Senator Joe Lieberman Watch: Lieberman Considers Iraq War Withdrawl Plan

U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, left, retired Air Force Gen. Lloyd W. Newton, center, and Conn. Gov. M. Jodi Rell speak with the media at the Base Closure and Realignment Commission forum, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2006, in Waterford Conn. A year after sparing Submarine Base New London from closure, supporters were meeting Thursday to devise ways to keep Connecticut’s largest military installation off future cost-savings plans at the Pentagon.

AP: Lieberman to consider Iraq pullout plan

Sen. Joe Lieberman, the three-term Democrat whose independent campaign for re-election is being seen as a referendum on the Iraq war, said Friday he would consider taking a look at a fellow lawmaker’s proposal for a timeline for troop withdrawals.

The proposal was floated by Republican Rep. Chris Shays, another Connecticut politician facing a tough re-election battle with an anti-war candidate. Shays has long been a supporter of the war and previously opposed withdrawal timetables.

“It seems to me that Chris is saying, maybe we ought to set some goals for when we want to get out, and I’d like to see what he has in mind before I comment on it,” Lieberman said while campaigning in New Haven.

“As I’ve said to you over and over again, the sooner we get out of Iraq, the better it’s going to be for the Iraqis and us, but if we leave too soon for reasons of American politics, it’s going to be disaster for the Iraqis and for us,” he said.

Shays proposed a timeline Thursday on a telephone conference call from London with reporters following his 14th visit to Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.

“We should be able to tell the American people what kind of timeline we can have to begin to draw down our troops,” he said. “It may be a timeline the American people don’t want to hear. It may not be something that brings them out quickly.”

Politics don’t you love it.

Is this a serious proposal?

Sort of….a proposal to win re-election.

The LEFT BLOGOSPHERE is going to love this, especially on the day Lieberman was allowed to stay on Democrat Party rolls and Hillary Clinton finally KISSED Ned Lamont’s ASS.

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