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7

Meritricious (And A Happy New Year)

Posted at 2:01 by Gavin M.

Lieberman calls for an end to partisanship.

Also breaking: Partisans call for an end to Lieberman.

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Smut Clyde said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:04

I eagerly await the revival of the word ‘meretrix’.
Nimrod Gently said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:09

Fuck you, Joe. Fuck you.
Trilateral Chairman said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:11

Wait a minute.

Right now, the election results say that Democrats have 56 Senate seats, INCLUDING Lieberman.

Merkley in Oregon (seems to be almost a sure thing) makes 57.
Franken would make 58.
Martin of Georgia would make 59.
Begich of Alaska would make 60.

I don’t know that the Dems will get all of those last three. Seems like it might be worth keeping Lieberman around. He does vote with the Dems some of the time. What if his expulsion keeps the Dems from getting 60?
peterc said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:12

I suggest that Lieberman be appointed Secretary of Defense (a job he has long coveted). This would be magnanimous and “non-partisan”. His successor in the Senate would surely be a real Democrat. Then when Joe, inevitably, screws up, you fire him. It would be a win-win-win.
tontocal said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:15

I would eat an entire bag of decomposing dicks just to see herr Lieberman ousted from the Democratic Caucus….I would…..really.
tigrismus said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:19

I don’t know that the Dems will get all of those last three. Seems like it might be worth keeping Lieberman around. He does vote with the Dems some of the time. What if his expulsion keeps the Dems from getting 60?

The 60 would be to be filibuster-proof, but there’s no guarantee he’d vote with Dems and not support Republican filibusterers instead.
Sockpuppet #47 said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:20

Honestly? Obama can find a middle of the road republican more liberal than Lieberman, and more trustworthy too.

Of course Judas Joe wants to be on the winning team.. But so do plenty of other people, so the job of being vote #60 has to go to someone who HASN’T stabbed the democratic party in the back at every fucking opportunity.

60 seats including Lieberman, is 59 seats.
tontocal said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:20

to peterc:

Sadly, the governor of Connecticut is a Republican so his replacement would be as well.
Roschelle said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:21

These guys are amazing! They already have a president-elect website up and running detailing what can be expected throughout this transition process. It’s strikingly similar to the Barack Obama website that helped make his campaign an online success.
Ken Lowery said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:22

Kinda wish you’d been calling for that a few years ago, Joe.

Eat a dick.
mikey said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:26

Joe fucking Lieberman is a traitor.

He should be impeached.

He represents the interests of a foreign nation, rather than supporting and defending the constitution he took an oath to support and defend.

Every day he is in congress he puts american interests and american lives at risk. He would sacrifice tens of thousands of american lives and trillions of dollars if he thought it would benefit israel. It is the israeli parliament’s job to look after israeli interests, and the job of an american legislator is to look after american interests.

It’s appalling to me that he is allowed to continue to hold that position.

There is nothing they could do to him that would be enough. Give ‘im hell, Harry…

mikey
Smut Clyde said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:28

On the first day of $mas, my true love gave to me
A bag of decomposing dicks.
Ace-o-aces said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:32

Oh Joey, Joey, Joey. Did you ever back the wrong horse.
MzNicky said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:35

The GALL of that little shitweasel. Why is he even still considered a Dem by anyone? Fuck him! Out the door with him! Off with his head, and stuff!
Kathleen said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:36

I believe it is an Internet Tradition to tell Joe that “Elections Have Consequences”.

My friends.
NobodySpecial said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:38

If you can get to 58 or 59 senators, cutting him loose will not hurt one bit. Collins and Snowe can both be turned on individual issues.
Nimrod Gently said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:39

Eat a bowl of fuck you tortoise-faced cunt.
DrDick said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:40

Go, Joe, go! Far, far way that is. Exile to outer Mongolia would be too gentle. Perhaps executive Senate men’s room attendant would be appropriate, but only if he has to personally wipe their asses – with his tongue.
Nimrod Gently said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:42

He would enjoy that, Dr. Dick.
Tom Hilton said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:45

“Let’s not argue about who killed whom…”
Channeling Neitzsche on Lieberman - The Daily Shocker said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:48

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Brady's bum knee said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:48

Please, please, please squash Lieberman.
Jay B. said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:51

If you can get to 58 or 59 senators, cutting him loose will not hurt one bit. Collins and Snowe can both be turned on individual issues.

Either the motherfucker votes for something or he doesn’t, right? I couldn’t stand the bullshitty Hamlet act every goddamn time the Democrats go for an important vote: “How will Joe Vote?”

It would literally drive me insane.

Better to rope in some vulnerable/persuadable Republicans. Lugar, Hagel (the piece on him in the New Yorker was pretty cool), Grassley, Snowe, Collins, shit McCain, why not? — there wouldn’t be the idiotic drama. The GOP leadership’s got no juice anymore. They’re a laughingstock, which frees up the few ‘moderates’ left from worrying about retribution. If Joey-Jo-Jo wants to come along fine. But if he’s “60″, Obama is doomed.

Next: Reid should force those fuckers to actually goddamn filibuster things. This supermajority bullshit ends now.
alec said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:58

Joe fucking Lieberman is a traitor.

He should be impeached.

He represents the interests of a foreign nation, rather than supporting and defending the constitution he took an oath to support and defend.

Every day he is in congress he puts american interests and american lives at risk. He would sacrifice tens of thousands of american lives and trillions of dollars if he thought it would benefit israel. It is the israeli parliament’s job to look after israeli interests, and the job of an american legislator is to look after american interests.

Agreed on general principle, although I feel I must point out that, like his fellow practicioners of Neoconservative Judaism, Joe Lieberman is fanatically opposed to the interests of Israel wherever they even vaguely deviate from the narrow interests of Likud and its backers.

It’s appalling to me that he is allowed to continue to hold that position.

There is nothing they could do to him that would be enough. Give ‘im hell, Harry…

It’d be a first for Harry Reid to actually be useful for a change. I say that in spite of planning to vote for the man.

Merkley in Oregon (seems to be almost a sure thing) makes 57.
Franken would make 58.
Martin of Georgia would make 59.
Begich of Alaska would make 60.

I don’t know that the Dems will get all of those last three. Seems like it might be worth keeping Lieberman around. He does vote with the Dems some of the time. What if his expulsion keeps the Dems from getting 60?

A, Begich is a distinct maybe at this point – I suspect Franken will win the recount and Martin has a good shot at the runoff, but Palin doesn’t have any serious competition and if it appears she’ll probably try and crush it with her gubernatorial powers.

And B, Obama has something distinct to gain by appointing moderate Republican Senators to low-level positions – if they accept (& it’s usually a good career move to do so), their governors can appoint from their own party. We could get an arbitrary number of senators that way – and the difference between one or two and two or three Republican cabinet members is pretty moderate as these things go.
alec said,

November 7, 2008 at 2:58

Oh, hold on: I’m going to make a map of possible Senate raptures. This’ll be a moment.
tontocal said,

November 7, 2008 at 3:01

If as an ‘independent’, Lieberman had stayed neutral and not endorsed a candidate at all, I would have been fine with that. The fact that he not only campaigned for the opposing party, but actively badmouthed the Democratic candidate is in most peoples minds, unforgivable. I have a sick feeling though, that our “Jim Crow”, “go along to get along” Democratic Leader in the Senate will give this self-serving, megalomaniacal, “Connecticut for Lieberman” prick of a senator his absolution and let him slither back to our side.
Me said,

November 7, 2008 at 3:02

I’m not as terrified of Republican filibusters as a lot of people seem to be. Let ‘em try to filibuster Obama’s tax legislation (the one that’ll give tax breaks to 95% of Americans). Let ‘em try to filibuster bringing home the troops. And this time, the Democrats will have the ultimate bullhorn with which to call them out: THE PRESIDENCY, bitches.
Candy said,

November 7, 2008 at 3:02

I honestly wouldn’t mind seeing Chuck Grassley secy of ag. He knows it inside and out. Then gov Culver can appoint a Dem. Culver is no liberal by any stretch but he would probably appoint someone pro-union and pro-choice. Both things Grassley, for all his considerable superiority to most Rethugs, is not.
theperilouspea said,

November 7, 2008 at 3:04

Mighty Joe Lieberman , a lip warrior
He slew and he slew
Like fresh perfume on old sweaty socks
Sweet lip warrior
Slew a giant in one blow
All the others were for show
To show what no dream dares
Mighty Lip warriors just go there
El Cid said,

November 7, 2008 at 3:07

I don’t care about the caucus, but Lieberman’s presence on any committee is just begging for a mole to rat out and betray the Democrats on any issue.
Mo's Bike Shop said,

November 7, 2008 at 3:10

What if his expulsion keeps the Dems from getting 60?

Call Olympia Snowe.

Yet another episode of satsq
Candy said,

November 7, 2008 at 3:10

And I have to say, just the sight of that fucker HoJo standing on the dais beside Cindy McCain, smiling his weasle smile and clapping as McCain made his “points” makes me wish we could make LIEberman eat a big bag of mouldering dicks on national TV, immediately following the Obama nomination, with the stipulation that the bastard be wearing only tighty whities whilst munching said dicks. Does that make me a bad person?
Smut Clyde said,

November 7, 2008 at 3:12

On the partisan ship we got memories
Partisan ship, we got pain.
Lose your grip on the partisan ship,
you’re cast, you’re cast away.
Sockpuppet #47 said,

November 7, 2008 at 3:13

Why should we continue to expect poor organisation and bad leadership from senate dems? Having the presidency changes a lot. If there is one thing I trust Obama to do, it is getting shit organised.
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,

November 7, 2008 at 3:13

The wheels on the bus go round and round.

Make sure Holy Joe Liarman is under them.

P.S. What mikey said.
Smut Clyde said,

November 7, 2008 at 3:15

On the second day of $mas, my true love gave to me
Box-turtle sex
And a bag of decomposing dicks.
You Can't Put Lipstick On A Repig said,

November 7, 2008 at 3:17

> Sadly, the governor of Connecticut is a Republican so his replacement would be as well.

Just appoint some repub senator to the cabinet whose state has a Dem governor. Then fire the repub as per the original plan.

I know this will never happen with a Dem, but if chimpy exchanged places with Obama, Rove would have him do it in a microsecond, and the nutjob blogosphere would be cheering him on to a man/woman/it.
Lesley said,

November 7, 2008 at 3:24

How on earth is Lieberman still a Democrat? Help me out here. What am I missing? He stood on podiums supporting McCain.
tigrismus said,

November 7, 2008 at 3:26

Smut, when you release your line of holiday cards, LET US KNOW.
Sporkey said,

November 7, 2008 at 3:27

Does that make me a bad person?

Munching on a bag of moldy dicks? No.

In tighty-witeys on national TV? YES. I don’t want to see him in his underwear! Think of the children!

It would be better if he was standing in a chest-high vat of shit, eating said dicks. That I could watch.
mikey said,

November 7, 2008 at 3:29

To: Sadly, No Commentariat

From: mikey

Subject: Bags of Dicks – Sourcing

Many bags, each containing many dicks, have been offered for consumption. It is stipulated that in many cases said dicks are decomposing or mouldering, indicating logically that these dicks must have been harvested in the distant past.

I have deep concerns, however, about the source of the requisite number of dicks required to fill so many bags.

How many of our men and boys must be rendered dickless to meet your voracious requirements for dicks? Where will the horror end?

And what of the dickless? What is THEY’RE future?

You need to think this through…

mikey
mikey said,

November 7, 2008 at 3:31

Um, Their future.

I’m so embarrassed.

But in my defense, I’m technically uneducated…

mikey
stackozone said,

November 7, 2008 at 3:35

I’d prefer beating Sen Droopy all the way out of DC back to Connecticut with a bad of moldy mule dicks.

I guess it’s jes’ the “Lazy American Worker” in me.
alec said,

November 7, 2008 at 3:36

This is a graphical summary of Senate rapture.

I don’t know which states have laws governing runoff elections or whatever, and several elections are still open to speculation, so this map may not be 100% accurate.
alec said,

November 7, 2008 at 3:38

Many bags, each containing many dicks, have been offered for consumption. It is stipulated that in many cases said dicks are decomposing or mouldering, indicating logically that these dicks must have been harvested in the distant past.

I have deep concerns, however, about the source of the requisite number of dicks required to fill so many bags.

How many of our men and boys must be rendered dickless to meet your voracious requirements for dicks? Where will the horror end?

You’re not even exploring the real issue, which is a horrifying dearth of choices for the ethical consumer looking for fair-trade or single-source dicks.

Especially the latter one. How hard could it possibly be?
Rugged in Montana said,

November 7, 2008 at 3:49

I’ve got a basket of dicks in my basement lair that I’m planning to turn into jerky.
mikey said,

November 7, 2008 at 3:53

Ok, that’s just creepy…

mikey
Xecklothxayyquou Hussein Gilchrist said,

November 7, 2008 at 3:53

How many of our men and boys must be rendered dickless to meet your voracious requirements for dicks? Where will the horror end?

Stem cell research shows promise toward our being able to grow manless dicks in vats.

Now you know why the wingers are so opposed to it.
justme said,

November 7, 2008 at 4:14

Oh. look Joe! See that? That was THE LAST FUCKING SCRAP OF RELEVANCY YOU WILL EVER HAVE!

Good bye, Joe. Go fuck yourself with a rusty Garden Weasel.
stackozone said,

November 7, 2008 at 4:15

I would have thought, with the large percentages of republican politicians being caught with their pants down in public restrooms across this great nation, would be proud to own their own detachable penis
amocz said,

November 7, 2008 at 4:33

Fortunately for the mouldering-dick-deprived masses, human cloning technology is now sufficiently advanced to be able to provide a modern solution to the problem of dick-deficit in the daily diet of the discerning American douchebag.

Ahhh, science.
Smut Clyde said,

November 7, 2008 at 4:36

Just back from the Interducts, where I was searching for information about rancid orca penis (a little-known Icelandic delicacy). No luck. As partial compensation, I can bring you news of a variety of French sausage made from pigs’ colons.
We are heading into Band Name territory here.
ckc (not kc) said,

November 7, 2008 at 4:55

I’ve got a basket of dicks in my basement lair that I’m planning to turn into jerky.

..are they free-range dicks?
justme said,

November 7, 2008 at 5:44

free-range dicks

band names, indeed.
alec said,

November 7, 2008 at 5:46

And monograph.

Woo. Woo! Kegger!
Big Bag of Non-Kosher Pig Dicks said,

November 7, 2008 at 5:55

Eat me Joe!
Indiana McOhio said,

November 7, 2008 at 6:10

Harry Reid is letting Leiberman spin in the wind. Now Leiberman has to go to the rest of the senior dems senators and grovel for their endorsement to stay. If a few of them, let’s say, for example, Clinton and Schumer, are pissed, Short Ride Joe gets four years of trying to get Alan Colmes to return his text messages.
Xecklothxayyquou Hussein Gilchrist said,

November 7, 2008 at 6:29

band names, indeed.

Oh yes, you could do much worse than “Dick Jerky”.
Deciphered Beef the Intelligence Officer said,

November 7, 2008 at 6:53

Oh yes, you could do much worse than “Dick Jerky”.

Yes. Yes indeed. Hmm.
Legalize said,

November 7, 2008 at 17:33

Fuck him. I believe that President Obama (that sounds fucking sweeeet, right?) can persuade a few republicans of good faith (i.e. from blue states) to go along on certian issues. Let him caucus if he likes. Whatever. But take away all of his committee positions and don’t give the rat bastard an ounce of help when he tries to get re elected.

Elections have consequences, holy Joe. And you really really backed the wrong fucking horse, bitch.
Mr. Wonderful said,

November 7, 2008 at 18:14

“Stem cell research shows promise toward our being able to grow manless dicks in vats”

We call the first crop “the Republican Party.”
tigrismus said,

November 7, 2008 at 18:56

GOP = manless dicks? I thought they were dickless men. Ah, well, six of one, half dozen of the other, I suppose.
kenga said,

November 7, 2008 at 20:08

Sadly, the governor of Connecticut is a Republican so his replacement would be as well.

I understand Chris Shays is looking for work …

Meritricious (And A Happy New Year)

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