Joe Lieberman Says "It's Possible" That He Could Run as Moderate Republican in 2012 (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 5:28 AM
Senator Joe Lieberman told Eyewitness News 3 that it is possible that he could run as a “good old-fashioned New England Republican” in 2012. Lieberman says he was kicked out of the Democratic party in the 2006 primary after his stance on the Iraq War:
For the record, Joe Lieberman was right on Iraq. The surge was a huge success and today Iraq is continuing to take steps on its path towards democracy… no thanks to the cut-and-run democrats and the state-run media who did everything they could to impede success in this front against Al-Qaeda and radical Islam.
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Beto commented:
One point of agreement does not a republican make.
This is a very dangerous man as far as our collective future is concerned.
Tom63010 commented:
I hope NO ONE in the Conservative Resurgence is giddy over this garbage!
We surely don’t need another RINO, and the what’s up with you you Mr. Hoft? So what if he was right on the Iraqi War? Let’s look at his entire record not just one issue.
Let’s see the Democrat Party threw him under the bus, he gets up dusts himself off. Runs and wins as an Independent, then he goes back to caucusing with the Democrat Party.
When he makes noise like he is going to vote with Republicans the Democrats threaten to remove him from his Chairmanship and he goes back to being a lapdog.
You know during the Presidential race Joe the Plumber asked the infamous question and Obama without his teleprompter gave an honest answer. After that small business owners and others who strive to achieve a prosperous future stood up and said Hey! I’m Joe The Plumber.
In that vein I wish to propose a slogan to be pinned on every Senator that voted for Health Care just like JOE LIEBERMAN DID!
I propose that the Repulbincan Party run ads that say “Hey, I’m Joe Lieberman and I was the 60th vote!”
Never forget every Democrat and the TWO INDEPENDENTS, One of which was Joe, voted for Nationalized Health Care was the deciding vote!
Tom63010 commented:
Oops, Of course I meant Republican not Repulbincan.
BigAlSouth commented:
I always LOVED Joe Lieberman. When he was a member of the other party and poking a stick in THEIR eye. As a Republican? Not so much.
NeoKong commented:
If we get stuck with this horrid health care we can thank Joe Lieberman. He had his chance to stand up and do what was right but he rolled over like a tourist on a beach blanket.
Thanks but no thanks Joe. We’re all set.
Elizabeth commented:
Fooled me once…shame on you, Joe Lieberman.
Fool me twice?? No way.
Redwine commented:
The last thing we need is another RINO. You never know which way they’ll turn, since they don’t uphold Republican values. Lieberman is a basically good person and he’s taken a lot of flak from both sides. But he should stay Independent, in the uncommitted middle. We need committed Republicans.
Brenda commented:
As already said above, I hope people are fed up with RINO’s and he will be defeated. I view him as a pollutant to the party.
There are too many good conservatives to foist this upon us.
karen commented:
Way to McCain like. No Way.
Chuck T commented:
After voting for Obamacare, he showed that his vote could be bought, too. What was he thinking?
I think he should remain an Independent.
Corporal Vere commented:
We already have a surplus of moderate republicans.
It’s like Ann C. said. If McCain got elected we’d be unhappy and couldn’t “vent” as well as we can against the Zero.
HOWEVER, he’s probably better than the two freaking RINO’s that CT is considering assuming he’s strong on national security, lower taxes, smaller government, stopping socialist health, stopping cap and trap, and stopping job-killing over-regulation, .
SpiderJohn commented:
All of the Dems see the writing on the wall, I wouldn’t trust a single thing they say. Even our idiot Gov Crist says he is a Scott Brown kind of guy. Give me a break.
Militant Conservative commented:
Just do me a favor. No matter what party you belong to this works. When campaigning DO NOT listen to the candidate. Instead look at what they were doing/voting when NOT running for reelection. In other word do your civic duty and inform yourself. If you like what your Rep. did vote for them, if not check out the other guy. There would be fewer Democrats if this were to happen.
Betsy Ross commented:
memo to Joe:
No more RINOs!!!
geez….what a slow learner, didn’t he learn anything from the Massachusetts election!?
apodoca commented:
I don’t much care how right Lieberman was right on Iraq. Let him stay where he is. We don’t need any more RINOs. Besides, he’s not letting the GOP wet its beak with him cuz he still votes and caucuses with the Democrats. Sorry, Joe, we already have McCain, Grahamnesty, Snowe, and whatsername. We don’t need you.
Moriah commented:
As far as I’m concerned, we’ve already reaped the rotted fruit of “moderate” Republicans. We don’t need another one. Thanks, but no thanks….
Joe DeVet commented:
I will not, not, NOT vote for any national leader who is pro-abortion (read pro-choice), Republican or Democrat. I’ll stay home first.
Right, Moriah. Thanks, but no thanks. i’m grateful for the help that Lieberman has been, from time to time, but from time to time is not the measure of a good candidate.
TheScribbler commented:
Pick a side Joe, any side. How can you trust someone who goes with the flow like Lieberman does? I say let the Left have him.
bg commented:
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he’s also right on the following..
Political correctness on Fort Hood at Pentagon
[M. Zudhi Jasser, founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, which challenges radicalized Islam, also is an internist and former lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy. As one who went through the same system that trained Hasan, Jasser believes the biggest lesson from Fort Hood should be that a "culture of political correctness" kept concerned officers from reporting Hasan. Yet the report papers over the elephant in the room.
To Pentagon report writers, the shootings have an air of mystery. As in: "Detecting a trusted insider's intention to commit a violent act requires observation of behavioral cues/anomalies." It helps if you can believe that Hasan's cues were observable only to the trained eye.
Ignoring Hasan's pro-terrorist Web postings, the report instead focuses on workplace violence, programs to prevent workplace violence - such as the Post Office's "Going Postal Program" - and the stress imposed on military health-care providers.
The report does refer to "radicalization," which is good. But it overuses
the term "self-radicalization," despite Hasan' contact with Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki before the shootings. Said Jasser: "They are simply trying to exaggerate the fact that these are lone actors. I do not believe they are."
Jasser is especially offended at the notion that Hasan's actions were the fruit of psychological problems - or, as per the report, "cumulative psychological effects of persistent conflict." (To me, the report read like the first draft of a not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity plea.) To Jasser, the more obvious finding could be that the shooter, like Osama bin Laden, simply decided that the ends justify the means.]
watched & listened to Adm. Clark & Togo West testify & answer questions on C-Span.. Lieberman & Collins both questioned the one size fits all terrorists vs defining the very real jihadist threat we face (my words, but you get the gist), and were told they’d get answers in closed meetings (or whatever they call them)..
we no see Islamists, we no hear Islamists, we no speak Islamists, gah!!
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Valerie commented:
The first few comments here tell us why the Republican may fail to make much headway in the upcoming elections. When you’re busy throwing away friends and allies, you lose.
Thank God our military did not do that in Iraq.
Valerie commented:
Litmus tests are for losers
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703808904575025280510237178.html?mod=rss_opinion_main
Note that article is from that great bastion of Liberalism, the Wall Street Journal.
/s
Think it over. Joe Lieberman is very popular in his home state, and across this wide land. He has integrity, and he is willing to be persuaded by his Republican colleagues when they make sense to him. Rejecting a smart, capable man with a nice set of cojones because he doesn’t agree with you all the time is stupid. The Democrats did that, to their great embarrassment. The Republicans do not need to repeat that mistake.
The better course of action is to accept him happily, and explain the advantages of your preferred course of action. With his help, wiser legislation that accommodates the needs of a broader spectrum of people is more likely to result.
bg commented:
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Valerie @ 12:12 pm #23
re: [party activists may offer a resolution
imposing a litmus test on GOP candidates]
so far it’s an alleged proposal not a confirmation.. at any rate, i
find it odd that they wrote an opinion about it, but didn’t link it..
Proposed RNC Resolution on Reagan’s
Unity Principle for Support of Candidates
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bg commented:
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don’t want to call him a LIAR, so i’ll just report,
you decide (just posted the following in here)..
re: [No House Republicans voted
for the failed 2009 stimulus bill.]
however..
[three in the Senate voted in favor of the bill]
Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, and Arlen Specter
note re: so called teetering on
going Republican Lieberman..
[The senate version of the bill, S. 1, was introduced on January 6, 2009, and later substituted as an amendment to the House bill, S.Amdt. 570. It was sponsored by Harry Reid, the Majority Leader, co-sponsored by 16 other Democrats and Joe Lieberman, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats.]
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