Dems May Punish Lieberman For RNC Speech

The Hill:

Sen. Joe Lieberman's speech Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention may have been the last straw for his fellow Senate Democrats.

The longtime Democrat-turned-Independent senator, who still caucuses with Democrats and chairs the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, may soon see one or both of those privileges revoked, said a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).

Lieberman gave a primetime speech Tuesday that repeatedly criticized Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.). Lieberman, the 2000 Democratic vice presidential candidate, is a top supporter of Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).

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Comments

[rfrey]

08:55 PM on 09/05/2008

Joe Leiberman is just hoping the McCain wins so he can switch parties. If McCain loses, Leiberman will try coming back to the Dems on his knees. He's been kissing Republican ass for too long and it's time for the Dems to dump him. Let him become part of the red meat party. Let's just hope enough Dems get elected to Congress to keep a majority.

[DaOne]

08:14 AM on 09/04/2008

Kick the b a s t a r d out.

[wndrwrthg]

06:33 AM on 09/04/2008

Remember, lieberman can wake-up as a republican­.

[separatingwheatfromchaff]

09:06 AM on 09/04/2008

I thought he did.

[ubmaddotcom]

03:23 AM on 09/04/2008

Simply put, Lieberman is nothing but a cry-baby, politcal opportunis­t and he fits right in with the GOP very nicely I might ad. Birds of a feather flock together.

[Bettysdad]

01:31 AM on 09/04/2008

"May punish?"

What does Joe have to do for them to "actually" punish him?

[separatingwheatfromchaff]

09:25 AM on 09/04/2008

We seem to have the same dilemma with the p and vp,althoug­h Lieberman is only political and he should have been thrown out long ago.If the people we have elected don't do their job or police themselves there seems to be no recourse except for the election booth.With caging,not supplying Democratic precincts with enough voting machines, not counting ballots,el­ectronic voting machines manufactur­ed by a Republican entity without the option of a paper trail, the SCOTUS making illegal decisions,­that remedy is swiftly being taken off the table.The remedy for Lieberman is figurative­ly a swift kick in the behind and exclusion from any Dem strategy knowledge.­He has failed our party and our country with his behavior.

[JRsNana]

12:52 AM on 09/04/2008

Right. This time they're really goinhing about to do something about him. I'll believe it when I see it.

[hmmmmmer]

11:23 PM on 09/03/2008

Just take him out of his leadership role now, let Cheney break the ties, how bad is that going to look to for the Republican­s when everyone can see they actually are the problem in Washington­. If Lieberman still feels the way he does and votes Republican and can't show the working together spirit he espouses then to hell with him.

[Cherlesq]

11:20 PM on 09/03/2008

Time to move forward without Lieberman. Just watched the Palin speech. She is some angry, sarcastic women. No barnburner­. No movement. No worries. She's the same old, same old.

[obamagal]

12:10 AM on 09/04/2008

Agreed. Also very aggressive­. Did anyone else notice how she would clench her lips together after one of her (???) zingers, as if to say "take that" or "so there!". Petulant.

She's scary stuff. My husband feels sorry for her kids.... (he has a point).

[ShamusNYC]

11:12 PM on 09/03/2008

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Poor Droopy Dog - just trying to help a pal by spinning some lies & mis-truths­.


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[neocon666]

11:08 PM on 09/03/2008

After Barack Obama is sworn in, Lieberman'­s services will officially no longer be needed.

[wndrwrthg]

06:35 AM on 09/04/2008

Imagine the baptism sequence in the Godfather.

[marignymitch]

11:06 PM on 09/03/2008

Democratic leaders don't have the guts to punish Lieberman.

[08Barack08]

11:01 PM on 09/03/2008

McCain exercised incredibly poor judgment by choosing the inexperien­ced Sarah Palin to lead the free world if he were to become incapacita­ted.

Agree? Join the movement:
http://www­.IMPALIN.c­om/
Impalin' the McCain-Pal­in machine of distrust.

[nikky]

10:07 PM on 09/03/2008

THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN GOTTEN RID OF HIM AND THE REPUG'S WON'T HAVE HIM AS MUCH AS THEY HAVE USED HIM

[furryone]

09:49 PM on 09/03/2008

LIEberman is a pissy pontz who is getting the Dems back for not nominating outright for his Senate reelection­. Cut him loose Democrats!­!!

[drzoon]

09:24 PM on 09/03/2008

Lieberman has ALWAYS been a liar! people are just now catching up.... thats all