Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, who bolted the Democratic party after losing a primary election this year to run as an independent, won a standing ovation at a closed meeting of all Senate Democrats Tuesday.
Lieberman was introduced by Democratic Leader Harry Reid who, according to Lieberman, told his colleagues that, “families go through crisis but we survived and I just want to welcome back Joe Lieberman.”
“It’s been a helluva year,” Lieberman told the group before imploring them to heed the lessons of the midterm election and “be willing to compromise” with Republicans.
Lieberman, who now calls himself an “Independent Democrat,” was asked if the warm reception helped remove lingering bitterness from the campaign when many of his closest Democratic allies supported his opponent Ned Lamont.
“You have experiences that naturally affect you. This year in many ways did change me,” he said. “But you know, we’re all adults and I’ll work with everyone in my caucus and the Republican caucus as well.
I hope that if we take more Senate seats in 2008, we kick Holy Joe’s ass to the side of the street unceremoniously. Two years may be a long time from now, but I’m not going to forget – and the rest of the blogosphere should not, either.
Why we don’t trust the DLC democrats . . .
Roosting with Joe. What an anethema.
We’ve got a lot of vigilance to sustain, a lot of work to do still, and a lot of elections to wage against people like Lieberman and Lieberman himself.
I don’t trust him and I don’t like him that much either.
And this is why I don’t trust the Democratic party too much either. A standing ovation for a neocon? WTF?
Side note:
Joe Lieberman.
A John LeCarré character.
Mole.
Bet on it.
AG
I was thinking more like a Bram Stoker character. We staked the son of a bitch in August, but weren’t able to keep his fellow Senators from pulling the stake out.
That’ll do too…
AG
I don’t think that “mole” is the right word. If after reading this and agreeing that there is indeed an Israel Lobby alive and well in the USA, and considering the fact that Norman Finkelstein establishes a symbiotic relation between Israel and the USA (rightly IMO), then the concept of “mole” does not apply, I think. But then how else should one conceive Joe Lieberman’s activities?
DEMOCRATS are the ones who aren’t willing to compromise? Jesus, how much do you think it would cost to hire recently re-nominated hothead John Bolton to go over to Joe’s house and beat some sense into him?
This little prick will bolt to his insurance company ass-kissing Republican brethren within six months. Hell, he might even do it before the new Congress starts.