Lieberman Defends Democratic War Critics

[Omaha Steve]

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Lieberman Defends Democratic War Critics
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Sep 15, 3:58 PM (ET)

By CARA RUBINSKY

AIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) - Sen. Joe Lieberman on Friday criticized Republicans who accuse Democratic critics of the Iraq war of encouraging terrorists, arguing such talk "demeans the freedom we are all fighting for."

This week, House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Democrats "are more interested in protecting the terrorists than protecting the American people." Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has raised the specter of Nazi appeasers in his attacks on war critics, part of the GOP's steady drumbeat of rhetoric contending Democrats are weak on national security.

"It is wrong for some on the right to imply that some Democrats don't care if the terrorists succeed, or that debating the merits of the president's policies on the war on terrorism emboldens our enemies," Lieberman said in a speech at Fairfield University.


Sen. Joe Lieberman speaks at Fairfield University in Fairfield Conn., Friday, Sept. 15, 2006. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey).


"That kind of attack on the motives of our fellow Americans and our right to debate and dissent demeans the freedom we are all fighting for and divides and weakens us as a nation," he said.

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[ShortnFiery]

Oops, I duped! self-delete

[ShortnFiery]

1. Too little - too late Loserman n/t

[William769]

8. Agreed!

[Nightjock]

2. Huh?

Didn't you tell us a while back in a newspaper piece YOU WROTE that we should not criticize the boy king?
Ct. get rid of this a hole!!!!!

[wondermanus]

3. Too late Joe

Hmmmm....really interesting, Joe. From Salon.com:

After all, it was Lieberman who said that "if we pick up like Ned Lamont wants us to do, get out by a date certain, it will be taken as a tremendous victory by the same people who wanted to blow up these planes in this plot hatched in England. It will strengthen them and they will strike again." And it was Lieberman who warned Democrats, in a speech last December, that they put us all in danger when they challenge Bush's credibility on Iraq. "It is time," the senator said, "for Democrats who distrust President Bush to acknowledge that he will be commander-in-chief for three more critical years, and that in matters of war we undermine presidential credibility at our nation's peril."

[IndianaGreen]

16. Yes, Lieberman said all those things

but now he is trying desperately to keep his Senate seat and he will say anything to get votes.

[sandnsea]

4. "Some" Democrats??

Now just what in the hell is THAT supposed to mean?? I may get pissed at the far left on a pretty regular basis, but I'd never say any of them want anybody to die in a terrorist attack. Sheesh. Way to smack the people you pretend to be defending.

[don954]

5. flip-flopper NT

[bamacrat]

6. Clear Eyes is Awesome.

[Rose Siding]

7. LOL

[VegasWolf]

9. A day late and a dollar short, Joe! nt

[Crunchy Frog]

10. He must be getting desperate.

If he had been saying things like that all along, he would never have lost his primary.

He always seems to jump when his polling begins to look seriously bad for him.

[Blasphemer]

12. Which is why he will lose...

All of this wishy-washiness will just expose him as the gutless wonder that he is.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

11. Heh.

This tells us that Joe is getting a lot of static from some of his collegues. So much, the backpedaling has begun.

[fjc]

13. Un fucking believable...

This is the guy who ran on criticizing his fellow Democrats for their criticism of the war, and now he wants to defend them? Please.

[Solly Mack]

14. The Three Faces of Joe

[dsharp88]

15. So now he'll support Lamont???

Seems the logical thing to do now that he's defended him.

[nickgutierrez]

17. An alternate headline:

"Lieberman flip-flops on war critics"

This guy... after those weeks of calling Ned Lamont the "Al-Qaeda candidate", and getting his ass kicked in a primary because of it. It looks like somebody finally explained it to him, way too late.

[Zhade]

self-delete

double-punched

[Zhade]

18. So when will he repudiate one of his campaign workers calling us...

...terrorists for supporting Lamont?

Fuck you, lieberman. You're transparent.