McCain drops GOP official over Obama column

Melody, and I hope he takes Joe Liarmann with him.  Thats one guy I hope we have seen the last of - he is *totally* unamerican in my viewpoint as it appears he only ever has Israel at his interests....

This man is neither a republican or democrat - he is for himself only and Israel... bye bye Liarmann!!

Joe Lieberman holds dual citizenship in Israel and the U.S.. He obviously places his priority loyalty with Israel.  However as an elected official of the U.S. I believe he is compromised and has a conflict of interest that makes him unacceptable as a politician.

Why would you be allowed to hold elected office in the US if you are not a citizen only of this country and no other. 

This might be a sound a Little crazy, but why would you be allowed to work for any arm of the US government, state or local if you aren't a US citizen born in the US.  There is this thing that happens when your born to legal parents on your homelands soil, you love your country and you act like it.  

I don't understand having dual citizenship and being allowed to create legislation that affects possibly how the US would have to deal with  that country if there were an incident that was not in the best interest of the people of the US.  I'm just asking.  I know I couldn't hold a job for most foreign governments based on their nation laws, they are worried about their safety.   Isn't that like the first law of nation security??

The concept of dual nationality means that a person is a citizen of two countries at the same time. Each country has its own citizenship laws based on its own policy.Persons may have dual nationality by automatic operation of different laws rather than by choice. For example, a child born in a foreign country to U.S. citizen parents may be both a U.S. citizen and a citizen of the country of birth.

A U.S. citizen may acquire foreign citizenship by marriage, or a person naturalized as a U.S. citizen may not lose the citizenship of the country of birth.U.S. law does not mention dual nationality or require a person to choose one citizenship or another. Also, a person who is automatically granted another citizenship does not risk losing U.S. citizenship. However, a person who acquires a foreign citizenship by applying for it may lose U.S. citizenship. In order to lose U.S. citizenship, the law requires that the person must apply for the foreign citizenship voluntarily, by free choice, and with the intention to give up U.S. citizenship.

Intent can be shown by the person's statements or conduct.The U.S. Government recognizes that dual nationality exists but does not encourage it as a matter of policy because of the problems it may cause. Claims of other countries on dual national U.S. citizens may conflict with U.S. law, and dual nationality may limit U.S. Government efforts to assist citizens abroad. The country where a dual national is located generally has a stronger claim to that person's allegiance.

However, dual nationals owe allegiance to both the United States and the foreign country. They are required to obey the laws of both countries. Either country has the right to enforce its laws, particularly if the person later travels there.Most U.S. citizens, including dual nationals, must use a U.S. passport to enter and leave the United States. Dual nationals may also be required by the foreign country to use its passport to enter and leave that country. Use of the foreign passport does not endanger U.S. citizenship.Most countries permit a person to renounce or otherwise lose citizenship.

Suuggest you look at this: http://www.mondovista.com/dualcitizen.html

There has been a modification of the losing U.S. citizenship  when applying for national citizenship elsewhere.  First, the country of application must be part of the treaty countries which the U.S. recognizes for multiple citizenship (by the way, Americans may hold more than two citizenships) if it is NOT part of the treaty countries, then you would lose your U.S. citizenship, second, you must EXPRESS your wish to no longer be recognized as a U.S. citizen under the treaty with the countries recognized for dual/multiple citizenship. 

Now then, Joe Lieberman who WAS a very good man and did a lot of good things for the state of CT. (I lived there for a very long time) did not expressly ask for Israeli citizenship.  Israeli citizenship is automatically conferred upon all Jews, asked or unasked.  (so is the Islamic religion automatically conferred upon all humans, doesn't make all of us particularly headed that way either, so is Christianity conferred upon all so long as they confess, need I go on?)  I don't agree with Joe Lieberman putting himself out on a limb in such a foolish way over John McCain's campaign, but that's my opinion. 

IF you truly believed that no person other than a solely American born, U.S. citizen ONLY could hold office then you've blown out any of the first legislators in our history.  Now where are ya?  Were those immigrants wrong?  The Constitution was written by ENGLISH born subjects.  Think on that.  Stop being so afraid of "foreigners."  It's not becoming. 

Israel has its own policy problems that I don't agree completely with, but I'm not so fearful of Jewish people in the U.S. that I'd become like Hitler and send them all out of the country.  Our country is a FREE country for ALL religions.  That means we can take the best of each and every person living here ad create a very successful country, or we can sit here and plant FEAR and divide and separate and competely miss out on the opportunities to learn new and great things that can better each of us. 

Devils.Advocate... I don't mean to be cruel here, but Joe liebermam acts more like John McCain's "turd".    Everytime you see :ieberman anywhere in the vicinity of McCain, he is so busy brown-nosing, and it shows how much he would have wanted to be a part of McCain's administration. What a joke Lieberman is!

Dan-410533 said:

"Joe Lieberman holds dual citizenship in Israel and the U.S."

This is simply NOT true.  It is a stretching of the truth, that as best I can tell was started by Louis Farrakhan during an interview with Tim Russert in October, 2000, though it may predate that.  Every Jewish person on the planet, by Jewish law has the RIGHT to claim Israeli citizenship.  In this particular situation, Joe Lieberman has not execised that right.   

And when Obama/Biden win, Joe Liberman will be attempting to brown nose them.

Linda - if only your statement was true - but at the same time McCain was denouncing his audience for spouting racial hatred and rhetoric - he is still running VERY SLANDEROUS campaign commericals with the "MY FRIENDS, I ENDORSE THIS AD/STATMENT"

McCain is a LIAR speaking out of both sides of his mouth... dont be fooled... he has lost whatever integrity he has (if ever, I never saw much in his history as with the Keating Cheating Five, or his 32 propoganda tapes he did for the vietcong, or how he keeps making statements saying they are his ideas when they are proven they arent..etc.)

If he apologizes for what he has done I will respect him. his people are still throwing mud just lighter than before. Ads are still running.

Oh, it is not.

Would you like a monkey with an Obama sticker on it? The kids love 'em!

Maybe an Obama shirt with a picture of Curious George on it.

Nope. No racism here.

I kind of feel for McCain.  His party got beyond him and it's certainly not the first time Palin had to be dialed back.  He's finallytaking control and publicly telling people that he doesn't like the corner the party has put him in. 

What's unfortunate was that he should have shut Rove down in the first place.  He already knew Rove runs smear campaigns.  And at McCain's age, he should know that certain people just do NOT change. 

Thanks to the democrat congress our economy is shrinking faster. It will recover as soon as McCain gets in there to bring Barney Frank and Chris Dodd up on charges for letting it go down the tubes.

Cimarronrose - TOUCHE!!!

Anyone who still believes the economy debacle is caused by one party or the other is either a good liar to themselves or ignorant.  I'm sure they also believe Obama is an Arab, Muslim, shuck and jive master, married to Angela Davis, a supporter of the Black Panthers and the illegitimate son of Malcom X.  What a master of cornpone!  Let's listen to "Cotton Eye Joe" one more time.

Since you're not "old enough" to have seen the 1929-1936 "Big Depression", I will vouch--that another-one is NOT WORTH SEEING--& Obama hasn't seen one either & CANNOT SOLVE IT--(Unless HE CAN swallow IT!!) & it has a horrible taste like "Castor-Oil"--!!  Believe me, that cleans out all-of-that "Bad Stuff" that's in you, "forever"!!  Two tea-spoons will also "Cure" vandalism, believe it or Not!! Anyone who has contributed to this "Melt-Down" should have 2 spoon-fulls each week for a month!! It will "Cure" them too!

What have you been smoking JH?

Edward-453134, Sarah Palin manages to drag her family along whenever the need arises. Her baby makes for great photo-ops. Maybe if she were more focused on her family, instead of using her office and contacts to intimadate people that don't agree with her or cause her pain (i.e. Troopergate for starters),  and acting as McCain's lynch mob chief, she wouldn't have a pregnant teenager.  Oh she will have PLENTY of time (hopefully we won't get a lot of info about this) when she gets sent back up north.  Sarah Palin puts Sarah Palin first.

What should I do if my team is caught cheating?

Here's a hypothetical. What should a lifelong Red Sox, or Yankee or any major league baseball fan do if he discovers on the eve of the big game that his team has been cheating shamelessly and shamefully? This is the problem that now confronts many supporters of the GOP.

Their hateful tactics against a man who has repeatedly demonstrated, written and stated his love for America and the American way has resulted in a wave of hatred and genuine fear amongst their supporters.  This at a time when the social fabric is being severely strained by a series of financial crises which are really not the fault of any single individual.

When St Thomas Beckett was murdered in England his former friend King Henry claimed he had merely shouted in a fit of rage, "Will no one rid me of this troublesome monk?" He had not intended for four of his courtiers to take him at his word and murder his friend. He too was famous for fits of rage so severe he would throw himself to the floor and bite the floor coverings.

After Shakespeare's Mark Antony had skilfully whipped up the mob against Brutus and Cassius whilst protesting that this was not his intent,

"Good friends, sweet friends, let me not stir you up to such a sudden flood of mutiny!"

he said,

" ... for Brutus is an honorable man!"

Then after the mob runs off to do their damage, he whispers evilly,

"Now let it work, mishief thou art afoot, take what course thy will."

I say this to suggest that, as Obama has suggested, it is easy for any public orator to whip up a crowd to do all kinds of unthinkable acts by playing on their deepest fears, then claim it was the act of some crackpot. It always is, but who lit the match?

So what should I do if my team is caught cheating?

unfortunately when our team is cheating, we look to someone honest out there, and then we find that multiple teams have been cheating. 

What to do?  Vote for a NEW person to head up the office of the ousted cheating bum.  Remind the new person REGULARLY that you can and will vote HIM/HER out of offce if they forget who their CONSTITUENTS are and get so full of themselves they don't fully investigate the reports placed before them that wage war, or the reports that had over trillions of dollars to one person with little oversight.  Doesn't matter the party, BOTH are guilty of cheating.  VOTE A NEW PERSON in, who has NOT held the office before.  Lobbyists will not have years of ties logged in, it would cost the companies MILLIONS before they had greased all palms, and it would again be many years before they "knew" the Senator, Congressperson well and by then we could vote the next one in.  Lobbyists and big companies would give up on doing business that way, because it would mean millions on an every two year basis. 

you change the cheating team by VOTING. 

Palin and McCain are resurrecting the South of the 60s. Shame on them. The country has fought too hard to eliminate hatred and bigotry only to have the Republican candidates deliberately incite their supporters. Yes, they are two really sorry individuals. I'll be glad to see them exit the stage.

Obama has made others of his party pull ads that didn't reflect on the issues and attacked solely the character of McCain.  He denounced Wright, he denounced Ludacris, he denounced the long ago actions of Ayers, but there's a point to where you can't stand and denounce every single thing that every single person says out there.  So he has asked and STILL asks that all respect McCain as a senator and as a person running for president.  He stated MANY times that he disagrees with McCain on the issues. 

i agree only because it was political will. Ex. It took him 2 weeks before stating in public he breaks off his association of wright.

If you think he made his half hearted protest for the good of the country, you have been drinking the Kool Aid. He should have spoke out against this before, when his Barbie surrogate started this mess. That would have been the correct thing to do.  He is only saying anything because the majority of good American people are repulsed. McCain puts McCain first, as Palin puts herself first.

Not anyone with an ounce of sense or decency.

Amen if he was leading Obama in the polls he wouldn't have said anything Keep these liars out of office Nov 4

Okay, I'm not voting for McCain, for good reasons, but I do believe he was sincere.  He was BOOED at the rallies for correcting their wrong beliefs.  That takes courage to stand there in front of "kill" hungry people and displease them by telling them to stop targetting and faking up stuff so that they can use the target as a bullseye. 

It's very true that when you take the target away from the bully, you often become the new target.  It takes courage.  And if you can't believe him at his word then how can you believe anyone at their word (including Obama?)  Before anyone gets mad and points out what OTHERS have said and what ADS have said, these things have not come from McCain's mouth.  Obama's ads have also had some innuendos about McCain (and yes age has come into play also) and Obama's surrogates have said many things about McCain, and please don't sound like my kids and start with "he started it!"

McCain only cares about himself and has always been that way.  He approves all of the lies and misleading information.

His cause is lost.  He will lose by 20 pts and he then should be run out of the Senate.

Are you kidding me? Obama has never made race an issue to the contrary, he has united people of different races. Not an easy feat after the last administration. I bet if we only had audi o and no visual and you didn't know his race, you would be surprised at who you think is the better candidate. And actually, McCain is reaping what he sowed, which is a nasty backlash, negativity, etc. McCain deserves retirement at one of his 7 (?) homes and Palin is on a one way ticket back to the Great North

Hmmm  really?  you must be witnessing some other campaign different from what Americans watch everyday.  You are one of the few Americans left who still think John McCain's campaign has anything left going for it.  Think again.

You need to stay away from the Fox network dude.

The latest from Palin:  “We just want to make sure that in this campaign, that we uphold the standards of tolerance and truth-telling,” she said. “There have been things said, of course, that have allowed those standards to be violated on both sides, on both tickets. We want to uphold those standards, and again it’s not mean-spirited, it’s not negative campaigning, when we call someone out on their record."

A - It is mean spirited when you fill your speeches full of inuendo, half truths, and outright lies.  It is the dirty politics that America has grown frustrated with and it has backfired on McCains campaign.  John- we don't want to hear it anymore. . We heard it from Bush and his bunch of Maggots for 8 years and we don't believe a word he says any more.  We're jaded and sick of this and we want our America back.   

All thats missing are the white sheets I think this way and am lily white Keep them out of office Nov 4

Check out this article. The taxpayers of Alaska have learned a lot about their Gov. that I am sure she did not want them to know.

Yeah, but he has more 'experience'. It obviously has not served him well.

There is that line that when you lay down with dogs you get up with fleas, McCain knew exactly who these people were and he allowed it.  He allowed Palin on his ticket knowing enough about what she was.  He watched as we turned our back on Hillary because of her nasty politics and we showed him that we expected answers not more of the same.  He is either arrogant or stupid and neither is good for  a president at this time in history.  I actually hope they piss Obama off real good, so that when he takes office he brings all of those liars and thieves up on charges and has them sent to jail for a really long time. Here is my list of TREASONOUS Acts:
Ignoring the information about 9-11
Not detaining Saudis and allowing them to leave the county
Calling and not responding to US citizens after a natural disaster Katrina and IKE.
The Patriot act 
Illegal wire tapping
The orchestrated price gouging of the US Oil companies
Failure to allow the FDIC to act as a regulatory arm over all banks and fine them for mis management
Look I haven't even gotten to Iraq yet.
WMD
Out right lies about the need for the war
Under supplied troops
Gitmo
Abu Grabib
Good Lord, I only got the first few, please add on as you will.   

Too Funny, he followed Hillary's playbook straight down the line. However, he forgot to read the last chapter. She lost!

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