A 'big rat' may greet Lieberman at GOP convention

[kskiska]

Source: Stamford Advocate

Joseph Lieberman might want to pack some rodenticide if he decides to stump for John McCain at the upcoming Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.

Some of the same Connecticut Democrats who stalked the senator on the re-election trail two years ago with the famous "kiss" float - a papier mache likeness of President Bush kissing Lieberman after the 2005 State of the Union address - are hoping to make a similar splash at the GOP fete Sept. 1-4.

If Lieberman's detractors get their way, their prop would be a 30-foot inflatable rat, the kind unions typically use when construction workers cross picket lines.

"The 30-foot rat is a big rat. A 12-foot rat you can kind of put in the back of a pickup truck A 30-foot rat you have to put on the back of a flatbed," said Ed Anderson, a New Haven Democrat who helped start the Web site DumpJoe.com.

Read more: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/norwalkadvocate/news/ci_10039110

[babylonsister]

1. I love this idea; I hope it happens. nt

[DavidDvorkin]

2. Excellent idea!

[peace frog]

3. No quarter for Traitor Joe

Send the message.

[gratuitous]

4. Watch for a sudden need for increased security at the RNC

I wonder how the good people of St. Paul are going to like seeing a police state up close and personal? But then, a 30-foot inflatable rat is just the sort of thing you'd expect to see terrorists using, so it will have to be banned by the police and their Republican overlords. No First Amendment issue here, because the government censorship will not be because of a law passed by Congress.

[JerseygirlCT]

30. Wouldn't it be great

to find a sympathetic landlord with a building near there who would let them unfurl the rat on a building well within sight?

[CLG_News]

5. That would rock!

n/t

[w13rd0]

6. Um...

...I'd avoid the appearance of trying to equate Joe with a rat. Regardless of the truthiness of it, it has some uncomfortable associations that will do us no good.

[NBachers]

7. Really? I think Liberman has some uncomfortable

associations that do us no good. The Rat will highlight this.

[roguevalley]

18. I hear the first choice was a thirty foot turd but they couldn't get a

balloon that shape. :sarcasm:

Your timidity is why they control so much of the news. they have no fear, neither should we.

[guitar man]

8. that's a bloody outrage!!

The people planning this should apologize to rats everywhere!! :D

[Mad_Dem_X]

9. Awesome!

Can't wait to see that!

[snappyturtle]

10. Oh YES! That would be the best thing to come out of the repuke convention! nt

[LiberalFighter]

11. They could also fly a plane with a banner at an appropriate time.

[donco6]

12. Sounds very photogenic to me.

It should make all the papers.

[kskiska]

13. This is from his hometown paper

where he currently resides.

[hootinholler]

14. Inflate that sucker with helium!

Let it fly above Mineapolis/St Paul!

-Hoot

[Arugula Latte]

15. Instead of a 30-ft. fake rat, I'd like to lock Joe Lieberman in a room with 30 foot-long real rats.

And they'd be hungry...

[David__77]

16. Lieberman is good target.

He's inherently despicable in his manner. There are certain things to be careful about, however. One must avoid anything that can be seen as racist.

[yardwork]

26. I'm not up on all the bigotry, but this is one I hadn't heard before.

Does the term "rat" have some connotations of which I was not aware? I thought it was sort of an all-purpose insult, not specific to any particular group. Have I missed something?

I keep hearing Jimmy Cagney saying, "You dirty rat..." Was there a connotation I missed?

[David__77]

28. It's been used quite a bit to target Jews in particular.

For that reason, I'd probably find another means of targeting him.

[yardwork]

29. I'd never heard that. I must be out of it.

[libodem]

17. Ahhh

Is that because that is his own kind? How sweet. It's not because they call us Democ'RATS'? Because that would not be his own kind. I saw a huge head of 'W' on a news clip this morning with an oil derrick coming out the top of it. As the derrick pumped it worked the jaw of Oil's favorite spokesperson. It was very symbolic. And satisfying to my psyche just as a giant rat greeting Lie-berman will be.

[robertpaulsen]

19. 30-ft.-high rat may greet Lieberman at GOP Convention

Source: Raw Story

If some Connecticut Democrats get their way, Sen. Joe Lieberman will be greeted at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota by a gigantic inflatable rat.

Stamford's The Advocate reports:

Joseph Lieberman might want to pack some rodenticide if he decides to stump for John McCain at the upcoming Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.

Some of the same Connecticut Democrats who stalked the senator on the re-election trail two years ago with the famous "kiss" float - a papier mache likeness of President Bush kissing Lieberman after the 2005 State of the Union address - are hoping to make a similar splash at the GOP fete Sept. 1-4.

If Lieberman's detractors get their way, their prop would be a 30-foot inflatable rat, the kind unions typically use when construction workers cross picket lines.


Read more: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/30_Foot_rat_may_greet_Lieberman_0730.html

[readmoreoften]

20. I love inflatable rats.

[flor de jasmim]

22. I'll learn to love them!

[TheCowsCameHome]

21. How appropriate - especially if coming from CT....

where Joe screwed the voters that elected him.

[Mr. McD]

23. It will be dwarfed by that rat Lieberman. (nt)

[LiberalEsto]

24. He's a de-Mock-Rat, not a Democrat

so it's totally appropriate

[superconnected]

25. How appropriate.

[Zorra]

27. Put some red stiletto heels and a short skirt on the rat, and put big rat trap nearby.

Joe may think he found his soulmate.

[BreweryYardRat]

31. Oh, I want to see this.

In their shoes, I might have gone with a big louse, but a rat is easier to recognize.

[Olney Blue]

32. I feel betrayed by Lieberman.

[Irreverend IX]

33. I wonder...

Why is Lieberman leaning toward the Republicans now? They're spinning in the drain and you'd think he would want to stay on the winning team.