There was never any doubt...
The TPM Cafe blog ran a piece earlier today saying that Lieberman was "mulling" a run on the GOP line. The person who wrote the initial post did not speak at the time to anyone other than a rather low-ranking member of his press staff. DailyKos and other outlets quickly picked up on the piece, saying that Lieberman was "mulling" a GOP bid.
Such a claim was obviously bogus from the start. The reality is that the people at TPM were simply unable to get ahold of someone sufficiently empowered to speak for Lieberman, and so speculated that the non-response of the staffer somehow meant Lieberman was "mulling" becoming a GOPer. I doubt even the Kossacks bought into the story; they just wanted another excuse to get "Lieberman" and "Republican" in the same sentence for the umpteenth time.
Lieberman has said from the start that he will caucus with Democrats in the next Congress, no matter what. But just so even the fiercest Lieberhater couldn't say otherwise, the Lieberman campaign released this statement within just a couple hours of the TPM blog's posting:
Three hours later, DailyKos has still not posted an update acknowledging that Lieberman has never and will never be a Republican.
Update: Kos did post a correcton to his original blog, saying "Lieberman finally rules running as a Republican (emphasis mine)." It took the Lieberman camp under 4 hours to reply, which is lightning fast for a campaign office. In contrast, it took Kos 5 hours to post his correction after TPM posted Lieberman's response. So why did he drop the "finally" in there?
Lieberman has always said he will caucus with the Democrats no matter what the outcome of this election, and has never said anything that could lead even the greatest Lieberhater to believe that he would ever run on the GOP line. To pretend otherwise is, shall we say, disingenuous.
Such a claim was obviously bogus from the start. The reality is that the people at TPM were simply unable to get ahold of someone sufficiently empowered to speak for Lieberman, and so speculated that the non-response of the staffer somehow meant Lieberman was "mulling" becoming a GOPer. I doubt even the Kossacks bought into the story; they just wanted another excuse to get "Lieberman" and "Republican" in the same sentence for the umpteenth time.
Lieberman has said from the start that he will caucus with Democrats in the next Congress, no matter what. But just so even the fiercest Lieberhater couldn't say otherwise, the Lieberman campaign released this statement within just a couple hours of the TPM blog's posting:
"He has said he's always been a Democrat, and he'll always be a Democrat."
Asked if he'd rule out accepting the line, Steinfels said: "Joe Lieberman will never run as a Republican. Never."
Three hours later, DailyKos has still not posted an update acknowledging that Lieberman has never and will never be a Republican.
Update: Kos did post a correcton to his original blog, saying "Lieberman finally rules running as a Republican (emphasis mine)." It took the Lieberman camp under 4 hours to reply, which is lightning fast for a campaign office. In contrast, it took Kos 5 hours to post his correction after TPM posted Lieberman's response. So why did he drop the "finally" in there?
Lieberman has always said he will caucus with the Democrats no matter what the outcome of this election, and has never said anything that could lead even the greatest Lieberhater to believe that he would ever run on the GOP line. To pretend otherwise is, shall we say, disingenuous.
posted by Matt Smith at 4:26 PM
29 Comments:
Yeah, let's see them try to spin this one.
I have a better idea. Why don't the Lamontistas just take the time to stay on topic rather than changing the subject of the post is an inconvenient truth for them?
Oops...that last line should read "because the post is an inconvenient truth for them"
Why would Lieberman want to run as a Republican when he has his own political party?
He'll caucus as a Democrat. No one would question that Bernie Sanders is a progressive despite the fact that he isn't running on the Dem line.
Kos & krew modus operandi has been to lie, lie, and lie some more.
they won't report any facts if it conflicts with their destructive agenda.
luckily their dishonesty & viciousness is becoming more and more apparent to the rational, reasonable public.
Amen.
Anyone here have any extra "Kiss Buttons"
They're going for 10 bucks a peice on EBAY!!
How Could the NYT print this?
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/20/nyregion/20finance.html
Lord Lieberman is the Dean Scream of 2006
holy rabid lambs - did you guys see the lamont people have raised almost 100 g's today?
why not throw $ to defeat a center/left Demoocrat, when you can use the $ to become majority party?!
unbelievable stupidity and waste!
l4l: great post on this over at liebermania -
http://liebermania.blogspot.com
money quote:
"Yes, I promise that I'll always be a Democrat. And to help me keep that promise, I NEED YOUR VOTE on August 8th! Help me win the Democratic nomination, because if I don't win, then I can't be a Democrat anymore. Promises and loyalty are one thing, but I just can't let a bunch of measley primary voters take my Senate seat away like that."
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
seedfreak: it shows joe is a repuke in dem clothing.
He's not a Democrat if he doesn't win the Democratic primary and runs as an Independent.
It is good to find this blog is a sea of Lamont lovers out there. Keep up the good work.
why does lieberman have campaign events in secret now? sounds a lot like bush...
will joe give back corporate $$$ (millions) back after aug 8th or does he keep it for himself?
Well, what do you know. Liebermanforlieberman again proves that he doesn't have the intelligence to actually respond to the subject of the post. I don't think he's done that once.
Proves that he's afraid of actually responding to facts, so he just sticks to reporting speculations and distortions. I guess that being a mouthpiece for the Lamont campaign doesn't require independent thought.
"96% of the 26K donations Lieberman's received have come from individuals, most for less than $200."
I don't care how much money comes from out-of-state for either candidate.
And why don't you comment on the topic, liebermanforlieberman? Too afraid of facing facts?
For all their talk of it, Lamontistas are afraid of "people power" when the people in question disagree with them.
So when individuals nationwide make small contributions to the Lieberman campaign, they have nothing to do but lie and claim that his campaign is run on special interest money or that his support is not somehow from real "people."
Of course, being a lifelong Democrat and progressive running now and forever as a Democrat in the one way that counts (how he caucuses), Lieberman gets plenty of support from real, "people-powered" Democrats outside the laughably self-important blogosphere.
But those facts are just to inconvenient for the Lieberhaters from them to actually face up to them.
disingenuous - joe is an expert on that
Why is not a Republican run so implausible? He was ready to dump the Democrats and run as an Independent. Why do you believe him and his spinners?
He never said he'd dump the Democrats. He always has said he'll caucus with the Democrats, which means he'll always be a Democrat in the only way that matters.
Love this in the post...
"Lieberman has said from the start that he will caucus with Democrats in the next Congress, no matter what."
So even if he loses we won't be able to pry him out of the Senate! I guess he expects Bush to decider that his presence is necessary for "national security."
Why so afraid of democracy, and why so disrespectful of the Democratic party voters? As noted above Joe should withdraw from the primary if he plans to run as an independent. His voting record in the Senate is irrelevant to this issue.
Maybe Joe will do better this time and tie for second instead of third in the primary.
Losing your home state two primaries in a row has to be tough, though.
I know, it wasn't Joe's fault he could not win his home state in 2004, it was those mean blogger's.
He had dropped out of the race by the time CT came up, moron.
" No one would question that Bernie Sanders is a progressive despite the fact that he isn't running on the Dem line."
Probably because Sanders didn't choose to run as an independant after losing the primary.
"Lieberman gets plenty of support from real, "people-powered" Democrats outside the laughably self-important blogosphere."
Then surely he'll win the primary and an independant run won't be necessary right?
Unfortunately Lieberman has less faith in CT voters than you do obviously.
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