Bush Desperately Needs a "House Democrat": Joe Lieberman is His Man

A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL

The Washington Post often has bizarre commentaries with neo-con logic that twists itself into contortions that no pretzel could rival.

But an item by one Robert Kagan advances the preposterous notion that Lieberman is being targeted for being an honest man. Like Bush, Lieberman may think he's honest, but as we pointed out his Sunday news talk show statements indicated that he can peddle mistruths, lies and personal historical revisionism with the best of the Republicans.

Besides which, let's just assume that he were an honest man (beyond believing that in his own brain). What would he be honest about then, that he supports a losing war that is killings tens of thousands of Iraqis and Americans, that he supports a President who has the strategic thinking power of a pea, that he slammed critics of Bush as essentially traitors, that he prefers the company of the likes of Sean Hannity and FOX News GOP shills to Connecticut voters who disagree with his toadiness? That he supports the dismantling of the Constitution to empower Bush and the Republicans to become a one-party dictatorship?

In short, why would anyone support Lieberman for supporting failure upon failure, helping to undo our Constitutional rights, and being the guy that Bush uses to show Democratic support for his deceptions, lies and continued fiascoes?

If that is "honesty," America will die from such "honesty."

Isn't that what primaries are for? To defeat senators who move in a direction that is harmful to the voters of their state and America?

In a much more sensible article in the WP on Lieberman's political troubles, it is correctly noted that Iraq isn't the only issue before the minds of Connecticut voters when they go to the polls in the primary today:

"The other part of the story here is a familiar tale in politics, that of an incumbent who, as he gained national prominence, gradually lost touch with the voters and politicians who first sent him to Washington. Long before Iraq, there were signs of erosion in Lieberman's standing in Connecticut. "There was a personal sense among Connecticut Democrats that his national agenda is what matters to him and not Connecticut," said George Jepsen, a former state party chairman and supporter of antiwar challenger Ned Lamont."

In short, Joe Lieberman became a member of the self-righteous ruling elite that had contempt for the viewpoint of his own voters in his home state. He thought, as elitists like Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld do, that he knew better than the "rabble" of voters, and that he and Bush should not be challenged.

In short, Joe Lieberman is neither essentially honest nor does he have faith in the electorate.

He, like the Republican Politburo in the White House, believes that they know better than the citizenry does.

That's hubris and self-righteousness, not honesty -- and it's un-American.

We wouldn't be surprised at all to learn after this election that RNC money was covertly injected in support of the Lieberman campaign.

Bush desperately needs a "House Democrat" to go on FOX News and support the failed policies of a failed war and a failed presidency. He needs a Democratic senator who will be the lead spokesman for the Republicans, as Lieberman was, to speak out against a Democratic effort to bring the troops home.

Joe Lieberman is their man.

It's time to elect a Democrat who has faith in the voters in Connecticut.

It's time to elect Ned Lamont.

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THE LIEBERMAN REAL LIE

I SUSPECT JOE SUPPORTS THE INSANE IRAQ POLICIES OF BUSH BECAUSE HE IS JEWISH AND HE CARES MORE ABOUT THE SECURITY OF ISRAEL THEN THE DEATHS OF 2500 PLUS AMERICAN G.I.s AS YOU MUST KNOW, HE ALSO FAVORS AMERICAN ATTACKS UPON IRAN AND SYRIA. JOE IS A LIAR BECAUSE HE WON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AND NO ONE IN EITHER PARTY OR THE MEDIA WILL DARE ASK HIM.

Leiberman is just the first to GO

(clipped from first statement above on 911) "This is a terribly serious situation in which some people accepted your version of 9/11 because you frightened them into doing so. They believed everything you said without asking for any corroborating evidence because you asked them to take your word as the Gospel truth." I make an important observation here. People who never cheat on their spouses never even THINK OF THE SUBJECT OF CHEATING..... Therefore, it never occurs to them that their trusted spouse would lie.... THIS is the operative mindset that allowed for the trusting of Bush when he lied about 911 and about his lies ever since.. Some folks need to protect their earlier mistake in believing him IN ORDER TO SAVE FACE, others have since grown wiser. Let's hope everyone wises up before we are sent shakled into the gas chambers. And getting rid of Leiberman is one way to send the LOUD AND CLEAR message to the Washington elite of both parties: THE JIG IS UP! Party over..... Oh yes, as for SNOWBALL (or is that SNOWFLAKE?) and your 911 nastiness: Buzzflash practices freedom of the press. If you can't understand the connection between the Leiberman race and the 911 LIE... you need to educate yourself. The fact is that we can NOT win back our country with little statewide races or even national elections anymore.... have you never heard of DIEBOLD and ELECTION FIXING? Well, honey; the abilty to have fair elections ended when Clinton left office. The ONLY WAY TO TAKE DOWN THIS CRIMINAL FASCIST DICTATORSHIP WE ARE LIVING UNDER IS TO EXPOSE THE TRUTH. THE WHOLE TRUTH... THE 911 TRUTH.... THAT THE CABAL IN POWER TODAY PERPETRATED THE 911 TRAGEDY AND BLAMED IT ON A FEW DUMB ARABS WITH BOX CUTTERS AND WHEN THAT DIDN'T SUIT THEIR NEED TO OVERRUN IRAQ UNLAWFULLY; THEY BLAMED THAT NATION AND THE REST IS A SAD AND EMBARRASING HISTORY OF UNNECESSARY MASS BLOODSHED WHILE THEIR NATION IS LOOTED BY THE U.S.A. Back to the subject of Leiberman: That the balance of the politicians, from the Senate and the House were sadly trusting of this cabal because of my opening observation requires us to ouster the worst of them... the more openly traiterous of their ilk: Leiberman is their frontrunner. They KNOW that after Leiberman is gone there will be more of them gone. We are done with the COWARDS AND THE LIARS AND THE TRAITORS. We are done with having the prosperity of the masses controlled by the WHIM of the elite!!!!! GROW UP SNOWBALL.... LEARN THE FACTS... PLEASE! MAYBE WHEN YOU DO YOU WILL QUIT SPENDING YOUR TIME BOSSING FOLKS ON BLOGS.

I wonder who's the real grownup here?

I have my own pet theories, but I don't try to hog every thread with them. It's obnoxious and harms our cause. Now if you want to talk about the anthrax attacks being an inside job, I'd be with you on that but I would save it for a relevant thread. Weaponized anthrax that could have only come from a government lab? Now that's interesting, nobody ever talks about it. Now, maybe it is you who should quit trying to force your unsubstantiated opinion down the throats of everyone who wants to discuss other topics. We've all heard your claims, the endless repetition and long rambling posts do nothing to convince me.

CONNETTA-TOADYECTOMY / Hou$e Bu$helzebub

MAY THE VOTERS SAY / "WE DON`T NEED ANOTHER TOADY!" / WE DON`T NEED TO KNOW THE WAY HOME / ALL WE WANT IS LIFE BEYOND / THE BLUNDERGNOME / The War-Button-Pushin'Middle Fingerprince & his Golden-Shower-Chamberpot-carryin' Butlers in Congress & Media...they call it "water" & marvel that our "thirst" should leave the glass they pour "untouched" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interviewed August 2006 issue: The Progressive~~~~~~~~ The One & Only~ Gore Vidal: ...our media has collapsed. They’ve questioned no one. One of the reasons Bush and Cheney are so daring is that they know there’s nobody to stop them... I know these people. I don’t say that as though I know them personally. I know the types. I was brought up in Washington. When you are brought up in a zoo, you know what’s going on in the monkey house. You see a couple of monkeys loose and one is President and one is Vice President, you know it’s trouble. Monkeys make trouble... ..............http://progressive.org/mag_intv0806

Lieberman is just another PNAC traitor.

6 years ago, Lieberman was tapped to secure the Florida vote... The repugs negated the will of the people in Florida. Today, Lieberman is exposed as a traitor to the USA constitution, which he falsely swore to defend. So today, he is defending his treason against Ned Lamont who might actually uphold the USA constitution... So we get to see if voters favor the USA constitution, or if they favor a traitor. Dave's law: ALL people get the government that they deserve. We get to see what government we deserve.

Mr. Bush, We Know What You Did That Summer! September 11th, 2001

Mr. Bush, We Know What You Did That Summer! September 11th, 2001 There are two groups of people in this world: those who believe the official explanation of the events of September 11th, 2001, and those who have examined the evidence and realize that the official version of events is totally unbelievable. An Open Letter to: Mr. George W. Bush, Mr. Richard Cheney, Members of PNAC and your supporting cast: Guess what? WE KNOW WHAT YOU DID THAT SUMMER - that long ago time of innocence before the events of September 11th, 2001. We know what you did, and the game is over - even though you don’t yet know it.. The work of the independent 9/11 researchers is paying off. The evidence is steamrolling through the information super highway and is now creeping into the clogged arteries of the mainstream media. We may not know every detail and we may not agree on your individual motives, but two facts are now irrefutable: the official story of what happened on September 11th is not true and you were involved. Somebody, somewhere does not like you guys anymore. Somebody, somewhere has given the corporate media the OK to open the one topic that has been totally verboten up till now. Somebody, somewhere has made it permissible for hints to be dropped into the public arena.. Those hints - which focus on the reasonable suspicion that has been raised about the attacks of 9/11 - have been well received. The cover-up is disintegrating slowly but surely. Books and documentaries are now trickling into the awareness of the general population. That trickle is turning into a steady flow that will increase every time a new set of eyes is opened to the evidence that has been amassed. Until now, the mainstream media have been the hull of the vessel that has kept the official conspiracy theory afloat. But now, for the first time, that vessel is sinking under the weight of its own lies. At this very moment, because of the distortions and secrets of the official version of 9/11, you all are beginning to drown in your own pool of lies. Understand that this is not a case of people having different opinions as to what happened that day. This is a terribly serious situation in which some people accepted your version of 9/11 because you frightened them into doing so. They believed everything you said without asking for any corroborating evidence because you asked them to take your word as the Gospel truth. But other people looked at what you told them and began to ask common sense questions about the holes you left in the official story. They could not understand why you refused to allow a bipartisan, impartial investigation into the events of that day. They realized that the Kean Commission, formed a year after the attacks, was NOT charged with finding out what really happened. They realized that this commission was there to document your official story, regardless of how it conflicted with the evidence that had been unearthed. This second group refused to sit back and ignore what was being revealed by scholars and other experts among them, and they continued investigating this most fateful day for themselves. Keep in mind the large majority of Americans were completely unaware there were any questions at all being raised about your official story. You guys did a yeoman’s job of getting the corporate media to do your dirty work. You got them to repeatedly report the bogus elements of the story you wanted us to accept. They did that for the better part of four and a half years, but now their shell game is over because they are no longer relevant. The independent 9/11 Truth community has bypassed your conduits to the public. Finally, researchers, authors, scientists, film makers and real journalists have assumed the role of protecting our nation from enemies domestic and it is only a matter of time before your little story is all but a bloodstain on the history files of the ruling elite. If you don’t believe this, here’s something that will open your eyes. Get a hold of the many fine documentaries on the topic such as Loose Change 2 (click here to watch this documentary for free.) This documentary, despite its few minor flaws and disputable assertions, lays out a sampling of the unquestionably damning evidence that has been gathered. None of this evidence is speculation or accusation; it is in fact part of public record and will be hitting 300 movie screens come September. It will be viewed at even more college campus events around the nation in the moths leading to the anniversary date of the attacks you have so deftly covered up. And, just to unnerve you a bit more, at this very moment, thanks to the generosity of researchers, documentarians and individual citizens of the world, informative DVDs and books that expose the truth about 9/11 are finding their way into the hands of police officers, fire fighters, members of the military, politicians and even members of the media. You guys aught to wake up and deal with the reality that it is only a matter of time. You can run from the truth only so long as you can keep the public from examining the evidence. And thanks to the hard work of some dedicated patriots ( a group of which I am proud to be a part), the cloak of media deception that has hidden the truth of 9/11 is being pulled aside. The truth is out there now and we are succeeding beyond all our expectations in exposing your lies. And so, Mr.Bush, Mr. Cheney, PNAC cabal, and supporters: WE KNOW WHAT YOU DID THAT SUMMER! We know it, and you know it, but we are not going to rest for a single moment until every one else knows too! From a patriot and a citizen of the world who wants his democracy back. Jesse - Editor, TvNewsLIES.org

This is a Lamont vs. Lieberman thread

Sorry, I can't see how your post relates to the Lamont/Lieberman race. What is it with you 9/11 conspiracy guys that you have to hijack every thread on every Liberal blog with overly long posts expounding your theories? Is it OCD or something else? I'm beginning to develop my own conspiracy theory that you guys are really government agents trying to distract, divide, discredit and confuse the left with untenable, unprovable conspiracies (many, if not most, are anti-Semitic). I hope that Buzzflash will follow the wise course of action that other Liberal blogs have been forced to take and delete this crap.

Honesty is moral relativism

In beltway pundit news speak, honesty is is defined as "speaking from the gut" and "holding to ones convictions" no matter what the facts are. Being principled is voting against the interests and will of your constituents. Voting with your corporate lobbyist campaign contributors is making the tough decisions, sticking to your guns and not allowing yourself to be swayed by such irrelevancies as public opinion. It is smart strategy for Republicans to play to their base, but a disaster for Democrats to do so. When a Republican takes a stand on gay marriage or flag burning, they are standing up for what they believe. When Democrats stand up for Social Security, Universal Health Care or a rise in the minimum wage, they are pandering to their base. See, it's all relative.

It is weakness and common sense.

To say that Ned Lamonts candidacy is a challenge to Joe Liebermans honesty is naive. Only those who live in a dream world and have not investigated what the PNAC brigade did to bring about the disaster in Iraq would come up with this absurd statement. Those of us who from the beginning - when only Senator Byrd warned of the disastrous path congress green lighted for this administration - have been looking for leaders with spine to challenge this woefull administration. Joe is just weak. He was too weak to fight for his own vice presidency. So weak he still ran for senate for his own benefit. The problem with Joe is that - it is all about him. When people see Joe supporting and kissing the same guy who has no intention of changing course in Iraq regardless of whose children and family members are killed - with no end in sight or even sufficiently articulated, why then common sense tells us that this guy is out of touch. Joe was not ordained to be senator. He was elected. Ned Lamont is not just a national effort of the antiwar internet crowd. He is an american whose common sense tells him staying the course in Washington is not good enough. Ned Lamonts candidacy represents the best of America. Ned Lamont, the citizen, has the courage to speak truth to power. Recall the Norman Rockwell painting of "free speech" ? Look again and you will see the face of Ned Lamont.

Bush's House Democrat

Joe Lie berman is about as honest as Bush is a Christian. Yes, its the old gang-up method (like when you were a kid) as evidenced in Bushs' foreign policy. Get a few on your side and gang-up on one (because you certainly couldn't do it alone). Whether it's a Democrat to claim "nonpartisan" against a questionable or bad bill or action, or the multilateralism vs unilateralism dealing with N Korea, the appearance is the same. Anyone aligning themselves like this is nothing less than a bully.

Cokie Roberts on Lieberman

Cokie Roberts was on the roundtable of ABC's This Week last Sunday and fretted that if the Dems made the 'awful' mistake of rejecting Lieberman for re-election, it would damage the Democratic Party beyond repair. Pundits really live in a bubble, eh? She is worried the Dems will pull the party too far left. Hell, this country is so far right, we need to veer left awhile just to get back to the 'center' again. We can then remind the Dems who put them back in power as needed. :-)