Lieberman Calls For Formation Of 'War Cabinet' (Bipartisan Group)

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Lieberman Calls For Formation Of 'War Cabinet'

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, increasingly isolated in his own Democratic party because of his strong support for the Iraq war, today called on the White House and congressional leaders to form a special "war cabinet" to provide advice and direction for the war effort.

The Connecticut Democrat's "Bipartisan Victory in Iraq Administrative Group," designed to take some of the political edge off the war debate, would be modeled after similar panels during the Vietnam War and World War II.

Lieberman, whom the Bush administration has praised repeatedly for his war stance, defended the president. "It's time for Democrats who distrust President Bush to acknowledge he'll be commander-in-chief for three more years," the senator said. "We undermine the president's credibility at our nation's peril."

There was no immediate response from the White House or congressional leaders.

[sniffa]

1. dems on the cabinet to incLude

Lieberman, aLan coLmes, zeLL miLLer, and the corpse of jessie heLms.

[entanglement]

53. Haha good one

n/t

[roguevalley]

93. if this doesn't convince people he's trying to save bush and take

the heat off of him, nothing will. I despise this man. Connecticut, you deserve better.

[BattyDem]

2. Just once ... could someone suggest a "Peace Cabinet"

:eyes:

[Debi]

19. I believe someone has....n/t

[jsamuel]

51. yep, DK

[Debi]

54. You got it!

:thumbsup:

[KittyWampus]

78. That would also be Wesley Clark, who suggested same during his candidacy

and unlike DK, might have actually brought it into existence.

[Debi]

101. I don't want to get into a Clark vs. Kucinich debate here, but

I'm certain either one of them would have been part of the implementation had they been elected President, however, I believe Kucinich is the only one in Congress at the moment and the only one who made the attempt w/what little influence a minority in the minority party has.

Clark, at this point of his political career, can only lobby Congress. Kucinich can attempt to get legislation on the floor.

[centristo]

31. I think Cat Stevens once

suggested a Peace Train, but I don't think that helps...

[olddad56]

40. Yeah, but he thought he was being followed by a moon shadow.

[NYC Liberal]

48. Take a look at this website - it's been going on for a while I think

http://www.thepeacealliance.org/main.htm

[BattyDem]

81. Thanks for the link!

:toast:

[Mokito]

86. Sure...no prob, but Orwell is so passé...

Seems they're going for Kafka with a pinch of Heller and Huxley nowadays.

[mike_c]

3. good lord, Lieberman will support any means of killing arabs....

eom

[KG]

30. you got that shit right.

[Zynx]

4. They've done this sort of thing in Britain before and it usually benefits

the majority party by making the war being waged at the time a non-partisan issue.

[FreedomAngel82]

70. Ding ding ding

And Liberman more than likely wants some job with the neocons and like McCain has to prove himself loyal and useful to them. Listen to the beginning of the third hour of the Majority Report. Lots of good stuff there.

[matcom]

5. Matcom to call for Lieberman's OFFICIAL party switch

immediately. THEN he can play G.I. Joe from his leather recliner all he likes.

[AuntiBush]

83. I'll Second that Motion Call, matcom!

LIEberman is no Democrat in my book! He needs to switch parties and cease being the phony Dino that he obviously is.

Watched him today on C-SPAN & had to quick switch the channel :puke: He purposely caused our Dem's to look like there was inner-turmoil and MSNBC/CNN went all over it.

Not one to bash our Dems, but LIEberman is a necon a$$wipe.

[silvermachine]

6. Further and further...

...off the deep end. Is he ready to formally bolt the party? Seems that way to me.

[FreedomAngel82]

71. Ever since when he got a kiss from Bush

I knew he was way way far gone. Last year on MSNBC he was asked if he was a neocon (either MSNBC or CNN, can't remember) and he said he wasn't but a lot of his friends were. I think someone lied. Actions speak louder than words.

[saskatoon]

106. REady to bolt the party?

Man oh man, how I hope that is true, the bastard is only giving aid and support to the enemy (rep's) I have such disgust for this man, pandering to the Rep. What is it gaining him? surely he wont get elected next time by the dems.

[Lerkfish]

7. "We undermine the president's credibility at our nation's peril."

I don't think he needs any of us to undermine his credibility.

;)

[Lyle]

14. Then Lieberman implies...

...that undermining the president's credibility is not in the country's best interest. If Lieberman TRULY wanted what was best for the country, then he would be up there demanding Bush's resignation. (and his incarceration)

[mazzarro]

24. Does he have any credibility left to undermine? --- eom

[Cha]

65. NO! But, shhhhhh..

don't tell lieberman that will just upset his plans for World Domination.

[MisterP]

56. PLEASE can I hit him? he's like Maximilian I of Mexico's regents!

[eridani]

80. It's our country that's being undermined by the president n/t

[Lyle]

8. Lieberman is a disapointment

He should just be honest with himself, his constituents, and the public - and just change parties. I don't know what his true motivations are - I sense they stem from his political aspirations. But he is just simply full of the same sh!t he is shoveling.

[HereSince1628]

9. I'd a swore I saw Hillary rushing in waving a handkerchief

to mae sure she wasn't overlooked.

No need for a bipartisan panel, what is needed is to start turning the tourniquet on the money stream.

[Norquist Nemesis]

This quote pisses me off more than anything...

"It's time for Democrats who distrust President Bush to acknowledge he'll be commander-in-chief for three more years," the senator said. "We undermine the president's credibility at our nation's peril."

Good God, Joe! YOU of all people should know that HE is responsible for destroying his "credibility" with his constant streams of LIES and DECEPTION!!! :grr:

[Debi]

20. I think the pResident took care of that all by himself n/t

[FreedomAngel82]

73. Yep

He was talking about Iraq since '99 so sorry if I'm not going to jump on the train. Oh and I love your little dog thing. So cute.

[Debi]

99. Thanks, I like your Dean sig. line

Was one of the 18% of Iowans that caucused for him! :thumbsup:

[bunkerbuster1]

35. It's inaccurate.

Why should we "acknowledge he'll be commander-in-chief for three more years" so long as the possibility for impeachment and conviction exists?

[olddad56]

41. Bush's actions would undermined his credibility, if he ever had any...

I don't see how it would be to the nations peril, unless that means Bushco would have to create another 9-11 if their credibility slipped any further.

[Arkana]

49. Arkana to Holy Joe: Man, f**k you.

I'll call the asshole a liar whenever I want. Your mealy-mouthed ass sure as shit isn't going to tell me not to call a spade a spade.

[free_spirit82]

72. We'll be in more danger if we over-estimate his credibility n/t

[54anickel]

76. Sounds like a good little Bushco messenger..."Hey Dems,

sit down, shut up and suck it up - we are here for the duration. Don't make it anymore difficult than it needs to be!"

We can scream all we want for him to switch parties, but I'd bet a buck the Repukes don't want him either.

[speedoo]

10. Hey Lieberthug. Do one of two things:

Leave the Democratic Party, or STFU.

[wordpix]

11. joeMo senses the winds are changing and he doesn't want to lose the

next election. Grabbing at straws, I think. Chimp-in-chief has already proven he only takes advice from neocon corporatists, anyway.

[neverforget]

12. Feel that Joementum! Yeah!

What a dumbass....

[Beetwasher]

13. Why Joe? Why Should We Do That? I Thought Everything Was Peachy?

So what would be the point, you pathetic douche?

Hey asshole, the only one undermining Chimpy's credibility is Chimpy. And yes, he DOES put the nation in very, very grave peril. What do you suggest, oh king of all douchebags? That we should just let Chimpy lie w/ impugnity and support all his lies???? Wouldn't that just undermine the entire countries credibility w/ the rest of the world? They'd think we were ALL as looney as you and Chimpy.

You fucking idiot. Just go away already. Please, just go and be Secretary of Defense you piece of shit. Just completely hitch your wagon to this disaster so maybe you too can be tried for war crimes.

Scumbag. You are as bad as Zell Miller you piece of fucking filth.

[hang a left]

46. Come on now...

be honest, tell us how you really feel.

[OKNancy]

15. I really think Senator Lierberman has gone nuts

Really. He's gone off the deep end. I have defended him for his liberal record on everything else but this Iraq business, but I think he is just blind and crazy. Blinded by the right :-)

[IndianaGreen]

45. Holy Joe has gone to the Dark Side of the Force an no one can save him!

Except vote for this thread to be on the Greatest Page.

[Lyle]

16. Or perhaps....

...it is the Republicans who are feeling the winds of change - and they want to make certain they have established ties with Democratic players who can advance their agenda once the Repugs have been voted from office next year. so...what have they offered Lieberman to convert him to the darks side...?

[Media_Lies_Daily]

17. "War Cabinet"???? Any doubts now that this guy is a NeoCon???

[OKthatsIT]

75. He's freakin about Iran and Israel.

Netanyahoo suggest pre-emptive strike, if need be? Israel better not start WW3.

[David Zephyr]

18. Loud groan!

Good grief! What an egomaniac this man is!

[Orrin_73]

21. Just shut up Joe

We had enough of you!

[davidinalameda]

22. please Senator, sit down and return the microphone to the stand

lord help us all!

[matcom]

23. CLINTON / LIEBERMAN '08!!

they could create war cabinates and hang protected flags to KEEP 'MURICA SAFE!

:sarcasm:

[Pithy Cherub]

28. The " 08 Divebombing into Crap" ticket to HELL!

Those two are tone deaf with tin ears and shrapnel for Hearts! blech...

[IndianaGreen]

47. ROTFLMAO

"The " 08 Divebombing into Crap" ticket to HELL!"

Perfect description of the sort of debacle that would be!

[maxrandb]

25. Why do we have to acknowledge that * will be CinC for 3 more years??

Hasn't "mo-Joe" ever heard of impeachment??

Speaking of which, does CT have a recall provision?? I'd hate for us to get to 51 Democratic Senators in 2006, only to have O'le Joe jump to the dark side.

Jeesh!! Does Cheney have pictures him with a live boy, or dead girl??

[wordpix]

50. my sentiments, too: BushCo impeached/indicted before 3 yrs. are up

[Walt Starr]

26. So is Lieberman being an ass just because no Democrats took

his biid for the presidency seriously?

[Solly Mack]

27. "We undermine the president's credibility at our nation's peril."

Is he high? What fucking credibility? And why is Lieberman blaming everyone else for what Bush does all on his own? There is no "We" to it - Shrub ruined his own credibility.

[Wordie]

68. Or, do we provide a lesson in the freedom of speech REQUIRED by democracy?

How can we expect to spread democracy, if we aren't supposed to practice it?

[Solly Mack]

91. Precisely. I guess we're supposed to pretend we're free

and just shut up.

[Wordie]

96. Do these guys even realize how contradictory their positions are???eom

[Solly Mack]

97. I would say they do

because America has counted on saying one thing and doing another thing for years - and the American people enable them to do so.

[endarkenment]

29. Good. Bush should pull that sick fuck into the cabal

and out of the senate immediately. great. leaves lowell weicker with a clear shot to replace the toad in 06.

Go Joe!

[marylanddem]

32. Could Lieberman have his head any further up

Bu$h's ass?
He is a monumental disgrace & should be shunned in every way by the Dems.

[thereismore]

33. And just what exactly will be the legal standing of such a Cabinet?

The Resident will continue spitting at it. It's just a ruse to diffuse the public anger from the Resident. Lieberman is bucking for SOD.

[tkmorris]

39. It would act as a firewall

Any heat coming from Congress or the public at large about the Iraq War (sic) would be directed squarely at this "committee". They would hem and haw and shuffle their feet a lot, while eventually issuing some vanilla statement urging the Prez to pay attention to some glaring issue. The Prez then thanks them and takes a still more lukewarm action to address their concerns.

It buys time in other words. Everyone will look to the committee to do something, and they will make noises like they are, but in the end they won't do anything but take the attention off the president for a year. An example of this sort of group would be the 9/11 commission. You don't really believe their purpose was ever anything but to quiet the people do you? They were supposed to look earnest, let a lot of time go by, and issue meaningless reprimands and suggestions.

Good work!

[thereismore]

42. exactly my sentiment. nt

[Vogon_Glory]

34. Bipartisan War Cabinet? Lieberman Doesn't Get It...

So Senator Lieberman is calling for a bi-partisan war cabinet. He doesn't get it. Even if most of the Democratic Party, let alone the rest of the country, agreed with the GW Bush administration's Iraq war aims (And most of us don't), Lieberman has forgotten the most consistent characteristics of the incumbent administration--dishonesty, partisanship, and treachery.

After the 2002 elections, only a hopeless fool would consider bipartisanship with the incumbent administration. Bipartisanship with the GW Bush administration is an invitation to date rape.

[WhiteTara]

36. he wants the reward money

and I bet he will claim the ideas of any person in the room as his. I can't believe the victory plan included settin gup a reward (unfunded of course) of over 1 billion dollars to who ever can figure out how to stabilize 10 cities in Iraq.

Loserman, go take some lessons in be persecuted and stop being the persecutor! :puke:
IMPEACH BUSH AND SEND THEM ALL TO THE HAGUE

[David__77]

37. Lieberman is a disgrace.

I, as a Californian, freely admit that I did not vote for Gore/Lieberman. I correctly saw Lieberman as a dangerous war maniac.

[killbotfactory]

38. Maybe the troops need a booster shot of JOEMENTUM!

Go Cheney yourself, you fucking fascist creep.

[jefferson_dem]

43. Lieberman Calls For Formation Of 'War Cabinet' (more Chimp kissing)

Lieberman Calls For Formation Of 'War Cabinet'
11:43 AM EST, December 6, 2005
By DAVID LIGHTMAN, The Hartford Courant WASHINGTON --

Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, increasingly isolated in his own Democratic party because of his strong support for the Iraq war, today called on the White House and congressional leaders to form a special "war cabinet" to provide advice and direction for the war effort.

The Connecticut Democrat's "Bipartisan Victory in Iraq Administrative Group," designed to take some of the political edge off the war debate, would be modeled after similar panels during the Vietnam War and World War II.

Lieberman, whom the Bush administration has praised repeatedly for his war stance, defended the president. "It's time for Democrats who distrust President Bush to acknowledge he'll be commander-in-chief for three more years," the senator said. "We undermine the president's credibility at our nation's peril."

There was no immediate response from the White House or congressional leaders.

Lieberman made his comments to an audience at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a sympathetic Washington research group. The war debate, Lieberman said, is being too poisoned by partisanship.

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[IndianaGreen]

44. Holy Joe wants Iraq to become a Democratic war!

This is nothing but a call for a coalition government, dropping all pretenses that the Democrats are an opposition party on the war.

I am getting sick!

[Robeson]

57. Yep, that's exactly what would happen....

...but how befitting in our 1 1/2 party system in America...

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

52. Holy Joe can suck up all he wants

*bush is NOT going to be there three more years. We're gonna get his ass IMPEACHED. NEXT YEAR.

Wonder how many bones Joe breaks when he realized he has to flip all his old flops at once, when the day comes.

[Chicago Democrat]

55. Shove it, Joe

:(

[Megahurtz]

58. Holy Shit! They've ALL Sold Out! n/t

[antonialee839]

59. Take a hike Lieberman

Lieberman, whom the Bush administration has praised repeatedly for his war stance, defended the president. "It's time for Democrats who distrust President Bush to acknowledge he'll be commander-in-chief for three more years," the senator said. "We undermine the president's credibility at our nation's peril."

Creep! Just switch parties now you traitor. Anybody with an ounce of sense knows that the Monkey has no credibility.

[President Kerry]

60. anyone to challenge him? Anyone?

ANYONE??

[yurbud]

61. what a fucking asswipe. Can we get Lowell Weicker back?

[against all enemies]

63. Not only would I vote for Weicker, I'd work my ass for for him.

He could run as a third party candidate, many Republicans would probably vote for him, as well as most independents and quite a few Democrats. Imagine Bush coming to Connecticut to campaign for Joe? I can.

[Ignacio Upton]

62. You know, I just might support Weicker after this comment

But I hope that Weicker runs as a Democrat in the primaries to avoid a nastly general election.

[Parche]

64. joey

I hate to tell you Joe Lieberwoman, but dont we have to
be at WAR first?

According to article 6 in the US Constitution, only Congress
can declare WAR, and to my knowledge, they have NOT declared
WAR on anyone yet...........unless you are keeping something
from all of us?

[TankLV]

66. Fuck that repuke and all he has worked for for the last 5 years.

He criticizes DEMOCRATS who "dare to criticize" this AWOL chickenshit pRessident!

[TankLV]

67. Gee - I wonder where all the LIE-berman apologists from the other threads

are now?

Don't seem to want to defend "their man" now!

What a fucking disgraceful VICHY Dem he is!

[FreedomAngel82]

69. Will John Murtha be on the team?

Or John Kerry? Dennis Kucinich? Any other anti-war dem? Or even Walter Jones??

[BlueInPhilly]

74. 3 More Years? Not if...

the SOBush gets impeached first. Which I am still hoping will happen. I remember that SNL skit when even Hadassah (sp?), Joe's wife, refused to support his run for the presidential nomination.

Dirt Bag!

[applegrove]

77. Yes - the GOP very much wants to not own the war come 2006. "You

break it you own it"!

[justabob]

79. Quisling is the first word that comes to mind

There are plenty of others, but quisling covers it for me.

[young_at_heart]

82. I bet Al Gore regrets choosing this guy for VP

I'll never understand why he picked such an unsuitable running mate....he was the worst possible choice. By the way, Joe, the president undermined his OWN credibility!

[MisterP]

87. Gore actually threw his weight behind Dean, and Palpatine was sobbing

about how he sent a phone call about his disappointment to Gore at not being notified

[adigal]

102. Imus said almost the same thing to Lieberman

last week - he said, "No wonder Gore doesn't talk to you anymore."

Haha!

[Ouabache]

84. Joe needs a viable primary opponent so FUCKING BAD

I will donate. Where do I send it.

[autorank]

85. Memo to the fine people of CT: Get rid of this bum!!! Please

He's the most disgusting Democrat since George Wallace. Sorry, it's true. At least Wallace made an attempt at redemption in his later years. I hope he gets a strong primary challenge so he can retire from the Senate and get on a bunch of corporate boards. Thanks for stabbing us in the back Joe, you're a prince of a guy.

[4MoreYearsOfHell]

88. Lieberman ALWAYS thinks Israel first,

us second...Iraq was never a threat to us, MAYBE to Israel in the future...

Flame on...

[Tom Joad]

89. LIEberman should be blamed for the loss in 2000, he lost Gore many votes

[Hardrada]

90. You disgusting PUPPET, LIEberman

We are tired of your painfully smiling endorsement of MASS MURDER. You are going to be forever vilified as a top rank WAR CRIMINAL and TRAITOR to the best interests of the United States of America. You, like your co-AIPAC agent Hillary dare come to us reeking of death and we reject you with ALL that is decent within us. The sooner we never see you any more, the sooner we can completely cleanse our minds of your foul image and sickening utterances.

[stickdog]

92. Good thinking, Joe! The more we can make Iraq like Vietnam, the

better. Right, Joe?

[BikeWriter]

94. Screw that. It's buying into their responsibility.

[althecat]

95. Complete tosser....

:puke:

[Cults4Bush]

98. This Is Great! Really.

The more New Middle Dems like Joe and Hil do shit like this the more of a guaranteed liberal backlash. I want a backlash so big we move the party back to where it was in 2000. It has drifted so far right that its New Middle is becoming indistinguishable from the Old Middle Republicans.

Yes please Joe and Hil keep pissing off the leftwing base rile us the fuck up, you are making my job so much easier....

....nurturing the backlash as lovingly as possible.
C4B

[adigal]

100. The NY Post had his speech on their opinion page

which tells you about where Lieberman stands.

My LTE to the NY Post:

Dear Editor:

As a newly minted Democrat, converted because of disgust over the lies told about WMDs and the personal, disgraceful attacks undertaken by Bush and his minions on John Kerry, a veteran who actually served as opposed to going AWOL as Bush did, Joe Lieberman's op-ed piece made me actually laugh out loud!!

Lieberman wants bipartisanship on the war. Every single time the Democrats have tried to act in a bipartisan fashion, such as giving Bush the green light to use force against Saddam Hussein, they have been lied to and then later used and blamed, as Bush is blaming them now for supporting the war, falsely claiming that they had the same classified information that he had. Anyone with a modicum of knowledge knows that the President gets all of the classified information, while Congress gets only what the President and Vice President want them to get.

Joe Lieberman is no Democrat; he should switch to the Republican party, and do us all a favor.
Adigal
New York

[VegasWolf]

103. Clinton/Lieberman 2008! NOT! nt

:sarcasm:

[Az_lefty]

104. Hey Joe, the chimp undermined his own credibility. n/t

[EVDebs]

105. Keep away from this pariah. Liberman is a lunatic loose in wrong party!

If Lieberman wants to bring Democrats down with him don't be stupid enough to join him in freefall.