Lieberman's first words at Saddam's capture "Hallelujah...praise the Lord

[linazelle]

"This man supported terrorists"...

This is being thrown out left and right. When did this happen?

[soothsayer]

1. he supported palestinian terrorists against israel

that's what he means i bet

[morgan2]

2. do jews use Hallelujah? I've never heard a jewish person say that before

sounded kind of odd, maybe they do what do I know. But Lieberman is not on the left, he's right of center.

[pistoff democrat]

10. he's probably trying to 'pass' now, but:

seriously, if he said that, it's probably from the common vernacular of the US

[cosmicdot]

22. is that same vernacular which says "oy vey"?

I don't think so.

'Execute him' - how fascist sounding can one be?

I know this isn't about Barbara ... but ...

personally, I don't care to lump Boxer with the likes of Wellstone ... ever see her financial statements (opensecrets.org) and stock holdings? Halliburton, HCA (the Frist family HMO business),
Wal-Mart, GE, El Paso Energy (weren't they 'in' on the Bush-Lay-Enron raping of California?), Boeing, Bristol Myers Squibb, Merck, Home Depot, Diamond Offshore Drilling, MBNA, Mellon (as in Mellon Scaife) Financial Corp., Pfizer, etc. Sort of blurs which side of the fence she's really on. Interesting that she has recently buried them in blind trusts.

http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/pfd2000/N00006692_00.pdf

[pistoff democrat]

26. someone get up on the wrong side of the bed today?

my 'vernacular' reference was to the person questionning if Jews use 'hallelujah'...period. Gheesh!

[cosmicdot]

31. thanks for being condescending

I know exactly your vernacular reference ... Joe using hallelujah is somehow unique to a Pat Robertson saying oy vey? Does Pat Robertson say oy vey? I don't think so ... it's the same thing ... that's my point ... hearing hallelujah from Joe would be the same thing as hearing oy vey from a fundamentalist non-Jew re this event ...

joe is mixing religion and politics in a shameful way

[zubeneshamali]

25. Yes they do...

The gates of Jerusalem will sing hymns of joy, and all houses will cry

'Hallelujah! Blessed be the G*d of Israel!'"

And why not praise the almighty for his capture?

[pistoff democrat]

27. Now, see, if I had only waited for a

religious Jew to weigh in, I wouldn't have to have gotten chewed out by cosmicdot (woe is me)

[cosmicdot]

33. I don't 'chew' people out -- not part of my DU character

woe is us!

[Lefta Dissenter]

3. "This is something *I* have worked for..."

Excuse me, mr. leiberman, but you weren't the one who crawled down into a hole in the ground, not knowing whether you'd be facing a gun or a grenade... Get off your high horse.

No matter what anyone thinks of any of this, I can't even imagine the fear that those soldiers must feel every time they turn a corner or head down a tunnel.

[pistoff democrat]

4. No worries

Don't buy any polls

Lieberman didn't have a chance from the beginning; even those who claim to like him wouldn't actually vote for him as Pres and no dem is going to pick him as VP

No worries

:hi:


:kick:

[beardedOldMan]

5. That aircraft fuselage in Salmaan Pak

might've been used to practice hostage rescues...

hmmm, but I doubt it.

[HFishbine]

15. Salmaan Pak

Wasn't under Saddam's control.

[Mistress Quickly]

20. Salmaan Pak was only 15 miles

outside of Baghdad. I think Saddam was in control of that area.

I think there was a terrorist camp in the northeastern area of Iraq that you are thinking about, it was in the no-fly zone Kurdish area. But Salmaan Pak wasn't there.


on edit:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/salman-pak-east.htm

[JasonFromWaltham]

6. Ugh....

Every time Lieberman goes for the religon card I am embarrassed to be a fellow Jew. Did he ever hear of the seperation of church and state. Maybe we should reword it for him so he can remember... the seperation of synagogue and state. Shees.

:7

[pistoff democrat]

11. Baby, I feel your pain - OY!

Remember:

Wellstone
Waxman
Boxer
Feingold
Schumer


etc etc etc

[KG]

7. lieberman is a moron.

and a liar.

[SahaleArm]

8. Did Lieberman just go through the Clark plan to exit Iraq?

NATO, Force Change, and Internationalization...

[linazelle]

9. sure did

only thing that made any sense

[ringmastery]

12. he wants to put saddam to death

He mentioned putting him to death at least 5 times. He wants a trial only if he can be executed.

[SahaleArm]

13. A lame attempt to separate himself from Clark...

who is at the Hague; and believes in international trials for war criminals.

[qanda]

16. When I heard him say that Saddam has to be executed

I was stunned. It sounded so cold.

[robbedvoter]

30. Dead men don't talk. Joe is a fan of secret tribunals too!

[Lars39]

14. Sanchez ended the press confrence with "God Bless America".

I thought my husband was going to lose his eyebrows in his hairline!
Stuff like this just furthers the impression that this is a holy war.

[caledesi]

17. This man was our "friend"....remember?

[pistoff democrat]

18. EXCELLENT!

Oh what a tangled web our government weaves when first it tries to deceive :argh:

[AntiCoup2K4]

28. And this is how the Bush Criminal Empire treats their "friends".....

...at least when they are no longer useful to them. Manuel Noriega would be another example, as would Osama Bin Laden.

Not that all three of them aren't complete and total bastards, but then that begs the question - why was Team Bush friends with the bastards in the first place?

[SahaleArm]

19. Lieberman is attempting to go for Dean's jugular...

He seems to be relishing the moment; a last ditch effort before the sun sets.

[PinkTiger]

21. Joe Lieberman should shut the F up now.

I supported him when he was VP candidate, and I had no problem with him running for president, but he is so unlikeable and such a thorn in the Democrat's crotch that he should go home and shut up. He is on the news this morning, taking cheap shots at Howard Dean.
"If Dean had his way, Saddam Hussein would still be in power," etc.
Is he working for Bush now? Hell, at least I hope he is. Otherwise he is just supporting our Commander in Thief for free. What a jerk he has turned out to be. Lieberman, go home!!!!!

[AntiCoup2K4]

29. Kerry had to take swipes at Dean this morning as well (on FAUX)

...these guys must be getting daily talking points from Terry McUseless.

[LiberalTexan]

23. If it were yesterday, he wouldn't have said this

since Saturday is the Sabbath and all. I bet old Joe's head would have exploded.

Ironic, isn't it?

I can't wait for him to drop out of the race.

[PinkTiger]

24. I think we need to tell him to do so now.

Does anybody know the best way to email the guy and tell Lieberman that we, Democrats, feel he should shut up and go home?

[cosmicdot]

32. link to a locked thread for consolidation purposes

didn't care for the way the Nazis embraced "God" in their name either

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=904866



"Praise the Lord. ... This is a day of glory for the American military, American intelligence, and it's a day of triumph and joy for anybody in the world who cares about freedom and human rights and peace." — Sen. Joe Lieberman