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Originally posted by BP:
also lol at LIEberman being mad about losing. he's a conservative running as a democrat, what did he expect?
There's a difference between being a conservative and being a spineless chinless buttlicker.
Well, at least there's a difference in the case of Lieberman.
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Originally posted by BP:
also lol at LIEberman being mad about losing. he's a conservative running as a democrat, what did he expect?
Thats funny because his voting record shows him voting with Democrats 90% of the time.
"Moore has also accused the American people of being the stupidest, most naive people on the face of the Earth. And after last weekend, he's got the box office numbers to prove it!"
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Maybe it depends on how you define "conservative"
Siding with the Religious Fundamentalist Ayatollahs and pushing for emergency Federal Legislation to allow Federal Courts to become involved in a deeply personal family matter and to overturn state family court rulings seems to be about the most un-conservative action imaginable.
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Originally posted by 99blacksesport:
Thats funny because his voting record shows him voting with Democrats 90% of the time.
Consider this from Salon.com:
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Covering Lieberman is a good way to understand how misleading a voting record can be. (Are you listening, Courant editorial board?) Most members of Congress vote with their parties the preponderance of the time. There are other questions to ask. Did he vote differently on a much-more-important earlier amendment or cloture motion? Did he wait until it was clear his vote wouldn't hurt the other side? Are his public pronouncements strangely different from his votes?
Consider Lieberman's behavior during the confirmation of Clarence Thomas 15 years ago, well documented in this article from the political newsletter Counterpunch. Lieberman spoke avidly on behalf of Thomas and disdainfully about Democratic colleagues whose opposition was, he thought, too political. He was pretty much the last senator to commit to a nay vote, and only when his vote didn't matter.
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he's a conservative running as a democrat
Do you now view anyone who supports the Iraq war as a conservative? Because that's pretty much the primary issue here, and also why he lost. All of the other dem's who formerly supported him dropped their support for the more-leftist opponent, mainly because of his support of the war in Iraq.
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lieberman hurt himself in a couple of ways. petitioning to run as an independent at the same time he's running in the dem primary and choosing to break ranks with his party (not to mention the majority of americans/voters) on the debacle in iraq. they wanted to send a message that the decision for war was bad and the situation has been made even worse by handling of the bad decision. i'm sure the sloppy kiss he exchanged with bush after 2005 sotu didn't help. lol.
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Originally posted by BP:
lieberman hurt himself in a couple of ways. petitioning to run as an independent at the same time he's running in the dem primary and choosing to break ranks with his party (not to mention the majority of americans/voters) on the debacle in iraq. they wanted to send a message that the decision for war was bad and the situation has been made even worse by handling of the bad decision. i'm sure the sloppy kiss he exchanged with bush after 2005 sotu didn't help. lol.
Only reason he came out and said he would run as an independant is because in the last polls before the primary he was down double digits in the polls.
I don't understand how you think he broke rank with the majority of Americans. Our country is pretty much 50/50 Rep. to Dem. and there sure as hell is no debacle going on over there.
The only message that was trying to be sent, and has been sucessfully sent, is that there is no room in the Democratic party for people who do not go anlong with the ultra liberals and hate Bush for no reason what-so-ever.
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Originally posted by 99blacksesport:
I don't understand how you think he broke rank with the majority of Americans.
because the majority of american voters (rep and dem) think the war in iraq is going very bad and disapprove of the way the president has handled the war and the aftermath. what rock have you been under?
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I think it's time for some new partys...
Out with the old, in with the new!
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Not to mention his inexplicable support for Bush in Federalizing the Schiavo case.
Understandable for Republicans to support the leader of their party in whatever morally detestable endeavor he chooses to embark upon.
Inexcusable for a Democrat.
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