"we undermine presidential credibility at our nation’s peril" - Lieberman

[bloom]

As if Bush doesn't undermine his credibility without our help. :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut was the first Democrat to announce his support for Alito. “I have just returned from my fourth trip to the Senate in the past 17 months and can report real progress there,” he wrote in an Op-Ed piece in the Wall Street Journal entitled, “Alito Must Be Confirmed.” He argued that “it’s time for Democrats who distrust President Bush to acknowledge that he will be the commander in chief for three more critical years, and that we undermine presidential credibility at our nation’s peril.”

http://www.reclusiveleftist.com/


:yoiks:


P.S. This is "Genuine Fake News" by Violet Socks. (I hadn't read that when I posted it originally).

P.P.S. Joe did say "we undermine presidential credibility at our nation’s peril" - another time - just the Alito part isn't true.

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/12/07/murtha-responds-to-lieberman/

And not only that - "we undermine presidential credibility at our nation’s peril" is on Lieberman's own site:

http://lieberman.senate.gov/newsroom/release.cfm?id=249522

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Go away, Joe. Go quietly into that dark night of retirement, please.

[jobycom]

2. We are trying to restore presidential credibility, Joe. You ain't helpin'.

[blm]

38. THIS CAN'T BE A LEGIT POST. Nelson was first, and Lieberman sez filibuster

is still an option.

The source must be a joke.

[Connie_Corleone]

41. It's a parody.

Everyone is freaking out over a joke.

[blm]

45. I know - and this is how disinfo gets spread quickly around here. OP

should say it's parody in their post.

[Connie_Corleone]

47. Maybe the OP thought it was real.

[bloom]

58. It's probably because I had heard that quote of his before.

That is seemed believable. I knew he said things like that.


As I mentioned in my edit: "we undermine presidential credibility at our nation’s peril" is on Lieberman's own site:

http://lieberman.senate.gov/newsroom/release.cfm?id=249522

[bloom]

50. You have to admit

that it did seem believable.

I believed it.



I'll have to notice when Ms. VIolet Socks posts things under "Genuine Fake News".

[bettyellen]

69. most posters didn't catch that, they are mistaken as you were.

it's going to be an embarrassment when they spread this around to people.
was that your intention?

[mom cat]

71. Or a freeper trying to dishearten us..Don't let it work! Keep up the fight

And be wary of any dissinformation!

[LincolnMcGrath]

3. And yet, sadly, Some folks here poo poo the idea of running a real Dem

against him. :shrug:

[BushOut06]

61. Sometimes I wonder...

You don't think there are any freepers in disguise over here pledging undying loyalty to DINOs, do you?

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[Lerkfish]

5. um.....ok. this is precisely the crap I think about whenever

a DLC apologist tries to tell us to shape up and move to the right.

and it is. crap.

[flyarm]

6. I HATE THAT MOTHER FUCKER!!..COME ON CONN PPL GET THIS GUY OUT!N/T

[cali]

7. I'm confused

I didn't think Lieberman had announced his support for alito. In fact, he said only the other day, that he hadn't ruled out a filibuster. I'll be quite surprised if he votes to confirm. He's facing a well financed primary challenger from the left. I don't think he can afford to vote yes on alito.

[blm]

42. DISINFO ALERT! Please refrain from attacking since so far Joe is with us

on Alito and hasn't ruled out filibuster.

[cali]

51. Thanks for the info

but please note that I in way, shape or form attacked Joe. In fact, I provided more complete info than you did.

[blm]

56. I know you didn't attack. I was using your post to alert the board.

Sorry if you thought it was directed at you.

[rodeodance]

64. YES

[SlavesandBulldozers]

8. omfg.

he really is a full-on apologist isn't he? Holy shit!

[rpgamerd00d]

9. WHAT PART OF "CO-EQUAL BRANCH" DOES JOE NOT UNDERSTAND ?!

Christ.

[htuttle]

10. Lieberman has become a stinking kapo

Hope you enjoy those perks, Joe. At least while they last...

[jsamuel]

11. HE IS BEGGING TO BE THROWN OUT OF THE PARTY

He is saying, "pretty please, throw me out, please, please, please"

"I really wanna be an independent, but I can't do it unless you guys kick me out first!"

[jsamuel]

73. nevermind, THIS POST WAS PARODY

[meegbear]

12. Please Connecticut PLEASE!!!

VOTE THIS FUCKHEAD OUT OF OFFICE!! PLEASE!!

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BTW - DU Spellcheck said that FUCKHEAD is wrong, it's either FUCK HEAD or FUCK-HEAD. Dictionary.com says one word is OK: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=fuckhead

[elehhhhna]

13. FUCK JOEMENTUM . (JOEMENTAL?) there i said it.

[KitSileya]

14. Please tell me he's up for election this year.

Please? Is he, and can someone get a decent Democrat to challenge him in the primaries?

[jsamuel]

16. Yes

he is up for re-election

[KitSileya]

65. Joy!

Now, proper Democrats need to start working on finding a candidate to challenge him in the primaries.

[mod mom]

15. What credibility?

[FVZA_Colonel]

34. Exactly what I thought.

I mean, wouldn't he have needed to have credibility in the first place for it to be able to be undermined?

[Peanutcat]

17. Sheesh

The President is undermining his own credibility.

[Connie_Corleone]

18. Uh, I hope you all know that this is a PARODY.

Lieberman hasn't said anything about Alito as far as I know.

I'm not sticking up for Joementum, but it's kind of funny how everyone is reacting to a parody piece.

[truebrit71]

23. Reagrdless. Doesn't that sound like Joe anyway?

Of course he voted AGAINST the war and AGAINST the bankruptcy bill, and AGAINST Roberts...

Oh wait.....never mind.....

[truebrit71]

19. What a fucking tool. This moran needs to be kicked out of the party...

...with Democrats like Joe who needs republicans??? :grr:

[TahitiNut]

20. "We must compliment the Emperor's new clothes!!"

"we call the Emperor naked at our nation’s peril"

[debbierlus]

21. 2 Senators down - 43 left - 44, if Jeffords sides with us

We only need 41 to filibuster.

Keep the pressure on.

[cally]

22. Lieberman is opposing Alito

I'm angry about his support for the war and appeasing the admin, but Lieberman consistently supports choice. I would be shocked if he supports Alito.

[jsamuel]

33. HE SAYS!!! "Alito must be confirmed." DID YOU MISS THAT?

[Connie_Corleone]

35. Read the piece carefully. It's a parody of his comments about

the Iraq war.

[jsamuel]

72. oh wow, this was originally in LBN though, wasn't it?

thank god...

I thought for a second...

I didn't think Lieberman would say this kinda stuff outright... I have been calling him a "social democrat" because he is pro-choice and he is pro-diversity and stuff like that. But his foreign policy (like H. Clinton) is much like Bush. I haven't heard Lieberman say anything about the tapping yet either.

Too bad his recent actions have caused me to believe this thread at first...

[cally]

39. Did you read the article....it's a parody!!!!

Lieberman did not say this.

[Coexist]

43. didn't get it at first - called his office...

:blush:

Ha ha! Knee-jerk reactions in these tense times are occurring more frequently, eh.

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[Tierra_y_Libertad]

25. What a shock! Joe backs Bush again. *shrug*.

Right up there with "Biden says stupid things on camera."

[slaveplanet]

26. That's a threat

we undermine presidential credibility at our nation’s peril.”

and anybody who sees it as anything less has their head in the sand.

[Skidmore]

29. Yes, it is. Delivered by one of our own.

[tatertop]

27. President Gore calls him Lo Blow Jo

and so do I

[Coexist]

28. You have GOT to be fucking kidding me.

Unfuckingbelievable.

[Coexist]

32. after taking a deep breath... I called his office NOT TRUE!!

Okay - there is nothing on his website yet, but his staffer says he has not announced anything.

[gizmo1979]

30. So just because he's the president

he gets a rubber stamp!Look where that has gotten us.He really needs pyschological help.Maybe he's had a stroke.

[in_cog_ni_to]

31. What a piece of shit. I cannot believe I ever voted for that man to be VP.

The idiot will be prez for 3 years (hopefully LEES-IMPEACHMENT?), BUT ScAlito is for LIFE!!!!!! You dumb ass.:grr:

[firefox]

36. Join the Empire Party, Joe nt

[leftofthedial]

37. somebody pull the plug on this yapping little king george joker toy

he is pathetic

[Radical Activist]

40. I can't believe this guy was ever on a national ticket. n/t

[Connie_Corleone]

44. IT'S A JOKE!!!!!!

Lieberman did not say this about Alito. It's a parody of his comments about the Iraq war.

[Beetwasher]

46. PROPER LINK PLEASE!!! THIS IS BULLSHIT AND NOT A REAL QUOTE!!!!!!!!!

This is bullshit. Replace "Senate" w/ Iraq, and that's what this quote is from AND it's old. This is disinformation and bullshit.

I don't like Lieberman, but this post is dishonest and it's bullshit. Lieberman NEVER said that about Alito.

I don't know if this was meant to be a joke or what, but the link in the original post does not lead to this quote (or if it does it's hard to find on the page) and it's not made clear in the original post that this is supposed to be a joke.

[Beelzebud]

48. Oh for fucks sake... The Democrats are their own worst enemy...

Biden, Lieberman, and their ilk just make me SICK.

[Ron Green]

49. I'm pleased to know I never voted for this jerk.

[awoke_in_2003]

52. really

why doesn't he just go ahead and switch party affiliation? He is a repuke, and he (as well as we) know it.

[sweetheart]

53. who's nation?

The nation is not ours anymore, but that of a bunch of thuggish criminals
who have assholes so large that joe lieberman can make an entire speech
inside a republican rectum.

[madinmaryland]

54. Can you delete this post.

There appears to be no truth to this statement, as this is "fake news". If he did not say this, then change the headline. As i recall, lieberman stated a day or two ago that he may support a filibuster.

Thanks.

[BurtWorm]

57. He actually did say those words, but it was about Iraq

Mr. Lieberman particularly infuriated his colleagues when he pointed out at a conference here that President Bush would be commander in chief for three more years and said that ''it's time for Democrats who distrust President Bush to acknowledge that.''

''We undermine the president's credibility at our nation's peril,'' Mr. Lieberman said.

http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F30C15F83A550C738DDDAB0994DD404482


Still, it's unfair to take this potshot at him if he says he could support a fillibuster.

[madinmaryland]

62. That's why I am upset.

Lieberman did not say those words about the filibuster. As much as I hate his stand on the iraq war, this is not related to the war. It's something that freepers will comment about that we can't even get our statements straight.

[BurtWorm]

67. Especially when the source is obviously fraudulent.

I agree with you. And I loathe Liebermanism as much as anyone. (I voted for Weicker in 1988--the only time I've ever knowingly and purposely voted GOP).

[hatrack]

55. How about presidents who undermine reality through constant LIES?

Is there any sort of penalty which we might dare to apply to the, Joe-mentum? Anything?

[fujiyama]

59. I'm confused

The link the blogger has goes to a different Lieberman op ed and I don't see anything about Alito in it. The name of the editorial isn't even entitled "Alito must be confirmed". The article linked is "Our troops must stay". I don't believe Lieberman has made a decision (or announcement) yet on whether he's going to vote for Alito or not.

Look, I don't like Lieberman any more than anyone else here, but if we are going to attack him, the least that can be done is linking to the corrent article (and that's not your fault - it's the blogger's).

[bloom]

63. you're right

The blogger posted this under "Genuine Fake News". The credibility part is a real, Lieberman quote - that he has on his own site.

The Alito part is made up.


I hadn't noticed this when I first posted it. Not being a subscriber to the WSJ - I didn't bother trying the link.

[fujiyama]

66. Thee WSJ article was an editorial

so it's free for non subscribers (granted I don't think I would ever read the editorials in the WSJ) but I only did so to verify if this was true or not.

[alarimer]

60. Fuck you Joe

Traitor. Bush ass-kisser.

well it seemed believable.

My subject line still stands, however.

[bettyellen]

68. wow, that ps is going to be missed by a few people.....how useless and

confusing can a post get?

[DanCa]

70. and watch we'll wind up getting a Liebermen zell miller ticket in 08

*Takes a finger points it at head pulls imaginary trigger, sticks out tongue, and has head fall back to the desk*

[F.Gordon]

74. Every time I wander into GD to bestow my knowledge and...

wisdom on DU.
:dunce: :crazy:

I see a thread like this.

Just listened to Joe on the raydio a day or two ago. Said he hasn't ruled out a filly and hasn't decided.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled knee-jerk festival.
:party:

[Moderator]

75. Locking....

This topic has run its course.