Joe will go third-party

[WilliamPitt]

according to Matthews and his "unimpeachable source."

Probably Joe was the source.

Rat bastard.

[AzDar]

1. Quite the reptile. My prediction: he will be soundly trounced in Nov. n/t

[Jack from Charlotte]

16. I predict he'll start a 3rd party run but...............

the early polls will show him lower than whale sh*t. Clinton, Hilary, Dodd, and about every other Dem will go to him in order to get him to drop out. After a month or so.... he'll "get his hat,".... to coin a phrase.

[Swamp Rat]

19. Told y'all!!

:D

[JerseygirlCT]

2. I'm very disappointed

How the hell will he sell this to us in CT as anything but putting his personal ambition above the best interests of the party and of the country?

He had a small chance to redeem his integrity by bowing out after a loss. This is quite disturbing.

[myrna minx]

3. Well, we all know that Joe is in it for Joe.

:grr:

[WI_DEM]

4. It will be interesting to see what the final percentages are

if Lieberman loses by a healthy margin I wonder if Democrats will tell him to quit or they can forget any backing. But Joe is so power mad I'm sure he will do it anyway for spite. Well, we can have the fun of beating him in November too.

[Running Amok]

5. Joe is not doing that to WIN...

...Joe is doing that to ensure the seat STAYS in Republican hands.

[Jack from Charlotte]

21. That's a good line..... "Joe Lieberman... running to keep his seat in ...

Republican hands."

[Richard Steele]

30. That's not gonna work so well.

A Lieberman(I) candidacy is gonna draw a lot more support
from the Repubs (who share his ideals) than the Democrats
(whom he's stabbed in the back).

I honestly think it will split the Repub vote
and boost LAMONT's margin of victory in Nov.

And, hey: Welcome to DU! :hi:

[Purveyor]

6. Twitty was just shy of giddy in making that announcement... eom

[AndyA]

7. This won't play well to Connecticut voters.

We need unity in November. Joe will lose his support if he pulls this stunt. He can't win. Dems will not take the chance on throwing their vote away on Joe, and giving the seat to a Repuke. Joe should exit gracefully.

[Fridays Child]

8. And the RNC will exploit this to the max.

Look for them to mercilessly smear Lamont and prop up Lieberman in the same way they propped up Nader, in the recent past.

[mike_c]

9. I think he will too...

...and I think he will benefit greatly from republican campaign donors.

[maveric]

10. So the Repugs will win that seat?

You betcha they will!
But then again what change will that be from Joe?

[flyarm]

17. i think it will split rethugs more than dems..dems will not vote for

a traitor !!

count on that!!

fly

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

11. These Guys HATE Losing...

Only Democrats go quietly into the night. If he were truly a Democrat, he would accept defeat, and be humble. He'd even send the victor his congratulations on a well deserved win.

But, since he's repub, he'll fight tooth and nail to get what is rightfully his. He OWNS the office, didn't you know that? Like King george, he's entitled to be there, regardless of what the "little people" might say. That's irrelevant.

HE'LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO STAY IN OFFICE. Even if that means running as an independent. He can't afford not to have "power."

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

12. With As Important A Task Of Winning Back Congress Is How Dare He.

The only possible way the Dems lose in CT is if that selfish mother fucker siphons away votes. Joe needs to take his head out of his ass, count his losses, go the fuck home, pour himself a glass of wine, and suck down some rancid platypii balls.

[iamahaingttta]

45. Mmmm... rancid platypii balls!

Yummm!

[Hubert Flottz]

13. Tweety is part of the MSM Hezz-bollix...

Owned and operated by the evil Jack Welch tribe of the radical PNAC/kkkarl rove propaganda cell.

Avoid all contact.

[HereSince1628]

14. Well, he was collecting signatures why wouldn't we expect that?

He's said he'd go independent, he took actions to go independent, it seems he may have raised money to go independent and now we are gonna be surprised when he actually goes independent? Hardly.

Now, the rat bastard treatment of the Democratic Party of Connecticutt, that is different. That's a story that's not really been told yet.

[longship]

15. Joe is going to get extreme pressure to concede.

All the major Democratic Party people are going to be applying pressure to Joe to concede and let Ned Lamont take over without a fight.

1. His running as an indepedant is going to really piss off the CT electorate.

2. He won't stand a chance of winning.

3. It will hurt the Democratic Party.

[flyarm]

22. he doesn't care what dems say ..he is owned by the neo con fascists

he is owned...


they own his soul...

he only gives a shit about what the neo con fascists say !

fly

[longship]

35. I keep thinking of Nixon in Aug 1974

He is totally intent on fighting his upcoming impeachment. He is adament about it. He doesn't want to give up power.

Then, on August 7, Senators Barry Goldwater (R-AZ), Hugh Scott (R-PA), and John Rhodes (R-AZ) drop in on him in the White House. Nixon resigns the next day.

The same will happen with Joe Lieberman. The Democratic Party will not stand for his defection when by all accounts, he won't have a prayer of a chance to win in November.

[H2O Man]

24. Correct.

Joe will find he does not have the democratic backing needed to go 3rd party. He would be exposed for his republican essence. Though he has plans in place to go on if he loses, those plans may be coming to an abrupt halt.

[LSK]

18. Hey, didnt some DUer tell people to not watch Tweety?

:hi: :D :P

[deaniac21]

20. Hope he isn't using Leopold's sources...

[WilliamPitt]

23. Funny

[Howardx]

25. give it up loser

n/t

[deaniac21]

26. Hey, let's not be harsh.....

:toast:

[Howardx]

28. if you dont want to be harsh

delete your dumbass snarky comment

[deaniac21]

29. My, such hostility! Good day to you anyway!

:hi:

[cynatnite]

27. The dems that campaigned for him before...

will throw their support behind Lamont, IMO. I can't see them throwing their support behind a guy who went independent because he lost.

[IChing]

40. Boxer's office just told me that she will call him..n/t

[charlie]

31. What would be a capper

on the inept clownshow of Joe's campaign... what if it turned out he couldn't raise the 7500 signatures? That his 3rd-party threat is toothless because he can't do it? Big stretch, I know. But Team Joe has been nothing but fuckup upon disaster, so I wonder...

We've heard solidly conflicting information on whether Lieberman's independent signature bid has been successful. Several sources who have spoken directly to those involved in the effort insist that the campaign is now sitting on the necessary signatures. But at least one person who has access to the upper echelons of Lieberman's campaign insists that the opposite is true.

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/08/qpac_poll_shows.html

[DinahMoeHum]

32. If people think the so-called "insurgent Dems" in the party are pissed

at Joe now, they will go absolutely ballistic if he runs as an "Independent".

The gloves come off.

An angry insurgent Democrat will be terrifying...

JOE GOTTA GO.

Crush him like a bug.

:nuke:

[Hippo_Tron]

33. And I hope that Clinton, Boxer, etc. will offer to campaign for Lamont

Should he win the nomination. They did promise to support the nominee.

[devilgrrl]

34. Yeah, he'll go third party and LOSE AGAIN!

:mad:

[Cha]

36. he already went 3rd party..

It's the party of joe lieberman..by and for joe lieberman.

[Generic Other]

He's gonna be the new Nader?

He's willing to do this when he wouldn't lift a patrician finger to fight for his rights in 2000? wOW.

[symbolman]

37. Well, it's a free country and Joe the Ho -Mentum

has always had a choice..

Left Cheek, Right Cheek, or right up the Middle..



Fucking Traitor Democrat.. but wait, what if he runs as a Greenie, would some people WANT THAT? Building up their little rowboat against a battleship and a destroyer? What's he gonna be a LibrariTarian? (That's what Pickles is, tho she doesn't know it.. since she IS for abortion, and smoking crack, to make the Xanax kick in with a vengeance..)

[WI_DEM]

39. that ass isn't saggy enough to be Bush's

[symbolman]

41. Oh but he put on 5 lbs since his last checkup

and since his skulll is full of fat I figured it went right to his ass :)

All that bike riding out at the gravel pit he calls a ranch..

[killbotfactory]

38. A true democrat!

He knows what's best for the party.

:puke:

[Critters2]

42. So he thinks he's losing, eh?

I'm dying for some results! When do the polls close?!

[kerry-is-my-prez]

43. That will effectively end his political career forever - he's delusional.

If he ran on smarts as opposed to emotion and ego - he would wait for four years to run again and he might have a chance then because people will have forgotten all about what a numbskull he is.

If he ends up causing the Repubs to get in there - he will be the most hated man in politics.

[Atman]

44. I've heard it from a semi-inside source, too.

A friend of Chris Dodd's. Says it's gonna happen, Joe is gonna go indi. But he promised us that only if he got less than 10%, right? So, will Joe start his new Indi campaign as a liar? This will be interesting.

[Skidmore]

46. So does the friend of Dodd's know if Dodd will stick by him then?

If some of these Dems continue in this pursuit, I hope they get a slap from their home districts too.

[Imagevision]

47. Third party? - 50-50 - depends how bad Lamont beats him...