Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"Thank you, Senator Carper, both for your astute questioning and your kind words about my birthday."

"I was about to run for the fire extinguisher there."

"we are not at war with Islam. We are at war with a particular extremist, violent terrorist expression, which is, in my opinion, a corruption, a perversion of Islam."

"the Coast Guard, in my view, actually needs reinforcement, not retrenchment"