Obama confronted Lieberman?

[seemslikeadream]

in the Senate today, is anyone talking about this?

Backed him up to a wall and was "loudly" "aggressively" talking with him?

[lonestarnot]

1. What'd he say to him?

[seemslikeadream]

5. I don't think anybody could here what was said

Obama then pointed to the reporters in the gallery

[wryter2000]

2. Kick

I didn't hear about it. I'd like to.

[seemslikeadream]

3. Just heard it on AirAmerica

[lonestarnot]

4. Woot!

[Canuckistanian]

6. I think HuffPo had something about it

Complete with a pic of Lieberman wagging his finger.

[seemslikeadream]

7. Thanks

Cool, I'll go look for it

[lonestarnot]

8. He know's the wagging action well.

[Jack Rabbit]

9. OK, here's the scoop . . .

From The Huffington Post
Dated Wednesday, June 4

Obama In Heated Conversation With Lieberman
By Sam Stein, The Huffington Post

Update: Obama and Lieberman had a heated conversation on the floor of the Senate later today. Details below.

Senator Joe Lieberman, serving aptly as John McCain's foreign policy attack dog, jumped on a conference call with reporters on Wednesday to rip holes into Barack Obama's stance on Israel.

Playing off of Obama's address to the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, the Connecticut independent acknowledged that he hadn't heard the speech -- and urged for a "civil and constructive" presidential campaign -- before taking Obama to task for not being consistently tough on Iran.

Read more at the link.

[seemslikeadream]

11. Thanks Jack Rabbit

[Olney Blue]

23. Looks like Cindy's been hitting the bottle.

:rofl:

[seemslikeadream]

24. LOL

Cindy is sooooooo yesterday

[DCKit]

15. "...the Connecticut independent acknowledged that he hadn't heard the speech..."

Yet he was perfectly comfortable doing a hit-job for the RNC/GOP machine.

Hey Harry, Joe's been pissing on your head and telling you it's rain for two years already. When is it enough?

[Jack Rabbit]

27. When is enough enough?

When we don't need him to control the Senate. As of January 3, 2009, it will be enough.

[Ichingcarpenter]

10. Doing Harry Reid's Job......

Harry should have called him out on his crap months ago.

[BlooInBloo]

14. In this case, however, I'm ok with it. Letting people know that for all of his intellect...

and diplomacy, that he's COMPLETELY capable of opening a can o' whoop ass is just fine.

And nice that it was Lieberman too, of course.

[roguevalley]

30. Obama controls the party. Quizlings have no place at the table.

Lieberman is so going to get an ass whooping when Obama is pres and the congress/senate is ours.

[Mojambo]

12. Now that the nomination is secured Obama is growing into the role of Big Dog

All due respect to former President Clinton.

[Snarkoleptic]

13. And the big dog is much more than just bark!

[LaurenG]

16. I think they said he was using strong hand gestures and was slightly

intimidating but that he didn't raise his voice. Evidently they both patted each other (on the back?)and Obama pointed to the press and smiled.

on edit: and that it lasted 3 minutes.

[seemslikeadream]

18. Thanks

It just took me by surprise and couldn't recall exactly what was said on the radio

[LaurenG]

21. I was a cool thing to hear about!

[Radical Activist]

17. You could look at the dozen or so threads already posted about this.

[seemslikeadream]

19. I'm very sorry if I have troubled you

I was a little busy, would you like me to delete this? You know this has happened to me many many times and I never complain, it's a big place and I DID ask if anyone was talking about it you could have just given me a link

[seemslikeadream]

25. Now that I have a couple of minutes I've looked

and could only find ONE could you PLEASE point me to the dozen or so

[Radical Activist]

26. Why don't you go to new hampshire and cry about it.

:)

[malaise]

20. Soooooooooooooooooooooo!

Fuck that traitor.

[Fleshdancer]

22. Obama, I already fell in political love with you...now you're just spoiling me rotten

I don't deserve this sweetheart. Seriously Barack, if you keep up this pampering, it will be very difficult for me to let you go 8 years from now.

:D

[seabeyond]

29. ah... you are funny. i was giving this run down to some kids at the dinner table tonight

lol llol. how over the last couple months i too have fallen "politically in love" ect... but love your post. cute

[wryter2000]

36. I'm feeling that way today as well

So far, I love his every move. If I get more swoonish, I may faint dead away. :)

[stevedeshazer]

28. Makes my day

Power.

Obama has it. He's using it, even now.

So much for "JoeMentum"

[tom_paine]

31. Error: You have already recommended that thread.

:toast:

[zeos3]

32. One of my RW friends used to call him "Liberalman"

when he was running with Gore. What a douche (Lieberman and my friend)!

[bonito]

33. K&R n/t

[TexasObserver]

34. He said: "Joe, you know better than stand there silently while McCain says I'm soft on Israel!"

Obama was close to Lieberman on some issues in 2005 and 2006.

[1776Forever]

35. Report: Obama backs Lieberman against the wall (literally)

Obama backs Lieberman against the wall (literally)
Posted June 4th, 2008 at 4:15 pm

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/15766.html

Joe Lieberman, fully embracing his role as a Republican attack dog, took the lead in a GOP conference call this morning to attack Barack Obama’s Middle East policy. On the call, organized by far-right Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), Lieberman argued, weakly, that Obama holds the U.S. responsible for Iran’s strength in the region.

“Senator Obama argued today that American foreign policy in recent years has essentially sort of strengthened Iran,” Lieberman said, adding, “If Israel is in danger today, it’s not because of American foreign policy, which has been strongly supportive of Israel in every way. It’s not because of what we’ve done in Iraq, it’s because Iran is a fanatical terrorist expansionist state.”

Obama, apparently, didn’t care for Lieberman’s comments, so much so that the Democratic presidential nominee confronted Lieberman directly on the Senate floor this afternoon. Subscription-only Roll Call reported:

uring a Senate vote Wednesday, Obama dragged Lieberman by the hand to a far corner of the Senate chamber and engaged in what appeared to reporters in the gallery as an intense, three-minute conversation.

While it was unclear what the two were discussing, the body language suggested that Obama was trying to convince Lieberman of something and his stance appeared slightly intimidating.

Using forceful, but not angry, hand gestures, Obama literally backed up Lieberman against the wall, leaned in very close at times, and appeared to be trying to dominate the conversation, as the two talked over each other in a few instances.

Now, as far as I know, this wasn’t an entirely forceful confrontation, and the two reportedly “patted each other on the back” after their discussion. Reporters apparently peered over the edge of the press gallery wall to watch the disagreement, prompting Obama to smile and point up at the reporters. (I mention this because I don’t want to suggest Obama was about to smack Lieberman around.)

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And then there is this from Vichy Democrats:

http://vichydems.blogspot.com/2006/04/joe-lieberman-barack-obamas-mentor-in.html

NOT being a "Star Wars" geek in any way, I hate to say this, but some analogies just leap out at you: Barack Obama is the Anakin Skywalker of the Democratic Party. He's an incredibly gifted young man whose gifts who will do either incredible good or incredible harm to the Democratic Party and to the nation. And if Joe Lieberman indeed is his mentor, then Lieberman is the Senator Palpatine to Obama's Anakin -- a moderate-seeming, soft-spoken statesman who pretends to want only the good of the Republic but actually serves those who would destroy everything it stands for -- and who seeks to magnify his influence by exerting a maleficent influence over a young politician whose skill, electability, political prospects and even ambition far exceed his own.

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Interesting!

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