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Who Blows Joe?

Posted by Lindsay Beyerstein at 6:45 AM on August 3, 2006.


Lieberman's real friends.
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A contested primary is God's way of reminding you who your real friends are. So, who's in Joe Lieberman's corner as he faces down Ned Lamont in the Connecticut senate primary?

True friends of Joe Lieberman include:

Not so keen on Joe: Real Democrats including scary hippies.

[My Left Nutmeg, DailyKos, Max Blumenthal, Crooks and Liars, Wis[s]e Words, Hullabaloo]

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Lindsay Beyerstein a New York writer blogging at Majikthise.


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Do the Republicans Want Lieberman to Lose?
Posted by: linguizic on Aug 3, 2006 7:25 AM   
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Both you and I know, and I'm sure the Republicans damn well know it (if they don't, they're stupider than we give them credit for), the more support Lieberman gets from the Republicans, the more his constituency is going to abhore him.

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Hate to say it.....
Posted by: sethmo on Aug 3, 2006 7:34 AM   
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...but wasn't Bill Clinton campaigning for him last week?

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Terrytom
Posted by: terryton on Aug 3, 2006 8:16 AM   
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Clinton was stumping for Joe in a big way and I have lost most of the remaining respect I had for him. Hillary is also shameful and if they run her for President they must be crazy and I will surly lose my mind. I have called for the party purges of Lieberman for several years along with my own senator Herb Kohl and of course Hillary. Far too many Democrats are also in the pockets of the corporations. Mussolini said it best when he said, “Fascism should more correctly be called corporatism.” We are now there. All of the 14 points of a Fascist regime are in place now including corrupt elections. This will get much worse. We all must do more to take back America for true patriots. .

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» RE: the Clintons Posted by: Democritus
» RE: the Clintons Posted by: helenwheels
Joe Forgot
Posted by: Sparks56 on Aug 3, 2006 8:56 AM   
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Joe forgot who brung him to the dance.
Joe Lieberman has taken his Senate seat for granted. He's been speaking to a national, red state, audience, with an eye for another run at the White House in '08. He's lost touch with his constituancy; rank and file working and middle class Democrats.
Time to go, Joe. And take Nancy Johnson with you.

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» RE: Joe Forgot Posted by: krose
Bad judgment
Posted by: gohlkus on Aug 3, 2006 10:28 AM   
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I find the headline of this post tasteless and the content lacking. Why did it lead the e-newsletter I received today? Bleah.

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» RE: Bad judgment Posted by: krose
aghast
Posted by: kww355 on Aug 3, 2006 10:46 AM   
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I was aghast that Bill Clinton would campaign for Joe, especially after Leiberman blasted him from the senate floor during the Lewinsky debacle. ( And Joe supposedly being a fellow Democrat! )

Why would Bill have stumped for him?! Surely the Clintons can't think that by supporting him they are showing "centrist" moves.

Of course the Republicans support him! He's a Democrat in name only.

JOE MUST GO !!!

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» RE: aghast Posted by: krose
RE Scary Hippies
Posted by: bmartling on Aug 3, 2006 11:07 AM   
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Scary Hippies would be a good name for a band.

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Liberman for President...
Posted by: ShrubtheWarcriminal on Aug 3, 2006 11:59 AM   
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...of Israel .

Liberman represents all that is bad about the Democrapic party. He is a closet Repuke and should leave immediately...maybe join the Jewish army and help kill innocent Arabs.

Someone needs to start a third party, a true progressive party. If one was founded I predict a mass exodus from the Deomocrapic party I now despise almost as much as the Repukes.

To the Democraps--I will not give one more dime to you until I am confident that election fraud is at a bare minimum. Until you can do so, all else you try to accomplish is moot and I refuse to waste my hard earned money on you like I did in the last two elections.

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US PERSON
Posted by: US Person on Aug 3, 2006 12:20 PM   
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I would like to add to the list of Joe's friends:
Clarence Thomas
Pat Robertson
Jerry Falwell
AIPAC
Darth Cheney
Former corrupt Governor of Connecticut (R)
Joe has either fundraised with these sterling examples of reaction, supported their appointments, endorsed their policies, or said nice things in public about them. See Joe, you really are not a Democrat

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» RE: US PERSON Posted by: krose
Who Blows Joe?
Posted by: Abushite on Aug 3, 2006 4:15 PM   
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"Who Blows Joe?

Posted by Lindsay Beyerstein"

What does this heading mean ? What's the connection between Joe and Bill?

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» RE: Who Blows Joe? Posted by: Neilium
» RE: Who Blows Joe? Posted by: yoursfaithfully
Why Clinton(s) stumped for Joe and "support" Israel
Posted by: xbj on Aug 3, 2006 8:17 PM   
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Scuttlebutt on the net has it that Mossad has audio tapes of phone sex with Lewinsky that will be released the second Bill & Hillary jump AIPAC ship and the prime cargo Lieberman.

Just about the only thing that can explain such blatantly politically suicidal behavior.

Not that anyone that mattered would give a damn, but unfortunately it would be the only thing the mainstream media would broadcast until November.

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Remember how Lieberman got elected?
Posted by: ReallyBearish on Aug 4, 2006 10:49 AM   
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We're going full circle with the end of Lieberman's career in the Senate. It began with Bill Buckley of the National Review backing a conservative candidate against Lowell Wicker. He did this to get rid of a moderate Republican in order to shift the Republican party still further rightward, but he had to know that his candidate would not win. Instead, Buckley knew and wanted Lieberman to win.

We now have a fitting end to the "Bush Light" candidate.

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Hey Joe
Posted by: ark on Aug 5, 2006 2:46 AM   
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Lindsay has clever headlines
Posted by: autonomie on Aug 5, 2006 11:23 PM   
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haha.

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