SOTU photo, vid: Lieberman's the first one to leap to his feet in applause

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

See Lieberman jump for joy



http://connecticutblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/see-lieberman-jump-for-joy.html

Okay, I had a chance to go back and take a look at the Lieberman footage from last night and I have to revise my earlier statement. It seems like a very small handful of moderate Democrats stood up along with Lieberman when Bush made his "we're winning the Iraq war" comment and I now understand how I missed it.

You see, what I saw before I spilled all of my food on myself was Joe Lieberman (acting like some rock star groupie) jumping out of his seat in applause to Bush's rhetoric. If you look at the image, you'll see that Joe jumped up faster than ANY OTHER PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE including all of the Republicans.

Other Democrats (who took their time reacting to the President's comment) such as Harold Ford stood up next to Lieberman later (Ford is running for Senate in Tennessee and is behind in polls to a Republican so he can't afford to look too liberal).

The clip is still great because to it illustrates just how out of touch Lieberman is and why he's more popular among Republicans than Democrats in this state.

VIDEO CLIP: http://home.comcast.net/%7Ectblogger/Joe.mov

[tatertop]

1. He only gets the opportunity to kiss W two or three times a year

this is one vile, vile excuse for a human being

[Tin Man]

2. Looks like a jump ball

One Repub in the center of the pic is clearly challenging Joe for the title "Biggest Iraq War Cheerleader". Which way is the possession arrow pointing?

[vptpt]

5. They need pom-poms

Maybe George still has his, but I'm not so sure he likes to share.

[savemefromdumbya]

3. Lieberman the democratic Neocon

[kurth]

4. Ole Joe the Ho

[applegrove]

6. Jon Stewart did a funny take on why the camera shot straight to Lieberman

when Bush mentioned war in the middle east.

[ChipsAhoy]

7. Maybe someone can explain to me

WHY were any of our guys clapping at all? It pissed me off. They kept showing Hillary and Kerry clapping. Made me bristle. I don't understand it at all.