Salon: "Joe Lieberman loves Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Friday, Sep 16, 2011 11:40 ET
War Room
Joe Lieberman loves Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann
By Alex Pareene

http://www.salon.com/news/joe_lieberman_iconn/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/09/16/lieberman_perry_bachmann



Joe Lieberman is retiring from the U.S. Senate, because he's a widely hated troll with no chance of winning another term, but before he goes he's going to take every opportunity possible to do what he feels G-d Himself sent him to Congress to do: Annoy liberals. Today, he gives an interview to the National Review in which he lavishes praise on two Republican presidential candidates.

Why does Joe Lieberman, former Democratic candidate for vice president, like Bachmann and Perry so much? (I mean besides because those two are the ones who inspire the more liberal fear and loathing?) Because Bachmann and Perry share Joe Lieberman's love of constant sanctimonious religious moralizing, of course.

Lieberman respects Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry, two Republican presidential contenders who have spoken up about their faith on the trail. “I know this got controversial recently, with Governor Perry and Congresswoman Bachmann. But they didn’t give up their First Amendment right to free expression and freedom of religion when they decided to run for president,” he says. “I like it when a candidate, if they feel comfortable, talks about their faith. It’s very interesting to me; it tells me more about the candidate, giving me one more factor to evaluate about what kind of president they would be.”

“Others may be turned off by it, even by the very fact that you’re talking about it, or the way you’re articulating it,” Lieberman says. “That’s the risk you take.” But he emphasizes that while some may find Perry’s public prayers troubling, or Bachmann’s Christian declarations strange, many Americans find such words “reassuring.” In this sense, he urges all politicians, if they are so inclined, to speak up, even if they are not religious experts, in order to make politics more hospitable to religious discussions.

[SpiralHawk]

1. Joe RepubliBagger

No wonder no one respects him.

[hlthe2b]

2. Only a formality for when he leaves Senate and becomes full time Faux News

propagandist... It must just slay Al Gore to see what this Pr..K has become over the years. It certainly does me. Creepy little fascist opportunist.

[avaistheone1]

3. Figures.

:puke: :puke:

[joeybee12]

4. hang your head in shame, Connecticut. knr

[hifiguy]

5. Go away, Moldy Joe.

Preferably for a year's vacation on each of the Thousand Islands.

What an utterly corrupt asshole this creature is.

edited to avoid grammar police

[LiberalFighter]

6. I'm wondering why he is on his 2nd marriage.

He must feel the same about David Koresh, Jim Jones, Manson Family, Applewhite, and others.

[dembotoz]

7. boy isn't that a porn film that should happen-----not

plot
bachmann and perry continue to work on joe to bring him over to the side of the elephant.


cameo appearnce by bachmans husband--as dr feelgood.

[Old and In the Way]

8. Joe's role is the designated bi-partisan.

He's toast in politics unless Republicans win in 2012. In which case, he is sure to be the "Democrat' selected for a cabinet post to provide the necessary executive veneer of bipartisanship. Surprised he's not hedging his bets and sucking up to all of the Republican candidates.

[valerief]

9. Why are any of them still breathing?

:banghead: