Politico: Lieberman Denounces Moveon.org "General Betray Us?" Ad

[flpoljunkie]

Lieberman denounces MoveOn.org ad

Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut independent who caucuses with Democrats, denounced a MoveOn.org ad in Monday's New York Times questioning the credibility of Army Gen. David Petraeus, calling on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to distance themselves from the attack as well.

“The personal attack on Gen. David Petraeus launched today by MoveOn.org is an outrageous and despicable act of slander that every member of the Congress -- Democrat and Republican -- has a solemn responsibility to condemn," Lieberman said in the statement.

“As a member of the Senate Democratic caucus, I therefore call on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to denounce Moveon.org in no uncertain terms for its vile attack on Gen. Petraeus," Lieberman said. "General Petraeus deserves no less."

In the ad, MoveOn.org questions whether Petraeus would "betray us" by manipulating facts in his much-anticipated progress report. The ad also accuses the general of "cooking the books for the White House" when he delivers his report on Capitol Hill Monday and Tuesday.

Lieberman, who was the target of numerous anti-war groups during last year's contentious Democratic primary, joins Republican leaders in both chambers who uniformly denounced the MoveOn ad Monday.

“Democratic leaders must make a choice today: either embrace the character assassination tactics Moveon.org has leveled against the four-star general leading our troops in the fight against al Qaeda, or denounce it as disgraceful," House Minority Leader John A. Boehner said in a statement.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0907/Lieberman_denounces_Moveonorg_ad.html

(MoveOn.org could have made the necessary point about the surge not accomplishing what it intended--without obvious inflammatory overkill--"General Betray Us?" and without setting themselves up for an attack from the likes of Holy Joe Lieberman.)

Link to the ad: http://pol.moveon.org/petraeus.html

[illinoisprogressive]

1. Liebermann, Republican tool and democratic traitor

[IndianaGreen]

18. Lieberman's name is right alongside Quisling's in the History Hall of Shame

Nothing that man says or does has any value!

[EFerrari]

2. Thanks, Joe, for spreading the word!

lol

[liberalhistorian]

3. Traitorous Holy Joe LIEberman, we give

a shit what you say because?....................................................

Why don't you try sending your own kids or grandkids over there instead of insisting on sacrificing everyone else's? That is, after you remove your mouth from Shrub's ass, which will, of course, be never.

[karynnj]

4. This was a VERY stupid move on the part of Move on

What is the purpose of ads? Usually it is to move people to agree with you. Middle school type playing with the General's name and attacking his character, rather than making a case that the surge did not work, hurts us.

How successful will the Republicans be in conflating the sincere efforts of Democrats to change the policy with these mud slingers?

[AX10]

5. But there is never any criticism when right wing groups attack...

us in a much worse manner. :argh:

[flpoljunkie]

6. Perhaps we'd like to be better and smarter than they are

[sandnsea]

8. They mock policy - not the person

When it comes to important matters, they go after the words and policies of people - not the person himself.

[AX10]

12. They mock the person. Hannity does it, Rush does it...

Savage does it, Malkin does it, etc...and when they do it, it is much worse than this.

[sandnsea]

17. AFTER they destroy policy

They go after a person's views and statements first, then they finish them off with mockery.

[sandnsea]

7. Giving Holy Joe a soap box, brilliant

I can't believe they did this. Of all things. Make Democrats look petty and allow Joe Lieberman to have the high ground. This is something you let Randi Rhodes say, not something a respected group puts in the New York Times.

[AndyA]

9. Atta boy, Joe. Be sure and tell us how you feel about this, because everyone cares what you think.

Really, they do. You are not obsolete, or a political has been. Your opinion matters to all. Really. It does.

:eyes:

:sarcasm:

[Hard_Work]

10. You mean

Joementum is still alive? Wow.

[liberalhistorian]

19. Yes, but it turned into

NOmentum, although not fast enough, unfortunately.

[oasis]

11. Joe LIEberman wrote the book on betrayal. (eom)

[Imagevision]

13. Screw Lieberman, the king of all traitors...

[ReadTomPaine]

14. The moment we have a better majority Joe needs to stripped of his committee assignments...

I have never understood the voter appeal of this man. The faster he can be left out in the cold the better.

[Exultant Democracy]

15. I agree with your comment, but it also must be noted that

Lieberman can go jump in a lake as far as I care. I just didn't like the tone of the MoveOn ad, nasty doesn't sit well with me.

[flpoljunkie]

16. Some voters in CT were apparently fooled by Lieberman's criticism of Rummy as criticism of Iraq war.

I wonder what his job approval rating is there now. A lot of buyer's response, I would imagine.