Questions, Does Lieberman know what many people really think of him

[saracat]

and do the majority of Dems really despise him?

[DistressedAmerican]

1. If he reads DU he does!

The guy is no better than Zell Miller!

He Joe, get a room!



http://www.seedsofdoubt.com/distressedamerican/main.htm

[Salviati]

2. Nice graphic...

but if it's yours, I really would recommend changing the font, especially on the lower text, it's practically unreadable...

[DistressedAmerican]

3. Looks better at the full size but, I think you are right.

In the morning.

Full sized version:

[Salviati]

12. It might be better if it weren't in all caps

The top text reads a lot better, and I know when I'm looking at the bottom text, those capital I's read alot like J's

[txaslftist]

41. Please tell me the top image is photoshopped...

I mean, I can't handle that kind of reality, man.

I see much more of that and it's back to livin' out of dumpsters for me!

[liberal43110]

4. Font Comment

Interesting that you mentioned the unreadable font, because I couldn't read it when I came across it, and then I read your comment. I agree: it's not readable. :) Just FYI.

[papau]

37. the hug/kiss image should be posted at the DNC

[CWebster]

8. lol

Oh man, the photos, lol!

[Bonhomme Richard]

5. I think Joe gets his marching orders...................

from Sharon. It's the only logical conclusion I can make.

[Old and In the Way]

6. Sure does seem that way, doesn't it?

That doesn't excuse his Gonzalez vote. His support for the War shouldn't translate into 'anything goes'. This guy has really changed over the years.....I wonder if his positions are in part to spite a Party that held him such low opinion in the primaries last year?

[CWebster]

9. Maybe he is secretly infiltrating the Right

;-)

[saracat]

14. Ha! Ha! ha!

I wish that was true!B-) Joe Lieberman. Agent Provocateur! That would at least explain it!;)

[itzamirakul]

40. There are a lot of Israeli-firsters in our government in both

parties, so they have shared values. Party affiliation comes second to Israel's security and prosperity.

[TomClash]

7. How much do you want to bet?

He got a big, fat campaign contribution for his efforts.

[JI7]

10. most Democrats don't despise him

[saracat]

13. I haven't met a single one who likes him.

Some used to say he was a nice guy, but they would never vote for him. Now no one respects him at all. At least in the rank and file. maybe some lingering Gore Lieberman respect, but none I have seen.

[Freddie Stubbs]

16. So he must have no chance at winning the nomination for reelection

next year, right?

[saracat]

17. Dunno. I don't live in Conn. I personally don't know anyone who likes him.

Do you?

[Freddie Stubbs]

35. Yes, I do like him

I don't agree with everything he he does, but I have yet to find a politician I agree with 100% of the time.

Someone must like this guy, considering that he was elected to the CT State Senate three times (and served six years as Majority Leader), twice as CT Attorney General, and three times to the United States Senate. Sounds like a popular guy to me.

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[pbartch]

15. YEAH....THAT HE LIKES FRENCHING BUSH!!!

http://bushspeaks.com/home.asp?did=195

[Rose Siding]

18. He has 73% approval , 72% among dems in his state

http://www.nbc30.com/politics/4134148/detail.html

I don't know if he's even aware of the opinion of the left.

[saracat]

19. Why????????

Is 73% nationally? And what are the Conn. Dems seeing? He must bring home a lot of pork!

[dolstein]

21. Has it never occurred to you that other people might have

a different opinion of Joe Lieberman? Seriously, you're going to be sorely disappointed in life if you continue to assume that everybody else thinks exactly the way you do.

[saracat]

23. Wow! I am hardly the fringe left and I used to live in Conn.

and I don't think everyone thinks my way. That is why I asked you. But seriously , the man has been a traitor to his party and you can't tell me you are proud of what he did today. Or can you? And even most of the posts on DU are NOT supportive of Lieberman.And I meant what I said. Since the primary, I actually haven't met anyone who supports Leiberman. I was surprised at those numbers. Even during the primary , there was some support in my state among party officials, but they had several events for Leiberman and no one came. Well, one event that was supposed to have been a fund raiser for the Dems had ten people show up. Another time he gave a speech at our capital and six people showed. The rank and file never did seem to like him.

[dolstein]

26. "I actually haven't met anyone who supports Lieberman"

That reminds me of the story about the lady who lived on the Upper East Side who remarked, after the 1972 election, "I can't believe Nixon won. Everyone I know voted for McGovern."

[thebigidea]

27. misquoting Pauline Kael

who despite being a dead film critic, is somehow held up as an example of elitist liberalism.

dunno who elected her spokesman for that one...

Though it warms the heart seeing a Dem bash her using Safire tactics, doesn't it.

[saracat]

30. Well he certainly didn't get anyone to vote for him in the primary!

Are you saying it was a case of "I can't believe Kerry got the nomination, everyone I know voted for Leiberman?"

[dolstein]

31. Neither did Bob Graham

Interest in Graham was so negligible he didn't even make it to the first primary. But just because nobody thought he'd make a good presidential candidate doesn't mean he couldn't have gotten reelected to the Senate if he had wanted to.

[saracat]

32. I never said anything about Leiberman getting reelected to the Senate.

I was talking about the National ticket. You seem like the only Joe fan on this board! But maybe not. I don't want you to think that I feel everyone thinks as I do!

[Rose Siding]

22. It's in his state

Connecticut...

snip>
In a Quinnipiac University poll released earlier this month, 73 percent of the registered Connecticut Republicans surveyed gave him a thumbs up -- a percentage point higher than the approval rating he got from Democrats, but within the margin of sampling error. Of all registered voters surveyed, just 15 percent said they disapproved of his work, and 12 percent didn't know or didn't answer.
............

73% from REPUBLICANS, 72% from dems.

Maybe the dems should run someone they like more than repubs? Just for giggles?

[dolstein]

20. Frankly, I'd be disturbed if he cared much about what YOU thought

Lieberman was elected to represent the people of Connecticut, not the fringe left. If election returns are any indication, the people of Connecticut seem to like him just fine.

[saracat]

24. Maybe his not caring about what people like me thought is why his

presidential campaign never got off the ground.

[PassingFair]

25. You have a VERY skewed idea of what the "fringe left" is.

Lieberman is TOAST

[demgrrrll]

29. What Lieberman doesn't know is that when one of the Corteleones

kiss you it isn't necessarily affectionate. Bush would stab him in the back without blinking an eye. Ask McCain. I don't care who likes him or who doesn't. In the long run Joe is going to be on the wrong side of many of the issues where he has chosen to support Bush.
He must have his reasons. Perhaps his constituents are in agreement with his positions. I am not. I don't like him.

[thebigidea]

28. keep that in mind the next time you start bashing "fringe left" politicos

"who cares what you think" makes for great discussions, doesn't it.

[Old and In the Way]

33. Sadly, he undermines Democratic strategy on votes like this.

But Joe gets plenty of TV exposure as the go to Democrat, for balance, on the issues....and that translates into votes at home. Joe seems to be pushing Israel's agenda in the Senate - he could as well be Joe Liberman (D - Tel Aviv). His priorities line up quite nicely with this administration's current foreign policy of being the designated lightening rod in the ME.

It really won't surprise me if he runs as a Democrat again, and then changes his stripes....Connecticutt Democrats will get shafted and we'll have lost the opportunity to replace him with a real Democrat. I hope he gets real competition this time in the primaries.

[RealDems]

34. I think this is his revenge...

for his "3 way tie for third" in New Hampshire. He has decided to get back at Democrats by getting in bed (literally, apparently) with Bush.

(on a sidenote, I just reminded myself of a great Bob Graham comment about Bush... he said "he is LITERALLY in bed with the pharmaceutical companies..."

[Freddie Stubbs]

36. Democrats in Connecticut seem to like him

He was has been elected to the CT State Senate three times (and served six years as Majority Leader), twice as CT Attorney General, and three times to the United States Senate. Sounds like a popular guy to me.

[King Coal]

38. When I hear freepers say that he is the only democrat they like

I think I have a problem with him.

[txaslftist]

39. I think you should all take it easy on Joe...

Can a man help what he does when he's in love?

[robbedvoter]

42. So? It's not like we have a vote or anything. Sen Palpatine knows

what he's doing.