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(77,796 posts) Wed Dec 12, 2012, 07:21 PM Dec 2012

Joe Lieberman gave his farewell speech today to the Senate ........ [View all]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/nyregion/lieberman-in-senate-farewell-speech-reflects-on-his-political-journey.html?_r=0

On Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Lieberman arrived in the Senate chamber to deliver what he
declared would be his farewell speech.

And Connecticut will now get a real democrat as a senator too.

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Joe Lieberman gave his farewell speech today to the Senate ........ [View all] Botany Dec 2012 OP

Good riddance to a very bad man Warpy Dec 2012 #1

Think of all those people who rang door bells, raised money, and volunteered to work for him ... Botany Dec 2012 #4

Larry. Curly and Moe... WCGreen Dec 2012 #5

Sure are!!!! Three clowns. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #11

Holy Crap!! Liberal_Dog Dec 2012 #53

The Trifecta of Trash those 3 SummerSnow Dec 2012 #66

Lots of hatefulness in that one photo lunatica Dec 2012 #17

Lieberman, McCain- secondvariety Dec 2012 #27

graham heaven05 Dec 2012 #35

I am proud to say connecticut yankee Dec 2012 #54

Republicons are so ugly.. oh, wait Lie-man isn't a republiCON Cha Dec 2012 #63

So long, good luck, don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out. nt. OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #2

DAMN! I missed it! DonViejo Dec 2012 #3

Good riddance standingtall Dec 2012 #6

So who will he end up lobbying for ? n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2012 #7

Medical/pharma industry, like his wife? truebluegreen Dec 2012 #48

Probably some pro-Israel group connecticut yankee Dec 2012 #50

Goodbye, Joe, and... Mike Nelson Dec 2012 #8

ta-tah joe.. SoCalDem Dec 2012 #9

Good riddance!!! The door is over there. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #10

Good bye and good riddance. PufPuf23 Dec 2012 #12

Perfect graphic. 99Forever Dec 2012 #13

Who cares ??? /NT sdfernando Dec 2012 #14

Good riddance to that sanctimonious little fuck. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2012 #15

"With only a few of his Senate colleagues in attendance" DainBramaged Dec 2012 #16

This is great news to me lunatica Dec 2012 #18

Don't let the door hit you in the ass Joementum. n/t doc03 Dec 2012 #19

Remember the Kiss. Yuch. DeeDeeNY Dec 2012 #20

Wow! That man sure has Elevated Opinion of Himself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sheshe2 Dec 2012 #21

Lieberman gave his "Farewell Speech"... bvar22 Dec 2012 #22

Great line! marble falls Dec 2012 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author WhoIsNumberNone Dec 2012 #23

Fuck Joe Lieberman. Terra Alta Dec 2012 #24

Damn. I Missed It. Anyone Tape It? Yavin4 Dec 2012 #25

GO-mentum! demwing Dec 2012 #26

Goodbye to the Connecticut Boll Weevil AndyTiedye Dec 2012 #28

Buh Bye Blue Dog. Rain Mcloud Dec 2012 #29

Turn-coat is more like it. nt BainsBane Dec 2012 #30

Perzactly. Cha Dec 2012 #64

Who was the long ago booted member.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #31

May he go choke on a hand grenade. n/t Downtown Hound Dec 2012 #32

And don't let the door smack your fanny. marble falls Dec 2012 #33

And stay retired and in obscurity, please. Panasonic Dec 2012 #36

JOEMENTUM HAS LEFT THE HOUSE Panasonic Dec 2012 #37

It's sad how far he has fallen democrattotheend Dec 2012 #38

His pro-war stance was bad enough, but he had plenty of company. truebluegreen Dec 2012 #46

I agree. That is worse democrattotheend Dec 2012 #47

Bye bye farewell don't let the door hit your ass on the way out. kimbutgar Dec 2012 #39

Fuck off, Joe lbrtbell Dec 2012 #40

Don't let the waterboard hit you on the way out (n/t) thesquanderer Dec 2012 #41

Nah na na na.... jeff47 Dec 2012 #42

Get he fuck out of town ! RagAss Dec 2012 #43

Now the old sell out is free Bainbridge Bear Dec 2012 #44

Too bad it was--at a minimum--six years late. truebluegreen Dec 2012 #45

ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.... Iggy Dec 2012 #49

Yeaaaah bpositive Dec 2012 #51

Good riddance you backstabbing traitor. I'll never forget or forgive seeing a former Democratic Veep Raine Dec 2012 #52

good riddence to bad rubbish (no offense to bad rubbish) putitinD Dec 2012 #55

Decades too late but better late than never to lose Joementum TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #56

And no one was there to see it. madinmaryland Dec 2012 #57

Who, Joe Lieberman...who..... Historic NY Dec 2012 #58

Wow, I didn't know they had cameras in the loo arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #59

...to an empty chamber. WilliamPitt Dec 2012 #60

May the next thing I read about Joe Liberman be in the Irish Funny Papers. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #61

What a dissapointment this sniveling B Calm Dec 2012 #62

Buh-bye, Joe. Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya. kath Dec 2012 #65

He is a real phoney piece of work libodem Dec 2012 #67

Farewell, adios, you bleeping indepat Dec 2012 #68