I can’t believe they did this…..I can not believe this. Wow, after all the negative comments made about Barack Obama AND the fact that he spoke against him at the RNC……wow….I’m speechless.

WELL, NOW YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FORGIVE GOD IS FORGIVINF FOR US. THEN WHEN WE DO NOT ACTUALLLY FORGIVE THEN WE HAVE ALL H___ TO PAY. SOMETIMES WHEN WE DO FORGIVE WE GET SHOWN UP FOR ALL TO SEE…. THEN AGAIN, WHEN WE LET TOO MUCH STUFF PASS ON IT SOON BECOMES A HABIT AND WE JUST OVERLOOK IT.

Even though they let him back in the fold…Lieberman will have to run again and his seat as of now is not safe for the next election…

Hallelujah!

Wait a minute. They were going to “punish” him for exercising his first amendment rights? Why would that even be considered. I’m so impatient sometimes with party affiliations. How is this different from “punishing” Senator McCain for running against the President-elect? What’s up? At any rate, most the time I agree with Desmond Tutu. Conciliatory justice reaps greater rewards that retributive justice. If someone molested my child, I might have a hard time accepting that conciliation is in anyone’s best interest. But even then, I’d be more inclined to favor restrictive justice over retribution. But clearly in Lieberman’s case, maybe some anger and resentment needed to be vented, but what choice did they have? He’s a declared “Independent Democrat.” He has every right to his opinion. I’m sure Lieberman isn’t the only member of Congress who may have lingering mis-givings about this young Freshman Senator from Illinois, even if he has been elected the 44th President of the United States. Obama said he would be their President too. So why would these people think they had any right to strip Lieberman of his rank in the Senate? I’m confused.

Reid, Obama, and others have totally mischaracterized the situation: It’s not about revenge, conciliatory justice or First Amendment rights but accountability. As chairman of an important Senate committee, Lieberman should be held to a higher standard of conduct. He used his Chairmanship for only one purpose: to block oversight into Bush scandals and corruption. Senate Democrats need Lieberman’s vote, so they need to keep him happy. They need 60 votes to get things done in the Senate, and they need Lieberman to continue caucusing with them and not jump ship to the GOP side. This is a myth. Here is what bipartisanship in Washington means (thanks, Glenn Greenwald at Salon): To support Bush’s FISA law GOP - 48-0 Dems - 12-36 Lieberman - Yea To compel redeployment of troops from Iraq: GOP - 0-49 Dems - 24-21 Lieberman - Nay To confirm Michael Mukasey as Attorney General: GOP - 46-0 Dems - 7-40 Lieberman - Yea Kyl-Lieberman Resolution on Iran (labeling Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization): GOP - 46-2 Dems - 30-20 Lieberman - Yea To condemn MoveOn.org: GOP - 49-0 Dems - 23-25 Lieberman - Yea The Military Commissions Act (allows trial by military commissions instead of through the criminal justice system): GOP - 53-0 Dems - 12-34 Lieberman - Yea To renew the Patriot Act: GOP - 54-0 Dems - 34-10 Lieberman - Yea Greenwald: “On virtually every major controversial issue — particularly, though not only, ones involving national security and terrorism — the Republicans (including their vaunted mythical moderates and mavericks) vote in almost complete lockstep in favor of the President, the Democratic caucus splits, and the Republicans then get their way on every issue thanks to “bipartisan” support. That’s what “bipartisanship” in Washington means. ” I also think that Democrats should know better than to count on Joe’s vote for anything. Obama also encouraged Democrats to let him stay on. People apparently forget that we have a system of checks and balances in our government. The President (elect or inaugurated) has no business telling either house of Congress what it should or should not do. Joe Lieberman abandoned the Democratic Party long ago when he chose to stand with Bush and McCain and the party failed to hold him accountable.

I don’t think his word will be worth much in the future to either side. He doesn’t seem to know which clothing he wants to wear. I think he just wants attention………………this is a good way to get it.