Senators John Warner and McCain shilling for bush on the port deal.

[flordehinojos]

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[Larkspur]

1. What? Where's Lieberman?

He's gotta give his Dem cover to Bush and McCain.

[flordehinojos]

5. i've not heard anything on lieberman's position,but nothing lieberman

says would surprise me. he too shills for bush often enough.

[Coexist]

8. lieberman hearts george and his port deal:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x490855

Whoop! There It Is!!! Joementum's Got Chimpy's Back On the Port Deal!!!!!
"One of the few legislators to come close to defending the transaction was Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, Democrat of Connecticut, who is considered a security hawk among Democrats.

He told ABC News that he was "not yet" prepared to try to block the sale. He noted that many port terminals in the United States are foreign-owned."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/2/22/121139/811

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/19/politics/19cnd-port.h...

[flordehinojos]

10. where was al gore when he made lieberman his running mate in 2000?

Or, has lieberman's soul just changed so to fit in the political puzzle of 2001 and thereafter?

[Coexist]

11. No - I remember Lieberman being laughed at

for turning so "liberal" when he became Al's running mate. He must've been glad to shed that icky skin.

[flordehinojos]

13. is lieberman a turn coat?

I thought he was a snake when he got on to the senate floor to speechify about clinton's peccadilloes.

[Coexist]

14. He is very conservative and pretended to be moderate

when he ran with Gore.

He is from the Zell Miller school of being a Democrat.

[flordehinojos]

15. o la lá, in other words, lieberman is a game player, and here he is trying

to pass himself off as such a moral entity!

[FreedomAngel82]

12. I think he's being quiet for now

He's having a primary so he doesn't want the people of his home to be upset with him.

[JeffR]

2. Warner is a senile feeb. As for McCain

Let him shill. Everything he says in favor of this will cost him with the fRepublican base in '08.

[flordehinojos]

6. do you suppose warner is being bought off by poppy bush?

and as for mccain, it is as if the bushes have broken his spirits. he shills for them all the time!

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

3. Not that long ago, the entire repub house was solidly behind all things

gwb wanted, now down to two weak, ineffectual voices.

Very nice. MKJ

[flordehinojos]

7. it'd be nicer still if there were not eve those two weak, ineffectual

voices shilling for bush!

[stopbush]

4. It's part of the RW tag-team defense of everything bush!!!

Here's how it works: if the wacko RW is against something like Portgate (ie: bush's base is getting uneasy), then the
"moderates" like McCain & Warner step in to defend him. If the moderates express concerns about something
(NSA spying) then the wacko RW steps in to defend him.

With this strategy - and believe me, it IS a strategy - bush ALWAYS has support from his party.

That allows the subtext to always be "Democrats and EVEN SOME Republicans" are questioning bush. That translates
as ALL Dems always question bush but only SOME Rs ever question him.

McCain might absolutely loathe the Portgate deal, but he is a team player and a party-over-country
politician, so he plays his role when the puppeteers demand it.

[flordehinojos]

9. somehow, the position of"party-over-country politician" ... seems to carry

a lot of mud with it...you know, and i know...but so many others swallow the whole pot of mud as if it were clear crystal water. how sad.