Clark Counters Lieberman at Huffington Post

[Tom Rinaldo]

Clark has a new Diary up at HuffPo now, which includes some of his comments picked up on by the Hartford Courant today...

http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-caucus0612.artjun12,0,1006234.story

...and go even further.

The tone of his words may not fully reflect the depth of Clark's anger at Joe Lieberman, but they sure hint strongly at it. Clark titled his piece:

"Joe Lieberman is at it again"

and he ends his piece by saying:

"We cannot let people like Joe Lieberman dictate the terms of this debate."

In between, Clark states, among other things:

"This kind of rhetoric is irresponsible and only plays into the hands of President Ahmadinejad, and those who seek an excuse for military action. What we need now is full-fledged engagement with Iran. We should be striving to bridge the gulf of almost 30 years of hostility and only when all else fails should there be any consideration of other options. The Iranians are very much aware of US military capabilities. They don't need Joe Lieberman to remind them that we are the militarily dominant power in the world today."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gen-wesley-clark/joe-lieberman-is-at-it-ag_b_51828.html

Earlier the Harford Courant quoted this part of Clark's statements about Joe Lieberman, right in old Joe's home neck of the woods where I hope it hurts him like Hell:

"Sen. Lieberman's saber rattling does nothing to help dissuade Iran from aiding Shia militias in Iraq, or trying to obtain nuclear capabilities," said Clark, who in 2004 was one of Lieberman's rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination.

"In fact," said Clark, "it's highly irresponsible and counter-productive, and I would urge him to stop."

The Courant also included this zinger from Clark:

Clark took further aim at Lieberman: "Only someone who never wore the uniform or thought seriously about national security would make threats at this point."


Go Get Him General!

[Bucky]

1. For what it's worth, Lieberman's intent wasn't to rattle his sabre

It was to kiss Bush's ass. I know you're a fan of Occam's Razor. The simplest explanation for anything Joe Lieberman does is "he's kissing Bush's ass."

[Tom Rinaldo]

2. I will never deny that part of Joe Lieberman's motivations

He is a lackie for Bush, and Bush, I believe, is pleased to have that saber rattled.

[electropop]

3. "rattling the saber"

:rofl:

That's now on the end of my very long list of euphemisms for a certain act...

[Tom Rinaldo]

5. LOL

If the act fits, name it!

[hfojvt]

8. It's really not Bush though

It seems to be the RWNM, because if he bashes Dems or promotes RW spin points, he can get more TV time. Plus, he seems to favor the policies of the hawks of Israel.

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

4. I wonder if Al figures his biggest mistake in life was Joe.

Joe is a "ho".

[Dinger]

6. Go Ahead General, You Know You Want To . . .

Run that is.

It is rare indeed to see the General let somebody have it like he let lieberman have it in his statements. Has fido responded yet? Or is he scared??? It's like Wes has fido (joe) cornered, and there isn't a helluva lot he can do. Hee hee, I love it!!!
:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[Boo Boo]

7. Kicked for Crazy-Ass Joe (recommended too!) /nt

[The Count]

9. Joe is a neocon in his own right. As for his saber rattling proclivities, that

may be ..uhm...the cherry on top?

[Fermezlabush]

10. Didn't Joementum tell us Clark was not a Democrat?

Didn't some of you buy it at the time? This morality tale brought to you by....
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?????

[Tom Rinaldo]

12. All True, But I forgive Democrats who were confused for a few months at most

Paranoia strikes deep and all of that. I had my initial suspicions about backing a retired General also, the first time I heard about Wes Clark. But the record has been in for a long time now and Joe Lieberman resides on the wrong side of that vinyl.

When Clark campaigned for Lamont against Lieberman in CT, he cut a great campaign ad for Ned, the punch line was "Re-Elect Joe Lieberman? There'a a word for that, Mistake" which followed Clark blasting all of Lieberman's mistakes in support of Bush on Iraq, going all the way back to the IWR that Lieberman co-sponsored.

These two men do have some personal history though, and all of it speaks well of Clark.

[Bucky]

13. Nope, that was Howard Dean who said Clark was "basically a Republican"

[in_cog_ni_to]

11. OUCH! Take THAT, Joe! I love the headline....

"Joe Lieberman is at it again" :rofl: Go Wes Go!