Good for Lamont. And Hell with Israel-firsters like traitor Joe.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/05/nyregion/05lieberman.html?ex=1160712000&en=8f28322697dd074d&ei=5070&emc=eta1
JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: October 5, 2006
Senator Joseph I. Lieberman questioned his opponent’s commitment to
Israel at a fund-raiser in Manhattan yesterday, saying he had received
important support from several Democrats who have been critical of
Israel.
Speaking to a largely Jewish group of a few dozen supporters, Mr.
Lieberman said that Ned Lamont, who defeated him in the Democratic
primary, had been “surrounded by people who are either naïve or are
isolationists or, frankly, some more explicitly against Israel.”
Mr. Lieberman, who is running on his own party line, pointed to
Representative Maxine Waters, a Democrat from Los Angeles, who
campaigned for Mr. Lamont during the primary. This summer, Ms. Waters
was one of a dozen Democrats who did not vote in favor of a resolution
condemning Hezbollah for attacking Israel during the war in Lebanon.
Ms. Waters, who abstained from the vote, said she objected to some
language in the resolution praising the Bush administration.
Mr. Lamont has said he would have backed the measure.
“So far I would say my opponent is saying basically a pro-Israel
line,” Mr. Lieberman said at the fund-raiser. “But look, the position
he’s taking on Iraq is not good for America and not good for the
Middle East. Secondly, you know to some extent you’ve got to judge
people by their friends. I’m glad to be judged by my friends like Ed
Koch and all of you.”
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