skittles May 2017 #37
+1,000. HughBeaumont May 2017 #39

SharonAnn

(13,767 posts)
26. We lost the opportunity for 2000 moral high ground on vote counting when
Fri May 19, 2017, 10:44 AM
May 2017

he said he would have ALL military ballots counted. That included those that were submitted AFTER the election.

Cut our legs out from under us on this.

It was all downhill from there.

 

melman

(7,681 posts)
40. This right here
Sat May 20, 2017, 01:48 AM
May 2017

I'll never forget seeing him say that on MTP. I just knew right then it was over.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
3. Leave it up to Schtroumpf to resurrect the dead!!
Fri May 19, 2017, 08:23 AM
May 2017

Why don't all of these silly relics go back to their own stupid decades?

ooky

(8,889 posts)
27. Very obvious attempt to block the investigation. Lieberman is a total shill.
Fri May 19, 2017, 10:46 AM
May 2017

Dems need to resist this as hard as they can. Trump is lining up shills, then he will fire the current deputy AG, then the special prosecutor and shut the investigation down.

Freddie

(9,232 posts)
5. That asshole is the ONLY reason
Fri May 19, 2017, 08:37 AM
May 2017

We couldn't get a public option with the ACA. Also at the last minute they tried to add a provision that would allow people ages 55 - 64 to buy into Medicare, which he also would not allow. Representing the great state of Aetna, er, Connecticut.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
7. I just donated to a gofundme for a 26 year old who has Stage 3 breast cancer.
Fri May 19, 2017, 08:46 AM
May 2017

Every time we do this, the actions of stains like Lieberturd loom larger and larger.

If there's any sort of measure as to how reprehensible a person is, it probably starts with placing financial and political interests over a person's health.

Ligyron

(7,592 posts)
9. Besides being an asshole who eliminated the public option
Fri May 19, 2017, 09:07 AM
May 2017

we sure as hell don't need any politician to do a job someone with legal AND law enforcement experience should be doing.

mountain grammy

(26,571 posts)
11. Personally, I can't stand Joe Lieberman.
Fri May 19, 2017, 09:28 AM
May 2017

I think he's a poor excuse for a Democrat and a human being for that matter.

gordianot

(15,226 posts)
12. Oh the irony an Anti-Communist warrior put in the FBI by traitors.
Fri May 19, 2017, 09:30 AM
May 2017

They just do not call themselves Communist any longer but same party rebranded. These are the same actors who killed Jewish dissidents for decades. They now have tapped Joe as a useful idiot they can control.

Response to dalton99a (Reply #15)

Martin Eden

(12,804 posts)
17. Foreign Policy Skills
Fri May 19, 2017, 09:52 AM
May 2017

The "Three Amigos" get a failing grade in that department for enthusiastically supporting what will go down as the most colossal strategic blunder in the history of US foreign policy.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
19. He works for Trump's own lawyer.
Fri May 19, 2017, 10:05 AM
May 2017

In effect, he has already sworn an oath of loyalty to Trump. Presumably, that would have been his only "interview" question.

He is not only a bad choice, but one of the most corrupt choices possible.

not fooled

(5,791 posts)
23. Oh, and one more
Fri May 19, 2017, 10:33 AM
May 2017

Interviewer: "Have you ever given an anti-Obama speech in public, preferably at a republican national political convention?"

Liberturd: "Yes"

Interviewer: "You're hired!"

Saviolo

(3,270 posts)
20. I always wished
Fri May 19, 2017, 10:19 AM
May 2017

That Joe Lieberman would have been on the receiving end of a little chat like this from the West Wing:




Miss that show so much.

SharonAnn

(13,767 posts)
25. Oh yes. Good quotes. "It doesn't seem to be doing us much good"
Fri May 19, 2017, 10:42 AM
May 2017

"[President Bartlett] doesn't hold a grudge. That what he pays me for."

FBaggins

(26,697 posts)
29. Always loved that scene... but it's worth noting the key difference from the current debate
Fri May 19, 2017, 10:55 AM
May 2017

Virtually every Democrat that the purists want to primary/threaten does not come from a state or district that Clinton won with larger margins.

They almost all outperformed the head of the ticket.

Saviolo

(3,270 posts)
32. Yeah, he needed that talk years ago.
Fri May 19, 2017, 11:12 AM
May 2017

When Obama was still the new hotness, and Lieberman was selling the Democratic party out.

Any assistant DA that Obama draped his arm over in the band gazebo would have been an instant star.

Atman

(31,464 posts)
21. I live in Connecticut.
Fri May 19, 2017, 10:21 AM
May 2017

He is a pox on our state. And that's saying a lot, because Connecticut has LOTS of serious problems right now.

unblock

(51,974 posts)
28. he lost the democratic nomination for senate and then ran *against* the democratic nominee
Fri May 19, 2017, 10:50 AM
May 2017

once upon a time you could say he was at least on our side and better than a republican.

at some point he turned, and he's simply not on our side.

kimbutgar

(20,882 posts)
31. His working at the law firm defending chump will unravel him as a candidate.
Fri May 19, 2017, 11:12 AM
May 2017

I still can hear someone say, "joe Lieberman douche"

hibbing

(10,076 posts)
33. VP Debate against Cheney
Fri May 19, 2017, 11:21 AM
May 2017

Cheney was all puffy and smug when commenting that all the money he made off Halliburton had nothing to do with government, which was a FAT LIE. And wimpy Joe just laughed along with the crowd because he was so insulated in the DC establishment that he couldn't come back with a comment. I remember screaming at the tv!

Peace

dem4decades

(11,244 posts)
38. Lieberman was more concerned about himself looking
Fri May 19, 2017, 11:00 PM
May 2017

Presidential than doing his job as attack dog and exposing Cheney as the monster he was. As usual, it was all about Joe, not one Democrat better support him.

 

Demit

(11,238 posts)
36. I will always feel nothing but contempt for Joe "short ride" Lieberman
Fri May 19, 2017, 11:54 AM
May 2017

—who supported hospitals that would refuse to prescribe a day after pill to a rape victim. "It's just a short ride to another hospital," he said.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
39. +1,000.
Sat May 20, 2017, 12:55 AM
May 2017

Very, VERY poor choice.

The Clinton presidency had a great deal of positives (a few negatives, yes). Lieberman's star rose by moving away from those positives and dragging the ticket towards the center-right . . . against a popular Republican brand.

I REALLY did not like his hob-knobbing with some members of the Religious Right.

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