Lieberman

Senator Lieberman's Latest Constitutional Buffoonery (5/6/2010)

Joe Lieberman Wants to Introduce Bill That Would Strip Americans of Citizenship (5/5/2010)

DINO

Lieberman's alliance with the Republican Party runs ever deeper. He endorsed and stumped for McCain, wanted to be the star of the Republican National Convention, and has even served on a 527 group that smeared Barack Obama with a nasty attack ad.

Lieberman willing to star at Republican convention

Lieberman: 'Thank God' political momentum now with GOP (4/13/2010)

Yes, you read that right. In an interview with conservative magazine NewsMax¹, Lieberman said, "Now, all of a sudden, the momentum is with the Republicans. And that's — thank God — that's the way people have spoken, you know? That's our democracy." He also praised former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, claiming, "I don't know what her future is, but I'm just saying everybody should listen."

Lieberman: It’s ‘a good question’ to ask if Obama is ‘a Marxist.’

On Finance

Lieberman enabled our current financial collapse by voting for the repeal of Glass-Steagle, the law that separated taxpayer insured deposits from wild speculation.

"The power of our private managers over our public servants was exemplified by the ability of business lobbyists to persuade Congress to nullify  the 1993 attempt by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) to require stock options to be expensed in corporate earnings statements. In June 1993, Senator Joseph Lieberman introduced a bill condemning  the FASB’s attempt, which passed the Senate overwhelmingly. He later introduced a side bill that would have put the FASB out of business if it implemented its option-expensing initiative. The FASB had little choice but to retreat, a sad example of legislation interfering in accounting decisions." John C. Bogle in The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism pg 39

 

Why aren’t Tea Partiers upset about McCain and Lieberman’s power grab?

McCain and Lieberman Setting Us On A Path To Dictatorship (3/19/2010)

Is Joe Lieberman Protecting Israel ? (12/15/2009)

On War

Joe Lieberman is a war hawk, plain and simple. He staunchly supported George Bush's War in Iraq and John McCain's plan to stay in Iraq for 100 years.

Lieberman: Not enough votes in Senate to ratify new START treaty (4/11/2010)

Joe Lieberman's declaration of war on Iran

Jon Stewart Slams Media, Lieberman Over Military Spending (4/10/2009)

Lieberman: U.S. Should Attack Iran's Nuclear Program If All Else Fails (4/12/2010)

Lieberman/Kyl provocation against Iran. 10/13/2007

Polls Are In: People Really Do Hate Joe Lieberman (12/23/2009)

Little Joe

Military Commissions Act

In 2006 Sen. Lieberman, Rep. Nancy Johnson, Chris Shays, and Rob Simmons  all voted for the Military Commissions Act and it passed.

In an interview with Harper's Magazine, Jane Mayer discusses the International Committee of the Red Cross report on torture, and commented:

The reaction of top Bush Administration officials to the ICRC report, from what I can gather, has been defensive and dismissive. They reject the ICRC’s legal analysis as incorrect. Yet my reporting shows that inside the White House there has been growing fear of criminal prosecution, particularly after the Supreme Court ruled in the Hamdan case that the Geneva Conventions applied to the treatment of the detainees. This nervousness resulted in the successful effort to add retroactive immunity to the Military Commission Act. Cheney personally spearheaded this effort. Fear of the consequences of exposure also weighed heavily in discussions about whether to shut the CIA program down. In White House meetings, Cheney warned that if they transferred the CIA’s prisoners to Guantanamo, “people will want to know where they have been—and what we’ve been doing with them.” Alberto Gonzales, a source said, “scared” everyone about the possibility of war crimes prosecutions. It was on their minds. Six Questions for Jane Mayer, Author of The Dark Side

(From 10/18/06 CLG news) Keith Olbermann:

"President [sic] Bush, happy Habeas Corpus Day. First thing this morning, the president signed into law the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which does away with habeas corpus, the right of suspected terrorists or anybody else to know why they have been imprisoned, provided the president does not think it should apply to you and declares you an enemy combatant... Does that not basically mean that if Mr. Bush or Mr. Rumsfeld say so, anybody in this country, citizen or not, innocent or not, can end up being an unlawful enemy combatant? Jonathan Turley, George Washington University Constitutional Law Professor: It certainly does. In fact, later on, it says that if you even give material support to an organization that the president deems connected to one of these groups, you too can be an enemy combatant. And the fact that he appoints this tribunal is meaningless. You know, standing behind him at the signing ceremony was his attorney general, who signed a memo that said that you could torture people, that you could do harm to them to the point of organ failure or death. So if he appoints someone like that to be attorney general, you can imagine who he’s going be putting on this board."

Why The Military Commissions Act is No Moderate Compromise

On Healthcare

Lieberman Among Top Recipients of Health Insurance Money; Opposes Medicare Expansion (12/15/2009)

Lieberman's Tightrope

Senator Lieberman received Contributions from health & insurance interests of $3,308,621 so it is not surprising that he reiterated his threat To support a GOP filibuster.

Joe and Harry

Lieberman says "the public doesn't support the public option". A recent survey shows he is wrong. "More than three out of every four Americans feel it is important to have a "choice" between a government-run health care insurance option and private coverage, according to a public opinion poll..." Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/20/new-poll-77-percent-suppo_n_264375.html

Actually, A Public Option would save many Billions (9/1/2009)

Morning Joe repeatedly airs Lieberman's false claim on public option

Why Lieberman Blocks a Public Option (Nov 10,2009)

Slide Show: Enemies of Health Reform

 Lieberman Reiterates Threat To Support GOP Filibuster (10/14/2009)

"Even after supporting John McCain, Lieberman still holds a top rank within the Senate Democratic Caucus as chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The Senate Democratic Steering Committee needs to know just how much of a conflict of interest this is. That's why Lieberman Must Go. Sign the petition at http://BoldProgressives.org/majorityvote"

On Elections

Vote counting cannot be privatized to hard-right partisans if we are to have real elections. Partisans have installed machines that are blatantly hackable, and unauditable. Election rigging is now mostly computer crime, although there are many imaginative other techniques frequently used in U.S. elections.  Lieberman was one of the leaders on the HAVA (Help America Vote Act which perpetuated the problem.)  See the Voting Machine and the Elections pages.

Silence on the Senator (10/28/2009)

On Homeland Security

Michael Moore responds to Lieberman (9/5/2008)

Lieberman's cost

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