Lieberman Calls for Kerry, Bush Restraint

[peterh]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-3821688,00.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Joe Lieberman, who ended his bid for the White House last month, urged Democrat John Kerry and President Bush to transcend ``rigid and reflexive partisan politics'' in the presidential campaign.

``We cannot allow a singular quest for electoral victory to impede the more universal and important quest for victory over terrorism, a victory that will enable the American people to feel fully secure again here at home,'' Lieberman said in his first major speech to the Senate since he dropped out of the presidential race Feb. 3.

The Connecticut Democrat said he's not optimistic that the parties can work together during what many predict will be one of the nastiest campaigns yet. Instead, he said strategists in both political parties are ready to inflame their supporters ``with ideological tinder and brutal personal attacks.''

With a virtual lock on the Democratic nomination, Kerry has kept up a steady drumbeat of criticism of Bush, assailing the incumbent's ``inept'' policies in Iraq and the country's growing deficits under his watch.






Sorry Holy Joe, I don’t agree….we are witnessing a PNAC war and it has little to do with what is being communicated to the public….we have been lied to since day one and that message needs to be aired loud and clear…….take a step back and think Joe…there’s a very valid reason for your rejection in this race.

[Palestine]

1. the parties cannot work together

we are at war... with the Republicans.
This is no time for weakness.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

20. You're damn right....... Welcome.

:toast:

[BadGimp]

33. Maybe Joe thinks Kerry could use some JOEMENTUM

:evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin:
:evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin:

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

34. We could all use some JOEMENTUM.

I see your 6 and raise you 3.

:evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin:
:evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin:
:evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin:

[Voltaire99]

42. Agreed, tell it to the DLC!

The right wing ideologues behind two decades of "bipartisan" surrender to the GOP!

[displacedtexan]

46. That's right!

Bite me, Joe!

[Zero Gravitas]

2. WPE calls for

Lieberman to shut up and go away, or better yet join the GOP if they still allow non-Christians to join that is.

[saigon68]

44. He was called Loserman in a prior life.

Go home Joe, Go Home!!!

[bif]

3. Sod off, Joe!

You POS Republican knock-off!

[saskatoon]

37. Reply to: "Sod off Joe, you POS Republican"

Amen and Amen! Coudln't have said it better myself.

[bif]

4. Sod off, Joe!

You POS Republican knock-off!

[Nlighten1]

5. Joementum!

Bugger off Joe!

[DrWeird]

6. Fuck off, Joe.

Go kiss Zell Millers ass.

[Elidor]

7. Yes, let's all kiss and play nice.

He's a fool and a tool. Every time he opens his mouth I loathe him a little more. Thank god this man never became the Veep!

[northernsoul]

9. that may be the only blessing of 2000

:kick:

[northernsoul]

8. in other words, Kerry lay down and get stomped on

I swear to God, I think Lieberman is on the GOP payroll...

"hey fellas, let's prove how gol-darn nice we are by coming to a gunfight with nothing put slingshots!"

[sadiesworld]

10. WTF!!!!

Zell it somewhere else, Joe.

[Khephra]

11. Words can not express how much I loath Lieberman

Fucking little troll.

[CatWoman]

12. DITTO!!! Kef

:hi:

:loveya:

[Khephra]

16. Nothing brings (most) of DU together like

the mutual hatred of Zell and Lieberman.

:evilgrin:

:hi:

:loveya:

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[Beetwasher]

14. Joe Still Thinks This is The Good Ol' Days When

Their were still some Republicans who had some scruples...

[stitz58]

15. shut up Joe!!

You have had your 15 minutes of fame. Bush has got to go!!!!!

[Leilani]

17. Joe wants a replay of 2000

where he rolled over & played dead.

What a fool!

[CHestonsucks]

18. Lieberman's just looking

for another forum to air his Republicanism. Notice the reference to "..the American people feel fully secure again here at home..", as if putting plastic sheeting and duct tape over the windows is actually a way to feel secure.

The real issues facing the country do not amount to "ideological tinder", you ass-kissing twit! Unless you're talking about the "issues" being raised by the fascists.

[DinahMoeHum]

19. Sorry, Joe, no more Marquis of Queensbury rules this time. . .

we wanna see Kerry crush * like a bug.


:kick::kick::kick:

[OneTwentyoNine]

21. Joe: Sit down and shut the hell up would you???????

Jesus...when is Holy Joe going to "offically" become a Republican??

David

[CTLawGuy]

22. apparently nastiness

in Lieberwhore's mind is only justified when attacking Howard Dean. He is a Republican hypocrite who got only 5% of the vote in his home state.

[graywarrior]

24. No words can describe the disgustingness of this moron.

.

[leesa]

23. Joe's main concern is that the war against the Muslims

continues unabated. He truly is non-partisan about it. He doesn't care who leads the slaughter of Muslims as long as someone does.

[symbolman]

25. When we were on the campaign trail in New Hampshire

at a big rally where all the Candidates spoke, when Liberman got up to talk ALL the camermen (and women) PUT DOWN THEIR CAMERAS - and didn't pick them up again until the Next Candidate got up to speak..

and I'm talking 20 or more Media Cameras..

it was a very telling moment..

[OKNancy]

26. But Joe, I am a partisian

and proud of it. You should be too. A partisan Democrat who believes in the party and what it stands for, and the history of my party and the leaders and thoughts that made it possible for YOU to be where you are today.

[Chicago Democrat]

27. Blow me Joe.

Just blow me.

[Lindsay]

28. Clueless Joe

strikes again.

We are fighting for our lives, and the lives of our children, and for the United States of America as we were before *'s coup d'etat. This is no time to play nice! (Honest, yes, but not nice.)

[Jim Sagle]

45. Shoeless Joe only threw a World Series. Clueless Joe threw an election.

[saltpoint]

29. Your comments at the end, Peterh --

-- are right-on. Yes, yes.

Maybe Lieberman could do a summer theatre turn in the tourist zones of the Adirondacks, starring in AMADEUS as Salieri, the Patron Saint of Mediocrity.

[David Zephyr]

30. I Knew He Would Start This Shit. He Can't Help Himself.

Get used to it. He will be a greater thorn in Kerry's side than Nader ever could be.

Just watch.

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

31. One question

Who else would like to see Al Franken kick the living shit out of him?

(nice avatar)

[argonne]

32. Joe--

Your debate with Cheney in 2000 says it all!

Moron.

[llmart]

35. Guess what Joe?

Who cares what you say or think? You're a whiny nobody who couldn't even win your home state. Take a hike! You're not a REAL Democrat.

[JPace]

36. Poor stupid Joe....

apparently just doesn't see the blood
lust the right wing agenda.
That is a big reason why people ignored
his campaign...they instinctively knew
that he was too weak in every way.

[The Stranger]

38. Leiberman has become a parody of himself.

How sad.

[Spazito]

39. Geez, I don't know why he doesn't just go away and...

contemplate his navel! When he speaks all I hear is the pfsssssssst of a deflated baloon.

[BiggJawn]

40. Wish somebody'd put restraints on HIM...

Roll him up in a wet sheet and hook up the electrodes...

Whiney mush-mouth wants to lose us another one, eh?

[jeanmarc]

41. Um, Joe, How bout a nice cup...

[worldgonekrazy]

43. Oh do you mean like during Selection 2000?

When the Bush junta STOLE the fucking White House and you just sat behind and mumbled that maybe Gore--you're fucking running mate!-- should drop out?

I don't think so, Joe.

On edit: grammar change

[Terran]

47. He knows damn well

that we will never win the "war on terror," any more than we will win the "war on drugs." What a hypocritical putz he is.

[Skittles]

48. NO WAY JOSE

Sorry Joe, we have tried the courteous way and guess what? IT DOESN'T F***ING WORK WITH THOSE POWER MAD REPUGS. We have to fight fire with fire and KERRY IS SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT.

on edit: NOW F*** OFF, JOE.

[Stephanie]

49. When is his term up?

I want him OUT NOW.

[JetCityLiberal]

50. Geez..somebody restrain me

:mad:

I just don't want Democrats like this to be involved in the party leadership anymore. He wants us to 'transcend' ourselves into four more years of bush, no f*cking way Joe, no way.

JetCityLiberal

[democrank]

51. Sorry, Joe

but your Joementum was but a pathetic little ripple in an ocean of change. No one is listening to you, so go back to your station in the Rose Garden....standing arm in arm with Bush.

[Disturbed]

52. Clueless HoJo

Go join the Repugs and stop disgracing the Dems.