# It looks like Lieberman is taking it in the shorts in the Ct. Democratic Primary **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 9, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-lieberman-is-taking-it-in-the-shorts-in-the-ct-democratic-primary/367949 "2006-08-09T02:06:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-lieberman-is-taking-it-in-the-shorts-in-the-ct-democratic-primary/367949/61 "2006-08-09T22:42:57Z")
[QUOTE=hajario] What are you getting at here? They can’t do that. Anyone can join any party and no party can kick anyone out or revoke their membership. [/QUOTE] No, but they could do the next best thing: Refuse to let him into the Democratic Caucus and strip him of all his committee assignments. If he wants to be on any committees, he’d HAVE TO do it under the GOP wing… meaning instead of just being a wolf in sheeps clothing, he’ll be a wolf in wolf’s clothing. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-lieberman-is-taking-it-in-the-shorts-in-the-ct-democratic-primary/367949/62 "2006-08-09T22:52:01Z")
[QUOTE=Jodi] I’m amazed some people think this result is a poke in the eye to President Bush; I bet he’s pleased as punch. [/QUOTE] It is because now **other** Dems will take the lesson that campaigining on an antiwar platform is a winner, and that hurts Bush a lot more than the Pubs gaining, or Lieberman keeping, Connecticut’s Senate seat would help him. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-lieberman-is-taking-it-in-the-shorts-in-the-ct-democratic-primary/367949/63 "2006-08-09T22:59:01Z")
[QUOTE=Blalron] No, but they could do the next best thing: Refuse to let him into the Democratic Caucus and strip him of all his committee assignments. If he wants to be on any committees, he’d HAVE TO do it under the GOP wing… meaning instead of just being a wolf in sheeps clothing, he’ll be a wolf in wolf’s clothing. [/QUOTE] He CAN’T join the GOP; Lord Rovedemort would want to tattoo the Dark Mark on his arm, and as a conservative Jew, he can’t allow that. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-lieberman-is-taking-it-in-the-shorts-in-the-ct-democratic-primary/367949/64 "2006-08-09T22:59:58Z")
What about Libertarian Jews? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-lieberman-is-taking-it-in-the-shorts-in-the-ct-democratic-primary/367949/65 "2006-08-09T23:03:15Z")
Well, I’m not prepared to speak to that, all I know is that he insists upon staying kosh– Hey, WAIT A MINUTE! ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-lieberman-is-taking-it-in-the-shorts-in-the-ct-democratic-primary/367949/66 "2006-08-10T01:06:13Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > It’s a myth that he sucks up to Bush, but if makes you feel better to say that Dio, go ahead. [QUOTE=duffer] Lieberman is not a Bush kiss-ass. He’s just not as hard-core and far-left as Reid and a few even in this thread. [/quote] [Karl Rove offers help to Lieberman:](http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/08/rove_calls_lieb.html) “The boss wants to help.” [Tony Snow: A vote for Lamont is a vote for 9/11](http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/09/snow-lamont/) [NRSC starts pro-Lieberman/anti-Lamont spam campaign](http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/08/nrsc_spam_alert_1.html) [White House blames extremists for Lieberman’s loss](http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/08/09/whouse_democrats_extreme_left_defeated_lieberman/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News) Denial isn’t just a river in Egypt, guys. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-lieberman-is-taking-it-in-the-shorts-in-the-ct-democratic-primary/367949/67 "2006-08-10T01:33:13Z")
Yeah, that crazy far-left radical, Harry Reid. Why, just look at the guy, you can see that he simply _seethes_ with revolutionary fervor and Trotskyist zeal! ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-lieberman-is-taking-it-in-the-shorts-in-the-ct-democratic-primary/367949/68 "2006-08-10T01:48:02Z")
[QUOTE=rjung] [Karl Rove offers help to Lieberman:](http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/08/rove_calls_lieb.html) “The boss wants to help.” [/quote] From the link in that blog post. > [@](#): > > Even given Lieberman’s generally good relations with the White House, this seemed hard to believe. So we asked Lieberman advisor Dan Gerstein, who had this to say: > > Not true. Rove made a personal call, no help was offered, and we are not interested regardless. > [@](#): > > [Tony Snow: A vote for Lamont is a vote for 9/11](http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/09/snow-lamont/) Just my opinion here, but that just seems like sticking by someone that backs his policies (Lieberman) instead of someone who doesn’t (Lamont). > [@](#): > > [NRSC starts pro-Lieberman/anti-Lamont spam campaign](http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/08/nrsc_spam_alert_1.html) Do you have any other cites for this? All I saw was a scant paragraph with no source noted. I have to say that this whole sordid Lieberman thing smacks of “If’n ya ain’t with us, yer agin us.” I have no problem with the voters chucking him if they don’t feel he represents their views. I just don’t see how the guy who sounds like Alf’s dad deserves this much vitriol. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-lieberman-is-taking-it-in-the-shorts-in-the-ct-democratic-primary/367949/69 "2006-08-10T02:12:13Z")
National GOP chair Ken Mehlman [refuses to endorse republican](http://www.politicstv.com/blog/?p=643) candidate over Lieberman. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-lieberman-is-taking-it-in-the-shorts-in-the-ct-democratic-primary/367949/70 "2006-08-10T02:17:25Z")
I read about that too. Too funny. Two bits says that is “clarified” into non-existence within a day or two. No, no, that’s not what he meant, taken out of context, distorted, yadda-blah, yadda-blah. It reeks of opportunism, and it won’t focus-group for shit. He’ didn’t say it, and if he did say it, he didn’t mean it, and if he did mean it, he didn’t say it. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-lieberman-is-taking-it-in-the-shorts-in-the-ct-democratic-primary/367949/71 "2006-08-10T04:36:16Z")
[QUOTE=Rufus Xavier] Lieberman loses: [/QUOTE] I blame video games. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-lieberman-is-taking-it-in-the-shorts-in-the-ct-democratic-primary/367949/72 "2006-08-10T04:59:17Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Hey, at least Bush didn’t try to give him a shoulder rub. [/QUOTE] I think ol’ Laura needs to give up the pink Real Soon Now before Bush gets so horny he tries to dry hump Nancy Pelosi. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-lieberman-is-taking-it-in-the-shorts-in-the-ct-democratic-primary/367949/73 "2006-08-10T13:59:30Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] It is because now **other** Dems will take the lesson that campaigining on an antiwar platform is a winner, and that hurts Bush a lot more than the Pubs gaining, or Lieberman keeping, Connecticut’s Senate seat would help him. [/QUOTE] I am not at all convinced that the anti-war platform is a winner, but I do think that supporting an open ended military committment to Iraq is a loser. Frankly, I don’t see why we need to be there in full force anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-lieberman-is-taking-it-in-the-shorts-in-the-ct-democratic-primary/367949/74 "2006-08-10T15:05:20Z")
[QUOTE=Squink] National GOP chair Ken Mehlman [refuses to endorse republican](http://www.politicstv.com/blog/?p=643) candidate over Lieberman. [/QUOTE] Republican Mike McGavick, challenger for the Senate seat held by Democrat Maria Cantwell here in Washington State, went one step further: he has [actively endorsed](http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2006/08/10/washington_state_republican_senate_candidate_backs_lieberman) Lieberman’s independent bid, choosing him over Alan Schlesinger, the official Republican candidate in Connecticut. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-lieberman-is-taking-it-in-the-shorts-in-the-ct-democratic-primary/367949/75 "2006-08-10T15:30:38Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] …choosing him over Alan Schlesinger, the official Republican candidate in Connecticut. [/QUOTE] Man, that’s gotta hurt! Kicked to the curb and _then_ shoved under the bus! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-lieberman-is-taking-it-in-the-shorts-in-the-ct-democratic-primary/367949.md?page=3)