Lieberman Starts Talking Up "Respect" For Obama

Joe Lieberman adopted the role of Republican attack dog early on, but as the election draws near, he's hoping the political world has a very short memory.

Lieberman, a self-proclaimed "independent Democrat" who was chosen by McCain to make the case against Obama at the Republican National Convention in early September, said his comments have been within bounds.

"When I go out, I say, 'I have a lot of respect for Sen. Obama. He's bright. He's eloquent.'"

My hunch is, Lieberman sees the direction of the political winds, and hopes to convince Democrats that while he's been a McCain sycophant, he's always been "respectful" towards Obama.

Read the whole story here.

Comments

[VA Lady2008]

Will it be a cold day in hell before any Democrat does anything for Joe L?

You betcha.

[BuickBoy57]

Joe, don'tcha know it's a little late in the game to be channeling Benedict Arnold?

[Sintari]

Lieberman... Dude... You were on the ticket with Gore when the election was stolen. And then you let yourself fall far enough to address the Republican Convention audience with all your limp-fish rhetoric... And now you're trying to slither back over to us? No, man. Just no.

(Sorry about all the ellipses. I just... I have no words.)

[nodonjuan]

Joe always sounds like he's ready to cry. Hit the road toad!

[truthtopower007]

Rat jumping from the Titanic.

[Richmoves]

Leiberman is a dud of a turn-coat who is now trying to save his droopy face in washington.

[ksecus]

Joes a slimy little ball of goo, isnt he"

[cmp]

This creep reminds me of Strother Martin. Remember him from Cool Hand Luke ? " What we have here is a failure to communicate ". Always played a wuss weakling. Always leaning to the prevailing wind. No guts. No character. That's Lieberman !

[dartagnan]

Hit the road, Joe, and don't you come back no mo', no mo', no mo', no mo'

Hit the road, Joe, and don't you come back no mo'.

(Apologies to the late lamented Ray Charles)

[vincefango]

To quote Bob Dylan:

"You got a lotta nerve
To say you got a helping hand to lend
You just want to be on
The side that's winning"

[sonson]

Oh HOW does it FEEL.....?? HOW does it feel??

[dartagnan]

"Lieberman, a self-proclaimed "independent Democrat"

If Lieberman is ANY kind of a Democrat, I'm the Dalai Lama.

[Ourrias]

Let's see a little "Joe-mentum" on the Democratic side of the Senate aisle come next January.

It's PAST TIME for Harry Reid to kick this sorry-assed-loser, Lieberman's butt back across the aisle to the Republican caucus where he so richly deserves to while away the remainder of his last 4 years in the Senate.

[raye1]

Just wanted to repost my "Ode to Joe" from this morning. If anyone has a line to add to it ,please feel free!


JoJo the Wandering Donkey has nowhere left to go
He has no choice but to follow his own tail
To and Fro

He wandered over here , wandered over there
In the end JoJo had wandered off to nowhere

Oh where should JoJo the a$$ go now?
Now that with all of his old friends, he has run afoul?

JoJo will fall on his sword and plea
Please, can someone love an a$$ like me?
I say not likely!

[dartagnan]

LOL! Well, since he has dual citizenship maybe he can move to Israel and get elected to the Knesset. His political career in the US est finee.

[zuffaloo]

when jojo's team was far behind
he tried to flip to the other side
he went to the middle then played 2nd fiddle
to mccain who was pained when he learned that the name
of jojo wouldn't be added to his campaign

now jojo's new team is taking a dive,
& he's looking for a way to save his hide
hoping people don't remember the things he said
about the guy who took the high road instead

[raye1]

zuffaloo!!!! You are fantastic at this!! I adding this to my save word doc! Wow!!!

It just gets better with every reading!!!

[raye1]

Ok....I was totally distracted by Baracks speech! Hence the idiot speech!! What I meant to say ...I will be adding this to my word doc.

Too much Barack is not good for your brain!!! It is possible to have a slight Barack over intoxication! But I would rather have that than JoJo's friends sour apples for the next four years!

[raye1]

Ok....I was totally distracted by Baracks speech! Hence the crazy writting !! What I meant to say ...I will be adding this to my word doc.

Too much Barack is not good for your brain!!! It is possible to have a slight Barack over intoxication! But I would rather have that than JoJo's friends sour apples for the next four years!

[sansego2000]

Sees the writing on the wall. What a punk . Sucks up to whoever he thinks is gonna be in power. Total spineless man. I hope the DNC does what it said ealier, that there would not be a position for Lieberman after the election.

[HurryUp1212009]

5 Minutes after Obama is sworn in, Harry Reid should call this two-faced P.O.S. and kick his ugly butt out of the Democratic Caucus. He's worse than a chameleon, he's a cockroach... Disgusting!