By Nitya

Jun 12, 2008 12:00pm

McCain-Lieberman ‘Bro-mance’ a Two-Way Street

ABC News’ Nitya Venkataraman Reports: It’s no secret that the loyalties of self-described "Independent Democrat" Joe Lieberman run right to the presumptive Republican nominee in the 2008 presidential race, but on the Thursday morning airwaves the political bro-mance between the Senate colleagues was a two-way street.

McCain called in to a Connecticut morning radio show being hosted by Sen. Lieberman, Ind-Conn., from his Washington office and when asked if he’d "steal" Lieberman from his home state to serve in his administration, McCain responded "Joe Lieberman will lead this nation in many ways."

Continued McCain, "He can pretty much do whatever he wants. Always, my affection for him begins with my respect for him."

The admiration between the Senate colleagues seemed mutual and "love" blossomed bright.

"One of the reasons I love this guy and support him with my whole heart for president he has consistently on Iraq and everything else has done what’s right for the country and not his own political self-interest," Lieberman said.

Lieberman, the 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee, praised McCain for his consistency on Iraq, touting him as someone who "never hesitates to reach out across party lines."

"Joe is one of my dearest and closest [friends] and I love him very much," McCain said, adding that he was "grateful for Joe’s friendship and he’s also a lot of fun."

McCain hedged around any conversation surrounding the Republican veepstakes, describing his list as "fairly long" before he changed the subject.

As ABC News’ Jake Tapper reported last week Lieberman’s fealty to "Straight Talk" earned him some tough talk from Senate colleague and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

On June 4, two days after securing his party’s nomination, Obama greeted Lieberman on the Senate floor, led him to the Democratic side where the two engaged in an intense, out-of-earshot conversation sources described as focusing around Lieberman’s support of McCain and the tone of the presidential race.

Watch video of the encounter on the Senate floor HERE.

The next day in his weekly off-camera briefing, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.,described the conversations both he and Obama had with Lieberman as "fruitful" but said he wasn’t "about to threaten anybody" about falling in to line.

Reid also noted that Lieberman’s Independent vote is important for Democrats on just about every issue but the war in Iraq.

Without Lieberman’s vote, the budget would not have passed. Without Lieberman, the budget would not have been written. So I think everybody should understand that Joe Lieberman has made a decision on issues relating to the war. And he’s decided to back John McCain. But Joe Lieberman is an important vote for this caucus," Reid said.

User Comments

Joe Lieberman is as much a democrat as is Mitt Romney. Please, this guy is now and has been a republican for years. Frankly, he’s more concerned about Israel than he is the US. Why do you think he’s known as “Israel’s Representative” by so many people?

Posted by: JR | June 12, 2008, 12:15 pm 12:15 pm

JOE LIBERMAN REPUBLICAN REPUBLICAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: angie | June 12, 2008, 12:20 pm 12:20 pm

I hope John McCain choses Joe Liberman as his VP. Two old clueless guys.

Posted by: Vanessa | June 12, 2008, 12:23 pm 12:23 pm

It’s good to see the influence Joe Lieberman has on the Presidential race and even better that he is supporting John McCain. I laughed when Obammy pulled Liebermann aside to try and spin his rhetoric in hopes that he could get Lieberman’s endorsement. Lieberman carries a lot of weight with the Republicans, Independents, Democrats, and don’t forget the Jews. I think this is a HUGE endorsement for McCain….its going to be GREAT to see John McCain take the oath of office in January 09!

Posted by: david from texas | June 12, 2008, 12:25 pm 12:25 pm

Without Lieberman’s vote, the budget would not have passed. Without Lieberman, the budget would not have been written. So I think everybody should understand that Joe Lieberman has made a decision on issues relating to the war. And he’s decided to back John McCain. But Joe Lieberman is an important vote for this caucus,” Reid said.
And once again, Leiberman’s vote carries a lot of weight and his endorsement of McCain even more. Way to go, Joe! We want you on McCain’s side!
McCain 08! NoBammy 08!

Posted by: david from texas | June 12, 2008, 12:28 pm 12:28 pm

Is anyone really clueless about why Lieberman is so much for was with all the middle east muslim countries? C’mon folks. Get a clue. He’s Jewish. He’d endorse David Duke or anyone else that promised to torch the middle east. I’m a reoublican for Heaven’s Sake and even I can admit that.

Posted by: CMSgt Preston | June 12, 2008, 12:32 pm 12:32 pm

It looks like the web editor who allowed the Gay looking Obama pictures is now working on McCain. I really am against McCain but show restraint on the images (the one on the politics page with the giggly looking McCain and Lieberman in close quarters–18 inches fellas!)

Posted by: Mr. Coffee | June 12, 2008, 12:37 pm 12:37 pm

DAVID FROM TEXAS KEEP DREAMING THERE IS NO WAY IN H— MCCAIN WILL WIN NOBODY WANTS AN OLD WARMONGERING CONFUSED DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE ECONOMY MAN BEING PRESIDENT TAKE THAT TO THE BANK MY FRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: angie | June 12, 2008, 12:37 pm 12:37 pm

I’m not saying I’m against homosexuals but somebody at ABC seems to use such imagery to slam candidates.

Posted by: Mr. Coffee | June 12, 2008, 12:38 pm 12:38 pm

Can you picrure these two on the ticket ,OMG…LIB is an aqq hole I can not stand this man he is a creep.

Posted by: me | June 12, 2008, 12:43 pm 12:43 pm

A guy who migrates from being Al Gore’s VP choice to angling for a spot on McCain’s ticket in the same decade is clearly a shameless political chameleon and solely focused on his own ambition.
It’s been sad to see Joe sell his soul and his friends off just to further his career.

Posted by: hopesprings52 | June 12, 2008, 12:51 pm 12:51 pm

@ Angie…..my goodness, all CAPS….are you screaming? Looks like I hit a “raw nerve”, one that says that McCain will most probably win in November because there is no way that Obama with his thin resume’ and associations will be able to pander enough votes. BTW, I didn’t yell at you, no caps, just facts. We welcome you, Angie, to the voters who support the winning candidate…..President John McCain!

Posted by: david from texas | June 12, 2008, 12:53 pm 12:53 pm

Lieberman’s allegiance is to the occupation and expansion of the neo-CON Israeli empire. He will not be satisfied until Israel has pushed the Arabs into the Sea. The Palestinians have just as much right to live in the holy land as Israel. They are half brothers, they are family. The land belongs to both the Arabs and the Jews. Apartheid is NOT Peace! Occupation is NOT Peace! Israel has been known for years to stage events (shelling of USS Liberty) and been more than willing to sacrifice their own people (Golda Meir in Munich) to advance their militaristic agenda. And the whole country lives in a police state. (Our own police are being trained in these tactics IN Israel, from all 50 states) Lieberman has allegiance to that agenda, just as McCain, and the other politicans that give Israel a blank check to commit genocide against it’s own family, the Palestininans. When are we going to wake up and realize that peace wil only come when we are a fair broker to both sides. Even Israelis are for the peace movement (Seeds of Peace) and don’t support the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza anymore. Yet their government encourages ours to occupy Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and is goading us into invading IRAN. And why not, they’re not big enough to do it themselves, so why not have us die for their agenda. This is madness, it needs to end. Their is nothing “anti-semitic”, about PEACE for Jews and Palestinians, and the men, women and children in the Middle East. American soldiers should die defending America, and not the whims of the UN or Israel or Great Britan, or anyone else under the guise of illegial and undeclared wars.

Posted by: patriot | June 12, 2008, 12:55 pm 12:55 pm

DAVID FROM TEXAS DONT DARE WELCOME ME ONLY A FOOL WILL VOTE FOR MCCAIN HE IS A LYING WARMONGERING OLD DONT KNOW WHATS GOING ON IN THE WORLD MAN DONT EVER WELCOME ME TO YOUR LOSING RIDE AND YES IM SHOUTING SHOUTING LOUD NO MCAIN NOT NOW NOT EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVERYBODY REPEAT OBAMA YES WE CAN YES WE WILL SHOUT IT SHOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: angie | June 12, 2008, 1:13 pm 1:13 pm

@ angie, you crack me up! I love it! I sincerely hope you don’t get a coronary with your intensity! But anyway, the offer still stands, welcome to the winning side, President John McCain! BTW, it seems to me your boy, Obammy, is having trouble keeping “key” people in place in his campaign now. Could it be that they are realizing he’s “an empty suit with no substance”, a “fake”, a “liar”, or “just plain stupid?” It’s ok, I’m sure Obammy will let you campaign for him when he runs for re-election in the senate!
Can you, Angie, say: “Welcome, President John McCain?”

Posted by: david from texas | June 12, 2008, 1:21 pm 1:21 pm

David first off you can have lie-berman…
second, what is this thin resume you talk about? Are you saying that obama doesnt have the credentials to be president or… what exactly are you saying?

Posted by: bhrandon | June 12, 2008, 1:22 pm 1:22 pm

and who are these key people that you say are leaving?
I saw about 8 people leaving mccains side for being lobbyists, and he hasnt even removed the biggest dirties lobbyists from his team yet…
you call obama a liar, and a fake,
have you even been paying attention to your candidate this week?
HOw many times has he been caught in a lie or made major gaffes on the thing that hes suppose to be his strong suit
i mean, cmon

Posted by: bhrandon | June 12, 2008, 1:27 pm 1:27 pm

@hbrandon…..no, Obammy doesn’t have the credentials or intellect to be president. He would not be where he is without the DNC, who had him pegged since 2004, and the mainstreet media. Both of these venues cover up or try to cover up his weaknesses……and now, key players in his campaign are stepping down and he will be vetted to no end by the GOP. Why do you think Hillary Clinton only “suspended” her campaign, but kept her delegates? She’s smart and knows the messianic brainwashing Obammy has had with his followers is about to dissolve. He’s toast….he will never beat McCain.

Posted by: david from texas | June 12, 2008, 1:27 pm 1:27 pm

you know what dave from texas your probabaly one of those racisit rednecks down there and if you would pay attention and watch real news unlike fox news which is a joke!! you will see obama is leading mccain i am gonna campaign for mccain to make sure in my state nobody votes for him thats the kinda campaign im gonna run its going to be called LETS KEEP THE OLD MAN OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE campaign see your blogs in nov when obama takes mccain down and wins by a land slide so i can shout and laugh in your face!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: angie | June 12, 2008, 1:29 pm 1:29 pm

Lieberman is milking his power position right now for all it’s worth.
Too bad for him, time’s almost up. There’s a downballot slaughter coming with the Nov. 2008 Obama victory. His caucusing with Dems won’t be worth spit anymore, and they are going to promptly and fully pay him back for his actions such as his refusal to denounce as false the GOP-spread rumor that Obama is a muslim.

Posted by: ToastOnDayOne | June 12, 2008, 1:32 pm 1:32 pm

Obama has done poorly with working-class whites and Hispanics, getting only about one in three of each group’s votes. He also must win over white Democratic women who have remained fiercely loyal to Clinton, especially those who are middle-aged and over. That will be a delicate task for Obama, who dashed the New York senator’s hopes of becoming the nation’s first female president this year.
Then there is the matter of race. The Illinois senator, who nailed down the Democratic nomination Tuesday by securing the final convention delegates he needed, will have to navigate the always explosive question of race in America like no presidential candidate before him.
Obama must cope with a daunting finding: One in seven white voters of his own party said in exit polls that race was important in choosing their candidate. Not only did two-thirds of them vote for Clinton, but nearly six in 10 said they would rather vote for McCain in November or stay home than support Obama.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=202793

Posted by: david from texas | June 12, 2008, 1:33 pm 1:33 pm

One in seven white voters of his own party said in exit polls that race was important in choosing their candidate. Not only did two-thirds of them vote for Clinton, but nearly six in 10 said they would rather vote for McCain in November or stay home than support Obama.
Read it and weep, Obammybots!

Posted by: david from texas | June 12, 2008, 1:35 pm 1:35 pm

david from texas i think you need to seek medical help!!!!!

Posted by: angie | June 12, 2008, 1:36 pm 1:36 pm

Its amazing that Obamabots have to post under other folks names, especially those that are not brainwashed by the idiot, Obammy, i.e.:
SEN. McCAIN: No. No. I-the fact is that I’m different but the fact is that I have agreed with President Bush far more than I have disagreed. And on the transcendent issues, the most important issues of our day, I’ve been totally in agreement and support of President Bush.
Posted by: david from texas | Jun 12, 2008 1:34:31 PM
This is not me, must be one of the Obammybots thats pissed because they know that Obammy is going to lose in November…..just like your boy Obammy, you have to lie and misstate facts……All of you belong together.
McCain 08!

Posted by: david from texas | June 12, 2008, 1:38 pm 1:38 pm

One in seven white voters of his own party said in exit polls that race was important in choosing their candidate. Not only did two-thirds of them vote for Clinton, but nearly six in 10 said they would rather vote for McCain in November or stay home than support Obama.
Read it and weep, Obammybots!

Posted by: david from texas | June 12, 2008, 1:39 pm 1:39 pm

One in seven white voters of his own party said in exit polls that race was important in choosing their candidate. Not only did two-thirds of them vote for Clinton, but nearly six in 10 said they would rather vote for McCain in November or stay home than support Obama.
Read it and weep, Obammybots!

Posted by: david from texas | June 12, 2008, 1:39 pm 1:39 pm

One in seven white voters of his own party said in exit polls that race was important in choosing their candidate. Not only did two-thirds of them vote for Clinton, but nearly six in 10 said they would rather vote for McCain in November or stay home than support Obama.
Read it and weep, Obammybots!

Posted by: david from texas | June 12, 2008, 1:39 pm 1:39 pm

One in seven white voters of his own party said in exit polls that race was important in choosing their candidate. Not only did two-thirds of them vote for Clinton, but nearly six in 10 said they would rather vote for McCain in November or stay home than support Obama.
Read it and weep, Obammybots!

Posted by: david from texas | June 12, 2008, 1:40 pm 1:40 pm

One in seven white voters of his own party said in exit polls that race was important in choosing their candidate. Not only did two-thirds of them vote for Clinton, but nearly six in 10 said they would rather vote for McCain in November or stay home than support Obama.
Read it and weep, Obammybots!

Posted by: david from texas | June 12, 2008, 1:40 pm 1:40 pm

One in seven white voters of his own party said in exit polls that race was important in choosing their candidate. Not only did two-thirds of them vote for Clinton, but nearly six in 10 said they would rather vote for McCain in November or stay home than support Obama.
Read it and weep, Obammybots!

Posted by: david from texas | June 12, 2008, 1:40 pm 1:40 pm

well david from texas do you like my campaign im gonna run maybe you can join me!!

Posted by: angie | June 12, 2008, 1:40 pm 1:40 pm

david first off you are wrong about his credentials, and im not sure if you know this but he did in fact go to harvard… last i checked harvard doesnt let in a lot of dummies

Posted by: bhrandon | June 12, 2008, 1:40 pm 1:40 pm

Lieberman is a traitor to the Democratic party. He left the party simply because the Connecticut party decided not to re-nominate him and because of ideological reasons. It was a matter of him trying to hold power, pure and simple and not a matter of principle..So, McCain has a love affair with this guy? That says a lot about McCain…

Posted by: indy_voter | June 12, 2008, 1:41 pm 1:41 pm

So what constitutes this thinness of his resume that everyone keeps talking about
as someone else pointed out
Ronald Reagan, who served as the President of the United States from 1981-1989, had only eight years of government experience – three fewer than Obama – on his “resume.”
Similarly, 20th century Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson won the presidency despite having thinner resumes than Obama (Wilson, for example, served a single two-year term as the Governor of New Jersey prior to becoming President).
This is a common myth perpetuated by the right and reinforced by Senator Clinton who had less elected and legislative experience than Obama. Additionally, both Bush and Bill Clinton had less foreign policy experience than Senator Obama.
http://www.mlive.com/elections/index.ssf/2008/02/obamas_senate_foreign_relation.html
And of course, as well as Senator Obama’s 8 years in the State Senate of Illinois and 3 years in Congress, a total of 11 years in elected office, he has something that is probably more important and more relevant to becoming President than any one of the candidates who vied for the Presidency this year, and that is his years spent teaching constitutional law.
Since George Bush has repeatedly wiped his boots on the constitution, I can’t think of a better qualification than Senator Obama’s experience as a constitutional Law Professor for the University of Chicago and his his civil rights experience as a lawyer.
Our constitution is in dire need of someone as President who respects it, and understands it from a legal standpoint.

Posted by: bhrandon | June 12, 2008, 1:41 pm 1:41 pm

In his memoir, Obama writes of one of the watershed moments of his racial awareness — time and again in remarkable detail. It is a story about a Life magazine article that influenced him. The report was about a black man who tried to bleach his skin white. When Obama was told no such article could be found in Life, he says “it might have been Ebony.
He is 9 years old, living in Indonesia, where he and his mother moved with her new husband, Lolo Soetoro, a few years earlier. One day while visiting his mother, who was working at the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Obama passed time by looking through several issues of Life magazine. He came across an article that he later would describe as feeling like an “ambush attack.”
The article included photos of a black man who had destroyed his skin with powerful chemical lighteners that promised to make him white. Instead, the chemicals had peeled off much of his skin, leaving him sad and scarred, Obama recalled.
“I imagine other black children, then and now, undergoing similar moments of revelation,” Obama wrote of the magazine photos in “Dreams.”
Yet no such photo exists, according to historians at the magazine. No such photos, no such article. When asked about the discrepancy, Obama said in a recent interview, “It might have been an Ebony or it might have been … who knows what it was?” (At the request of the Tribune, archivists at Ebony searched their catalogue of past articles, none of which matched what Obama recalled.)
In fact, it is surprising, based on interviews with more than two dozen people who knew Obama during his nearly four years in Indonesia, that it would take a photograph in a magazine to make him conscious of the fact that some people might treat him differently in part because of the color of his skin.

Posted by: angie | June 12, 2008, 1:42 pm 1:42 pm

In defense of david from texas:
On January 24, the Obama campaign released a statement, saying, “To be clear, Senator Obama has never been a Muslim, was not raised a Muslim, and is a committed Christian who attends the United Church of Christ in Chicago.
On March 14th, in a statement to The Times, the Obama campaign offered this statement to correct their previous statement, that appears to be a bold-faced lie:
“Obama has never been a practicing Muslim. The statement added that as a child, Obama had spent time in the neighborhood’s Islamic center.”
And, the original statement began, “To be clear …”
So, in three months, Barrack’s campaign has gone from describing the U.S. presidential hopeful as never having been a Muslim and never having been raised as a Muslim to now never having been a practicing Muslim.
What’s with the semantics? Statements from Obama’s campaign appear to have evolved, to say the least.

Posted by: Jack | June 12, 2008, 1:44 pm 1:44 pm

David from Texas–you might want to check the polls such as Gallup, Rasmussen and WSJ polls taken AFTER Sen. Clinton’s withdrawal from the race.
That, coupled with the community grassroots organization already in place and rapidly growing every day, will ensure that the spinmaster/liars such as Rove, Rumsfeld, Cheney and their would-be successors, will no longer be able to lie to and manipulate the political process.

Posted by: ToastOnDayOne | June 12, 2008, 1:44 pm 1:44 pm

Last fall during a nationally televised presidential debate, Obama hesitantly raised his hand and joined with most of his Democratic rivals to declare that he opposed decriminalizing marijuana. (first video).
But as a candidate for the U.S. Senate four years ago, Mr. Obama told Illinois college students that he supported eliminating criminal penalties for marijuana use or possession, according to a videotape of a little noticed debate that was obtained by The Washington Times.
“I think we need to rethink and decriminalize our marijuana laws,” Mr. Obama told an audience during a debate at Northwestern University in 2004. “But I’m not somebody who believes in legalization of marijuana.” (second video).
Asked about the two different answers, Mr. Obama’s presidential campaign said he in fact has “always” supported decriminalizing marijuana as he answered in 2004, meaning the candidate mistakenly raised his hand during the presidential debate last fall.

Posted by: Jack | June 12, 2008, 1:46 pm 1:46 pm

david i hate to mention this to you repub fools, but just because people voted for clinton doesnt mean they were voting against obama…
now thats not to say taht some didnt do that, and the same could be said about obama voters.
a vote for obama wasnt necessarily a vote against clinton

Posted by: bhrandon | June 12, 2008, 1:48 pm 1:48 pm

Based on below:
1 in 7 is about 14%
so at best 60% of those might vote for McCain
That is about 8% leakage to McCain [and yes I think the term is well applied here]. I don’t think that will offset the conservatives who will not vote for McCain.
Let’s face it. Obama is in some ways the conservative dream. He’s really not that radical. If elected, he would effectively silence the need for affirmative action because the system was color blind enough to elect him.
His election affirms Reagan era policies because he was raised under Nixon-Reagan presidencies.
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“One in seven white voters of his own party said in exit polls that race was important in choosing their candidate. Not only did two-thirds of them vote for Clinton, but nearly six in 10 said they would rather vote for McCain in November or stay home than support Obama.”

Posted by: Mr. Coffee | June 12, 2008, 1:49 pm 1:49 pm

I don’t know about the truth of the statement but you just have to look at Michael Jackson. . . . .
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Yet no such photo exists, according to historians at the magazine. No such photos, no such article. When asked about the discrepancy, Obama said in a recent interview, “It might have been an Ebony or it might have been … who knows what it was?”

Posted by: Mr. Coffee | June 12, 2008, 1:52 pm 1:52 pm

david shall we do the laundry list of mccains then
from 2000 stances to now, from yesterday to today, from last week to this week
mccain flip flops more then a fish out of water, go back to your republican overlords and tell them your tlaking points are outdated and need updating because you are a failure without them…
http://www.fightthesmears.com

Posted by: bhrandon | June 12, 2008, 1:53 pm 1:53 pm

david just because you can copy and past blatant lies from your republican demons tlaking points website doesnt mean we should even warrant going over them yet again with you as to why you and they are failures
why does mccain think its not big deal to keep troops in iraq?
when do we have no casualties in iraq?

Posted by: bhrandon | June 12, 2008, 1:55 pm 1:55 pm

the life magazine article, have they really gone and looked through every magazine?
was it life or another magazing, does it matter?
mccain cant even remember what he said yesterday
i never said the media was biased against senator clinton i dont judge the media thats not my job
oh theres video
well i guess i did then
cmon do we want someoen with alzheimers leading us into war after war?

Posted by: bhrandon | June 12, 2008, 1:57 pm 1:57 pm

my god the flag pin thing… lol pathetic

Posted by: bhrandon | June 12, 2008, 1:58 pm 1:58 pm

david whats the matter have to run to your republican webpage to figure out what to say next
you have no thoughts… you are a bot arent you?
you cant answer questions about your own candidate you can only copy and paste talking points in hopes that it applies towahtever board you are posting on
what a pathetic joke

Posted by: bhrandon | June 12, 2008, 2:00 pm 2:00 pm

help my republican overlords havent told me how to comment argghhhhhh

Posted by: bhrandon | June 12, 2008, 2:02 pm 2:02 pm

want to respond to my post to your post on the thinness of obamas resume?
ill add another one
ever heard of george bush?

Posted by: bhrandon | June 12, 2008, 2:05 pm 2:05 pm

cmon david, explain the thinness comments of obamas resume

Posted by: bhrandon | June 12, 2008, 2:06 pm 2:06 pm

whats the matter david did the bot stop working
pathetic

Posted by: bhrandon | June 12, 2008, 2:10 pm 2:10 pm

I vote republican because I like war. I vote republican because I like to se the rich get reicher and the middle class get destroyed. I vote republican because I like to see american assestes get sold to the highets forgein bidder. I vote republican because I like all the co2 in the air. I vote rebublican because I like dirty water. I vote republican because I like borrowing money from china. Ivote republican because I don’t want kids to go to school.

Posted by: Joe | June 12, 2008, 2:16 pm 2:16 pm

This pathetic loser will probably watch this country go to hell. But we won’t lose!

Posted by: Joe | June 12, 2008, 2:24 pm 2:24 pm

Latest Wall Street Journal Poll:
Obama leads McCain among registered voters, 47 to 41 percent, which is outside the poll’s margin of error.
Obama is ahead among those who said they voted for Clinton in the Democratic primaries (61-19).

Posted by: Get Real | June 12, 2008, 2:26 pm 2:26 pm

I’m all for cutting taxes but explain to me how Mcsame will pay for the rich boy tax cuts. Also I make less than 50k a year so a mcsame presidency is out of the question he won’t do anything for me except put the job I do have over seas.

Posted by: Joe | June 12, 2008, 2:30 pm 2:30 pm

Posted by: patriot | Jun 12, 2008 12:55:04 PM
Patriot, your a moron…the hamas charter states it wants to push the israelis into the sea, not the other way around. If the palestinians wanted peace they would have had it and been prospering a long time ago…instead they choose to shoot rockets at israel and throw tantrums constantly. you should go buddy up with Ahmadinejad and hate israel just because the koran tells you too

Posted by: fedup | June 12, 2008, 2:36 pm 2:36 pm

I think this liberman guy is an a-hole.
He asks for obamas help then pulls out a knife and stabs obama in the back.. There is a word for that but I will not repeat it.

Posted by: Joe | June 12, 2008, 2:37 pm 2:37 pm

Israel is not in american intrest. It’s in american jewish intrests. Only a small part of your country. I think if Isreal is that intrested in peace they would quit stealing land from palestinians and follow there own damn peace treaty… There is a word for that as well but I won’t repeat it.

Posted by: Joe | June 12, 2008, 2:39 pm 2:39 pm

Wow o. you bout sumed that up. Mcsames daughter is hot. Thats all I’m saying

Posted by: joe | June 12, 2008, 2:53 pm 2:53 pm

I see the paid Obama bloggers are out in full force today.
I wonder if they get overtime?

Posted by: Observer | June 12, 2008, 2:55 pm 2:55 pm

bhrandon:
Reagan had 8 years as Governor of the
Largest state in the union!
You can’t generalize and say Obama has
11 years of “government experience”!
Obama has been a legislator!
He has not run a state as Reagan did!
Reagan set agenda’s, prepared budgets
etc! It’s not the same!
obama is Not Qualified to be president of the U.S. at this time!
If he was at least a two term Senator
you could say he had foreign policy experience at the very least but
he doesn’t!

Posted by: reaganfan | June 12, 2008, 3:03 pm 3:03 pm

Isn’t Regan dead? Didn’t know he was running

Posted by: Joe | June 12, 2008, 3:06 pm 3:06 pm

LOL!!!! I’m just a sucker for beer and blondes!! LOL!!!

Posted by: Joe | June 12, 2008, 3:10 pm 3:10 pm

McCain has character Obama wouldn’t know where to find if he hired the entire FBI searching for it. McCharacter know change without respect brings you nowhere.

Posted by: Sylvia Johnsen | June 12, 2008, 3:32 pm 3:32 pm

lieberman is a one issue senator, serving only Israel ! I love Israel but i am NOT willing to sacrifice my country for them! lieberman should be shunned by the Democrats for soon they will run the Country.

Posted by: philosopherkingtomas | June 12, 2008, 4:04 pm 4:04 pm

And McBush just loves hearing Joe talk because he sounds so much like the Dad from “ALF”!!!!
Too bad that in 2009, Joe will just be another Independent Senator, no longer welcome as part of the Democratic Majority under President Obama!
Obama 2008 — Yes, WE CAN!!!

Posted by: jackt51 | June 12, 2008, 5:09 pm 5:09 pm

McCain saying Lieberman “can do just about anything he wants” brings to mind an image of a bathroom stall at an airport with Larry Craig waiting to play TAPS…Playing TAPS is what the MAINSCREAM media should do for the republican party this year…Isreal is being mis-led if JOE has them in TOW…

Posted by: daddyblue | June 12, 2008, 6:19 pm 6:19 pm

David from Texas: Everything you said about him is the truth. He is a cunning, underhanded candidate that went with Dean, Nancy and Reid to pressed the superdelegates into voting for him for favors granted. He doublecrossed the woman that was running against him for the senate taking her to court. He has the worst reputation and background of any candidate that ran for office of this country and the people are eating up his message of hope and change like candy not know those words came from a speech of Robert Kennedy which he copied. He cannot do anything for himself without help. And he is a Harvard graduate? Give me a break. He may have graduated from Harvard but he came out a dummie.

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | June 12, 2008, 7:23 pm 7:23 pm

david from texas, you need a break, I’m about to vomit, just reading the trash you’r spitting out of your mouth, shut up already.

Posted by: Phil | June 12, 2008, 7:45 pm 7:45 pm

“david from texas;” bobj from Dallas, TX. You are “Sleep-Walking” while having a “Nightmare.” The least you could do is refrain from the ‘secret bigotry’ of using the “suggestive Title” ‘obammybots’…..(sounds like “mammy.”

Posted by: Bob Jackson | June 12, 2008, 8:26 pm 8:26 pm

It’s hard to fathom so many lies, “oversights” and gaffes overlooked and forgiven, not just by supporters but by the fawning press corps. Twenty years in a “church,” and not noticing the venom being spouted? Is that the kind of perseptive graduate Harvard Law produces? One minute, Obama states categorically he favors an “undivided Jerusalem” under Israeli authority, and 24 hours later, that morphs into a classic Obamellianism. Obama strikes me a classic slimy politico who says whatever you want to hear. I’d rather hear a few things I disagree with, and know the rest is the honest truth.

Posted by: Dave J | June 12, 2008, 11:11 pm 11:11 pm

They can marry in California! (and then hopefully disappear together)

Posted by: dem in chicago | June 13, 2008, 12:18 am 12:18 am

Republicans use racist fear of the black man while they continue to screw over whites and everyone else as they laugh all the way to the bank.
Yep, republicans are counting on whites to ignore 7 years of getting screwed without vaseline because they think fear of blacks will trump any problems they have with bush/cheney and mccain.

Posted by: geevil | June 13, 2008, 12:48 am 12:48 am

“A guy who migrates from being Al Gore’s VP choice to angling for a spot on McCain’s ticket in the same decade is clearly a shameless political chameleon and solely focused on his own ambition.
It’s been sad to see Joe sell his soul and his friends off just to further his career.”
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This statement should be reprinted in evey publication in the country. It is EXACTLY what is going on here. Lieberman wants an administration job so he’s going to “suck up” to anyone to get what he wants.

Posted by: dk | June 13, 2008, 2:39 am 2:39 am

“Twenty years in a “church,” and not noticing the venom being spouted?”………….. Using the guilty by association practise that everyone wants to apply to Obama one has to question exactly what that says about all Catholics?

Posted by: skip | June 13, 2008, 2:43 am 2:43 am

McBUSH and LIEberman….”DUMB AND DUMBER.” Trying to replace the CHIEF DUMBA**…BUSH.What a laugh..

Posted by: lucky | June 13, 2008, 2:49 am 2:49 am

McBUSH and LIEberman….”DUMB AND DUMBER.” Trying to replace the CHIEF DUNBA**…BUSH.What a laugh..

Posted by: lucky | June 13, 2008, 2:49 am 2:49 am

I’ve been saying McCain is going to choose Lieberman as his VP. These 2 will do/say anything to get in the white House – need I say more?

Posted by: Dali | June 13, 2008, 10:35 am 10:35 am

JR, you sum it up nicely. If it hadn’t been for Joe Lieberman, Al Gore would have been elected president. People will not vote for a candidate who puts another country like Israel before the well being of the US. Hopefully he will be put on the McCain ticket. A rat jumping on a sinking ship.

Posted by: joeforsure | June 13, 2008, 12:37 pm 12:37 pm

Joe is an Independent! He has no obligations to or any loyalty towards O’blah-blah. Just another example of John McCain being bipartisan by walking the walk instead of Obama just talking the talk. John McCain ’08!

Posted by: FlaLady | June 13, 2008, 3:46 pm 3:46 pm

Hey David from Texas, Obama was not trying to get Joe’s support on anything. He told him how disappointed he was that he was tying himself to the hip of John McCain and that political memories are long. The people of Connecticut will take care of Traitor Joe in no time flat.

Posted by: Tommy Thompson | June 14, 2008, 12:08 pm 12:08 pm

McCain And-Liebermann 4 sure,what’s really sad is most people want to vote 4 the Malcom X clone then these two God fearing men.Yes Obama’s rich and he can buy the presidency,yet these two are very humble not to let the UN get involved one world goverments don’t work take a look at the roman empire it fell to a large plethera of beuracracy.Obama will not reinstate the militia’s the ones that keep neighborhoods safe from drug dealers whom support terrorists and criminals,drug dealers support Obama,so do more racist militia’s,the militia’s that support McCain and Liebermann are not racist they support god fearing Americans.-Sean Everett Bell 11:07pm 06-15-2008

Posted by: Sean Everett Bell | June 16, 2008, 12:06 am 12:06 am

After reading over these blogs it’s clear how and why republicans continue to get voted into office even as the country goes down by their hands.
Ignorance is bliss!

Posted by: Goldberg | June 16, 2008, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm

“Twenty years in a “church,” and not noticing the venom being spouted?”………….. Using the guilty by association practise that everyone wants to apply to Obama one has to question exactly what that says about all Catholics?
Posted by: skip | Jun 13, 2008 2:43:38 AM
I guess you’re saying it’s like living in america and not seeing racism?

Posted by: World Citizen | June 16, 2008, 12:56 pm 12:56 pm

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