Lieberman defends Obama and hits at Cheney: 'We're not less safe'

[TeamJordan23]

Lieberman knocks Cheney
By: Andy Barr

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) on Monday defended President Barack Obama against former Vice President Dick Cheney’s claims that the Obama administration has made the country less safe.

“We're not less safe,” said Lieberman, who was one of Obama’s leading critics on national security during the presidential campaign.

“Our guard is up. In fact, I'd say that when it came to Afghanistan, obviously, this Obama administration has put more resources into the fight against terrorism than had previously been the case,” Lieberman added in an interview on MSNBC. “On balance, we remain as safe as we can possibly be in a world in which there is Islamist extremists who want to attack us.”

Appearing Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Cheney had said it was his “belief” that the nation is less safe because of changes Obama has made in national security.

“In the future, we're not going to have the same safeguards we've had for the last eight years,” Cheney said.

On Monday, Lieberman said he still disagrees with some of the president’s national security policies, but made clear that he believes the new administration is determine to protect the county.

“This administration has done everything it could, even in those areas that I disagree with them,” Lieberman said.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22376.html

[dionysus]

1. knock me over with a feather, 'ol holy joe knows where his bread is buttered...

[Critters2]

2. Yep. O'l Joe always knows which way the wind is blowing. nt

[grantcart]

3. So Joe can count

[Phx_Dem]

4. Okay, who are you and what did you do with Joe Lieberman?

I guess miracles really can happen.

;-)

[Arugula Latte]

8. okay, you edited ...

I will too ...

:D

[Drunken Irishman]

5. Wait, what was that? A pig just flew by my window.

[phleshdef]

13. Damn, can people stop going on about the swine flu all ready?

[ingac70]

6. Oh look, the whore is kissing our asses again.

Fuck Joe Lieberman.

[Arugula Latte]

7. Don't take a lieberman to know which way the wind blows. nt

[Hellataz]

9. Keep straddling that fence Joe...

[Cha]

10. No freakin' way!

Will anyone ever mention that cheney is "emboldening the enemy"?

[Happyhippychick]

11. Joe is acting like a slimy, kiss ass, limelight-seeking opportunist. It must be Monday!

[Va Lefty]

12. Even a broken clock is right twice a day!!

[ClarkUSA]

14. Kissing Pres. Obama's ass w/an eye to 2010 won't help us forget his RNC Convention speech.

[AlinPA]

15. Or his traveling with McCain Palin where they called Obama a terrorist as he

smiled and nodded his head.

[ErinBerin84]

16. yes

I saw it today, Joe was trying to be on his best behavior. And he was trying to joke with Andrea Mitchell about how they both look exactly the same age as when they met. It was kind of gross.