A Different Take On The LIEberman Vote Today

[matcom]

Folks, they have him by the balls.

I have no doubt that Reid et al negotiated a LOT with all members AND Holy Joe.

See, Joe backed McLame knowing that if he won, Joe was politically safe - FOREVER.

He put ALL of his eggs in that basket. He didn't believe we would elect a black man and he KNEW he would be heavily rewarded.

Then, the unthinkable happened to him. There is your only motive.

I will bet the house that the Dem Leadership "negotiated" with Joe. They told him in VERY specific terms that he owes them his ASS and I'll bet the exact words used were, "You WILL vote and openly SUPPORT x, y AND z, and you WILL do x, y AND z, as CHAIRMAN of that committee. If you fail to do so, the $$ will be POURING into Ned Lamont's campaign faster than you can go on FAUX news and bitch."

Joe is such a little shit weasel that he agreed to save face. THEY.OWN.HIS.ASS.

Sorry, that's all I got left ;)

[WeDidIt]

Actually, I think Lieberman owns them

Sorry, not buying it.

They caved in like craven cowards, just like they did with Bush for the past eight years.

[Buzz Clik]

Agreed. Lieberman is a clever politician.

The Dems have proved themselves not-so-clever in the past. I have no reason to believe they "own" Lieberman in any way.

[Starry Messenger]

1. Thank you for putting it so well.

I'm hiding all the other Lieberman threads except for this one. :)

[Parche]

2. Too Bad I Am In TM's Room Right Now

:woohoo: :hi:

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. Well, I like they way you think

Something behind the scenes doesn't add up and that was Dean's immediate statement.
Dean hates Lieberman so I think he knows something we don't.


My fingers are crossed hoping you are right.

[blm]

9. Also Durbin and Kerry loathe Lieberman. No way would they speak for that ass unless Obama NEEDED it.

And that it better be something HUGE like Universal healthcare or Iraq withdrawal.

[Ichingcarpenter]

13. That's what I'm hoping for

I still await Liarman's first appearance on the TV news talk circuit.

[cliffordu]

4. Yep - After the little talk Obama and he had on the floor of the senate some

months ago, i'll bet Joey don;t want to go to see anyone at the WH after the swearing in....

[Somawas]

5. I hope you're right.

Corpsefucking douchehammer should have been booted.

[LiberalAndProud]

6. " $$ will be POURING into Ned Lamont's campaign "

I suspect that will be the case regardless of Joe's future behavior, assuming that Ned Lamont runs on the Democratic ticket in 2012. Will Joe run as an Independent again in 2012? If so, I fear a 2006 repeat.

[AlCzervik]

7. i hope you're right.

i don't hold this against Obama at all but Lieberman is a worry and cannot be trusted, if he manages to do what you wrote in your op and stops going on Faux i'll be thrilled.

[TheDoorbellRang]

8. So... they'll punish him in four years if he doesn't toe the line?

Wow. He's probably shaking in his boots.

[matcom]

10. 2 years

via funding his opponent

[WeDidIt]

15. HE doesn't HAVE any opponents until 2012

He's not up for re-election in 2010, Dodd is.

[rateyes]

11. Why would they want to own a piece of shit?

They are supposed to flush a piece of shit.

[zulchzulu]

12. It's a chess game and Lieberman is cornered

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7890155

[Larkspur]

14. They can't take Lieberman's chair away after the new senate starts next year

unless they get a majority, not sure if it is 2/3rds or just a simple majority, from the ENTIRE Senate. The Repukes will vote to support Lieberman and so will the Bush Dog Dems. So they have NO leverage over Lieberman once the new Senate starts in 2009.

[Shakespeare]

16. Yup.

My take, too.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7889016&mesg_id=7890036

[wryter2000]

17. I hope you're right

If that's the case, it's worth giving in to the little weasel. Given the way our Dems behave, though, I don't know.

[Dr Fate]

18. And if he refuses, they will write strongly worded letters...

...and make sure that bloggers cut & paste those strongly worded letters until the next time Reid has to write strongly worded letters about Lieberman.

[ulysses]

19. "mister, you don't want to make him word things too strongly. stronger men than you

have had their feelings hurt."

:hi:

[librechik]

20. Seems to me that Lieberman owns THEIR asses

all he has to say is, sorry, I'm sleeping late that day when a filibuster arrives. And we would all be begging him and bribing him to please please be the 60.

And he might, if they give him exactly what he wants. Just like what happened today.

All we can do is elect more Dems to the Senate in 2010 so we won't need Joe.

[matcom]

21. we don't need him today

which is exactly WHY I think this is how it went down

[MurrayDelph]

22. So you are saying

Lieberman is Wormtail (I can see the resemblance, physically and otherwise)

and

Obama is Harry Potter.

But, other than the current resident of the Naval Observatory, I don't know who would be Voldemort.