From alternet.org: 'President LIEberman'

[ikojo]

I know many say they do not really take into consideration who the VP candidate is when deciding to support a presidential candidate...this article may change minds...I was not aware that the Clinton administration gave Chalabi $100 million in 1998.

http://alternet.org/columnists/story/54074/


'President' Lieberman: A Cautionary Tale
By Robert Scheer, Truthdig
Posted on June 13, 2007, Printed on June 14, 2007
http://www.alternet.org/story/54074/

What if Al Gore had won the 2000 presidential election but died in office? Would President Joe Lieberman have been worse than George W. Bush? His recent actions suggest that he could have descended even lower in his illogical and immoral responses to the tragedy of 9/11. Although now an independent, Lieberman provides a cautionary tale for folks who talk of backing "any Democrat" who can win.

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He never learns. This is the joker who bought the Ahmad Chalabi line that invading Iraq would result in a pro-West and pro-Israel democracy with Chalabi (who later failed to get 1 percent of the vote) playing Iraq's George Washington. For five years before 9/11, Lieberman pushed funding for Chalabi's exile organization to lead the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Lieberman was also a principal author of the 1998 Iraq Liberation Act, which threw $100 million in Chalabi's direction.

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This is a man whom leading Democrats, including Bill Clinton, supported in his primary campaign against an intelligent Democrat who sought to end the Iraq nightmare.

But, as those "any Democrat is better" apologists will likely argue, Lieberman, as president, would have conducted the occupation in a more measured manner, sensitive to civil liberties and other enlightened concerns.

[blm]

1. Also heard that Hillary's Grunwald and Penn both worked for Lieberman's 2004 run

and I will bet anything that run was intended for other purposes - to use Joe to lash out at the other Dem candidates while he stayed close to Bush 's position along with Hillary. I never bought for a minute that Joe believed he would win the primary.

[sam sarrha]

2. i didn't know Israel had a president...