Lieberman open to Cabinet Position

[JI7]

<Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut — the leader of the hawkish "Scoop Jackson" wing of the Democratic Party — is responding positively to the suggestion that President Bush offer him a post in his Cabinet.

On Sunday, asked by interviewer Chris Wallace on Fox News whether he would accept such a position, Lieberman replied, "I'd certainly think about it."

Lieberman added that, discussion of himself aside, "it would be very good for the country to have some Democrats in the Cabinet" in order "to make clear to America and to the world that George Bush's policy in the war on terror is not just his policy, it's American policy."

The speculation that Bush might tap Lieberman, who flopped in the Democratic presidential primaries, for a Cabinet post has been advanced by his friend, Senator John McCain, an Arizona Republican, as well as by the neoconservative commentator William Kristol and by New Republic writer Lawrence Kaplan. Kaplan wrote in the magazine's November 16 online edition that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld "and the neoconservatives around him will be departing soon enough — replaced, in all likelihood, by a senator, perhaps even Joe Lieberman.">

http://www.forward.com/main/article.php?ref=staff200411171119

[Cooley Hurd]

1. He's Joemented...

...in the head.

Fuck you, Joe!

[rooboy]

8. LOL... indeed. n/t

[livinginphotographs]

75. I second that.

Maybe he's just sick of Zell Miller hogging all the spotlight.

I can just see his 2008 RNC speech: "Nothing makes this whiny, spineless, sack of crap madder than..."

[JSJ]

2. he's 'open' to well-earned derision from his party

[unblock]

3. creeping up to a filibuster-proof senate

yet another slick move by shrub to increase power in the senate.

[Angelique]

29. I am afraid that there may be more Democorputs hiding in the Bushes.

[American Tragedy]

35. It doesn't matter anyway

Even if Lieberman stays in the Senate, he's already made an alliance with so-called moderate Republicans that sounds like nothing more than a planned capitulation. We would do far better to have a real Democrat nail that Senate seat.

[Crunchy Frog]

45. The previous occupant of that Senate seat

was more of a Democrat than Joe is, and he was a Republican.

[JerseygirlCT]

63. Yup. I still like Weicker better. nt

[merh]

77. What would be our chances of getting a dem to replace the

defector? If we can get a true member of the democratic party in the senate to replace this :puke:, then I am all for it - Go Joe, go over to the dark side! Good riddance to bad rubbish!

[Im_Your_Huckleberry]

58. that's my take on it, too.

[vanboggie]

4. Not my America's policy!

Not in my name, Joe. BTW, is this why you have been practicing smirking since 2000.

[joanski01]

5. If William Kristol is in favor of Lieberman,

then for sure Lieberman is a Repuke.

[The Stranger]

49. . . . more like a Democratic Neocon.

If he is being pushed by Kristol, then he must be on board with the Neocons.

[saracat]

6. Between him and Breaux it is a contest as to who

can fall over himself quicker to kiss Bush's ass! Disgusting. Thank God he was never VP!

[The Flaming Red Head]

40. I agree nt

[Hieronymus]

7. He's another Zell Miller.

Lieberman is an embarrassment.:dunce:

[bunkerbuster1]

27. Not fair. At all.

Zell didn't have Lieberman's back when Joe was running for President. In fact, the main reason I feel justified in calling Zell every name I can imagine--including a liar and a coward--is because he DID have a conservative Dem who shared his views on American security matters that he could've backed in the Presidential primary race, and he didn't.

So think what you will of Joe, but do not put him in the same place as Zell (that'd be Hell).

[Vanje]

62. The difference between Zell and Joe

Joe Lieberman is a Republican.
Zell Miller is an old addled nut case.

[non sociopath skin]

9. This comes as no surprise.

What will be interesting will be how other Democrats deal with it.

The Skin

[NorthernSpy]

10. I always said that one was no damn good

Filibuster is our only hope for saving desperately needed things like Social Security and environmental protections, to name only two. And now here's this clown rushing to cast his lot in with the enemy?

Just watch. Some enterprising soul is going to try to tell us that Lieberman's move to stab us in the back is really all our own fault, and if only we'd been more blahblahblahwhatever...

:eyes:

[Zhade]

11. TRAITOR.

If he accepts this, the message is clear: he supports b*sh.

[Dover]

12. Yeah.........too bad Joe ISN'T a Democrat.

The GOP will stroke his ego and his Israel. He and Zell can do lunch.

[kysrsoze]

31. What's good for Isreal.... So, Secretary of Ass-Kissing and Boot-Licking?

[salin]

13. and yet, there were some DU members

who were always critical of other DUers who didn't trust Joe - even one or two who suggested the criticism might be wrapped up in prejudices rather than in realities of Joe's politics... wonder if any will weigh in, here.

Bet Joe still wonders why his Joementum never took off...

[Tuttle]

19. I can name one

but I won't (board rules and all that).

Joe -- you've done such a great job tracking down the Anthrax killer -- you might want to take this offer to go to the dark side because you will have a difficult time with a re-election bid.

Tut-tut

[salin]

30. more than one,

but not many.

I have to say that I am surprised by his current rhetoric. Less than a year ago he was running to replace bush - and now would work FOR bush? Rather makes him look the opportunist... no?

[MrUnderhill]

14. Who would the CT Gov. appoint to replace him? Is there anyone who would

have a shot at being reelected in '06?

Or would this be a guranteed two-year-and-out slot?

[Tuttle]

20. Governor Jodi Rell is a Repuke

she rose to governor after her boss, John Rowland, was found to be awarding state contracts based on gifts he and his wife received.

Undoubtedly, she would not appoint a Dem. but it would also mark her for defeat at the polls, next time around.

Tut-tut

[MrUnderhill]

25. Would she appoint herself?

I knew she was a Republican (why else would Bush consider putting Lieberman into the cabinet???), I just didn't know if there were any Republicans who could get the spot who wouldn't be immediately defeated in the next election.

One problem with appointments is that you often get a Senator who could not win election on his own, but CAN win reelection once the powers of incumbency come in to play. Alaska's recent history is an example.

I just want to know whether Lieberman's backstabbing is a two-year problem (when we're down in the Senate anyway), or whether this could be a long-term loss?

[JerseygirlCT]

34. CT is funny that way

we're generally a pretty liberal state -- most of the Republicans are fairly moderate. That said, the congressional delegation has sure been showing how to bow to the great omnipotent Bush. Not a whole lot of backbone there.

It is entirely conceivable, in my humble opinion, that we could lose the seat altogether should Rell appoint someone popular. This is one of those states where you may not even be reminded of a candidate's party in ads.

[JerseygirlCT]

33. Rell definitely seems more of a moderate and has

a great deal of pressure on her to behave bi-partisanly. The Lt. Gov is now a Democrat.

I would guess she might think about someone like Nancy Johnson...

[merh]

79. Does liebby or his replacement run again in 2006?

:shrug:

[flordehinojos]

15. joe lieberman can go ahead and dream on... it just shows that he is as

power hungry as bush who is NOT going to give joe lieberman one single chutzpah to relish on.

[saigon68]

16. JOE THE TURKEY

[Seabiscuit]

17. He could be the White House bathroom attendant and official

shoe-shine boy.

Hell, he's been polishing their knobs for years, so why not make it official?

[bowens43]

18. Lieberman once again shows the world that he is an asshole.

What a disgusting piece of garbage.

[KDLarsen]

21. He'll probably be handed some useless cabinet post..

.. and everytime the Democrats cry foul game on Bush & his one-sided policis, the Rethugs will polish Lieberman off and send him on a round-robin around the various news desks, to show that the Dems are unpatriotic and that Bush is working across the aisle.

[demnan]

22. I bet a position won't be offered

They just wanted to manipulate Lieberman into a position where the Democrats hate him even more.

[mazzarro]

23. About time he leaves to get his reward from the neo-cons

eom

[JD Lau]

24. Wouldn't that be "just special....."

[0007]

26. Is Zell throwing a hissy?

[kysrsoze]

32. Perhaps Zell and Lieberman can have a duel for the cabinet position

That would get rid of one of them.

[0007]

64. One dual I'd pay to watch

[Q]

28. "It's American Policy"

- No it's not, Joe. It's not 'Americas' policy to start aggressive wars and kill hundreds of thousands of innocent people. That's a Bush* policy. It's YOUR policy. Don't blame it on the millions of Americans who oppose you and Bush* and everything you stand for.

- You're a traitor to America and the Dem party.

[Minstrel Boy]

38. Really, that is the worst thing he could say.

The conflation of Bush and America continues, thanks to Joe ("D").

"The stars and stripes have been swiped, washed out, and replaced with his own face."

[JerseygirlCT]

36. I didn't think it was possible for him to sink any lower

But I was wrong.

What in the world could this man be thinking? I think he's annointed himself the moderating savior of the world, and truly believes if he can only get in there he can make it all better.

While missing of course, the reason it's NOT all better.

[Lerkfish]

39. is EVERYONE in politics neocon sex-slaves?

starting to look like it.

I'm sorry, Bush's war policy is NOT america's war policy.

[Chimpanzee]

71. Very reminicent of early nazi Germany

[blackspade]

37. Just Great.

Just what we need, another Zell Miller.

Thanks Joe, Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.
What a scumbag.

[grumpy old fart]

41. This election is becoming a good "shakeout"...

of who the real Democrats are, and those that are just political hacks with no conscious (or true chimpsters). Lieberman would make a hilarious Secretary of War though....imagine the press conferences with Elmer Fudd defending all the past and coming "atwacities".....

[Jersey Devil]

42. Fine if it means Conn will then have a Democratic Senator

instead of Republican-Lite.

[SeattleDem]

65. who is the current governor of CT?

would a Dem be appointed or is this a stealth way to increase the GOP majority in the Senate?

[Chimpanzee]

72. Do you really have to ask? I'll give you one guess...

[demokatgurrl]

43. This McCain circle is really making me sick-

I think I'm starting to REALLY love partisanship.
And I knew Lieberman was a rpub at heart.

[otohara]

46. McCain Stamp of Approval

needed on everything republican and democrat! yick

[Crunchy Frog]

44. I now feel even more justified

in the position I took, that I would not have voted for him if he had gotten the nomination. I feel the same way about any potential future nominees who share his politics.

If I'm going to be ass fucked by a Republican, at least it's going to be a Republican that I didn't vote for, and who isn't masquerading as a Democrat.

[Rockholm]

47. Kitchen Cabinet, maybe.

[AlCzervik]

48. Hmm, him and Nelson, they'll be up to a super majority pretty soon

i wonder if those 2 senators realize why they are being courted and if so do they care?

[Carni]

50. The man is a disgrace

He should just switch parties and call it a day.

[Roland99]

51. Hmm...two Dems being courted for a Bush Cabinet

Doesn't that put the GOP all that much closer to keeping Democrats from being able to filibuster?

[davidinalameda]

52. a moderate Republican or Lieberman

I'd go with the moderate Republican

[ElsewheresDaughter]

53. dman how I LOATHE joe lieberman!!!!!!!!

[Politicub]

54. Ehw nasty

But I guess a dem would be good to have as part of the cabinet. It will probably be used against us though.

[TheDonkey]

55. GOOD!!! Get him the hell out of the senate please

[dkofos]

56. He sure sucked enough cock to get a cabinet position.

He would probably have to do Zell first.

:evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[Malva Zebrina]

57. Let him into the cabinet. He will be destroyed

permanently by his trying to play to both sides, and having it both ways. Let him--he will go the way of Colin Powell.

[Gayla]

59. If they really wanted a Joe Democrat

it would be Joe Biden...

But that would mean we'd have someone who really knows
the issues and would put his country above power gathering
for himself..

Lieberman is no Democrat. That's the reason he failed so
absolutely in the primaries.

[silverpatronus]

60. go with god joementum...

and good bloody riddance.

[Vanje]

61. Joe Lieberman

Hey Joe! Go jump in a lake!
And take that flaming loon, Zell Miller with you!

[Name removed]

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[bunkerbuster1]

68. Tombstone says what?

[Mountainman]

67. Bull shit, a Dem in a cabinet doesn't make Bush's war policy my policy!

[Mad_Dem_X]

80. Exactly!

Having any Dem in the cabinet doesn't mean ALL Americans support W's policies!

[genieroze]

69. Lieberman is a DINO

[Ima]

73. ...

I can't stand listening to him. It is a toss-up between him and McClain, who is crazier.

[Chimpanzee]

70. Motherf'ing traitor

[nashville_brook]

74. good riddance

i can't stand that my favorite martian freak

he should just switch teams

i know this isn't an "intelligent" response -- but i just can't stand that guy.

[AngryWhiteLiberal]

76. If Lieberpussy takes a cabinet job, he would be a TRAITOROUS PIECE OF SHIT

I'm SICK of Lieberman's selfish desires for power and pseudo-Dem ways. He's proved himself worthy of the Repuke party, and I for one wish that he would just get it over with and make the switch.

Fuck you, Lieberpussy.

JB

[robbedvoter]

78. He always campaign for this "Dems give this was a bad name"

The man is consistent - but will BFEE pay up?

[barb162]

81. well in 2000 he was SO NICE to Cheney in their little sit down

debate, does this strike anyone as a big surprise??? And to top it all off we now have Harry Reid as Senate monority leader, a anti-choice Mormon, who will "dance" with the pugs. Where is the Democratic Party? Where did it go again?

[mmonk]

82. I'm watching my party very closely

to see if it leaves me. If enough leave me or do not fight, I will leave it and try to form a new party based on things democrats and the founding fathers have stood on.

[daleo]

83. Someone I know suggested the two parties would eventually merge

It would all be part of the defanging of democracy, and replacing it with a sort of stealthy fascism/corporatism. Republican and Democratic Parties would merge (perhaps under the banner of a national unity government to fight terrorism?), leaving a minor role for the Greens or someone like that to play at being opposition. If the new opposition ever got too threatening, it would be slapped down.

Maybe this is an early sign (along with Kerry's apparent early capitulation) that this theory is indeed possible.

[cubsfan forever]

84. I have said for years

to anyone who would listen, that Joe (sta)L(in)is not at heart a Democrat, and that he rolled over for FatBoy during the VP "debate" of 2000. I also have been telling my friends--to no avail--that for the past 2 years Joe Asswipe has done more photo-ops with Commander DirtyDiaper than most repukes. I have always hated that hypocritical little man. This comes as absolutely no surprise.

Hey Joe: "whatcha gonna do when they :nuke: Iran? You ass, you ass." (Sing to "Badboys" theme)

("they" meaning Israel, which wouldn't fit the rhyme)

Professor 2

[Bridget Burke]

85. It would put him in position for his next promotion.....

Just imagine--especially if we gain some seats in 2006--that some serious investigations begin. For example, into Cheney's crooked dealings. Before things get too bad, he can retire for his "health." In a stunning display of bipartisanship, Leiberman is appointed Vice President.

Then, as the dogs of impeachment begin baying at Chimpy's heels, he takes the chopper back to Crawford & President Leiberman provides pardons for all.

(Welcome to my nightmare.)

[Redleg]

86. Good luck with that stuff, Joe.

Don't let the fucking door hit you on the ass when Bush turns on you.

[Massachusetts]

87. No Momentum

A little "Joe Momentum" for the Rethugs maybe a good thing for our side.....He had a lot of success with it....NOT:puke:

[NervousRex]

88. At least "ho" Lieberman

won't have to fake it anymore. He can now fellate Bush openly and often. ...oh yeah..Fuck You Joementum!!!!