Joe Lieberman: Democrats’ man of the hour

[getthefacts]

It’s been a while for Sen. Joe Lieberman, but tonight, he’s Democrats’ man of the hour.

The Democrat-turned-independent from Connecticut drove the repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy from sponsorship to the final push across the finish line in a 65-31 vote today, winning over liberal hearts, at least for the moment.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1210/46579.html#ixzz18WqHR4Ry

[T Wolf]

1. So, how strange is it that Lieberman delivers something that Obama promised but couldn't without

Joe Lieberman???'s leadership?

[msongs]

2. Lieberman is not a democrat nt

[The Second Stone]

3. Joe Lieberman is not a Democrat, he is an Independent

and he was only one vote in this effort. It is not unlike Joe Lieberman to try to hog all the credit from all the activists, Housemembers, Senators and others who have worked for twenty years for this result. Joe Lieberman was just one vote, and only gets one vote's credit worth of it. Lamont would have voted the same way and been more helpful on many other bills.

[47of74]

4. People need to remember that when he comes up for election again

[COLGATE4]

5. This cynical little fuck is worried about getting re-elected so he's

trying to get back in the good graces with Dems and (real) Independents with his theater on DADT. This treasonous little turncoat has the principles of an alley cat (no offense intended to alley cats).

[bemildred]

6. Yep, and the MSM is doing all it can to help out. nt

[awoke_in_2003]

7. I'm to busy eating crow...

because I said this wouldn't get through the senate. I am happy it did, but I still cannot stomach Lieberman.

on edit: K&R

[Johnny Harpo]

8. So now...Joe is a hero...not all that long ago....

we were all calling him a chump.

The guy changes direction like a flag flapping in the wind.

[DemocratAholic]

9. meanwhile, he supported McCain for President

let's not forget about that. and if McCain had won, this issue would never have advanced.

Lieberman is thinking about his own re-election. Opposing the repeal of DADT would not have been good for him in Connecticut. Let's not make him into something he is not. DADT was repealed in spite of many efforts by Lieberman, not because of it.

[yurbud]

10. DLC formula: progressive cultural window dressing, conservative middle class killing economics

Would you like your austerity with or without abortion and gay rights?

[emsimon33]

11. One good deed does not a true human being make--Joe is a slime devil

A tool of Evil.