Bush’s Best Democratic Buddy

[IDemo]

Joe Lieberman gives the president a pass on Katrina.

By Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball
Newsweek
Updated: 2 hours, 7 minutes ago

Jan. 11, 2007 - Sen. Joe Lieberman, the only Democrat to endorse President Bush’s new plan for Iraq, has quietly backed away from his pre-election demands that the White House turn over potentially embarrassing documents relating to its handling of the Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans.

Lieberman’s reversal underscores the new role that he is seeking to play in the Senate as the leading apostle of bipartisanship, especially on national-security issues. On Wednesday night, Bush conspicuously cited Lieberman’s advice as being the inspiration for creating a new "bipartisan working group” on Capitol Hill that he said will"“help us come together across party lines to win the war on terror."

But the decision by Lieberman, the new chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to back away from the committee's Katrina probe is already dismaying public-interest groups and others who hoped the Democratic victory in November would lead to more aggressive investigations of one of the White House’s most spectacular foul-ups.

Last year, when he was running for re-election in Connecticut, Lieberman was a vocal critic of the administration’s handling of Katrina. He was especially dismayed by its failure to turn over key records that could have shed light on internal White House deliberations about the hurricane, including those involving President Bush.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16585614/site/newsweek/

[rodeodance]

1. bipartinship?? not if the person says the same thing!

[bryant69]

3. That's an interesting point

Bi Partisanship is when you take two different ideas/positions/parties and mix them, no? What makes Lieberman different from President Bush?

Bryant
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[fooj]

2. My thoughts on this...

Judas Joe is a traitor to his country. He will be indicted for his crimes. That's the only thing that keeps me sane in all of this madness.