Well, Lieberman's full conversion to the GOP is complete. According to Courant.com, Joe Lieberman is being investigated for contributions from a now indicted "garbage executive":
Galante Donors Gave To Senator
Lieberman Received $14,000 In 2003
By EDMUND H. MAHONY | And JON LENDER Courant Staff Writers
October 28, 2007
Contributions from associates and friends of now-indicted garbage executive James Galante to the 2004 presidential campaign of U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman have sparked the interest of federal investigators.
Lieberman's bid for the White House took in at least $14,000 from Galante, his associates and their relatives in the fall of 2003, according to a Courant review of campaign records.
The contributions to Lieberman, a longtime Democrat who became an independent in 2006, are similar to allegedly bundled contributions to three Republican officeholders that earlier this month led to state charges against Galante, who is also facing a 2006 federal racketeering indictment.
The mob? Federal racketeering? Tsk, tsk.
No wonder Joe has gone decidely Republican. As long suspected, it seems he's been sipping (or gulping) from the cup of corruption. Lieberman's name even shows in up a little black mob book:
What's more, people familiar with the campaign matters say, the names of Lieberman, the three Republicans and about a dozen other Connecticut and New York politicians have turned up on what the FBI loosely refers to as a "ledger" that agents seized from Galante's office while investigating mob influence in the trash industry.
The so-called ledger, a subject of interest to a legislative committee investigating state Sen. Louis DeLuca, R-Woodbury, summarizes information provided to Galante by his lobbyists on fundraising goals set by a number of candidates, the people familiar with the documents said.
A Lieberman spokesman said no one knew of any irregularities or improprieties at the time of the contributions.
I mean, how could anybody from Lieberman's campaign possibly have any idea that a guy in the NYC area who owns the trash business in NYC/CT might have shady connections? And this same guy bundles hundreds of thousands of dollars for local politicians just as he's trying to expand/monopolize his business? No......no way to tell something might be up with his contributions.
Who gave Galante a "fundraising goal" from Joe Lieberman? My Gawd....sounds like good old-fashioned bribery. Who facilitated it for Joe? Was it written on a cocktail napkin at the Bada Bing?
Much more at the link. Be sure to read all about how the exact same friends and family of this mob character all gave to same Republican candidates....and Joe.
Oh Joe....how low did you go?