Lieberman should drop out of election race: Dean

[DeclinetoState]

Sun Aug 13, 2:06 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (news (http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?fr=news-storylinks&p=%22Sen.%20Joseph%20Lieberman%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw), bio (http://www3.capwiz.com/y/bio/?id=688), voting record (http://www3.capwiz.com/y/bio/keyvotes/?id=688)) should bow out of the November's congressional race altogether after his defeat in Connecticut's Democratic primary, a top Democrat said on Sunday.

Lieberman, a three-term senator and Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2000, lost to political newcomer Ned Lamont in Connecticut on Tuesday and said he plans to run as an independent in the November election.

Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said Lieberman should support his party -- and Lamont -- rather than running against him to defeat the Republicans.

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[Timberwolf]

Yeeaaarrgh!! Why SHOULD Joe support the dems? They're not supportin' him and he wants to retain his job.

Tell 'em to pound sand, Joe.

[DoctorDoom]

The RATs abandoned Lieberman, a multi-term Senator and veep candidate, in favor of a bored millionaire limousine liberal with no political experience whatsoever, based solely on the fact that Lamont hates President Bush and wants to cut & run in Iraq. His "campaign" was about that and only that.

I dearly hopes the Joe L. wins as an independent. It will take one seat away from the RATs, which is good if only numerically.

Dean and the RAT a'holes are screeching about Lieberman leaving the RATs and running as an independent, but when Jumping Jim Jeffords defected from the GOP in May 2001 after being elected in 2000 as a Republican, Dean and the RAT assholes lauded him for it.

Fuggem. Go for it, Joe.

[Lubbock]

This is nothing more than the Democrats doing what the Democrats do, and I believe Lamont will soon learn that "Hate Bush" is not a winning ticket.

[S-T]

Howard Dean, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee, said Lieberman should support his party -- and Lamont -- rather than running against him to defeat the Republicans.

"I know how hard this is for Joe, and he is a good person, but the truth is I lost one of these races and I got behind my party's nominee and I think that is what you have to do if you want to help this country," Dean, former governor of Vermont, said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

"The way to help this country is to limit Republican power."
I do agree that Lieberman (a gun-grabbing, pro-abortion, tax-hiking Leftist who I hold in no higher esteem than John F'n Kerry, Hillary Clinton and Howard Dean) should drop out of the race, as I explained before (http://www.freeconservatives.com/vb/showthread.php?t=38976).

I do not think he is obligated to support Lamont. If Lieberman believes the Republican candidate (or Libertarian, or Green, or Constitution Party candidate) is the best choice to represent the people of his state in the Senate, he should support that candidate.

[Maggie_T]

Lieberman should drop out of election race: Dean

Dean should drop dead from the human race.

[Kathy29]

It looks like Lieberman is going to become anothe Zell Miller.

[Antigone]

Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said Lieberman should support his party -- and Lamont -- rather than running against him to defeat the Republicans.

The dems didn't see a problem when a certain Republican decided to switch parties and become an Independent in order to give them control of the Senate. Now all of a sudden becoming an Independent and going "with your conscience" is a bad thing. Funny how that works.

[Maggie_T]

Yes, Antigone, good point. Funny, innit?

[Antigone]

Liberals have short memories and they expect everyone to have the same problem. That is why it is so easy to point out their hypocrisy.

[Beowulf]

Dean should drop dead from the human race.
I second this motion.