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- toecutter169, on 11/11/2008, -66/+449This guy's a douche
- Echota, on 01/05/2009, -62/+199Joe Lieberman must Go!!
Lieberman's type of politic's should Not be tolerated any longer!
Enough! - detodosmoles, on 11/11/2008, -53/+173A wolf in sheep's clothing. A classic dirty mud-slinging politician. He doesn't stand for progressive values!
- curraheeswoman, on 11/11/2008, -50/+146Lieberman proved by campaigning for McCain that he is a Republican,not a Independent,not a Democrat...he has shown that he is a traitor to progressive thinking and is a card carrying Republican Neoconservative.He should loose any and all leadership positions.He is a liar and can not be trusted.He has no honor and should be voted out of the Senate when he comes up for re-election.
- mazz329, on 11/11/2008, -51/+133Joe Lieberman repeatedly lied about our presidential candidate, If he had any decency he would resign from the senate. He should be stripped of all leadership positions and expelled from the Democratic party. The American people deserve senators with honor and integrity.
- Branchex, on 11/12/2008, -18/+93As a moderate indepenent who voted for Obama I have to say this,
What Liberman did to Obama was bad, but not much worse then what Hilary's campaign did. You expect him to show loyalty to a party that put someone else up to run against him for his own senate seat. I bet the people who call Liberman a traitor for running with McCain had no problem with Republicans endorsing Obama. - WAAngel, on 11/11/2008, -35/+107If I thought for a minute that Liebermann actually did this for reasons that were truly patriotic, I could almost forgive him. Since I believe that he did it for personal gain and the hope that he would have a future in the republican party, I just can't do it. He hitched his pony to the broken down cart of McCain and deserves to be left on the side of the political road with him. His self-serving rhetoric should be dead to all Americans.
- oldhick, on 11/12/2008, -5/+65Lieberman gave Harry Reid the senate majority. Don't forget that. Further, he's extremely liberal on domestic issues and is a resource for the Democratic party.
If Democrats start playing the retaliation game than Obama's message of change will certainly be lost. I hope people think twice before they make silly decisions. Is this a time for change? Or is this the time for Democrats to exact revenge? - cillwote, on 11/12/2008, -6/+63wait.. i thought dissent was the highest form of patriotism?
- inactive, on 11/12/2008, -36/+79YEAH LET'S SUPPRESS ALL DISSENTING VOICES! FALL IN LINE OR DIE! ALL HAIL OBAMA!
- markgl, on 11/12/2008, -8/+47Why so mad? Can't anyone question their own anymore?
- Subiklim, on 11/12/2008, -12/+51Wait, as far as I can tell, people want him to go because he is not rigid in his party lines? I want MORE independent thinkers running our government, not people who think that just because you can't define a man he needs to be kicked out.
- inactive, on 11/12/2008, -11/+44Only if you're a republican supporting a democrat! Otherwise you're weasel, a traitor and a liar.
- blackinthmiddle, on 11/12/2008, -5/+36Lieberman reminds me of the guy you meet at work for the first time and he starts talking ***** about your boss. Well, you kinda hate your boss too, so you accept him as a friend. Then, he starts talking ***** about one co-worker, then another, then another, then another. You start to quietly wonder what he says about you behind your back.
I don't see how anyone from *any* party can trust this guy. - jjc5004, on 11/12/2008, -20/+48OH NO! A democrat with some conservative views backed a republican with a history of liberal views! not news buried. Digg was doing so well lately being not a political news site.
- zelig, on 11/12/2008, -18/+45Right, you guys loved it when McCain acted like a Democrat. He was a "Maverick". Lieberman is a "Douche"? Hypocrites.
- amoirae, on 11/12/2008, -2/+26Why should my precious retinas be tortured that way?
- neveroddoreven, on 11/12/2008, -4/+28Didn't Obama say to leave him alone? Something about a bipartisan effort instead of senseless bickering?
- Smashery, on 11/12/2008, -6/+27http://i35.tinypic.com/un2at.jpg
- apackofmonkeys, on 11/12/2008, -2/+22"expelled from the Democratic party"
He's not even a democrat. He's just been HELPING them for years by voting with them. How are they going to expell him? Wow, you're well-informed. - cdwarrior14, on 11/12/2008, -5/+25A politician who questions his own party's motives!! AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- inactive, on 11/12/2008, -2/+21THIS. Lieberman did what he thought was best for the country. Campaigns are hard, but once they're done the winner is congratulated and it's time to bury the hatchet.
- baldguy633, on 11/12/2008, -15/+32ROFL... too true. I fear this is how the country will be run. YOU DON'T AGREE??? Off to the camps for you.
- inactive, on 11/11/2008, -36/+52Don't let the doorknob hit you Lieberman.
- Fuggs, on 11/12/2008, -5/+21Independent News Flash: they are ALL liars and cannot be trusted.
- xeriscaped, on 11/12/2008, -4/+19In order to be better then the Republicans, the Democratic party should show that they have the more inclusive party and include Lieberman. Overall he is a moderate party member and votes mainly on Democratic issues except for the war in Iraq. If the Democrats show that they are willing to be the party of the center and they are able to include diverse views, the party domination will last a lot longer then the Republican's majority did. Muy importante.
- jjc5004, on 11/12/2008, -1/+15Wait, what? 'we shouldn't try to dictate what our new President does.' He represents us. Thats exactly what we should try to do.
- TwwIX, on 11/12/2008, -0/+14inconceivable!
- chrisj33, on 11/12/2008, -5/+18Oh trust me, the people of Connecticut tried their very best to kick him out. But when the Democrats wouldn't take him, Lieberman was all too willing to change his ticket to keep his seat. The guy would do anything to get re-elected.
- Cyrus042, on 11/12/2008, -7/+20Obama made plenty of misleading attacks on McCain throughout the election. (Cutting social security, privatization etc. which were just outright false). So lets not pretend that Obama is perfect, he's not.
McCain was beloved throughout the 90s and early 2000s by the Democratic party. Lieberman is a hawkish democrat and forged a personal and political friendship with McCain on foreign policy issues. Hilary Clinton also has a friendly relationship with McCain too. (And Bill)
I realize many people heard about McCain for the first time in the last year or so and got most of their information from Digg, but its about time to drop the act of McCain being a neo-con, evil republican. So Lieberman as a hawkish democrat (which is what the Democratic used to be) supported a moderate Republican who was the Democrats favorite Republican.
Did you expect Lieberman to support Obama just because of party politics? He's known McCain for years and years and they're close friends. Lieberman trusts McCain, he was doing what he felt was right and that's it. - inactive, on 11/12/2008, -2/+15All progressives are democrats but not all democrats are progressives . . . get it? He is an old school democrat and you should respect the man for standing up for what he thinks is best for the country and not just towing the party line.
- DangerCollie, on 11/12/2008, -8/+20I understand wanting to thump Lieberman. And it would have been in his best interest to temper his comments during the campaign. It would have been okay to support McCain and talk up his experience, but talking bad about Obama was really unnecessary and, for someone who has been in politics as long as he has, a very big blunder. An old man yells at cloud moment.
The problem in politics, the people you thump this week are the people you need to work with next week. He's still a senator and they still need his vote.
The best thing about Obama getting elected is Washington will finally get some adult supervision. He'll bring class back to the office of the president. George Bush was never my president, but Obama is. - MadOgre, on 11/12/2008, -1/+13And by Politics, you mean anything you disagree with?
- PawnsOfJoshua, on 11/12/2008, -1/+13I actually have to agree. The fact is he historically favors the Democrats with his voting record and I think it would be unwise to disenfranchise the guy. He will help pass much favorable legislation, and he applies a moderate check on the increasingly leftist balance of power. I don't see how this is a bad situation for the Democratic party, or for the republican party. Lieberman could serve his country well as a broker for bipartisan politics. It seems wise to me.
- MadOgre, on 11/12/2008, -6/+18You mean, Mavericks, don't you? You wanted to say "mavericks". We know you did.
- inactive, on 11/12/2008, -12/+23He proved that he's an independent, his own man. We need more Liebermans.
- aamer, on 11/12/2008, -9/+20As much as I hate Lieberman, I think this whole thing is unfair. You get kicked out just 'cause you don't vote with your party? Shouldn't one's own sense of morality come before political concerns?
Besides, his voting record is still very much in line with Democrats even if his whole campaign support wasn't. - pathouston22, on 11/12/2008, -3/+13You Fail. His caps lock key seems to be working.
- PleaseJustDie, on 11/12/2008, -3/+12So order of things that happened...
Lieberman supported a republican issue at one point, when it came time for re-election the democrats told him to go shove it and wouldn't support him so he ran as an independent and kept his seat and continued to caucus with them, giving them a 51 seat senate when he could have sat with the republicans tying it 50/50 giving the tie breaking vote to Cheney.
He doesn't support the policies of Barack Obama and says so openly, after he spent the entire campaign openly supporting McCain who has been a long time friend and you people accuse him of stabbing people in the back? His party stabbed him in the back and he has been open and honest about how he feels and his opinions the entire time.
And to top it off after his party is again trying to stab him in the back he's likely still going to support them and caucus with them. If anything this man should be an example, not an outcast. - jaytek13, on 11/12/2008, -14/+23I think the last thing we need to do, as Democrats, is start to question people's "patriotism". We've been down that road with Bush, it's time to change! Either way, Lieberman needs to go.
- tgray, on 11/12/2008, -3/+12I'm pretty liberal, but I don't get how "Joe Lieberman has launched deeply partisan attacks." If anything, he was kind of non-partisan. Not that I agreed with him for attacking Obama, etc, but I think it would be good if we had more people who were willing to cross party lines when *they* felt at odds with their party. Isn't that non-partisan?
- laserfish, on 11/12/2008, -0/+9Only a Sith deals in absolutes...
- chr00t, on 11/12/2008, -2/+11Lets not get carried away now ;)
- albrad84, on 11/12/2008, -2/+11I disagree with Lieberman on just about all the issues, but I actually think it's admirable that, unlike just about every other politician today, he stands up for what he believes in and doesn't give a ***** about party lines.
- macdoodle, on 11/11/2008, -32/+41i don't trust anyone who'll go which ever way the wind blows.
either you stand fro one parties concept of whats best for the country or the others.
it's Impossible to go from a Hillary Clinton to a Sarah Palin supporter in good conscience.
IMPOSSIBLE.
We saw a lot of 15 minute of fame types trying to personally cash in on the candidates no matter the harm..
they are shameful and should all be called out and kicked out.
JOE LIEBERMAN needs to go. - freff, on 11/12/2008, -2/+11Trust me, it would be enormously helpful. Not kicking him out of the caucus, but there's no way Lieberman should be allowed to keep his Chair. If for one reason, and one reason only. Lieberman would have subpoena power over a President Obama. Lieberman's Senate committee is roughly analogous to Henry Waxman's in the House. Remember Waxman's committee hearings on the Bush administration? Now, remember Lieberman's? There's a reason for that. He didn't hold any.
In all the time he Chaired, he didn't see a single thing to question the Bush administration about. So, either he's terrible at his job, or he liked what Bush was doing. Either way, that's not a person who I think is qualified to hold a position of leadership in a Democratic Congress.
And if he runs to the Republicans as a result, he'll just have to answer to his voters soon enough. - inactive, on 11/12/2008, -4/+12CAPSLOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL!
- FreddieD, on 11/12/2008, -10/+18The big complaint is not that he campaigned for McCain, but he participated in negative campaigning against Obama. This is something he told democrats he would not do.
Reporter: "Is Obama a socialist?"
Lieberman: "That is a good question"
***** that. If he wants to support McCain that's perfectly fine, but engaging in that crap is uncalled for. - deema1, on 11/12/2008, -1/+9Excellent point. I feel the same way. I wish elected officials acted on a point by point basis as opposed to working within party lines. It shows our government is really a city of like-minded dependent thinkers suffering from groupthink, as opposed to a committee of elected officials trying to do best for the country. I appreciate those who go back and forth based on the issue at hand, and don't simply talk along party lines.
I mean, crap, look at all the venom throughout Digg and this thread from those with an opposing viewpoint. The sixth post talks about what needs to be done in order to be "better than" republicans. When in the hell will people look at the problems at hand instead of blanket support for an outdated political system? -
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