Awww, Poor Harry
September 3rd, 2008 at 06:59pm Matt Margolis
CNN reports that Harry Reid isn’t very happy with joe Lieberman for putting the country before his party.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was not happy with Sen. Joe Lieberman’s speech before the Republican National Convention Tuesday night.
“Senator Reid was very disappointed in Senator Lieberman’s speech tonight,” Reid spokesman, Jim Manley, told CNN. “As the American people have made very clear, the last thing this country needs is another four years of the same old failed Bush-McCain policies of the past.”
In particular, the Nevada Democrat took issue with Lieberman’s assertion that Obama has not crossed party lines.
Lieberman’s statement that “Senator Barack Obama is a gifted and eloquent young… but, my friends, eloquence is no substitute for a record, not in these tough times for America” also drew Reid’s ire, Manley said.
Democrats are attacking Lieberman because his speech was undeniably effective. They are running scared…
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14 Comments
1. LiberalMind | September 3rd, 2008 at 7:06 pm
“It’s over,” Peggy Noonan.
No Matt, your side is scared.
Our side is confident, but cautious, determined but pragmatic, energized but not overconfident
2. Rich | September 3rd, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Liberal Mind- Thought I might find you hiding on this thread. Where is your apology about smearing Palin as a member of AIP? Still waiting. I will haunt you on this site till I get it.
3. Magnum Serpentine | September 3rd, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Lieberman is a trator to the Democratic party. he should had been booted long ago. Actually he should had obeyed the wishes of the citizens of his home state and bowed out when he was defeated. Its funny that the republicans supported Lieberman over their own Republican candidate in that election. That in itself says a lot
Seems the Alaskan republican controlled house is now investigating Palin’s involvement in AIP. I am sure this will not go well in light of the investigation into her ethics violation.
4. neocon | September 3rd, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Isn’t Harry Reid a Mormon? Why would the Democrats listen to someone so religious?
His church’s doctrine vehemently opposes abortion yet he is their Senate leader and upholds their pro-abortion position. Wow.
His hypocrisy reigns supreme. This man should never be listened to.
“This war is lost” - Harry Reid
5. Rich | September 3rd, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Now would be the perfect time for Joe to switch parties, theyre going to boot him from his commitees anyways.
6. FmrMarine | September 3rd, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Rich;
>>>Now would be the perfect time for Joe to switch parties>>>
I believe he is an independent, no longer a rat!
7. Kahn | September 3rd, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Magnum, you know he WON his home state by a large margin right? You know that if they don’t count him as Democrat… the Republicans control the Senate, right?
You must live on a diet of total bullsh*t to be able to spew it every time you speak. Guess you do come to think of it. Super time - go get some.
Here is a news flash. Each state gets two senators as defined in the Constitution. BUT - political parties are NOT mentioned in the Constitution.
8. Kahn | September 3rd, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Rich - if he switches parties now they can’t boot him from the committees because they won’t be in control. HE is the majority vote. If he switches parties, he can help boot Democrats.
9. William of Orange | September 3rd, 2008 at 8:00 pm
LiberalMind, you mindless tool. It might do you well to excerpt the entire quote or otherwise beef up your citation skills. Do more research on your subject before you disgorge your effluvia here:
From the most recent Noonan column:
“When the segment was over and MSNBC was in commercial, Todd, Murphy and I continued our conversation, talking about the Palin choice overall. We were speaking informally, with some passion — and into live mics. An audio tape of that conversation was sent, how or by whom I don’t know, onto the internet. And within three hours I was receiving it from friends far and wide, asking me why I thought the McCain campaign is “over”, as it says in the transcript of the conversation. Here I must plead some confusion. In our off-air conversation, I got on the subject of the leaders of the Republican party assuming, now, that whatever the base of the Republican party thinks is what America thinks. I made the case that this is no longer true, that party leaders seem to me stuck in the assumptions of 1988 and 1994, the assumptions that reigned when they were young and coming up. “The first lesson they learned is the one they remember,” I said to Todd — and I’m pretty certain that is a direct quote. But, I argued, that’s over, those assumptions are yesterday, the party can no longer assume that its base is utterly in line with the thinking of the American people. And when I said, “It’s over!” — and I said it more than once — that is what I was referring to. I am pretty certain that is exactly what Todd and Murphy understood I was referring to. In the truncated version of the conversation, on the Web, it appears I am saying the McCain campaign is over. I did not say it, and do not think it. In fact, at an on-the-record press symposium on the campaign on Monday, when all of those on the panel were pressed to predict who would win, I said that I didn’t know, but that we just might find “This IS a country for old men.” That is, McCain may well win. I do not think the campaign is over, I do not think this is settled, and did not suggest, back to the Todd-Murphy conversation, that “It’s over.”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122044753790594947.html?mod=todays_columnists
10. William of Orange | September 3rd, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Magnum Serpentine writes:
Lieberman is a trator to the Democratic party
..what exactly would a “trator” be, o dimwitted one?
11. Rich | September 3rd, 2008 at 8:22 pm
Kahn- sorry I meant they are going to boot him in 2009.
12. FmrMarine | September 3rd, 2008 at 8:48 pm
rich;
In 2006, Senator Lieberman was elected to a fourth term as an Independent, because of the strength of his record and his accomplishments for the state. He won the general election by more than 100,000 votes. He remains committed to caucusing with Senate Democrats, but will be identified as an Independent Democrat (ID-CT)……………..
you can bet the rats will attempt to punish him.
Watch for his appt. as defense sec under McCain.
13. Kahn | September 3rd, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Rich, yah - unfortunately I thinks so also.
14. Danish Artist | September 4th, 2008 at 6:15 am
Magnum Stupidity,
Lieberman is not a traitor to the Democratic party. Joe has seen the writing on the wall. Who was it that stabbed him in the back, all because he believed that the GWOT and Iraq War are the right steps in fighting terrorism? Those same back-stabbers believed in the same thing as long as it was politically expedient.
If anything, the Democratic Party is a traitor to Lieberman and the actions and statements made by that party makes them traitors to the military and our nation as well, in the time of war. This is not simply about disagreements it is about actions.
The truth hurts.