Lieberman blasts Dean on records

[quinnox]

Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut yesterday criticized rival Howard Dean's decision to seal most records from his tenure as Vermont governor, saying the move contradicted Dean's frequent claims to be the most forthright of the Democratic presidential contenders.


Dean has placed most of his gubernatorial records off-limits to the public until 2013 to prevent potential political embarrassments from haunting his campaign, he has said. Dean reiterated the position yesterday on ABC's "Good Morning America," saying he would make the records public only if President Bush made available his own records as Texas governor: "I'll unseal mine if he'll unseal all of his."

Bush's gubernatorial records are held at his father's presidential library at Texas A & M University. Last year, the Texas attorney general ruled the records are subject to public information requests.

Lieberman, meeting later in the day with Globe editors and reporters, said Dean's stance was "a long way from straight talk . . . I hope he changes his position." Lieberman puzzled aloud over Dean's motivations in shielding records about the governing of a small New England state from public scrutiny. "We're not really talking about national security here, are we, folks?" he said.

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/gephardt/articles/2003/12/02/lieberman_blasts_dean_on_records/

Now I am no fan of Lieberman, but he has a point. If Dean is such a straight talker, lets release those records.

[Closer]

1. This is a dupe

of another dupe, of another dupe, of another.


LIEberman really doesnt' deserve this kinda attention :eyes:

[Jim Sagle]

5. And none of those threads was worth a goddamn.

Not even the original. :boring:

[slinkerwink]

2. lol....

it's standard operating procedure---honestly, this issue has been rehashed twenty times today. Did you get home recently or what?

[Walt Starr]

3. It's so nice to hear from the #2 Republican on this issue.

:silly:

[mikehiggins]

4. Go Joe!

Another pointless attack on the Doctor from Joe2004.

Why doesn't he just accept the fact that there is no way on God's earth that he will ever be president and let the big kids get on with their game?

It's like having an annoying little brat always underfoot.

Go AWAY Joe!

[Forkboy]

6. How to kill a campaign in one easy step

attack Dean.

Just ask Kerry.

[maggrwaggr]

7. LieberWHO?

Never heard of this goon.

[RetroLounge]

8. Who gives a shit what holy joe says

go away Joe, no one cares...

[Bombtrack]

9. The Lieb-dogg don't talk no smack

[cliss]

10. OK: I gotta say it:

I've been a dedicated member of DU since Aug. of 2003. I've patiently read threads from top to bottom to make sure I don't miss anybody's opinion, no matter how badly spelled or obscure.

I can honestly say that I've never read anything nice about Joe Lieberman (meaning, people who will stick up for him).

On the contrary, the minute he opens his mouth, out come the threads, and like magpies screeching, the criticism circles around him. He needs to quit and go back to work.

Sometimes I wonder if BushCo asked him to stay in the race as long as possible, just to divert a few thousand votes from the Democratic contender.