Lieberman Rules Out VP Run With McCain

[Democratic Hawk]

Were McCain in the unlikely event to select Lieberman as his running mate, McCain-Lieberman haven't a hope in hell of my securing my 'endorsement'

Yesterday's men - the pair of them

Lieberman blew the ship with me when he refused to launch an enquiry into the White House response to Hurricane Katrina. Obviously, more concerned with covering that Bush's ass than doing the right thing. Until then, as a  'hawk' myself, I had held Lieberman in high regard. It is with deep regret that I say not any more

Should Lieberman seek another term in 2012, don't expect me to root for him across the Pond

Dave

[Democratic Hawk]

Lieberman blew the ship with me when he refused to launch an enquiry into the White House response to Hurricane Katrina.

Wait, so Lieberman was Chair of the Senate Committee on Hurricanes?

Lieberman is Chair of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

During the 2006 election, Lieberman, then Ranking Democrat, promised to hold hearings on how the Bush administration handled Hurricane Katrina if he was elected. He would be the head of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. He would be the one that would make the decision on what hearings to hold and what documents to demand from the White House. He promised he would hold them accountable

Only for him to, subsequently, announce that he would hold no such hearings and that he would ask for none of the documents that could show how the administration mishandled the crisis

I thought the Senator a very honorable man until then

Dave

[Democratic Hawk]

""Hurricane Katrina Investigation: A Nation Still Unprepared. The response to Hurricane Katrina shook the public's confidence in the ability of government at all levels to protect its citizens in a crisis. Immediately after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in August of 2005, Senators Lieberman and Collins launched an investigation into government's response to the disaster.

By April 2006, the Committee held a total of 23 hearings, conducted formal interviews with more than 325 witnesses, and reviewed over 838,000 pages of documentation, all of which was reflected in the report "Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still Unprepared." The 749-page report contained 88 recommendations for local, state, and federal governments to adopt in order to prevent a similar disastrous response to the next catastrophe. The report concluded that Katrina was the first catastrophe that tested all levels of government since 9/11, and all levels of government failed the test. Senator Lieberman also submitted additional views on the Administration's lack of cooperation with the Committee's investigation and the White House's leadership failures in Katrina. The report contained a series of recommendations, which Senators Lieberman and Collins set about to enact into law.""

But, under the direction of then Chair Sen. Susan Collins, it was a flawed investigation. Lieberman back in early 2006 requested that she as Chair subpoena documents and testimonies that were not forthcoming but his request was denied - and Lieberman, IIRC, was none too happy about this

That tells me the White House certainly had something to hide, something they went to all lengths with Sen. Collins' complicity to avoid being privy to the investigation and, thus, disclosed

My understanding is that Lieberman essentially made assurances that in the event of him being re-elected and were he to become Chair that he would subpoena, yet he, subsequently, ruled it out. That in itself is a betrayal

That said, perhaps if Democrats' had cut Lieberman more slack (he's defense hawk, so what?), he'd have won the Democratic primary and not become, subsequently, beholden to the Republican votes, which helped him win the general

Dave