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Imus grills Lieberman
Washington Times ^ | 8/06/02

Posted on 08/05/2002 10:59:16 PM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:56:06 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman, the vice presidential candidate whose reputation as a rhetorical straight-shooter earned him a regular slot on the "Imus" show, wilted in front of the microphone Friday morning. Mr. Lieberman, chairman of the Enron-investigating Governmental Affairs Committee, became utterly flummoxed by Don Imus' persistent questions over a simple matter: Will the senator be calling former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin to testify about the role he and his firm, Citigroup (where he serves as chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors), played in Enron's financial debacle, which cost investors more than $50 billion?


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: imus; lieberman; rubin

1 posted on 08/05/2002 10:59:16 PM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
Democrats want to hunt bastards down. As long as it is not THEIR bastards.
2 posted on 08/05/2002 11:07:09 PM PDT by A CA Guy
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To: A CA Guy
bump
3 posted on 08/05/2002 11:09:17 PM PDT by timestax
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To: A CA Guy
Quote of the Year!
4 posted on 08/05/2002 11:13:41 PM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
I hope this investigation comes back to bite the Dems in the .....
5 posted on 08/05/2002 11:14:49 PM PDT by farmfriend
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To: A CA Guy
Imus should have asked about Rubin's $200 million consultant fee from Citigroup for heads up on forthcoming Enron failure. Citi hedged loans and saved a cool billion.
6 posted on 08/05/2002 11:19:47 PM PDT by richwolo
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To: kattracks
" Mr. Lieberman complicated the matter by misplacing his moral compass.

Who says he has a compass? Remember that he said during the presidential campaign that in public he was in favor of abortion and in private he was against abortion.

Ah! To be a liberal and not have to be responsible for what you say!

7 posted on 08/05/2002 11:32:34 PM PDT by nightdriver
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To: kattracks
""Mr. Lieberman now seems utterly incapable of recognizing the screaming differences between two morally distinct camps"

I don't think he ever did, quite frankly, but he had the Senate convinced he did.

The public will surely understand the moral and ethical distinctions."

And ... I think the public's new awareness is scaring the hell out of the liberals; they have started eating their own.
8 posted on 08/05/2002 11:48:23 PM PDT by CyberAnt
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To: kattracks
By all means, Mr. Lieberman, let us have a panel of Messrs. Rubin, Lay and Evans.

Don't forget Senator John Corzine.

9 posted on 08/06/2002 12:05:52 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: CyberAnt
"And ... I think the public's new awareness is scaring the hell out of the liberals; they have started eating their own"

Well said!

10 posted on 08/06/2002 12:10:21 AM PDT by brat
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To: nickcarraway
Corzine. Sounds like something you would inject into your knee after a bad basketball injury.
11 posted on 08/06/2002 5:37:35 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
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To: kattracks
How much do the naming rights for a politician cost, anyway?

(Rev. 3 - Adds "C i t i" elements)


12 posted on 08/06/2002 6:11:13 AM PDT by Fixit
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To: Fixit
Great sign!
13 posted on 08/06/2002 6:28:23 AM PDT by TatieBug
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To: nickcarraway
Don't forget Senator John Corzine.

Did you hear Bernie on Imus this morning?

They were discussing New Jersey's two senators and Bernie said, "Yeah, Jersey has two Senators, one bought his seat and the other one sold his."

14 posted on 08/06/2002 6:31:31 AM PDT by TC Rider
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To: kattracks
I read a column with a great description of Lieberman: a man who wrestles mightily with his conscience and always wins.

May have been Krauthammer or Will...

15 posted on 08/06/2002 7:08:49 AM PDT by SteamshipTime
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To: kattracks
Good for Imus but he didn't take it nearly far enough. You can't believe anything that Weasly Joe, who always sounds as if he is suffering from an intestinal disorder, says about shifty-eyed Rubin before this fall's elctions. If Rubin doesn't testify before the elections it ain't gonna happen. Weasly Joe will say the committee calendar is full until after the first of the year.

Lieberman ought to follow Ashcroft's example and recuse himself from these hearings. In the past 6 years Lieberman has received according to one reporting group $59,296 from Citigroup, but another group says the amount is $112,546. In 2000 Enron contributed $25,000 to a group Liberman founded called New Democratic Network. Citigroup contributed $100,000 to Joe's group in 2001 and Arthur Andersen contributed $20,000 to them in 2001. In comparison Lieberman only received $13,900 from the National Jewish Democratic Council in the same 6 year period.

16 posted on 08/06/2002 7:58:09 AM PDT by Darlin'
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To: kattracks
The Song of Joe Lieberman

I must say I'm troubled
By Bill Clinton telling lies
He's a disgrace doubled
Tripled, and multiplied.

But on the Senate floor
My troubles disappear
For I'm a Dem once more
And vote to save him without fear.

I'm worried I must say
About violence on TV
Kids who watch it all day
And then strangle puppies.

But when I'm in LA
My troubles turn upside down
Just send campaign cash my way:
Hollywood's my kind of town

I'm troubled and puzzled too
By the President and Enron
Seems to me as it may to you:
There's monkey business going on.

However in private I can see
And I'm troubled I can't say:
My business is so full of monkeys
That the voters should flush me away.

Regards, Ivan

17 posted on 08/06/2002 8:22:41 AM PDT by MadIvan
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To: kattracks
Regarding the Enron hearings he will hold in the fall, Mr. Lieberman said, "If we have any reason to believe it will be constructive to call any of these people — Rubin, [Enron Chairman and CEO] Ken Lay, Evans, anybody else — we'll do."

He just gave away the plan...they will NOT call these people as witnesses. It will not be constructive to uncover Clinton crony/gov't corruption because it also points to members of Congress.

18 posted on 08/06/2002 9:00:41 AM PDT by hattend
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