Who originally came to Lieberman's rescue in 2006? Sen. Barak Obama, with a ringing endorsement.

[BigBearJohn]

The New York Times reports that Joe Lieberman did not command the attention or respect of his audience at a fundraising event in Connecticut Thursday night. Three times on Thursday night, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman asked the crowd of 1,700 for quiet during his remarks at the state Democrats' annual Jefferson Jackson Bailey fund-raising dinner. "Shhh," he told the guests. But rather than interrupting him with applause, many were ignoring him, having struck up conversations after finishing their chicken.

The inattentiveness -- as well as the scattered boos amid the supportive calls of "Joe" that welcomed Mr. Lieberman to the podium -- convinced some that the three-term senator, criticized for months because of his continued support for the war in Iraq, may be vulnerable in the primary challenge he faces.

Who came to his rescue? Sen. Barak Obama, with a ringing endorsement.


"I know that some in the party have differences with Joe," Senator Obama said, all but silencing the crowd. "I'm going to go ahead and say it. It's the elephant in the room. And Joe and I don't agree on everything. But what I know is, Joe Lieberman's a man with a good heart, with a keen intellect, who cares about the working families of America." (emphasis added)

Then, with applause beginning to build, he finished the thought: "I am absolutely certain that Connecticut's going to have the good sense to send Joe Lieberman back to the United States Senate." That time, people cheered loudly

SOURCE: http://www.talkleft.com/story/2006/04/02/164/90446

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I was pissed then, but I am 1,000 times more pissed now.
Fool me once, I'll be fooled another 100 times, I guess.

[rug]

1. That worked out well.

Chess.

[chimpymustgo]

2. Memories. Goddammit. I don't know whether to rec or unrec!! I'm reccing for eyeballs.

NEVER FORGET.

[MNDemNY]

9. Strange bed fellows? No not really.

DLC is DLC.

[Ganja Ninja]

3. I'm beyond scratching my head and wondering what gives anymore.

Disgusting. :hangover:

[pissedoff01]

4. Birds of a feather

Yeah, both of them REALLY care about the working families of America, like they care about the Democratic Party...

[elleng]

5. You're no fool,

but lieb's been PRACTICING 'fooling' people for the last ??? years. He DID support expanding Medicare, for one thing, along with Harkin.

[Canuckistanian]

6. I remember a lot of head-scratching here about this

Lieberman was toxic even back then for his pro-war stance, his appearances on Fox and his pro-Bush voting record.

Obama was an up-and-coming potential contender for the presidency and many questioned his judgment for supporting Lieberman.

At the time, there were lots of "Is Obama DLC?" discussions.

[BigBearJohn]

8. Oh, what the hell, give him another 7 years. He's BOUND to change. Yup.

[asdjrocky]

7. And who stood up for him so he could keep his chairmanship?

Our President, Barack Obama.

[freddie mertz]

10. An early sign of the truth behind the message of "change"...

Maybe we could have stopped him after New Hampshire.

But he gave that speech.

Maybe we should stop caring about speeches.