Joe Lieberman Defends Speech to Fundamentalist Christian War-mongers

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from AlterNet's PEEK:


Joe Lieberman Defends Speech to Fundamentalist Christian War-mongers

Posted by Sarah Posner at 12:00 PM on August 6, 2007.



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In his Salon interview with Walter Shapiro this morning, Joe Lieberman defends his speech to Christians United for Israel last month. The goods:


You got a lot of criticism from bloggers for making a recent speech to Christians United for Israel. Everybody in politics makes speeches to groups that they haven't fully researched. Did you know exactly what you were endorsing when you spoke to them?

I know that they were very supportive of Israel, as I am. That they were supportive of the war in Iraq, which I am. And that they were very agitated about the rise of this particular Iranian regime. So I certainly didn't know -- and I don't know -- I go before groups all the time when I don't agree with them on everything.

So you are not endorsing their belief that the Rapture is imminent and that war in the Middle East presages that.

I have seen some things where Pastor Hagee himself, the founder of the group, doesn't give support to that notion. But that's a private theological matter. Two reasons I went. One is a sign of my independence and liberation. I'm a believer that the more people you have in politics, the better. And that includes people of faith. If that is their motivation -- and no pun intended -- God bless them.

On the purpose for which the is organized -- support of our ally Israel and opposition to extremist regimes that threaten both Israel and the United States -- I don't have any regrets about it. It was fascinating to me, actually, how enthusiastic the response was to the comments that I made about Iraq and Iran the night that I spoke.

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[C_U_L8R]

1. OMG his elmer fudd-like whine

even comes through in written word !!

Is there a bigger worm on the planet?

[MadMaddie]

2. Lieberwhore is an attention whore.....He is the kind of person that

sells out his friends, his family and his neighbors if he thinks he will gain someting for doing it.

He is pathetic...and to think he was once the Democratic VP nominee how wrong was that choice.

His choice to support or not support Israel doesn't matter to me. But when he goes to Neo-con hate monger gatherings and you gotta think he knows they hate him. The only reason they tolerate him is because he in a position of power that he lied himself into.

[Middle finga]

3. Yeah he is one discusting asshole

and that droopy face of his just makes me want to earl..

[LiberalFighter]

4. So if the KKK agree with Lieberman about issues pertaining to Israel he would attend their function.