Can we compile a list of the policies and principles which Joe Lieberman actively supports?

[BuyingThyme]

I'll start:

Torture.

[k8conant]

1. War with Iraq,

War with Iran.

[bryant69]

4. I'd put War with Iran first myself. With all that's going on, he still favors military options

In Iran.

Blindly supporting right wing Israeli policy masked as supporting Israel (when that policy seems destructive).

Republican candidates for the Presidency.

Bryant

[pscot]

2. Bombing countries we aren't at war with

n/t

[Gman]

3. Lieberman's a damn good friend of labor

[wuushew]

19. How then did the Dept. of Homeland Security omit worker protections?

seems a big oversight for a friend of labor.

[BuyingThyme]

20. I think Josef Stalin was similarly a friend of labor.

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[Gman]

23. That doesn't deserve an answer

you obviously know nothing about Lieberman's record.

[wuushew]

28. Why doesn't it deserve an answer Gman?

Lieberman was intimately involved in that bill and its progress in the Senate.

I am sure you will cite that a Presidential veto was threatened, but since it will never happened who knows how close the vote would have been.

[Gman]

29. Because Lieberman's career in Congress didn't just begin when he

became chair of Homeland Security. Lieberman has a long solid record of supporting issues that are important to working people that goes back many years. I can't think of any social issue that Lieberman is not right on.

So to confine your comments to what Lieberman's done in the last 5 months compared to his many years in Congress seems ridiculous.

[RufusTFirefly]

33. Friend of labor? Oh puhleeze!

Lieberman has supported practically every "free-trade" agreement put before him and was a champion of fast-track trade authority for his kissy buddy George.

Lieberman's support of school vouchers drove the Connecticut AFT and Connecticut Education Association to back Lamont in the general election.

Although the AFL-CIO leadership backed Lieberman, AFSCME, SEIU and the UAW all supported Lamont.

The International Association of Machinists also backed Lamont because of the damage that Lieberman's "No Free Trade Agreement Left Behind" policy was doing to jobs at home.

That "giant sucking sound" is Lieberman wheezing.

[BulletproofLandshark]

5. Serving his masters on K street and Pennsylvania Ave.

At the expense of everyone else

[liberal N proud]

6. Look to the policies and principle of the right wing machine

Namely Karl rrrRove.

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[BuyingThyme]

10. How can torture, renditioning, concentration camps, genocide,, etc. be supportive of Israel?

[FredScuttle]

8. Supporting a criminal Attorney General

n/t

[OHdem10]

9. A Strike against Iran--ie. -- Bomb a military camp inside Iran.

Tonight on Scarborough--a guy,lasr name Evans
was screaming literally we have a window
this year in which to take care of Iran.
He was advocating shutting down the St.of Hormuze.
(Cut off Iran's abiltity to get Gasoline and
bring them to their Knees. Sancion them to
starvation, I guess. He hs written a book
describing Iran as a dangerous foe. We cannot
wait. 2008 will be too late.

Fox using the Lieberman line, managed to roll
out a story on why Lieberman is right.

If Lieberman starts a war with Iran--it is not
the Republican's fault?????

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[KG]

12. kissing up to neo-cons

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[Cleita]

14. Bombing Iran, maybe even with nukes. n/t

[razors edge]

15. Israel.

[wuushew]

16. Some more...

Censorship
Vouchers
Incomprehensible trashing of Bill Clinton during impeachment
DOMA
etc.

[RufusTFirefly]

17. Death penalty (natch) n/t

[ashling]

18. #1. Joe Lieberman

#2. see #1

[Bluebear]

21. That's easy. Go to https://www.gop.com

[HughMoran]

22. He's a piece of shit

Oh, did I not answer the question?

:hippie:

[BlueStater]

25. Judging from his vote today,...

...incompetent, corrupt public officials.

[L. Coyote]

26. YES, but we have much better things to do. He does not deserve our precious time.

We need to focus on what will fix the real problem, not on this problem over on the sideline.

Let's not poke the bear. We may need his vote on impeachment.

[BuyingThyme]

27. Holy shit! If you think you can get an impeachment vote out of Lieberman,

then we certainly don't have better things to do.

[IChing]

30. You are kidding?.........Right?

I am disappointed in you on that comment.

[IChing]

31. You lost me.......explain

[Phredicles]

32. NOT investigating the federal government's responsibility re: Katrina.

Lotta working people on the Gulf Coast are still hurting, not that Lieberbush cares.

[BuyingThyme]

34. I always forget that one.

It's truly telling.

[IChing]

36. He is charge of Homeland Security committe on his assignment

Katrina?..........yeah Joe.............

[RufusTFirefly]

35. Oh yeah. Blacklists

The American Council of Trustees and Alumni was founded in 1995 by Lynne Cheney, the vice president's wife, and Sen. Joseph Lieberman. Its Website claims that it contributed $3.4 billion to colleges and universities last year, making it "the largest private source of support for higher education." Cheney is cited several times in the report, and is reportedly a close associate of its authors, Jerry Martin and Anne Neal.

Although the council's stated objectives include the protection of academic freedom, the report resembles a blacklist. In a chilling use of doublespeak, it affirms the right of professors to speak out, yet condemns those who have attempted to give context to Sept. 11, encourage critical thinking, or share knowledge about other cultures. Faculty are accused of being "short on patriotism" for attempting to give students the analytical tools they need to become informed citizens.

Source

[BuyingThyme]

37. I had no idea.

I'm going to have to reconsider my disdain for Joe. I wasn't judging him nearly harshly enough.

[RufusTFirefly]

38. Opposes Gore

"...at the 2002 DLC meeting, Lieberman triggered an ugly split when he accused Gore of ignoring the DLC message."
- Hartford Courant, 5/7/04 (via Sirotablog)

Wow! That's one of the best endorsements for Gore that I've heard so far.

[Phredicles]

40. Boy that's the truth;

also rather neatly illustrates how Liebertoad is much more about loyalty to the Dear Leader than to his then-fellow party members (I mean, now that his party is the Joe Party, he doesn't have to worry about that. But I'm interested to know when he has EVER criticized Bush).

[Selatius]

39. Believes in Free Trade.

I like something akin to Kucinich's Fair Trade instead.

[salin]

41. Supported the bankruptcy bill, iirc,

that did nothing to curb predatory lending, but set some pretty draconian measures out without any provisions or protections for those who fall into backruptcy due to medial emergency or natural disaster.

Sadly so did many democrats. (Granted he was still a democrat at the time of the vote.)

[johnnydrama]

42. with one vote

With today's vote here's what Lieberman stands for

1. Torture
2. Election fraud
3. Politicization of Justice
4. Unlimited spying on American's with no warrant
5. Blatant lying to Congress

[wuushew]

43. kick

:kick:

[LeftishBrit]

44. Getting as high up Bush's rear end as possible!

And war - almost any war!