If Lieberman is such a strong 90% Democrat why is it the Republicans want

[Toots]

him to win so badly? What is that old saying "If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck" it has to be an elephant or some such...

[TheFriedPiper]

1. Because he NOW supports Bush 100% in Iraq

And Iraq is the noose that will hang the entire bunch.

[Seabiscuit]

2. Remember, if you're talking about a 90% Dem voting record, the fact is

those votes were on bills Lieberman knew couldn't pass through the Repuke majority. They don't count. What counts is that he voted with Republicans on their bills which did pass, and which have caused this country a lot of trouble.

[Flubadubya]

10. Excellent point...

politicians can be really slimy... and JoeBlow is proving himself one of the snottiest! :puke:

[NNN0LHI]

13. Yep. On votes that actually count I bet his Dem voting record is Ø n/t

[Marr]

15. Exactly.

He's been very calculated in the way he's built that "90% Democratic voting record" statement. Lieberman votes with Dems on issues that either don't matter, or have no chance of passing. He votes with Republicans every time it counts- and goes out of his way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, as he did with his Alito maneuvering. His attempt to work out a "compromise" on destroying Social Security, when no compromise was needed is another example of the way he works.

On top of all that, the Democrats don't vote all that different from Republicans anyway. Even a liberal representative is going to have alot of votes along with the Republicans, passing bills that have been mutually agreed upon.

[LA lady]

3. They want to split the Democrats

I think they feel if they can contribute to the defeat of Lamont; they will show that the Democratic party is divided.

[bigbrother05]

4. Check out the message at this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1943192

it's never only what you see on the surface with these bastids

[rodeodance]

5. Repugs are just using Joe. They will drop him like a hot potato soon.

[Skinner]

6. I have a slightly different opinion on this.

I don't think it's because lieberman "walks like a duck." Lieberman is still much more liberal than most (or all) senate Republicans. At the moment, Lieberman still claims that he will caucus with the dems, so he doesn't help the GOP increase their numbers in the senate.

Republicans have a lot of good reasons to support Lieberman, one being the fact that the GOP candidate is not viable, and another being that they need some coat-tails to save their three vulnerable connecticut Republicans in the House of Reps.

But I believe that the main reason why Republicans are supporting Lieberman because his very public position on the Iraq war, his very public support for Bush, and his very public trashing of Dems as weak on terrorism, all provide a huge amount political cover for Bush.

[Warpy]

7. Progressive Punch only gives him 60%

and a closer look shows that he's against labor and pro corporate, making his voting record in those areas look even more dismal.

The GOP knows it can offer him a home, butter him up, and use him any way it wants. They know they can get him to sell women out in a heartbeat.

I have no idea where these people are coming up with that 90% figure. My source is http://www.progressivepunch.org

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

8. NY Times today said the repukes are abandoning their own

candidate in the race to back Lieberman. If that isn't telling wavering Dems something about Joe, nothing is. I do find it interesting that apparently the repukes have no more party loyalty than Lieberman does. (Excuse typos. Cat is in front of screen trying to "edit" my posts with her feet.)

[sandnsea]

9. To prove they're nonpartisan

and not just a rubberstamping society. And to claim the Dems are moving to the left so they can't be trusted with any power that would jeopardize national security. And to just be pains in the ass because that's what they do best.

[SoCalDem]

11. For the last 12 years, it's been "easy" to be a 90%er

because on most democratic proposals, he could safely vote with dems, since their bills were doomed to the trash heap, due to the republican control ....the other 10% were the bills that actually PASSED..and they were the ones that republicans wanted..

It's like saying that your health is 90% good....well..except for the 10% of you with cancer..

[bluedog]

12. I think the Democrats who voted in the primary

for Joe will vote for Lamont.......the media is trying to make the Democrats think he has a hugh following..........

Democrats usually back their chosen candidate.............didn't we in the presidential election?..........

[applegrove]

14. They want him to loose, and then turn to them for solace. They want

to flip the leaders of the Democratic big tent. That is what Rove did in Texas.

[1932]

16. Because that 10% is so important: corporate domination of America.