Lamont thinks Lieberman will join GOP [no more RINOs]

Greenwich Time, Greenwich, Conn. ^ | 2008-11-07 | Brian Lockhart

[rabscuttle385]

Ned Lamont, the Greenwich Democrat who challenged U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman two years ago, believes his former opponent will soon join the Republican minority in Congress.

Lamont declined to say Thursday whether the junior senator from Connecticut and self-described "independent Democrat" should be punished for backing U.S. Sen. John McCain's presidential bid.

"My sense is he's psychologically moving into the Republican column," Lamont said. "I think he'll probably jump."

[rabscuttle385]

What's next...Obama jumping ship and joining the RINO Brigades in the ultimate hostile takeover?

Folks, we are living in The Twilight Zone.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Noooooo...

[misterrob]

Take the seat. Do not allow your opponent to control the Senate in a way that allows them to ram through completely leftist agendas.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

Although Lieberman should be commended for supporting the Iraq conflict...he is still quite liberal

Another sign of the leftward movement of the GOP (esp Senate). Conservatives need to step up and take back the party

[cripplecreek]

I’m doing my part to subvert the democrats by voting for conservative democrats in local races. (when no conservative republicans are available)

[Archon of the East]

Look people we need to be smarter about this. No I don’t want Joe as a Senator from Texas or Kansas or Utah but its Connecticut! You want Joe or Ned?

[cblue55]

Is there really such a thing as a conservative democrat? Oxymoron.

[FreedomFerret]

Oh, great. Awesome. Let’s see if Hillery and Bill want to join too. Then the bastardization of the GOP will be complete.

[cripplecreek]

Look people we need to be smarter about this.

Smarter would be recognizing that the leftward swing of the GOP brought us total failure in the recent election.

[rockinqsranch]

Joe can remain an “Independent”. No need for the Republican Party to invest in another RINO.

[McGruff]

Ned Lamont, the Greenwich Democrat who challenged U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman two years ago AND LOST!

I'll vote for Lieberman as a republican. Anything to get another (R) on the board.

[Jim Noble]

Conservatives need to step up and take back the party

Yes, but:

You can take back the party by moving people to your side - that's called "getting a majority" (Reagan).

Or, you can take back the party by a RINO purge - that's called "losing" (Goldwater).

Choose.

[IbJensen]

These three guys make sick enough to want to puke.

(But then what good would that do?)

[olrtex]

I agree wholeheartedly. We need to accept help where can get it. If you want to support a more conservative Republican in a primary, great! I do too. But I want some Republican (even a RINO) fighting with me on at least a few issues, rather than a Democrat fighting against me on all issues. Try to bring the RINOs around to a more conservative position and work against them in primaries, but accept their help where you can get it when they are elected.

[longtermmemmory]

the problem is the outlets for information.

while surfing I passed Oreily who had an ALLEGED republican on.

She was AGREEING with the democrat on homosexual marriage that “it will happen eventually”. That is a MEME to indoctrinate.

They were singing in unison that the country has not talking about the issue long enough to “accept it”. It was shocking.

They BOTH were trying to say the failure of parental notification in Calif means the nation is moving left. We need to have a stronger message. Perhaps we need to find our own version of soros to give freeerepublic.com a finanancial supercharge.

Don’t know what oreily said as the channel changed at that moment.

[IbJensen]

The Republicrat Party needs conservatives.

[Skid Marx]

I don’ thin so. He votes reliably with the dem. caucus, and can mop the floor with Lamont 60-40, any time. Ned’s delusional. And Joe’s no Zell Miller.

[cripplecreek]

You can take back the party by moving people to your side - that's called "getting a majority" (Reagan).

Or, you can take back the party by a RINO purge - that's called "losing" (Goldwater).

Perhaps you missed the results of the recent election.

[9YearLurker]

You’re right. I agree wholeheartedly with those who want the Republicans to stop with the ‘Compassionate””Liberal Lite” strategy.

But we’re heading into a tough couple of years trying to maintain our country, and better to have ol’ Joe on the team voting with the Pubbies, what, 60% of the time than 35% of the time? We could use that extra vote that extra 25% of the time before we get to the ‘10 elections.

[Terabitten]

Joe can remain an “Independent”. No need for the Republican Party to invest in another RINO.

Exactly. Maybe it's time for a third party, named for their stances - The Liberal Party, the Conservative Party, and the Centrist Party. If you had to pick one of those three, Joe would almost certainly belong to the first.