On many occasions I have stated that the democratic party are a bunch of children, and the republicans, while far from perfect, are adults. In 2006 the democrats decided to lash out at Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman for having the nerve to be an adult. The temper tantrum toddlers on the left turned to Ned Lamont. Before seeing what they are talking about now, a brief look back is necessary.
Joseph Lieberman is an Orthodox Jew with an unorthodox political streak, and on virtually every single issue, he is a moderate to liberal democrat. On one issue…and only one issue…Lieberman deviates from, not religiously speaking, orthodoxy. Joe Lieberman supported the Iraq War from the very beginning, and has never wavered. While many lily livered republicans bolted from President Bush, Lieberman has stayed by his side on this issue.
Given that the democratic party is the party of intolerance, Lieberman’s 90% voting record with the left was not sufficient. His refusal to hate the President’s guts made him unfit to be a member of a party that long ago abandoned the moniker of loyal opposition. In a democratic primary, Lieberman faced a primary challenger named Ned Lamont, whose primary qualification seemed to be support from those who want to burn the President in effigy, and hang his charred body by his feet in a matter befitting Mussolini, who the left seems to think President Bush is to begin with.
Lamont did win the democratic primary, but Lieberman ran as an independent, trouncing Lamont in the general election. Loyal democrat that he is, Lieberman still caucuses with the democrats, even though he could have kept the republicans in control of the Senate had he become a republican. The man is simply principled, and to the shock of most democrats, a democrat.
So where are they today? Lieberman wrote an article explaining why he has decided to cross party lines and endorse John McCain for President of the United States. His rationale is the same one that democrat and former Mayor Ed Koch used to support President Bush in 2004. Lieberman understands that the primary issue of our lifetime is not global warming, abortion, gay rights, or other issues that get activists hysterical. The issue of our lifetime is the War on Terror, civilization versus barbarism. Islamofacism is barbarism, and Lieberman gets this. He believes that John McCain is the best man to help America win this war.
For the sake of full disclosure, I backed McCain in 2000, and he is my second choice in 2008. While some argued about the surge, McCain wanted a full scale escalation. While he has angered many republicans by criticizing the Bush administration a little too freely, he has been the staunchest supporter of the war from the very first day until now.
As for Ned Lamont, he is on the verge of entering the political equivalent of the ash heap of history, next to Howard Dean and every other enraged, screaming, leftist lunatic. At the time of Lamont’s defeat, the nutroots were 0 for 26, making it all the more mystifying why anybody in the democratic party acknowledged their existence, much less kissed their feet. Cowardice is as cowardice does.
So where is Lamont now? He is currently the writer of an article praising Al Jazeera. Yes, the only terrorist organization that calls itself a legitimate media outlet, Lamont wants us to see the beauty behind their madness, the positives of their zealotry. Zealots do gravitate towards each other, but even leftists should draw a line well before Al Jazeera.
So to compare and contrast the adults and the children, below are some excerpts from Big Daddy Joe and Little Lamonty, in addition to the entire articles.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20071217/pl_bloomberg/avkbpuuqogpq_1
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071231/lamont
Lieberman: “On all the issues, you’re never going to do anything about them unless you have a leader who can break through the partisan gridlock. The status quo in Washington is not working.”
Lamont: “I recently spent a hot day in October at the Arabic news channel Al Jazeera, which is a virtual public square, giving voice to Arabs who challenge their governments, and ours.”
Yes, Al Jazeera, that noble bastion of freedom. God bless their Jihad loving hearts.
Lieberman: “Political party is important, but it’s not more important than what’s good for the country and it’s not more important than friendship.”
Lamont: “One of these (Arab shows), The Opposite Direction, is the Arab world’s most popular talk show, spotlighting the popular host Dr. Faisal al-Qasim, a high-octane blend of Jerry Springer and Bill O’Reilly, who thrives on pitting two ideological combatants against each other and egging them on.”
Combatants? No, the people in Guantanamo Bay are combatants. When in desperate need to win an argument as a liberal, mention Bill O’Reilly. After all, he gets excited, and on some issues is conservative. Comparing him to an Arab terrorist organization serves the purpose of either softening Al Jazeera or knocking conservative talk show hosts. Try comparing any liberal talk show host to Al Jazeera, despite their unifying hatred of all things republican, and see how quickly they claim their patriotism is being attacked.
Lieberman: “We desperately need our next president to break through the reflexive partisanship that is poisoning our politics today. I honestly believe that he can reunite our country.”
Lamont: “Many commentators believe that Al Jazeera Arabic is toning down its content compared with the early days of the Iraq War, when it ran graphic videos of American Humvees being blown up by roadside bombs and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld branded it ‘the terror network.’ Al Jazeera’s most recent offspring, Al Jazeera English, is more like PBS on a slow day.
While PBS is a disaster, and Bill Moyers does despise republicans, conservatives, and President Bush as much as Al Queda, there is no evidence that PBS directly supports homicide bombings. The only bombings they seem to support are the obliteration of their own ratings. As a welfare child, they just beg people for money and get government assistance to survive. At least Al Jazeera competes, although I suspect any other networks might get “killed” before they get started.
As for “toning it down,” genocidal lunatics and their supporters do not get gold stars on their report cards for taking a few days off. This is like Hezbollah obeying ceasefires because they need time to regroup and rearm.
So while one of the last few remaining moderate democrats decides to help us win the War on Terror, his former primary challenger and hero of the leftinistra fringes decides to swoon over and admire the propaganda arm of our enemies.
If the late comedian Redd Foxx were alive today, he would offer up the wisdom of junkyard dog Fred G. Sanford.
“Lamont, you big dummy. Shut up Lamont.”
I listen to Lamont and his ilk and think,”Elizabeth…this is the big one. I’m coming home.”
How else can one explain how any American, even a liberal, can admire Al Jazeera? Outside of lunacy, I cannot think of an explanation.
The Lieberman point of view is expressed well inside of Israel.
“Al Jazeera toning it down? Nonsense,” says Ehud Yaari, who tracks the Arab media for Channel 2 in Israel. “They always thrive on crisis,” he told me. “They’re still pouring oil on the flames of the intifada.”
The Lamont point of view is expressed by those supporting Palestine, which is a fictional country that only exists in the minds of those trying to destroy either Israel, republicans, or both.
Challenged that Al Jazeera thrives on shouting “fire” in a crowded theater, network spokesman Satnam Matharu responded calmly, “In Palestine and the Middle East, there are many fires and many people shouting. All we do is report.”
They actually are like the liberal media, come to think of it.. Openly cheering for one side, they fake neutrality.
Democrats supported Lamont in 2006. Republicans crossed party lines to support Lieberman.
The Lamont supporters continue to yell, scream, throw their food from the table, and find more beauty in the enemies of America than in our friends such as Israel. The Lieberman supporters are busy trying to save the world.
Lieberman is not trying to win any popularity or charisma contests, but being a parent is not an easy job. Parents would love to give out free candy, but they understand that dental bills are expensive.
The liberals are not bad people. Some of them are very good kids. They can run wild for a finite period of time, but when it is time to keep them safe, the adults need to be called in.
You won’t hear about protecting American children on Al Jazeera. Then again, Ned Lamont is a private citizen. He can say what he wants.
Joe Lieberman does not have time for such tomfoolery. He is busy working. Parenting is a tough job, but he and the republicans who supported him are up to the task.
eric
I think the past 7 years has well demonstrated that the GOP is certainly not up to any tasks at all. Lieberman, DINO that he is, has only been a part of that failing. Though the Blue Dogs will probably continue the failed policies of the GOP hawks, hopefully they will find some kind of success. Otherwise, things in the Middle East are only going to continue to get worse.
JMJ
JMJ wrote;
“I think the past 7 years has well demonstrated that the GOP is certainly not up to any tasks at all. ”
When are you going to give up this ridiclous programmed hatred jersey ?
It is just absolutley 100% not true to say “any task”
You have no imagination what so ever. You’re like a parrot.
It doesnt matter what happens from day to day, you say the same damn thing every day.
I catch myself giving Bill and other Dems credit for things well done once in a while.
I dont like them. But I dont think that they are as absolutly retarded and dumb as you would have anyone believe the whole right is.
Its like you dont even have a mind of your own man.
For someone who talks so much in favor of tolerance and all that kumbaya crap for the whole world , it amazes me to see the amount of hatred you have for Americans who dont see things your way.
And whats really bad is that when you are presented with rock solid eveidence to counter your arguements you come back the next day and say the same crap all over again. As if you never learned a thing.
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Eric,
I was watching Leiberman interview on Imus, the other morning. Imus was reminding him, when Lamont, got the nomination from the Democrats, and they all left Leiberman, out in the cold. Imus was one of the very few, who stood up for Leiberman, had him on his old Imus in the Morning Program. Imus has a home in CT., anyway, last April, The Daily Kos who rallied against Leiberman, back in that election for CT Senate seat vs Lamont. Daily Kos was one of the many, like, Move On and Media Matters of America, to pile on Imus. I don’t think it is a coincidence. Now Kos is attacking Harry Reid Dem., Senate majority leader, The Left is eating it’s own.
Bon Appetite
Micky,
“When are you going to give up this ridiclous programmed hatred jersey ?”
What hatred?
“It is just absolutley 100% not true to say “any task””
Okay. What task has the Bush administration accomplieshed with such success as to say they were “up to the task”?
JMJ
First Jersey says this;
“I think the past 7 years has well demonstrated that the GOP is certainly not up to any tasks at all”
Then when he realizes that it was just too absolute in falsehood he doctors the question by changing it to this;
Okay. What task has the Bush administration accomplished with such success as to say they were “up to the task”?
Instead of just naming performed tasks, now Bush must inform us ahead of time that he referred to his endeavors as “tasks” otherwise they are not valid accomplishments in Jerseys book. Its laughable that now Jersey demands Bush must call it a “task “before he performs it in order for it to be considered a “task”
This an absolutely pathetic attempt at squeezing out of a totally inaccurate encompassing statement.
Its parallel to the other statements by Jersey that call everything Bush has done is a “complete and utter failure”
Here is a list of accomplished tasks.
We haven’t been attacked since 911. Did that ever occur to you ?
Removed Saddam Hussein from power, and his sons.
1. Banned Partial Birth Abortion
2. Reversed Clinton’s move to strike Reagan’s anti-abortion Mexico Policy.
3. By Executive Order (EO), reversed Clinton’s policy of not requiring parental consent for abortions under the Medical Privacy Act.
4. Made $33 million available for abstinence education programs in 2004
5. Supports the Defense of Marriage Act — and a Constitutional amendment saying marriage is between one man and one woman
6. Requires states to conduct criminal background checks on prospective foster and adoptive parents
7. Requires schools to have a zero-tolerance policy for classroom disruption (reintroducing discipline into classrooms)
8. Signed the Teacher Protection Act, which protects teachers from lawsuits related to student discipline
9. Signed two income tax cuts, one of which was the largest dollar-value tax cut in world history.
10. Supports permanent elimination of the death tax
11. Turned around an inherited economy that was in recession, and deeply shocked as a result of the 9/11 attacks
12. In process of permanently eliminating IRS marriage penalty
13. Increased small business incentives to expand and to hire new people
14. Killed Clinton’s “ergonomic” rules that OSHA was about to implement; rules would have shut down every home business in America
15. Passed tough new laws to hold corporate criminals to account as a result of corporate scandals
16. Reduced and is working to ultimately eliminate the estate tax for family farms and ranches
17. Provided $20 million to states to help people with disabilities work from home
Should I keep going??? Oh- OK. If you insist.
18. Increased the annual contribution limit on Education IRA’s from $500 to $2,000 per child
19. Make permanent the $5,000 adoption tax credit and provide $1 billion over five years to increase the credit to $10,000
20. Changed the tone in the White House, restoring HONOR and DIGNITY to the presidency
21. Has reintroduced the mention of God and faith into public discourse
22. Is working to provide vouchers to low-income students in persistently failing schools to help with costs of attending private schools
23. Increased funding for the Troops-to-Teachers program, which recruits former military personnel to become teachers.
24. Killed the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty
25. Established a $10 million grant program to promote private conservation initiatives
26. Changed parts of the Forestry Management Act to allow necessary cleanup of the national forests in order to reduce fire danger
27. Killed Clinton’s CO2 rules that were choking off all of the electricity surplus to California
28. Provided matching grants for state programs that help private landowners protect rare species.
29. Disarmed Libya of its chemical, nuclear and biological WMD’s without bribes or bloodshed
30. Continues to execute the War On Terror, getting worldwide cooperation to track funds/terrorists. Has cut off much of the terrorists’ funding, and captured or killed many key leaders of the al Qaeda network
31. Killed the old US/Soviet Union ABM Treaty that was preventing the U.S. from deploying our ABM defenses
32. Has been one of the strongest, if not THE strongest friend Israel has ever hand in the U.S. presidency
33. Pushed through THREE raises for our military. Increased military pay by more than $1 billion a year
34. Signed the LARGEST nuclear arms reduction in world history with Russia
35. Started withdrawing our troops from Bosnia, and has announced withdrawal of our troops from Germany and the Korean DMZ
You STILL want more? UUUGH!! OK.
36. Prohibited putting U.S. troops under U.N. command
37. Earmarked at least 20 percent of the Defense procurement budget for next-generation weaponry
38. Ordered renovation of military housing. The military has already upgraded about 10 percent of its inventory and expects to modernize 76,000 additional homes this year
39. Brought back our EP-3 intel plane and crew from China without any bribes or bloodshed.
40. Challenged the United Nations to live up to their responsibilities and not become another League of Nations (The only President since the founding of the UN to essentially tell that organization it is irrelevant. He said: “The conduct of the Iraqi regime is a threat to the authority of the United Nations, and a threat to peace. Iraq has answered a decade of UN demands with a decade of defiance. All the world now faces a test, and the United Nations a difficult and defining moment. Are Security Council resolutions to be honored and enforced, or cast aside without consequence? Will the United Nations serve the purpose of its founding, or will it be irrelevant?” We all know the outcome and the answer)
41. Killed U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court
42.Told the United Nations we weren’t interested in their plans for gun control (i.e., the International Ban on Small Arms Trafficking Treaty)
43. Told the Congress and the world, “America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our country.”
44. Improved government efficiency by putting hundreds of thousands of jobs put up for bid. This weakens public-sector unions and cuts undeserved pay raises.
45. Led the most extensive reorganization the Federal bureaucracy in over 50 years: After 9/11, condensed 20+ overlapping agencies and their intelligence sectors into one agency, the Department of Homeland Security
46. Converted federal service contracts to performance-based contracts wherever possible so that the contractor has measurable performance goals.
47. Strengthen the National Health Service Corps to put more physicians in the neediest areas, and make its scholarship funds tax-free
48. Double the research budget of the National Institutes of Health
49. Signed Medicare Reform, which includes: A 10-year privatization option. Prescription drug benefits: Prior to this reform, Medicare paid for extended hospital stays for ulcer surgery, for example, at a cost of about $28,000 per patient. Yet Medicare would not pay for the drugs that eliminate the cause of most ulcers, drugs that cost about $500 a year. Now, drug coverage under Medicare will allow seniors to replace more expensive surgeries and hospitalizations with less expensive prescription medicine.
50. New Health Savings Accounts: Effective January 1, 2007, Americans can set aside up to $6,500 every year, tax free, to save for medical expenses
51. Has CONSTRUCTION in process on the first 10 ABM silos in Alaska so that America will have a defense against North Korean nukes
52. Launched Operation Tarmac to investigate businesses and workers in the secure areas of domestic airports and ensure immigration law compliance
53. Since September 11, 2001, the Coast Guard has conducted more than 124,000 port security patrols, 13,000 air patrols, boarded more than 92,000 vessels, interdicted over 14,000 individuals attempting to enter the United States illegally, and created and maintained more than 90 Maritime Security Zones
Are you kidding me? You still dont think that’s enough? OK- but I’m going to end soon. There are literally thousands more I could list, but there’s no way I am going to list them all!
54. Split the Immigration and Naturalization Service into two agencies: one to protect the border and interior, the other to deal with naturalization.
55. Signed the workplace verification bill to prevent hiring of illegal aliens
56. Established a six-month deadline for processing immigration applications
57. Killed the liberal ABA’s unconstitutional role in vetting federal judges. The Senate is supposed to advise and consent, not the ABA
58. Is nominating strong, conservative judges to the judiciary
59. Supports class action reform bill which limits lawyer fees so that more settlement money goes to victims.
60. Ordered former Attorney General Ashcroft to formally notify the Supreme Court that the OFFICIAL U.S. government position on the 2nd Amendment is that it supports INDIVIDUAL rights to own firearms, and is NOT a Leftist-imagined “collective” right
61. Signed TWO bills into law that arm our pilots with handguns in the cockpit
62. Currently pushing for full immunity from lawsuits for our national gun manufacturers
63. Started the USA Freedom Corps, the most comprehensive clearinghouse of volunteer opportunities ever offered
64. Established the The White House Office and the Centers for the Faith-Based and Community Initiative — located in seven Federal agencies
65. The White House released a guidebook fully describing the Administration’s belief that faith-based groups have a Constitutionally-protected right to maintain their religious identity through hiring — even when Federal funds are involved
66. Revised the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Section 8 rent subsidies to disabled people, permitting them to use up to a year’s worth of vouchers to finance down payments on homes. HUD has started pilot programs in 11 states
67. Committed US funds to purchase medicine for millions of men, women and children now suffering with AIDS in Africa
68. Exempt food from unilateral trade sanctions and embargoes.
69. Grant a complete tax exemption for prepaid or college tuition savings plans.
70. Issued an EO implementing the Supreme Court’s Olmstead ruling, which requires moving disabled people from institutions to community-based facilities when possible.
After all that , Jersey McJones said this;
“I think the past 7 years has well demonstrated that the GOP is certainly not up to any tasks at all.