Reid: Lieberman double-crossed me (Snow was a "waste Of Time:)

[kpete]

Reid: Lieberman double-crossed me
by Paleo

Wed Jan 13, 2010 at 12:29:32 PM PST

From an upcoming piece in the New York Times Sunday magazine:

****In a preview of magazine profile of Reid posted on the paper’s website Wednesday, reporter Adam Nagourney writes that Reid was infuriated by Lieberman’s Dec. 13, 2009, appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation." Reid felt betrayed, Nagourney reports, because Lieberman had reportedly given him the impression he would back leadership during a closed-door meeting two days earlier.

**** After Lieberman’s bombshell interview, an incensed Reid fumed to unnamed associates, "He double-crossed me. ... Let’s not do what he wants. Let the bill just go down," according to Nagourney.

http://www.politico.com/...
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31457.html
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/1/13/824756/-Reid:-Lieberman-double-crossed-me

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update to add:
Source: Talking Points Memo
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/01/reid-it-was-a-waste-of-time-dealing-with-olympia-snowe.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tpmelectioncentral+

Reid: It Was A Waste Of Time Dealing With Olympia Snowe
crossposted at:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4223598&mesg_id=4223598

Brian Beutler | January 13, 2010, 1:21PM

[gateley]

1. I fear Lieberman will never get his. I don't think he's going to run again, just

take all his ass-kissing corporate dough and retire. I really really really am disgusted by this.

I hope nobody else trusts him again (except the GOP - he always comes through for them).

[BlueCollar]

2. How's it feel Harry?...n/t

[Mz Pip]

3. If Reid was surprised

he shouldn't have been. Lieberman has shown his true loyalties often enough that a double-cross is pretty much a given where he's concerned.

Mz Pip

[robinlynne]

43. really.

[bullwinkle428]

4. Memo to Harry : "Reid" the old parable about the frog and the scorpion!

[xchrom]

5. Hey Reid -- the next time the obvious phone rings --

Pick it up.

[CoffeeCat]

37. I sometimes feel that our Dem politicians...

...should be required to read DU for a half hour a day.

Any one of us could have told Reid the truth--that he is only grasping now.

[midnight]

6. Convert the bill and give everyone access to free healthcare...

[hfojvt]

7. Who could possibly have seen that coming?

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/93

besides the left, I mean.

[progressoid]

8. Lieberman? double-cross??

No. Way. :eyes:

[frylock]

28. that's unpossible!

[Hekate]

9. Slow learner sometimes, that one. nt

[DebbieCDC]

10. Reid's too damn stupid to the be leader

as well as ineffectual

He actually TRUSTED lie-berman?

Teh stoopid is strong in his family

[elocs]

17. So, do you actually believe that Reid did this all on his own

or did he have encouragement from the White House (code for: Barack Obama, President of the United States).

[kenny blankenship]

11. No one could have foreseen...

...bla bla bla

Give us that sad shake of the head to let us know how very truly sorry you are Harry. Such a shame.

[TheKentuckian]

12. One of the best reasons for NO CONFIDENCE in his leadership

because no one is allowed to be that fucking simple for a 6 figure public job, imo.

[seafan]

13. Harry "Lieberman is the least of my problems" Reid is angry Holy Joe double-crossed him?

Reid: Lieberman double-crossed me, January 13, 2010






Harry, you REALLY need to be put out to pasture.

[MzNov]

14. Harry. You're still spineless.

But you said Joe Lieberman was not your problem!

Dipshit.

[deminks]

15. Lieberputz.

I can't summarize my disgust at the moment.

[Bluzmann57]

16. Well Reid, there's a way to repay him...

Strip his chairmanship of his beloved Homeland Security committee and send him packing away from the Democratic caucus. Make him irrelevant.

[fascisthunter]

18. Reid, you are a liar!

if you aren't, you have no business representing people in our government regardless.

[Hello_Kitty]

19. All they'd ever have to say is "Not a dime to Israel until you vote for the bill"

And Lieberman would vote for anything they wanted.

[Bucky]

25. Not a realistic threat.

The threat is yanking him off his committee chairmanship. Until you put that in your quiver, you don't have any leverage on him.

[Raineyb]

20. Either Reid is a liar, or he's incompetent. Either way we need a new Majority Leader

Reid is too bloody spineless, feckless, and worthless to do us any good.

[Jennicut]

21. Reid is clueless. Some of us in CT already realized that Loserman was a double crossing

rat a long time ago. And why is nothing done about it then? Kissing Joe's ass the whole time means he will do whatever he wants and laugh in your face later. Hopefully, he will not run again in 2012. He will have a tough reelection effort here anyway.

[ddeclue]

22. Are you REALLY that DAMNED DUMB Harry?

:eyes:

[MiniMe]

23. Remember "Lieberman is the least of my worries" Harry?

Wrong

[Bucky]

24. Wow, it's almost like he's growing a testicle.

When someone hits you, you hit back. Yank that committee chairmanship, Harry, and then tell me about the double cross.

[Winterblues]

26. So now the obvious question is what is he going to do about it?

Strip him of all hios committee assignments, especially any chairs or sub-chairs Lieberman may hold, and if he bolts to the Republicans I say good riddance and don't let the door hit him on his way out..It can't just be all carrot, there has to be a stick there somewhere.

[Hello_Kitty]

27. So I'm sure there are numerous posts on DU condemning Reid for this.

I mean, here's someone with the actual power to kill the bill, unlike critics from the lefty blogosphere.

Right?

(crickets)

[gleaner]

29. Wonder when he got his first clue ...

I could have told him that in the beginning. Excuse me for saying this but Reid is a dickhead. Always has been. Always will be.

[Kingofalldems]

30. Lieberman is a lying sneak --just like his supporters

And I bet they are busily unreccing this thread right now
K and R

[thotzRthingz]

31. re: "...Reid: Lieberman double-crossed me..."

Ummm:

1. it's NOT too late Harry... KILL THE SENATE's BILL and begin anew with SINGLE PAYER (with the HOUSE's "public option" version as a fall-back)!

2. you're a DAMNED FOOL for not already having PULLED LIE-be-man's chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee... (and, BTW, it's NOT too late to do that either)!

The above aside:

I'm not buying it for a minute... this is so much FAUX ANGST... and the finger-pointing will be ROBUST (so much so, there will be NO ONE to take the blame for this abortion-of-a HCR Bill)! We've been HAD, America... what the hell shall we do about it?! :mad:

[Geek_Girl]

32. Reid is lying

or he is really fucking stupid. My guess is he's lying.

[rateyes]

33. And, when I started a thread titled, "Reid is a piece of shit"

as a majority leader people got upset.

Reid, you are a piece of shit for not doing the healthcare bill through reconciliation. But NOOOOOOOO, you had to have 60 votes.

The only thing you are good for is as fertilizer.


You are unable to lead, so get out of the fucking way.

[eridani]

34. In other news--

--water is wet, and babies, kittens and puppies are cute.

[D23MIURG23]

35. Well gee whiz Harry! Who would have predicted THAT?!

So now that you finally understand the situation with lieberman (the same situation with lieberman that has gone on for all of 10 fucking years) what do you plan to do about it?

[Moochy]

36. In totally unrelated news, Sally pulled the football away just as Charlie Brown was about to kick it

What a fucking charade.

[Kalyke]

38. Memo to Reid: "Well, DUH!" eom

[gkhouston]

39. Senator Reid, you're not that stupid, and neither are we. n/t

[upi402]

40. Duh

Jesus is this the best we can do?

Epic fail

[invictus]

41. It's time to step down, Harry.

[bvar22]

42. ALL accordng to the sctipt, my pretties,

ALL according to the script!

Such delightful Kabuki Theater to keep the peasants entertained while the Democratic Party Leadership betrays the Working Class once again.

Sure, Harry.
You were just trying to be a nice guy, and following OBama's plan for Post Partisanship...Reaching Out to Republicans... LOL.

CLUE:
Reid is NOT that stupid,
But he thinks YOU are.