Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham throw a Fit: Will Shut Down the Senate over Detaineee Photos

[SuperTrouper]

Excerpt:
Sens. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) lambasted transparency advocates at a press conference Tuesday, when they renewed their promise to bring Senate business to a halt until their bill blocking the release of detainee photographs becomes law.

"We're not going to do any more business in the Senate," Graham said, his face flushed red. "Nothing's going forward until we get this right."

The duo's bill, which would allow the Pentagon to exempt Bush-era photos from the Freedom of Information Act, was stripped from the conference version of the war supplemental Monday night. In anticipation of trouble, Lieberman and Graham had already inserted the bill into the tobacco-regulatory legislation currently on the floor of the Senate.

By turns sober and furious, the two senators vowed again Tuesday to vote against -- and, if possible, filibuster -- the troop-funding bill and all other legislation until they get their way. They equated the weapons supplied by the war supplemental spending bill with detainee photos that they said would serve as a recruiting tool for al-Qaida and a weapon against U.S. troops.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/09/lieberman-graham-threaten_n_213262.html

[liberalmuse]

1. Why didn't we strip Lieberman of all his power again?

Oh yeah, so he could have tantrums and threaten to shut down the Senate. I forgot. :eyes: This was the story that made my head explode today. I need an intervention to keep me from coming to the political blogs. They're like crack.

[PatSeg]

2. And in that whiny little voice of his

He makes my skin crawl!

[Hippo_Tron]

6. Actually the threat is that he would resign

And allow Rell to appoint a Republican.

[annabanana]

3. There must be pics of BOTH of them watching

and enjoying themselves...

[PassingFair]

10. Neither one had their hands ON the table. n/t

[invictus]

4. Ned Lamont 2012

[Blue_Tires]

14. +1

and hopefully everyone in CT and on DU gets behind him 100 percent this time, unlike '06...

[DinahMoeHum]

5. I triple-dog-dare them to actually do this. . .see where that gets them.

Just like Newt "Crybaby" Gingrich did in November 1995.

:evilfrown:

[zulchzulu]

7. Gitmo photos in tobacco-regulatory legislation seems fair...

NOT!

[vaberella]

8. I fuckin' hate the Senate more---if those two fools have that much influence.

They both need to be voted out of office.

[SuperTrouper]

9. Why did we re-elect that a-hole LiebeRat in Connecticut?

:mad:

[ieoeja]

13. "We" didn't. He lost "our" primary.

But the Republics and enough Democrats combined to defeat the Democratic nominee (Ned Lamont) in the general.

[JamesA1102]

11. They should strip Lieberman of his committee chairmanships

It's long past the time that he is forced to tow the line.

[AtomicKitten]

12. I love it when they get all huffy. It's great theater. n/t