Obama Strongarms Lieberman
According to this ABC post, Barack Obama’s temper got the better of him. Here’s what happened in the Well of the Senate:
Returning to the Senate after his securing the Democratic presidential nomination, Obama and Lieberman greeted each on the Senate floor in the Well as they were voting on the budget resolution.
They shook hands. But Obama didn’t let go, leading Lieberman, cordially, by the hand across the room into a corner on the Democratic side, where Democratic sources tell ABC News he delivered some tough words for the junior senator from Connecticut, who had just minutes before hammered Obama’s speech before the pro-Israel group AIPAC in a conference call arranged by the McCain campaign.
Watch video of the encounter on the Senate floor HERE.
The two spoke intensely for approximately five minutes, with no one able to hear their conversation. Reporters watched as Obama leaned closely in to Lieberman, whose back was literally up against the wall.
This is one of the most boneheaded things Sen. Obama could’ve done. Sen. Obama owes Sen. Lieberman, one of the classiest acts in American political history, a formal apology. Getting in Sen. Lieberman’s face isn’t what I’d expect from a presidential nominee. Let’s hope that wasn’t Sen. Obama highlighting his presidential temperament.
Lieberman also criticized Obama for voting against an amendment he offered with Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., that designated Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group, and included other language that Obama said linked the war in Iraq to Iran in a way that troubled him. “Senator Obama opposed it saying it was saber rattling and referring to the possible threat of military force,” Lieberman said. “But if you look at the Kyl-Liebermann Amendment as it was passed, it has none of that in it, regarding military action. I was hoping and I still hope that he will say that that vote was a mistake, and that he would support that resolution.”
In 1992, Bill Clinton harshly criticized Bush China policy. the minute he was elected, though, he quickly adopted the Bush policy. I suspect that Sen. Obama took the opportunity during the primaries to appease the nutroots idiots and that he’s now tacking back now that he’s facing a different electorate.
In other words, he’s acting like a typical politician. That isn’t surprising to anyone who’s paid attention to him.
Technorati Tags: Obama, Temper Tantrum, Joe Lieberman, Foreign Policy, Iran, Election 2008
Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
June 6th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Curious how Obam-boozler pulled (literally) Joe Lieberman out of the sites of the camera. Obviously, that was intentional so everyone couldn’t see the bullying, angry, and out of control person he is. Can you imagine, even in your worst nightmare, how someone with that reaction ON THE SENATE FLOOR would be with regards to the national security of the United States???
June 6th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Lieberman is one of the only “democrats” I respect. Maybe because he’s not a frigging
democrat anymore.