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Today on Meet The Press, Joe Lieberman (Quisling – CT) talking about the Britney/Paris ad, procceds to teabag his main man:
SEN. LIEBERMAN: I do. First off, you know, we all ought to relax a little bit. It’s, it’s a bit of humor. It’s a way to draw people into the ad. Incidentally, the McCain campaign has another ad up in which they seem to be comparing Obama to Moses. So, in my book, that’s about a good comparison as you can ask for. I should say, in "The Book," it’s about a good a comparison as you should ask for. But, look, there’s a very serious point to that ad, and it, and it gets right to it, which is, is, notwithstanding his celebrity status, is Barack Obama ready to lead? And my answer is no, that Barack Obama is a gifted, eloquent, young man who can and I hope will give great leadership to America in the years ahead. But the question is who’s ready to be president on January 20th, 2009 with the economy in a crisis and facing dangerous enemies abroad. It’s clearly John McCain. We only have two choices here: John McCain, Barack Obama. John McCain is ready to lead.
Later, John Kerry looks at the back of McCain’s baseball card for his career WOT numbers, and Holy Joe responds:
SEN. KERRY: Well, John McCain was wrong about Iraq. He was wrong about why we ought to go there. He bought into a whole liberation theology about the Middle East with Paul Wolfowitz and others. It’s wrong. He was wrong about oil paying for the war. He was wrong about our being greeted as, as, you know, as liberation leaders.
MR. BROKAW: Well, here…
SEN. KERRY: He’s been wrong about Afghanistan not being a center of activity against us. He said no one threatens us in Afghanistan. He…
SEN. LIEBERMAN: Well, John McCain was right about the surge, and he had the guts…
SEN. KERRY: He’s been wrong…
SEN. LIEBERMAN: …to go up against President Bush, Secretary Rumsfeld and, and public opinion in America because he didn’t want America to lose in Iraq and al-Qaeda in Iran to win.
Jesus, that’s like striking out on three pitches and coming back to the bench proud of yourself because you fouled off the second pitch. I’d like for our next president to bat somewhere above the Mendoza line when it comes to war, but then I’m just funny that way…
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And that’s only if you concede that the escalation worked, which I don’t. Just because the same shitheads that lied about this occupation for five years says it’s a success, what kind of mark would I be to believe them? I see nothing that says success. There were almost 550 deaths from combat in Iraq in June. How is that victory? Because less were WASPs? Baghdad is a rat maze, whole neighborhoods are empty, except for thousands of elite troops. I invite an independent visit from a third party to look and see how many ”benchmarks” cheney and his pet monkey met.
More of this please…
McCain’s only honest argument against Obama is that of “experience.” According to, I don’t know, someone, many years in Washington should hone one’s judgment. (How this works is never explained.)
Let it be noted far and wide that John McCain’s twenty-five years in the Congress have not cured the fact that he has shitty judgment.
E.g., invading a country that posed no threat, prolonging a conflict we all hate.
Also:
Keating, Keating, Keating.
I’ve been a teacher for 15 years. My students’ scores are near the bottom of the county. I am rude and angry with other teachers and parents. During my last science lab, over half of the room was left relatively undamaged. On my last field trip I only lost 3 kids. I do not email.
I am clearly your best choice for principal.
The alleged purpose of the “surge” was to allow time for political reconciliation in Iraq.
The surge is over. The purpose was not fulfilled.
Success? Not so much.
Did that moron actually say “al-Qaeda in Iran”? IRAN?!?!?!? And here I thought he was the smarter one of the McCain – Lieberman couple.
All I can figure is, back in 2000 or so, Joe Lieberman got caught in bed, performing an abortion on a dead male prostitute. Since then, he’s gotten his talking points, weekly, from Karl Rove. That’s the only thing that seems to make any sense.
You didn’t know about the international terrorist group known as al-Qaeda-in -Iran?
They’re dug in deep along the Iraq/Pakistan border.
Oh yeah. Man, my map needs updating, doesn’t it?