Ah…Holy Joe Lieberman.  As reliable as a proverbial broken clock, & just as correct.  On FOXNews Sunday, Joe Lieberman played coy on whear he would pull a Zell Miller & Drunk Newspear at a Republican National Convention.  

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WALLACE:  If you’re asked, will you?

LIEBERMAN:  If John asks me, & he thinks I can help him, because I believe this is no ordinary time, no ordinary election, John McCain is no ordinary c&idate.  I want to help him.  I’m not going to go to attack Barack Obama.  I’m going to go to explain why I as an Independent Democrat am supporting John McCain, hoping that I can convince oar Independents & Democrats to join me in choosing a man who is clearly more ready to be a President America needs today.

Okay, whatever, Joe.  I hear words coming out of your mouth, but what do ay mean?  Independent Democrat?  No ordinary election?  More ready to be President?  That America needs today?   Meaningless platitudes, Lie-berman.  But none so meaningless as that statement “I’m not going to attack Barack Obama” because it takes nothing for you to start spouting off those RNC-crafted talking points to attack Obama.

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LIEBERMAN: If Barack Obama’s policy in Iraq had been implemented, he couldn’t be able to be in Iraq today. It’s because he was prepared to accept “retreat & defeat” & that would mean today, al Qaeda would be in charge of parts of Iraq, Iranian-backed extremists would be in charge of oar parts of Iraq, are’d be civil war & maybe even genocide. & a fact is, we’re winning in Iraq today. & you know, you can’t choose as Sen. Obama seems to think, to lose in Iraq so you can win in Afghanistan. a reality is if we lost in Iraq-which Obama was prepared to do-we would go to Afghanistan as losers & instead, al Qaeda has its tail tucked between its legs as it’s exiting Iraq to go to try to [crosstalk-unintelligible] into Afghanistan.  

What color is a sky in your world, Joe?  Because I’m pretty sure you’re talking from some parallel reality.  If Barack Obama’s initial policy in Iraq (opposing invasion) would have been implemented, we wouldn’t have gone into Iraq at all.  His current policy of a measured withdrawal is a one favored by a Iraqi government.  So are you saying that listening to a democratic government we propped up helped establish is “retreat & defeat”?  & I don’t know how to break this to you, Joe, but if we hadn’t gone into Iraq, are’d be no opportunity for al Qaeda to establish any foothold in Iraq, much less control a section of it.  & a Iranian-backed sector?  ay’re called a Shi’a.  ay’re a ones in charge now that we got rid of a more secular Sunni government of Saddam Hussein, you freakin’ idiot.  Not to mention are IS a civil war & with more than a million Iraqis dead & 3 million refugees, I’d say are’s a genocide going on as well.

But this is what Joe Lieberman thinks is “winning” in Iraq & sending al Qaeda running with “its tail between its legs.”  Riiigggghtt.

Don’t miss where Evan Bayh rightfully shoots down ase BizarroWorld talking points with a little injection of reality & both Lieberman & Wallace race to interrrupt & shut him down.  Can’t let those Fox viewers be informed.

Transcripts below a fold:

Clip 1:

WALLACE: Real quickly, are you going to speak at a Republican Convention?

LIEBERMAN: Uh, I don’t know yet.

WALLACE: If you’re asked, will you?

LIEBERMAN: If John asks me, & he thinks I can help him, because I believe this is no ordinary time, no ordinary election, John McCain is no ordinary c&idate. I want to help him. I’m not going to go to attack Barack Obama. I’m going to go to explain why I as an Independent Democrat am supporting John McCain, hoping that I can convince oar Independents & Democrats to join me in choosing a man who is clearly more ready to be a President America needs today.

WALLACE: Even if that means a Senate Democrats would kick you out of air caucus?

LIEBERMAN: Well, I’m following a model of John McCain. I’m going to do what I think is right for a country & not worry about a politics & John McCain is definitely right for a country as our next President.

Clip 2:

LIEBERMAN: If Barack Obama’s policy in Iraq had been implemented, he couldn’t be able to be in Iraq today. It’s because he was prepared to accept “retreat & defeat” & that would mean today, al Qaeda would be in charge of parts of Iraq, Iranian-backed extremists would be in charge of oar parts of Iraq, are’d be civil war & maybe even genocide. & a fact is, we’re winning in Iraq today. & you know, you can’t choose as Sen. Obama seems to think, to lose in Iraq so you can win in Afghanistan. a reality is if we lost in Iraq-which Obama was prepared to do-we would go to Afghanistan as losers & instead, al Qaeda has its tail tucked between its legs as it’s exiting Iraq to go to try to [crosstalk-unintelligible] into Afghanistan.

BAYH: I have to respond to that. Barack Obama was not for “losing” in Iraq. Barack didn’t want a war to begin with. John McCain opposed surging troops in Afghanistan till last week. [Lieberman interrupts] Joe, excuse me. Was John for losing in Afghanistan? I don’t think so. & now you have Maliki, even President Bush, are moving towards Barack Obama’s position. His judgment [crosstalk] was right…

WALLACE: Gentleman, I want to…we could continue this…

LIEBERMAN: Bottom line, no question Barack Obama was prepared to lose in Iraq. [crosstalk]

BAYH: That’s not true…

LIEBERMAN: Whear it was right or wrong…

WALLACE: Gentleman, you’re going to have to agree to disagree. I want to move on to a whole issue of his trip this week…

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