CT-Sen: Inouye dumps Lieberman

[Bumblebee]

http://www.dailykos.com/

http://blogs.honoluluadvertiser.com/index.php?blog=10&title=inouye_reverses_course_on_lieberman

by kos
Tue Aug 29, 2006 at 09:29:56 AM PDT

Congrats to Hawaiian Democrats -- your pressure worked.

U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye has backed away from his support of Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman in his controversial run for re-election as an independent.

Inouye drew criticism in the local Democratic Party when he said he would continue backing Lieberman even after he lost the Aug. 15 Democratic primary in Connecticut to Ned Lamont.

Party rules require loyalty to the Democratic nominee, and several Hawai'i Democrats have faced disciplinary action in the past for backing third-party candidates over the party's choice.

Inouye initially said that he'd support Lieberman as an independent because he was concerned about the single-issue focus on the war in Iraq that turned primary voters against Lieberman, who is strongly aligned with President Bush on the war.

But Hawai'i's senior senator said he was disappointed when Lieberman made a speech "very critical of the Democratic Party."

[jumpoffdaplanet]

1. Which critical speech was that, Senator Inouye?

Because Lieberman has been doing that for years, and it never seemed to bother Inouye before.

[whistle]

2. Is Lieberman another chicken hawk? I don't think he ever served...

...<snip>
August 10, 2006
Wesley Clark teaches Joe Lieberman a thing or two about war

Wesley Clark: A retired four-star general in the U.S. Army. Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO from 1997 to 2000. A distinguished career in the Army and the Department of Defense. Received many military decorations over the course of his career.

Joe Lieberman: Avoided military service during the Vietnam War by receiving both student deferments and a parental deferment.

Clark explains to Lieberman that "invading Iraq and diverting our attention away from Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden is not being strong on national security. Blind allegiance to George W. Bush and his failed "stay the course" strategy is not being strong on national security."

http://www.democraticwings.com/democraticwings/archives/foreign_policy/002787.php

http://www.nhgazette.com/news/chickenhawks/chickenhawk_headquarters/

[Phredicles]

3. Better late than never,

But it sure was disappointing to see somerone with Inouye's seniority so slow to wake up to the obvious.

[movonne]

4. I guess better late than never....just hope the rest of the dems

that support Lieberman wake up...