Lieberman's 'Judas kiss' could seal his primary fate

[truthpusher]

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article1174317.ece

Lieberman's 'Judas kiss' could seal his primary fate

By Rupert Cornwell in Washington
Published: 14 July 2006



In today's intense Democratic politics in Connecticut, "The Kiss" does not refer to great works of art. Speak of "The Kiss" and you conjure up an embrace immediately after the President's State of the Union address in January 2005. The embrace was between George Bush and the state's junior senator, Joe Lieberman. A better name for it would be the kiss of Judas - or the kiss of death.



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The candidate himself remembers his brush with Bush slightly differently. "I don't think he kissed me," he told Time magazine. "He leaned over, gave me a hug, and said, 'Thank you for being a patriotic American.'"



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"He's a Republican mole in the Democratic party," says Pravil Banker, director of a financial company and a man who in other circumstances might be a natural Lieberman supporter.



"He's the guy who goes on Fox News. He's the tame Democrat that even conservatives can stomach.



"He's too much a part of the Washington establishment. We must have someone who's in touch with us."



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link: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article1174317.ece



(the photos were not part of the article)

[saltpoint]

1. Lieberman is too much a Me Democrat. We need more We Democrats.

Go, Ned.

My thought is, if your gonna get kissy-smoochy with somebody, oughtn't it to be somebody worth getting kissy-smoochy WITH?

And George W. Bush doesn't even make the semi-finals.

[regnaD kciN]

2. Watch What You Say...

...10-to-1 your mention of "Judas" in the context of Lieberman will get you accused of anti-Semitism. :eyes:

[Mind_your_head]

3. What a rubber face!

or perhaps a skinny "Jabba the Hut" uggghhhhhh

http://www.rubberfaces.com/

[senseandsensibility]

4. Isn't there a photo that actually shows chimpy's lips

planted on Joementum? I think I saw it on a thread yesterday. Does anyone have it saved? I'm sick of reading about Lieberman denying the kiss. If we have photographic proof that it really happened, it's another example of his lack of truth telling.

[truthpusher]

5. I saw one...but it looked fake - here it is...

[TwilightZone]

6. Between the "kiss" and his demand that we stop criticizing Bush...

I certainly hope that people are paying attention and vote accordingly.

Thanks for selling out the party, Joe!

Link to thread re: Joe's statement about "undermining" Bush's credibility: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1620509&mesg_id=1620509

[Cha]

7. So where is that

picture of The Judas Kiss..I could have sworn there was a picture of bush kissing him with his turtle lips?

Remember how pissed we all were and now the chicken lips are coming home to roost!

[Hubert Flottz]

8. Wasn't that a "FREEDOM" kiss?

I thought I saw some forked tongue action too, in that close up shot.

[Cha]

9. Definetly,

a FREEDOM Smooch! :P