This is it. Hopefully, senator for sale, not a bone of integrity in his body, rules don't apply to me because I'm Joe Lieberman and I can do whatever I want, wrong on the issues, nasty, delusional, partisan thug Joe Lieberman goes down on Tuesday.
Of course if this race was about issues Lieberman gets clobbered but since he's outspent Lamont by several million, lied on a daily basis, has media outlets like the Hartford Courant and Doug Schwartz giving him free advertising, etc... this race is going to be tight. I hope there's justice.
AND these are the reasons.
1. Joe Lieberman has been endorsed by Ann Coulter, the nastiest, most evil, and sickest person in America. Ann Coulter is on record as blaming Jews for the Holocaust, supporting the murder of billions of non-Christians, advocating murdering Supreme Court Justices, calling the Jersey girls harpies, and saying that her only regret about Timothy McVeigh is that he didn't blow up the New York Times building. http://www.newshounds.us/...
http://www.youtube.com/...=
2. Lieberman believes right wing medical providers should be allowed to deny emergency contraceptives to rape victims, callously says to rape victims "go to another hospital," effectively denying their ability to receive contraceptive drugs." http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
3. Lieberman gave 33 million dollars of public money to a pharmaceutical company a month after they hired his millionaire lobbyist wife Haddasah and put her on their board. http://salon.com/...
4. Lieberman favored federal govt intervention with Terri Schiavo, then says politicians should not get involved.
http://www.cbsnews.com/...
http://www.youtube.com/...
5. Sends Liebergoons to harass Ned Lamont's family, then denies it, then said the Liebergoons were well behaved.
http://www.mydd.com/...
6. Lieberman calls crazy right winger Glenn Beck a "good friend." Beck once stated "You know, it took me about a year to start hating the 9-11 victims' families? Took me about a year." Beck has also said he hates the Katrina victims + fantasizes about burning blind people with hot coffee when they use Braille in public places. Lieberman goes on his show August 23. http://mediamatters.org/...
http://transcripts.cnn.com/...
7. Lieberman voted to protect DuPont and Dow Chemical from lawsuits from producing defective medical implants. http://www.rollingstone.com/...
8. Lieberman supported weakening Social Security by raising age to 67, then tried to misrepresent his position.
http://www.dailykos.com/... http://www.post-gazette.com/...
9. Lies - says Lamont is a one issue candidate when Lamont's ads + website detail positions on dozens of issues.
http://nedlamont.com/...
10. Lieberman has at various times claimed Ned Lamont is a) far left b) an 80% Republican c) Just like Joe except on Iraq d) too liberal e) too Republican. f) a center-right Democrat. g) out of the mainstream.
http://www.courant.com/...
http://nedlamont.com/...
11. Lieberman told a voter that "being a senator I haven't gotten much beyond the middle class." Millionaire Senator Joe Lieberman owns two homes and is worth several million dollars in assets.
http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/...
12. Writes Wall Street Journal editorial glowing how wonderful Iraq is going then claims he was a staunch critic
http://www.opinionjournal.com/...
13. Lieberman supported middle class tax increases while simultaneously co sponsoring capital gains tax cuts. (They go together.) Source: Excerpt from "In Praise of Public Life", p.132-3 May 2, 2000
14. Lieberman was against affirmative action, then for affirmative action depending on his audience or election.
http://www.newmassmedia.com/...
http://archives.cnn.com/...
15. Lieberman flip flops on Iraq troop withdrawal timetable. Was against it, for it, against it.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
16. Says ok to criticize a president on national security, (7/28/03) then says not okay. (12/7/05) Now says he values your right to disagree with Bush, him or anyone else. http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
17. For challenging and supporting incumbents in primaries, then against this proposition only when inconvenient.
http://www.swingstateproject.com/...
18. Lieberman voted to sell out Seniors in Medicare by reducing their coverage and increasing their costs.
http://www.senate.gov/...
19. Lieberman took money from Big Pharma and voted to gouge consumers on prescription drugs.
http://salon.com/...
20. Lieberman takes money from Big Insurance then votes to put their corporate interests over people's middle class interests. http://www.rollingstone.com/...
21. Lieberman was against school vouchers, then supported education destroying school vouchers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/...
22. Lieberman hypocritically is against Hollywood producing pornography but accepted $16,200 in campaign contributions from pornography companies. http://www.citizensforethics.org/...
23. Lieberman favored private SS accounts, against private SS accounts. http://www.ourfuture.org/...
24. Lieberman obstructed reform of corporate corruption, then supported it. http://www.ctgreens.org/... http://www.wardsmythe.com/...
25. Lieberman favored tax cuts for the wealthy in a time of war, then opposed them. Sources: Senator Joe Lieberman, Congressional Record, October 25, 1991) (Senator Joe Lieberman, Remarks At The 2002 DLC National Convention, July 29, 2002.
26. Lieberman was against litmus tests on Supreme Court nominees, then for them, then against them.
http://www.wardsmythe.com/... http://en.wikipedia.org/...
27. By not voting for cloture, Lieberman supported extremist Samuel Alito's Supreme Court nomination.
http://www.democrats.com/...
28. Lieberman voted to help credit card companies gouge consumers with usurious interest rates. http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/...
29. Lieberman opposed domestic partner relationship benefits for people of Washington D.C.
http://en.wikipedia.org/... (footnotes 52-55)
30. Lieberman undermined litigants by voting for tort regression restricting legitimate lawsuits. http://projects.washingtonpost.com/...
31. Lieberman engaged in race baiting by sending goons to say "Al Sharpton democrat" in one neighborhood and "country club Lamont" in another. http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/...
32. Lieberman favors the egregious portions of the Patriot Act which undermine our Constitution and way of life.
http://lieberman.sen...
33. As a member of the CT state Senate, Joe voted against creating living wills for people. http://www.salon.com/...
34. He once joined forces with Jesse Helms to strip federal funding for schools that counseled suicidal gay teens.
http://www.newmassmedia.com/...
35. Delusionally called a solo fifth place finish in the NH primary a 3 way split decision for 3rd with Joementum.
http://www.workingforchange.com/...
36. Lieberman Co founded an organization with Lynn Cheney (American Council of Trustees and Alumni) designed to engage in McCarthyite witch hunts against educators.
http://www.workingforchange.com/...
37. Lieberman refused to criticize Dick Cheney for supporting apartheid in South Africa.
http://www.ontheissues.org/...
38. Lieberman chaired religious extremist group with disgraced former Christian Coalition head Ralph Reed.
http://www.newmassmedia.com/...
39. Now claims he and Republicans have mutual goal of investigating 9/11attacks but it was Republicans who have refused that proper investigation.
40. Lieberman lied about Ned Lamont's record in Greenwich, falsely claiming Ned cut education budgets.
http://nedlamont.com/...
41. Lieberman falsely claims Lamont hired a Republican state chair to run his campaign. Then after criticizing Democrats for hiring Republicans for campaigns, Lieberman hires Republicans to run his campaign.
42. Lieberman voted to end cloture on an anti middle class bankruptcy bill thus allowing it to be passed.
http://delong.typepad.com/...
43. Lieberman continuously lies by implying Ned Lamont's staff hacked his web site.
http://www.politicstv.com/...
44. Lieberman voted to limiting damages auto accident victims could recover in a lawsuit. http://www.laweekly.com/...
45. Lieberman voted to protect the tobacco lobby from lawsuits in which people were killed.
http://www.rollingstone.com/...
46. The overwhelming majority of Americans support strong labor protections in trade agreements (90%+) but not Senator for Sale Joe Lieberman. http://www.issues2000.org/...
http://www.workingforchange.com/...
47. Lieberman voted to prevent generic drugs from reaching the marketplace at a faster rate.
http://www.rollingstone.com/...
48. He's a delusional self serving, pontificating, pillar of pomp who talks out of 3 sides of his mouth.
49. Lieberman is not a centrist nor moderate. He's Senator For Sale Joe Lieberman.
50. Senator For Sale Lieberman was the only Senator of either party from the Northeast to vote for the original Dick Cheney, environment harming energy bill. http://talknationradio.com/...
51. Calls people who use national security issues for political purposes "un-American" in a speech in which he falsely attacks Ned Lamont on national security issues for political purposes. http://www.cnn.com/...
52. Lieberman actually stated, "I'm worried that too many people, both in politics and out, don't appreciate the seriousness of the threat to American security and the evil of the enemy that faces us -- more evil, or as evil, as Nazism and probably more dangerous than the Soviet Communists we fought during the long Cold War," http://www.cnn.com/...
53. Lieberman is now endorsed by racist and bigot Sean Hannity. Sean Hannity has also endorsed friends like Hal Turner who has made vitriolic remarks such as "If it wasn't for white people, blacks would still be swinging from trees in Africa." and "instead of fighting Muslims we should be rounding up Jews and killing them in America." and "Jews are the lowest form of sub human garbage. They deserve to be killed." http://ctbob.blogspot.com/...
http://www.adl.org/...
54. Lieberman engaged in the swift boating of Ned Lamont by refusing to denounce 527s which falsely portrayed Ned Lamont as sympathetic to terrorists.
55. Lieberman piously denounced bill Clinton for having consenting sex with an intern but remained silent when George Bush's lies killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people.
http://www.australianpolitics.com/...
56. Lieberman calls Al Sharpton a divisive and problematic figure in the Democratic Party after Al Sharpton endorsed Ned Lamont. A week prior to these remarks, Lieberman called Sharpton to ask for his endorsement.
http://blogs.courant.com/...
57. Displaying dictatorial tendencies, Joe Lieberman became the first person to fairly lose an election and state, "I can not and will not let this result stand." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...
58. Lieberman criticized Lamont for being a self made millionaire while being a millionaire lawyer himself.
http://nedlamont.com/...
59. Joe Lieberman missed 90% of his votes (36 of 40) on Medicare Part D.
http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/...
60. Lieberman agreed with rabid racist and hate mongering extremist Glenn Beck when Beck says that going to Iraq was about "changing the face of Iraq" and that WMDs were "a nice side benefit."
http://www.tpmcafe.com/...
61. Unlike incumbent Democrat Cynthia McKinney and incumbent Republican Frank Murkowski, Sore Loser Joe Lieberman is the only incumbent to lose in a primary to demand a "round two."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...
62. According to Disabled American Veterans, Joe Lieberman had a lower voting score than every other Democrat in the Senate in 2006. http://www.americansforsharedsacrifice.org/...
63. Joe Lieberman was fined $739 in 2002 for underpaying his federal income taxes. http://en.wikipedia.org/...
64. Acted as an apologist for the Abu Gharib torture during a Senate committee hearing in which Lieberman implied that there should be no apology because there was no apology for 9/11. (9/11 had nothing to do with Iraq)
http://www.nydailynews.com/...
65. Opposed adequate job training programs while simultaneously dismantling the welfare safety net.
66. Was the only democratic senator from a state that John Kerry carried to vote for Alberto Gonzales for AG.
http://www.vote-smart.org/...
67. Lieberman opposed allowing aggrieved patients to sue HMOs for punitive damages.
http://www.commondreams.org/...
68. After receiving a 100% approval rating from the League of Conservation Voters 9 times from 1989 to 2002 on environmental issues, Senator For Sale Lieberman received an average score of 56 (F) from 2003-2005
http://www.vote-smart.org/...
69. Lied about Lamont's position on Iraq claiming Lamont favors immediate withdrawal which Lamont doesn't.
http://www.time.com/...
70. Lieberman hypocritically criticized Lamont for spending money in the primary despite having outspent Lamont.
71. Lieberman voted against strong environmental protections in trade agreements.
http://www.issues2000.org/...
72. Lieberman opposed universal health care for Americans. 47 million Americas do not have health care.
http://nedlamont.com/... (as reported by Knight Ridder and the Arizona Republic.)
73. Voted to confirm Michael Heck of a Job Brownie as FEMA head in 42 minutes. Then defended Brown after Katrina. http://www.tpmcafe.com/...
74. Lieberman gave millions to the semiconductor industry after they bought him off.
http://www.reason.com/...
http://www.sia-online.org/...
http://lieberman.senate.gov/...
75. Joe hypocritically says it's wrong to dig through bank accounts during campaigns but demands such of Lamont.
76. Lieberman says in 2003 that Rumsfield should be replaced. Then Lieberman writes a May 2004 WSJ article explaining why Rumsfield should keep his job and after a primary loss in 2006, flip flops back again. http://www.opinionjournal.com/...
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/...
77. Lieberman pledged to the archbishop of Hartford in 1988 that he would oppose abortion but as Senator voted the opposite of his promise.
http://www.catholic.org/...
78. Lieberman linked a site with a picture of Osama Bin Laden wearing a Ned Lamont headband to his official campaign blog. Then hypocrite Joe blames unknown hackers for the links his staff posts.
http://www.wcbs880.com/...
79. Lieberman's marchers and Liebergoons initiated violence at the Newtown Labor Day Parade, including pushing a skinny man holding an 11 month old baby. http://www.youtube.com/...
80. Lieberman hires phony GOP poll companies convicted of fraud to release phony poll data to the media.
http://www.ksdk.com/...
81. Lieberman received millions of dollars of money in the democratic primary funneled to him by GOP donors.
http://tailrank.com/...!
82. Lieberman lied about a campaign ad in which he claimed a sunset was actually a sunrise.
http://www.tpmcafe.com/...
83. Lieberman criticized Bill Clinton while Clinton was overseas talking with Boris Yeltsin about the war in the Balkans. This is the same Joe Lieberman who complains when people criticize Bush while Bush is overseas.
84. Lieberman supported crazy, wild eyed radical John Bolton as UN Ambassador, now he is trying to avoid taking a position on this nominee.
http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/...
85. Lieberman supports Bush administration's Stalinist invasion into people's privacy in violation of FISA act.
http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/...
86. Joe Lieberman has the same Rove Swift Boaters running negative + dishonest ads about Ned Lamont.
http://www.courant.com/...
87. Lieberman supports big govt interference into what video games you can buy for your kids.
http://pac.nisgroup.com/...
88. Lieberman continues to support the Iraq war despite the knowledge that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, Iraq had no WMDs in 2003, and that the invasion of Iraq only helped Osama Bin Laden + the terrorists.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/...
http://thinkprogress.org/...
89. Joe Lieberman has been endorsed by crazy anti-Semitic, racist, jihadist evangelist Pat Robertson.
http://www.youtube.com/...=
90. Lieberman has now been endorsed by Pro Concentration camp bigot Michelle Malkin, a person on the 1% fringe of American politics.
http://www.youtube.com/...= http://www.crooksandliars.com/...
91. Lieberman has been endorsed by radical, divisive and partisan liar Newt Gingrich. Gingrich served his first of three wives with divorce papers while she lay in a hospital bed undergoing cancer treatment.
http://www.realchange.org/...
http://www.tpmcafe.com/...
92. Joe Lieberman has been endorsed by radical neo-cons like Bill Kristol, David Brooks, and William Buckley.
http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/...
http://www.thenation.com/...
http://www.youtube.com/...
93. Lieberman has been endorsed by falafel windbag Bill O'Reilly, a man who criticized World War II veterans for fighting against SS troops. O'Reilly calls Mexicans as wetbacks. O'Reilly favors jailing + killing lawful and non violent political enemies, and supports policies that would murder people solely for disagreeing with him.
http://thinkprogress.org/...
http://en.wikipedia.org/...
94. Lieberman is endorsed by the Hammer Tom Delay, an evil man who favors enslaving 11 year old girls as prostitutes on the Northern Mariana Islands, Senator Rick Santorum, the most extreme member of the Senate who once brought home a dead fetus and compelled his 3 children to play with the dead fetus, and extremist Dick Cheney, a man who openly supported apartheid in South Africa.
http://objectivejustice.blogspot.com/...
http://www.santorumexposed.com/...
95. For years Joe Lieberman would not write back to his constituents. This policy only changed prior to the Democratic primary of 2006.
96. Selfishly, Joe Lieberman ran in two elections in 2000 thus jeopardizing Senatorial balance of power had Al Gore not been robbed of Florida.
http://archives.cnn.com/...
97. Lieberman deliberately spread lies about what Ned Lamont actually wrote to him in a 1998 letter about the Monica Lewinsky affair in which pious Joe found Bill Clinton's peccadilloes so morally offensive. Lieberman also violated ethic rules by releasing the contents of a constituent's letter.
http://www.nytimes.com/...
98. Despite his willingness to send someone else's child to die for a lie, Joe Lieberman holds the neo-con chicken hawk record with 8, yes 8 deferments from Vietnam.
http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/... (Via the New York Times)
99. Despite claiming to be a Senator who brings home the bacon, Connecticut ranks 49th out of 50th in terms of money sent to Washington and money sent back to Connecticut.
100. Lieberman was willing to make SS "voluntary" (destroy it) then says he was the first person against it.
http://www.ourfuture.org/...
http://lieberman.senate.gov/...
101. Lieberman claimed to have a 95% voting record but missed 31 of the 61 votes (51%) on Iraq.
http://nedlamont.com/...
102. Lieberman complained that it was unfair to criticize his missed votes in Congress despite having criticized former Senator Weicker for the same thing. For the record, Lieberman missed more votes than Weicker.
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/...
103. Lieberman voted against Clinton's proposals to provide better and more accessible health care for Americans.
http://quest.lubbockonline.com/...
104. Applying the Lieberman principle, Joe Lieberman decided that he can park in handicapped spots without a sticker. http://lamontblog.blogspot.com/...
105. Lieberman voted to make FEMA a part of the Dept. Of Homeland Security thus undermining FEMA's ability to rescue Americans in a disaster situation.
http://www.taylormarsh.com/...
106. Joe Lieberman supported deregulations in the accounting industry which made it easier for Enron type scandals. http://www.pbs.org/...
107. Joe Lieberman has falsely attacked Ned Lamont's wife for legitimate business deals.
http://www.workingforchange.com/...
108. Joe Lieberman's campaign might be the first ever to criticize a person simply for being a teacher.
http://www.connpost.com/...
109. Lieberman failed to cast a vote to increase homeland security funding for urban targets in 2003. The measure was defeated by a tie. Had Joe Lieberman shown up to vote affirmatively, the measure would have passed.
http://www.nedlamont.com/...
110. Lieberman inaccurately claimed on the Sean Hannity radio show that Republicans had never filibustered a Democratic judicial nominee while criticizing Democrats for filibustering Bush's nominees. (A fraction of what the GOP filibustered under Clinton.)
111. Distrusting parents, Joe Lieberman supported efforts to censor TV shows. http://www.pbs.org/...
112. Thousands of unnecessarily dead American troops in Iraq and tens of thousands more seriously injured.
http://icasualties.org/...
113. Joe Lieberman criticized "his opponent" for owning Halliburton stock while owning Halliburton stock.
http://www.firedoglake.com/...
114. Joe Lieberman was properly criticized by the Anti Defamation League for espousing Taliban type views that the ADL deemed "inappropriate and even unsettling in a religiously diverse society such as ours."
http://www.adl.org/...
115. Lieberman insulted 20,000 troops in Afghanistan saying they were "not involved" in fighting the "war on terror." http://nedlamont.com/...
116. Lieberman falsely blamed previous Presidents but not George W Bush for the 9/11 attacks that occurred under George Bush's watch. http://nedlamont.com/...
117. During his failed 2004 presidential campaign, Joe Lieberman gave his kids an annual salary of 8000 from the campaign basically to just answer phones. http://www.joseph2004.org/
118. Joe Lieberman was "one of the few legislators" who refused to criticize George Bush for the Dubai port security deal which would put an Osama Bin Laden linked company in charge of American port security.
http://www.nytimes.com/...
119. Joe Lieberman's top ten campaign contributors of all time in order are United Technologies, Citigroup, Lehman Brothers, Hartford Financial Services, Aetna Inc., Goldman Sachs, Purdue Pharma, UBS America, Merrill Lynch, and Pfizer, Inc. http://www.opensecrets.org/...
120. Joe Lieberman was 1 of only 4 Democratic Senators who voted to restrict the right of people to be adequately compensated for product liability defects. http://www.senate.gov/...
121. The National Republican Senatorial Committee, on August 17th, 2006, stated that they would favor a Joe Lieberman victory in November over their own candidate Alan Schlessinger.
http://en.wikipedia.org/...
122. Lieberman released a false ad with a doctored photo of "No More Joe" falsely claiming that Lamont's people created the bumper sticker when in fact Lieberman's people did. http://www.youtube.com/...
123. Lieberman incredulously chose to name his party "Connecticut for Lieberman" not Lieberman for Connecticut. http://en.wikipedia.org/...
124. Incredulously, Joe Lieberman in Sept. Of 2006 said "give me another week" when asked to articulate his position on Iraq. http://www.journalinquirer.com/...
125. The Bush/Lieberman Kiss. http://www.youtube.com/...=
126. Despite the civil war and increased violence in Iraq, Joe Lieberman tried to defend the Bush administration and falsely claimed that "Iraq is a lot better, different than it was a year ago." http://www.youtube.com/...=
127. In early August, Liebergoons deliberately tried to provoke a fistfight with Lamont's campaign manager in Bridgeport. http://men.style.com/...
128. When asked to defend the behavior of his supporters who were trying to initiate violence at a Cheeseburger joint, Lieberman said, "it's all part of politics unfortunately in this day and age." http://men.style.com/...
129. Over 2800 American troops have died in Iraq because of Bush/Lieberman lies. http://www.icasualties.org/...
130. Joe Lieberman, whose campaign calls Lamont "negative Ned" ran an ad bashing Lamont about experience.. http://69.0.204.168/... , http://www.youtube.com/...=
131. Lieberman had a fake photo op where the 12 year old kid of his former press secretary came up to Joe at an ice cream window, gave Joe a hug, then Joe bought him an ice cream for the cameras, and then after the cameras went away, the 12 year old kid returns the ice cream cone to Lieberman's press secretary. http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/...
132. Joe Lieberman did a massive multi million dollar fund raiser with Mel Sembler, chair of the Scooter Libby defense fund. Sembler was also the founder of a so called drug treatment group "Straight" which subjected thousands of youths to sexual, emotional and physical abuse. http://www.dailykos.com/...
133. Joe Lieberman voted to deny accused defendants in Gitmo the right to habeas corpus, a right that's been around for over 800 years. Some would call this Stalinist. http://www.thenation.com/...
134. Lieberman falsely claimed that "there are extensive contacts between Saddam Hussein's government and Al Qaeda." (Source: MSNBC Hardball on 12/15/03.) Lieberman later admitted that "I have seen no evidence that Iraq was tied to 9/11." (Source: Face The State, 9/17/06)
135. Lieberman actually claimed that he "has repeatedly and harshly criticized the Bush administration" for the Iraq War. (Source: New Haven Register 9/9/06)
136. Lieberman falsely claimed that Lamont supports an arbitrary deadline for the troops in Iraq. http://www.courant.com/...
137. In a partisan speech, Lieberman falsely claims that Lamont's plan for redeployment is giving up while in the same speech Lieberman says that troops could be added by redeployment. http://www.nytimes.com/...
138. Lieberman missed the key vote on the Medicare bill which caused the donut hole threatening more than 86,000 Connecticut seniors. http://nedlamont.com/...
139. Lieberman actually said on Iraq, "bottom line I think Bush has it right." http://www.newyorker.com/...
140. "The Kiss" at the State of the Union. http://www.dumpjoe.com/
141. Despite claiming to be the positive candidate, Lieberman makes fun of Lamont's name by calling him "The Full Lamonty." http://www.joe2006.com/...
142. Lieberman voted against making FEMA an independent agency. http://www.vote-smart.org/...
143. After receiving a perfect 100% rating from NARAL for many years, Joe Lieberman's rating dropped to 75% in 2005. http://www.vote-smart.org/...
144. Voted against protecting civilians from unexploded cluster munitions in 2006. http://projects.washingtonpost.com/...
145. Instead of putting criminals on trial and convicting them, Lieberman was 1 of 4 democrats to oppose judicial review for detention of alleged enemy combatants. http://projects.washingtonpost.com/...
146. Lieberman falsely claims (see US intelligence reports) that the reason we went into Iraq was because of the terrorists in Iraq. http://www.courant.com/...
147. Despite a National Intelligent Estimate of all 16 US agencies unanimously asserting that the war in Iraq has increased terrorism and hurt America, Joe Lieberman responded that this changes nothing. http://www.youtube.com/...=
148. On Sept 29, 2006, Joe Lieberman sent out a nasty email calling Ned Lamont a negative no ideas campaign.
149. Only Joe Lieberman could attack Wesley Clark for raising money for the Republican Party and working for the Republican agenda. Of course you know what Joe's been doing of late. http://talkleft.com/...
150. In 1995 Joe Lieberman was one of only 2 Democratic senators to vote down legislation that according to the Boston Globe would have barred senators from accepting meals, gifts and entertainment from lobbyists. http://www.nedlamont.com/... [Senate Roll Call Vote #3, 1/5/95; Boston Globe, 1/6/95)
151. In 2006 Lieberman voted against another bipartisan bill meant to close down the lobbyist loopholes and buying of politicians. http://www.nedlamont.com/... [San Francisco Chronicle, 3/30/06; Senate Roll Call Vote #80, 3/29/06]
152. Showing partisanship Lieberman says that he won't forget that certain Democratic politicians like Chris Dodd and Al Gore are endorsing the democratic primary winner. http://www.courant.com/...
153. Joe Lieberman voted for a bill which allows George W Bush to be pardoned for any possible crimes connected with the torture of detainees. http://www.youtube.com/...=
154. Lieberman formed a misleading group called Dems For Joe in which 40% of its members are Washington lobbyists. http://nedlamont.com/...
155. Joe Lieberman, upon losing the endorsement of the AFL-CIO claims that the AFL-CIO remained neutral even though nearly two-thirds of its members endorsed Ned Lamont. http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/...
156. On the Don Imus Show, Joe Lieberman said, "I have particularly appreciated your interrogation of some of the other Democratic elected officials. And I'm very comforted to know that your interrogation is not covered by Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions. Heh-heh-heh.
http://www.youtube.com/...=
157. After revelations that Dennis Hastert engaged in a cover up for a child predator, Joe Lieberman, he who bashed Clinton over Monica Lewinsky says that it would be too partisan for Dennis Hastert to resign. http://nedlamont.com/...
158. Despite claiming to be a man who supports labor, Joe Lieberman in his career has received nearly 7 times more pac money from business interests than labor interests. http://www.opensecrets.org/...
159. Joe Lieberman bashes the critics of Dennis Hastert, not Dennis Hastert himself for a partisan frenzy based on Hastert's coverup of a predator. http://www.youtube.com/...=
160. After calling Democratic critics of Hastert engaging in a partisan frenzy, Lieberman said "No I know Ned Lamont said that." http://www.youtube.com/...=
161. Joe Lieberman supported Bush nominees to the National Labor Relations Board that stripped workers of their rights to organize. http://nedlamont.com/... and AP 10/04/06
162. IN 2005 Joe Lieberman voted to give a 148 billion dollar corporate handout to corporations outsourcing American jobs. [Sources: Senate Roll Call Vote #192, 7/19/05; Senate action, 3/14/02; Senate Roll Call vote #211, 10/11/04
163. During Joe Lieberman's tenure, Connecticut has lost half its manufacturing jobs. [Source: Connecticut Post, 2/4/05] This is the same Joe Lieberman who shamelessly pretends to be a protector of manufacturing jobs.
164. During Joe Lieberman's tenure, Connecticut has lost more than half its defense related jobs. [Source: Connecticut Post, 2/4/05]
165. Joe Lieberman skipped a critical vote to provide body armor for our troops. Source: Senate Roll Call Vote #376, 10/2/03
166. Within a span of 24 hours Lieberman claims we have to get tough on the leadership in Iraq and then does a complete 180 when pressured otherwise. http://www.courant.com/...
167. Amazingly, Lieberman claims to be interested in Iraq Intel, then distorts it, then says he's not interested.
http://nedlamont.com/...
168. Despite Ned Lamont being a strong supporter of Israel, Joe Lieberman had the audacity to question Lamont's commitment to Israel because Al Sharpton refused to endorse Lieberman and endorsed Lamont. http://www.tpmcafe.com/...
169. Joe Lieberman flip flopped on his positions on North Korea based on who's votes he was courting. http://www.mydd.com/...
170. Lieberman criticizes Ned Lamont for putting a few hundred thousand dollars worth of money into his own campaign while fundraising with Michael Bloomberg, who set an all time record by spending 80 million dollars of his own money to buy the mayor's seat in New York City.
171. Joe supported Section 311 of the Bush Cheney Energy Bill which sold off parts of Long Island sound to the highest bidder. http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/...
172. Lieberman then lied about what his vote on the Bush Cheney Energy Bill was about. http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/...
173. Lieberman used the slur "Democrat Party" to describe the Democratic party. http://nedlamont.com/...
174. Lieberman ran a dishonest ad attacking Lamont's salary and history with employees at a telecommunications company. http://www.courant.com/...
175. Lieberman voted with George Bush against fully funding education. http://www.senate.gov/...
176. Even though Ned Lamont immediately disavowed a claim by Henry Parker about civil right marches in the 1960s, Lieberman's official blog still asserts that Lamont distorted Lieberman's record. http://www.joe2006.com/...
177. Despite Ned Lamont running a very positive, issues oriented campaign, Lieberman still refers to him as Negative Ned.
178. Despite claiming he will caucus with Dems, Joe Lieberman said in October 2006 that "Uh I haven't thought about that enough to give an answer" in response to which party would be better off controlling the US House of Representatives. http://www.courant.com/...
179. In response to who he'll vote for in the CT Governor's race, Lieberman said, "I'm uh, I'm having." http://www.courant.com/...
180. Lieberman said in 1988 about Lowell Weicker "after 18 years it's time for somebody new." Then Joe promised to serve only 3 terms. He's running for his 4th term in 2006. http://www.youtube.com/...=
181. After selling out parts of Long Island Sound to the energy industry, Joe Lieberman received a $50,000 payoff from the energy industry for his vote. http://nedlamont.com/...
182. Lieberman's blog dishonestly and immaturely introduces the "Nedulator" claiming that Ned has made 23 negative attacks on Joe Lieberman and 13 distortions while offering zero new ideas during the first debate. Of course you can watch the debate or ask Joe Lieberman why there is no documentation of any of these 36 claims. http://www.joe2006.com/...
183. While candidates Alan Schlessinger and Ned Lamont stayed around to answer questions, Joe Lieberman left the room quickly after the first debate and would not answer questions.
184. During Joe Lieberman's tenure in the Senate, Connecticut taxpayers now only get back 66 cents on the dollar sent to Washington, down 22 cents from 18 years ago. http://www.taxfoundation.org/... http://www.taxfoundation.org/...
185. In the first debate in Stamford Lieberman now backs down from criticism of Bush on North Korea yet in 2003 Joe correctly criticized Bush on North Korea. http://lieberman.senate.gov/...
186. Lieberman acknowledged in 2003 that Clinton did a great job keeping North Korea from getting nuclear weapons but in the debate in Stamford, Lieberman now blames Bush and Clinton equally and says both parties have failed.. http://lieberman.senate.gov/... http://www.nbc30.com/...
187. Connecticut just saw an 86% cut in its homeland security funding despite Joe Lieberman's rhetoric. http://www.workingforchange.com/...
188. Lieberman said in the first debate that he wants the war in Iraq to end. LOL
189. The ultra right wing group Club for Growth, which has actively funded Republican primary candidates to knock off GOP incumbents that they feel aren't conservative enough, now is funding Joe Lieberman. http://lamontblog.blogspot.com/...
190. At a recent luncheon Joe Lieberman told his Republican friends that he would not forget them. http://www.journalinquirer.com/...
191. Sinking to lower lows, there's a new attack ad against Ned Lamont. This ad, instead of listing Lamont's campaign headquarter number, lists Lamont's business headquarters number. http://fefcommittee.org/
192. False claims that he worked to adopt the 9/11 commission recommendations in his debate in Stamford. http://www.nbc30.com/...
193. Says in his opening that it's time to stop the attacking and bitterness. Then says Ned will spend the time attacking. Then Joe spends his time attacking the debate. http://www.nbc30.com/...
194. As Alan Schlessinger pointed out, Joe Lieberman showed more moral outrage over Clinton's sex life than North Korea's attainment of nuclear weapons. http://www.nbc30.com/...
195. Lieberman falsely tried to link the 1960s civil rights claim to the Lamont campaign when Lamont had nothing to do with it and denounced these claims within 24 hours of them being made. http://www.nbc30.com/...
196. Claims he's counting 4 or 5 negative attacks out of the blue during the debate without any substance behind it. http://www.nbc30.com/...
197. Says in the debate that you have to "pay as you go" to return to the Clinton surpluses. The problem is that Joe Lieberman's votes on Iraq and other issues have increased the deficit. http://www.nbc30.com/...
198. During the debate Joe makes a claim that Lamont's plan on health care would put small businesses out of business and provides a mandate on small businesses yet acknowledges in his same statement that he really doesn't know what Lamont's plan does. http://www.nbc30.com/...
199. Lieberman claims that CT is 49th out of 50th in receiving federal funds because Connecticut is the "wealthiest state in the country." http://www.nbc30.com/...
200. During the debate, Joe claims his two opponents have taken classic negative responses even though Schlessinger and Lamont have positions which cut across party lines. http://www.nbc30.com/...
201. After opposing the nomination of John Bolton to the United Nations, Lieberman suddenly flip flopped after the first debate to try and shore up Republican support. http://www.nydailynews.com/...
202. In what could be described as a Freudian slip, Lieberman was shocked that a Republican would attack him in the debate. http://blogs.courant.com/...
203. After whining that Lamont is talking about his 18 year record, video was found showing Lieberman saying the exact same thing to Weicker 18 years ago that Lieberman now complains about. http://www.youtube.com/...=
204. Joe Lieberman, despite outspending Ned Lamont, is claiming that Lamont is trying to buy the election. http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/...
205. Joe dishonestly claims to have been endorsed by both New Jersey Senate candidates. http://www.joe2006.com/...
206. Despite claiming to be against negative ads, Joe Lieberman's ads have been two-thirds negative against Ned Lamont as of Mid-October. http://nedlamont.com/...
207. Joe Lieberman ran a dishonest ad claiming the New York Times wrote an article it did not write. (Hartford Courant 10/13/06)
208. In an email to supporters, Lieberman's spokeswoman Sherri Brown claims that "we can't match Ned's seemingly bottomless bank account." Keep in mind that Lieberman has outspent Lamont nearly 2-1 in this race.
209. Joe Lieberman paid Liebergoons $387,000 in violation of the law to go harass and intimidate Ned Lamont and his supporters. This slush fund is illegal.
210. During a televised debate in which a couple of Lyndon Larouche hecklers disrupted the proceedings, Joe Lieberman had the ghoul to claim that these hecklers were Lamont's people. Joe did not apologize.
211. Joe Lieberman has been endorsed by right wing anti middle class extremist Jack Kemp, the GOP 1996 vice presidential nominee. http://www.joe2006.com/...
212. Joe Lieberman has been endorsed for the Senate by the neo-nazi, Rupert Murdoch owned rag The New York Post. The New York Post is one of the most extreme and hateful newspapers in American history. http://www.joe2006.com/...
213. Despite denying his stay the course rhetoric, Joe Lieberman has used the exact phrase stay the course multiple times to describe his own position in Iraq. http://empirezone.blogs.nytimes.com/... http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/...
214. In a speech in 2003, Joe Lieberman blamed many in Europe for Bush's behavior that turned many of our allies into foes or non-supporters. http://www.acronym.org.uk/...
215. Lieberman vainly claims that Bush's Iraq policy is simply enforcing the McCain Lieberman policy. http://www.acronym.org.uk/...
216. October of 2006 has been the deadliest month for American troops since 2003. Yet Joe Lieberman still supports the war in Iraq. http://www.icasualties.org/...
217. Joe Lieberman ignored Osama Bin Laden and supported Bush's invasion in Iraq. Now Taliban attacks are up over 300% this year in Afghanistan because Bin Laden was ignored. http://blogs.abcnews.com/...
218. Joe Lieberman ranks in the top ten of Senators who has been bought off by the anti-consumer, anti-people, insurance industry lobby. http://www.insurancejournal.com/...
219. Joe Lieberman promised a Milford Democrat that he would not run as an independent if he lost the August 8th primary. Of course, Joe lied. http://www.milfordweekly.com/...
220. Joe Lieberman is being funded by Richard Mellon Scaife, the same ultra right wing fanatic who funded the Arkansas Project against Bill Clinton.
221. On November 2, Alan Schlessinger and Ned Lamont had a civilized, issue oriented debate. Joe Lieberman refused to debate. The civility can be attributed to Lieberman's absence.
222. Lieberthugs surrounded Ned Lamont's bus at a senior's event in Hartford and acted in a physically intimidating manner. http://nedlamont.com/...
223. Lieberman paid the 17 year old daughter of a disgraced vote stealer nearly $20,000 in money to help try and steal votes. http://www.courant.com/...
224. Lieberman solicited the help of Prenzina Holloway to secure votes after she had been fined $10,000 for illegal activity. http://www.courant.com/...
225. Joe Lieberman basically admits that he is trying to destroy Democrats out of spite, for Democrats failing to support him in his failed 2004 presidential run. http://www.nytimes.com/...
226. Despite whining that Ned Lamont has a lot of money, Joe Lieberman is now being funded by New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg.
227. Despite whining about civility and negative, Joe Lieberman agreed with a voter who called Ned Lamont the Biggest Jerk in the World.
228. Misstating the Constitution and the American way of life, Lieberman stated that "the constitution promises freedom of religion not freedom from religion." In reality, the constitution promises both. http://www.newhavenindependent.org/...
229. Lieberman misstated constitutional law when he said that the Supreme Court does not allow prayer in school. It does, just not imposed by govt. http://www.newhavenindependent.org/...
230. In 2003 Joe Lieberman was the only Senator to skip a vote on overseeing reconstruction funding in Iraq.
[Source: Senate Roll Call vote #392, 10/17/03]
231. Lieberman shameless says that many top military officials are "playing politics with war" when they disagreed with Lieberman/Bush in Iraq. (Source: Hartford Courant 11/1/06)
232. Inexplicably, instead of brushing aside the endorsement of Ned Lamont by the New York Times, Lieberman's blog wrote a nasty critique attacking the Times instead. http://www.joe2006.com/...
233. 22 young citizens from Connecticut have been killed in Iraq. What does Joe want to say to the families of these individuals who died for Bush/Lieberman lies? http://www.icasualties.org/...
A) Hoyt, Robert W. Specialist 11-Dec-2004 from Ashford
B) Brennan, William I. Chief Warrant Officer 16-Oct-2004 from Bethlehem.
C) Felder, Tyanna S. Specialist 07-Apr-2004 from Bridgeport
D) Schmidt III, John T. Lance Corporal 11-May-2005 from Brookfield
E) Hoskins, Christopher L. Specialist 21-Jun-2005 from Danielson
F) Paliwoda, Eric Thomas Captain 02-Jan-2004 from Farmington
G) Coullard, David J. Sergeant 01-Aug-2005from Glastonbury
H) Eaton Jr., Richard S. Staff Sergeant 12-Aug-2003 from Guilford
I) Philippon, Lawrence R. Lance Corporal 08-May-2005 from Hartford
J) Johnson, Philip A. Lance Corporal 03-Sep-2006 from Hartford
K) Pierson, Jordan C. Corporal 25-Aug-2006 form Milford
L) Dempsey, Kevin J. Corporal 13-Nov-2004 from Monroe
M) Vitagliano, Thomas E. Staff Sergeant 17-Jan-2005 from New Haven
N) Perez Jr., Wilfredo Specialist 26-Jul-2003 from Norwalk
O) Martir, Jacob D. Specialist 18-Aug-2004 from Norwich
P) Delgreco, Felix M. Sergeant 09-Apr-2004 from Simsbury
Q) Braun, Jeffrey F. Private 1st Class 12-Dec-2003 from Stafford
R) Heald, Barbara Civilian 29-Jan-2005 from Stamford
S) Bixler, Stephen R. Corporal 04-May-2006 from Suffield
T) Dagostino, Anthony D. Private 1st Class 02-Nov-2003 from Waterbury
U) Chanawongse, Kemaphoom "Ahn" Corporal 23-Mar-2003 from Waterford
V) Madaras, Nicholas A. Private 1st Class 03-Sep-2006 from Wilton