Lieberman on News Hour: I'm running against the establishment.

[VolcanoJen]

Interesting... in response to a question from Gwen Ifill about his colleagues throwing their support to Ned Lamont, the 18-year United States Senator said, "I understand the party orthodoxy, I understand that they have to abide by the rules. But now, I'm running against the establishment."

I just find that to be staggering. Joe Lieberman now considers himself an outside-the-beltway anti-establishment reformer and political neophyte?

:shrug:

More disturbingly, he's clearly on the Tony Snow page, saying that if we withdraw from Iraq, it will fall to al-Qaeda, and then they'll have a base in Iraq from which to attack us.

:shrug: :shrug: :shrug:

(did Saddamm Hussein ever attack us from that base?)

[goclark]

1. Twilight Zone Time for Joey! nt

[BuyingThyme]

2. He's an outsider. The little guy. David. The Underdog.

[11cents]

3. Well, he is *now*

The "establishment" dropped his sorry ass overnight.

[Atman]

4. He's running against himself?

Joe...seek professional help.

[jwirr]

5. How quickly we go from the fringe to the establishment.

[NoPasaran]

6. After saying the Establishment was, like, uncool, man

Joe rolled a big ol' splif and let his freak flag fly!

[fishwax]

7. what a joke

his rhetoric just gets more bizarre. yeah joe, you're an outsider. An outsider who is six years removed from a vice presidency campaign and who has spent the last 18 years in the senate (which has always been a haven for outsiders :eyes:).

[VolcanoJen]

12. Indeed

The United States Senate, that clubby-little haven for 100 well-heeled "outsiders."

It's a little maddening, isn't it?

[laura888]

36. Just let him keep talking.

He'll hang himself.

[walldude]

8. Bwhahahahahahaha

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


Pardon me while I attempt to stop laughing.

[Mabus]

9. He's starting to remind me of Matthew Harrison Brady,

especially his melt down at the end of "Inherit the Wind" and that isn't a compliment.

[karlrschneider]

27. "Do you ever think about things you DO think about?"

;-)

[Mabus]

28. "No! Every man is a free agent!"

:rofl:

Henry Drummond: Is that the way of things? God tells Brady what is good; to be against Brady is to be against God!
Matthew Harrison Brady: No! Every man is a free agent!

[karlrschneider]

32. "Then why is Bert Cates in JAIL???"

That movie's one of my alltime faves. :D

[Mabus]

37. or as Joe says now, "why is Lamont on the ballot?"

I love that movie. I finally got my SO to watch it last year. He loved it. Now whenever it is on the Turner channel he makes popcorn and turns it on.

[Rex]

10. So is he saying that the People didn't want him but his buddies

in the Senate did? Joe you Establishment Cokehead. Stop trying so hard, we all know you lost and so do you. This is just gonna drive you insane, IMO.

[TygrBright]

11. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH!!!! Oh, please... please... Wholly-Owned Joe....?

...Buttboy to the Banking and Finance Industry? "Running against the establishment???"

Damn, stop it!!!!! Laughing so hard is gonna strain my bladder control!

Now, now, be charitable, Bright... maybe it was a slip. Maybe he meant to say "Running FOR the establishment," and his tongue being so numb from giving rimjobs to owners of stock exchange seats and international banking czars just couldn't quite get the word out right...

exhaustedly,
Bright

[Nikki Stone 1]

13. Yo Joe, you ARE the establishment!

:D

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

14. He IS the Establishment! n/t

[Zomby Woof]

15. He is the most callow, fascistic opportunist since Zell

They can both lick Chimpy's flaccid member for all I care.

[Phredicles]

18. Hey, stop rummaging through their appointment books.

Yeah, it's a cheap shot; those are the funnest kind.

[Rex]

19. LOL Zell Zell...what a er, something.

I think Joe has taken Zell's act far into the final frontier!

[VolcanoJen]

24. Don't think they haven't

:puke:

:hi:

[Phredicles]

Usually when you lose an election, it's time to do some soul-searching.

But I guess if you've already sold it, you don't have that luxury.

[lindisfarne]

16. He's running because he knows he'll get a lot of the Repug vote -

he's completely self-serving and only used the Democratic party as long as it benefitted him. If he knew the rule was to gracefully step out if he lost the primary, and he didn't intend to follow the rule, why didn't he run as an independent to begin with? Because he's only serving his own self-interest. And, he believes the Republican candidate would be better than Ned Lamont, if he himself cannot win.

[jackstraw45]

17. More like Bush everyday....

:rofl:

Sounds like Rove IS on board with his campaign...

[Rainscents]

20. OMG... He really needs help!!!

Someone please, put this man away!!!

[JHB]

21. Saddam did attack us (but only while Reagan was in charge)

Back then, it was just dandy if he wanted to hit one of our ships with an Excocet missile.

[theanarch]

34. in all fairness to Saddam...

...the USS Stark was attacked when Hussein discovered that Reagan was double-dealing him when news of the Iran/Contra scandel broke: all those arms/supplies/military intelligence Ronny was swapping w/Iran in exchange for hostages...it was Saddam's way of saying "thank you for all the dead Iraqi soldiers and failed offensives your (Reagan's) duplicity cost us". I know it is not PC to say anything in defense of Hussein, but there is a context to this story, however inconvenient to US it may be.

[patdem]

22. Is that the definition of antidisestablishmentarianism?

hey it's the biggest word I know!

[Emit]

23. Here's another interesting thing, IMHO

Faux News reported earlier that this is essentially a race between Lieberman and Lamont, because the Republican candidate (can't recall his name) is not a strong opponent and that even the RNC has told him not to expect much support.

What? Is the RNC backing Lieberman?

[Cleita]

25. That's funny.

I just got an image of Joe Lieberman as a hippie, with long hair, a tie dyed T-shirt and a sign that says, DOWN WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT.

[Eric J in MN]

26. The DLC and lobbyists ARE the establishment,

and he stillhas their support.

[KatyaR]

29. Psst--Joe, over here. You need to read this.

es·tab·lish·ment

Pronunciation Key (-stblsh-mnt)
n.

The act of establishing.
The condition or fact of being established.
Something established, as:
An arranged order or system, especially a legal code.
A permanent civil, political, or military organization.
An established church.
A place of residence or business with its possessions and staff.
A public or private institution, such as a hospital or school.

often 'Establishment'

An established social order, as:
A group of people holding most of the power and influence in a government or society. Often used with 'the.'
A controlling group in a given field of activity. Often used with 'the.'

Buy a clue--geez.

[BREMPRO]

30. Joe made my skin crawl.. Ned rocks and gave me goosebumps!

the choice is clear.. empty sanctimonious rhetoric of a whiney bush/corporate enabler, or enlightened progressive articulate vision putting Americans first and our country back on track.. NED all the way!!

[sendero]

31. Yet more proof..

... Lieberman is a typical Republican. He IS the establisment.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

33. Joe's about as anti-establishment as Lawrence Welk.

Without the wild accordian.

[Hubert Flottz]

35. Miller/Lieberman 2008