Official "F**k off Joe Lieberman, you nauseating drama queen" Thread....

[marmar]

Check in if you've had it with his Schtick!!!! :argh:

NY Times:

November 6, 2008, 3:30 pm
An Embrace of Lieberman? Not Exactly.
By David Stout

The political status of Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut was indefinite on Thursday after he met with Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic majority leader, to discuss Mr. Lieberman’s support of Senator John McCain, the Republican candidate for president.

Mr. Lieberman, a one-time Democrat who became an independent, could be stripped of his chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, although neither he nor Mr. Reid addressed that issue after their meeting.

“I’m thinking about what my options are,” Mr. Lieberman said.
Mr. Reid issued a statement notably lacking in warmth in which he called the meeting “the first of what I expect to be several conversations.”

“No decisions have been made,” Mr. Reid said. “While I understand that Senator Lieberman has voted with Democrats a majority of the time, his comments and actions have raised serious concerns among many in our caucus. I expect there to be additional discussions in the days to come, and Senator Lieberman and I will speak to our caucus in two weeks to discuss further steps.” .......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/an-embrace-of-lieberman-not-exactly/?hp

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Dupe.

[aquart]

2. I just wish he wasn't Jewish.

I really, really, really, really wish he wasn't Jewish.

[marmar]

6. We've all got our ethnic crosses to bear.....

I feel the same way about Cowboy Troy, Armstrong Williams and Larry Elder. ...... Sorry, I don't even claim Alan Keyes. :)

[Raksha]

11. And don't forget Ken Blackwell...

but then you probably don't claim him either!

[virgdem]

7. I was thinking the same thing..

too bad we can't excommunicate this putz out of our religion.

[Raksha]

8. You're not the only one! That asshole is such an embarrassment.

Re I really, really, really, really wish he wasn't Jewish.

[GaYellowDawg]

19. I understand what you're saying, but...

Try being a southern white male and see how many idiots you have to wince about.

[ixion]

3. LIEberman should face justice in the Hague, along with the rest of the neocons

IMO...

[valerief]

4. The pic of hounddog Lieberman that Matthews had on Hardball today

looked like it was photoshopped to exaggerate the hounddog jowls. It was high creep.

[Yanez Houston Jordan]

5. If Obama appointed Lieberman ambassador to Israel, would his replacement be a Democrat?

[formercia]

9. Ambassador?

I wouldn't trust him with a lunch order to the Deli.

Banish that little creep.

[louis c]

12. Jodi Rell is a Repuke Governor

I don't know if the connecticut law requires an election to replace a vacant senator. but if it's a governor's appointment, she's a Republican.

[Independent_Voice]

16. Rell would probably appoint Chris Shays

I say strip him of his chairmanship, and then wait until 2012 to run a strong progressive candidate against that pathetic little man in another primary.

[Usrename]

10. He's a buffoon. He has no place in our government.

This is not news; here's one from the archives:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=2302245#2303710

This is a response to a thread by Check12 "What is a Democratic Moderate?" It's an old one but a good one. Some of these old threads are still worth the read.

[wryter2000]

13. Earth to Lieberman

"You're irrelevant now, pal. No one cares."

[jmondine]

14. He buttered his bread, and now he has to sleep in it

[althecat]

15. Knr

[B Calm]

17. How much you wanna bet Mr. Reid will bend over?

[TWiley]

18. Strip the fucker of all seniority

He wants to do the Independant thing, so let him get chairmanships according to the strength of the independant party. Maybe the Republicans will let him join their flock?

[GaYellowDawg]

20. Bingo.

He was a speaker at their convention. Let him become a Republican in name, too.