Lieberman calls for unity in foreign policy

The "staggering prospect" of civil war in Iraq demands that Democrats and Republicans unite on matters of foreign policy, despite the upcoming presidential election, U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn., said Thursday.

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"We must recapture the spirit of bipartisanship and national purpose we achieved following the Sept. 11 attacks to do so. It is that important," Lieberman said, comparing the war on terror to the Cold War, which ended with the fall of global Communism.

"The best of our elected officials no longer saw each other as Democrats or Republicans, but as Americans, fighting a common enemy. Our times demand from us that same spirit of surpassing bipartisanship in the war against terrorism. For Democrats, that does not mean that all debate about the war must stop," but, Lieberman said, "doing only that is not acceptable anymore."

Neither Bush’s nor Kerry’s campaigns responded to requests for comment on Lieberman’s speech.
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What a total idiot.

Calling for "unity" now is crap. He can make a specific proposal, but calling for unity now without anything behind it is a Zellish move.

Is how did you see yourself Joe?? as a Republican or a Democrat?

he's like Nader - he thinks there's no difference.

been having lunch again?

Once you do that, then we can discuss whether we agree and if so, what the right foreign policy is.

You turn around bend over and take it up the *ss!

Give it up Joe!

and may the screams of the children resound in his ears until he is dead of old age in his cell at the Hague along with most of his colleagues and the entire bush and sharon regimes.

The screams of their mothers? Fathers? After the bombings last week NPR played audio of a father who had lost his wife and child in one of the attacks. Everyone should hear these sounds of the civilians' grief. We're funding it.

They should show the soldiers' coffins returning.

They should show the casualty (wounded) figures.

We must not allow ourselves to be blinded to these things by the whore media.

"The "staggering prospect" of civil war"

I'd be overjoyed if Bush took a few rational steps to try and prevent that prospect from being realized. But I'm not going to stop criticizing him if I think he's driving us off a cliff. That's patriotism, not partisanship. (kudos to Clark, btw)

He just wants to make it look like he talked Kerry into it. Either to promote himself, or to allow Kerry to milk his false "liberalism" a little while longer so he can get votes.

most of the time tried to work together

republicans have been calling democrats traitors since the 60s, Nixon, and Raygun

They have so much in common.

I can feel the jomentum building.

Lieberman uses 9/11 to say, "Fall in line, Bush's line."

Which use is more venal, huh?

You've lost TWICE on the national stage. Please go away and be quiet.