Lieberman has a problem

[Nite Owl]

Lieberman Lapdog Act Not Playing Well


It is no secret that Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman is President Bush's favorite Democrat. With his see-no-evil, hear-no-evil, admit-no-evil defense of the administration's frequent betrayals of public trust before the U.S. invaded Iraq, with his refusal to recognize that the occupation of that country has degenerated into disaster, and with his regular repetition of neoconservative spin on every foreign-policy concern that arises, the man Democrats nominated for vice president in 2000 is a more loyal ally of the president than are many Republicans.

But Lieberman's lapdog act is not playing well in his home state, where grassroots Democrats are furious about the fact that their senator is propping up a failed Republican president. "I think it is one thing to be an independent thinker. It's another thing to be a Democratic senator who is acting as a lobbyist for King George and his Chancellor Cheney," Dorothy Brindamour of Manchester told a meeting of Democrats that gathered last month to take the senator to task.

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In January, Democrats in Manchester overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution that declared: “We, the Manchester Democratic Town Committee, do not believe that Sen. Joseph Lieberman is acting in the best interest of the American public or the Democratic Party by supporting President Bush in the handling of the Iraq conflict.”


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None of this means that Lieberman is preparing to change his position. But it does suggest that he is feeling the heat in an election year when he might yet face an anti-war foe in his Democratic primary or a general election challenge from Lowell Weicker, a former Connecticut senator and governor, who has entertained the prospect of challenging Lieberman as an anti-war independent.

By John Nichols
Reprinted with permission from The Nation.




http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/08/opinion/main1296514.shtml?cmp=EM8705


The article also says that the Windsor dems in February also censured him for his support of Bush in general and support of the war.

[sui generis]

1. and get a load of this

(I get emails asking for donations and contributions, and this:)

Dear Friend:

Thank you for taking the time to contact me. I appreciate the
opportunity to know your opinions on the pressing issues facing our
nation. Regrettably, due to the huge volume of mail that I receive, I am
only able to research and address comments sent to me from Connecticut
residents. If you are not from Connecticut, you may want to consider
sending a message to the Senators from your state of residence. You can
do so by visiting http://www.senate.gov/ for a link to the web sites of
each member of the United State Senate. If you are currently residing out
of state, but are still a Connecticut resident or have a connection to
Connecticut, please be certain to use your Connecticut address or indicate
your Connecticut connection in the first paragraph of your email.

I value having the benefit of your thoughtful concerns, since I do
receive detailed weekly reports from my staff providing a sampling of
comments from across the country on timely issues before Congress.

My official Senate web site is an excellent source of information about
my work here. As you know, you can access the site at
http://lieberman.senate.gov. I encourage you to visit my web site, or if
you have already done so, to return to it often. I am also pleased to let
you know that I have launched an email news update service through my web
site. You can sign up for that service by visiting
http://lieberman.senate.gov and clicking on the "Subscribe Email News
Updates" button at the bottom of the home page. I hope these are
informative and useful.

Thank you again for letting me know your views and concerns.

Sincerely,


Joseph I. Lieberman
UNITED STATES SENATOR

[Nite Owl]

4. I got the same thing

I faxed him about the Alito filibuster, that was the reply I got.

[Atman]

6. Doesn't matter...he sends us CT residents form letters, too

I've written to him and called him and each time I've received a fill-in-the-blanks form letter which only tangentially references anything I contacted him about. He doesn't care...Bush has the goods on him -- the NSA caught him in a Honey Baked Ham store on a Friday evening.

[sui generis]

7. you are truly wicked

truly.

:rofl:

[Nite Owl]

10. ROTFL!!!

[King Coal]

2. Say goodnight, Joe. Say hello to Quisling when you leave.

[Crazy Dave]

3. I never heard of the guy until he ran with Al Gore in 2000

He's not very popular among the left and I was wondering if Al Gore's selection in picking his running mate was primarily to win over conservative voters while at the same time chasing liberals over to the greens? I wasn't into politics back then as I am now so were discussions like this going on back then?

[Nite Owl]

8. Don't think so

He's always been a hawk and he is progressive on most social issues. I think Gore picked him to help win Florida, and he did win Florida it just got so messed up there by Jeb and his goons. He was supposed to counter the Clinton scandals and improve the 'values' image. Gore ran away from the Clinton record which was his biggest mistake. Al is a different guy now, if he ran today he could probably win. Leiberman was the 'anti-Clinton'.

[Crazy Dave]

12. One thing I like about Al is...

he doesn't place all the blame on the screw-ups here in Florida. He's smart and humble enough to admit there were things he could have done better now with the advantage of hindsight.
Not only were we screwed out of that election with consequences so severe like the loss of 2500 plus soldiers in Iraq, (I believe 9/11 would have still occurred) and the loss of hundreds of thousands of well paying jobs, we got senator Bill Nelson here in Florida the same year too.

[EC]

14. See, I don't believe 9/11 would have happened if Gore got in

because the Clinton White House was working on capturing Bin Lauden aggressively and were aware of the danger the Taliban presented - whereas even though warned over and over again Bush and party ignored the warnings and was going for Star Wars and after Russia...Clinton stopped the Millennium Bomber (who was going to bomb L.A. airport in case you haven't heard of him - it seems most Republicans haven't) cold at the Canadian Border and would have put the pieces together and stopped 9/11 too, I believe....

[Crazy Dave]

15. True, but still not definite

Remember there was about 40 - 60 FBI agents more worried about where a blue dress was than looking for terrorists. Plus the 9/11 plan was in the works years before Bush and Gore received their party nominations. I don't think the terrorists cared who would be in office and cared even less if they had a (D) or an (R) behind their name.

[EC]

17. True, but remember it was Clinton's agents that had all the

prior information on the hijackers including hooking them together (Able Danger) before Bush's men hid it from Homeland Security. I will always believe that if the agents and Homeland Security continued their work without being diverted, there would not have been a 9/11, they would have been stopped at the airport. Remember also, that they were all id'ed before 9/11 and that an informant had even rented to one hijacker. 9/11 could have been prevented if Bush wasn't so adamant of doing the opposite of anything Clinton or had a shred of competance...

[Atman]

5. A second town, Windsor, actually voted to CENSURE Lieberman last week

Not just the Democratic Town Council, but the whole town board. He is facing stiff opposition here, not matter what the republican-owned Tribune Media Services claims in its near-daily stroke-fests of Lieberman.

[Canuckistanian]

9. ... and this

From Firedoglake:
The Wait is Over

Matt Stoller reports on MyDD that Joe Lieberman finally planted the knife in Obama's back this morning on Imus.

Well, on Imus this morning, Don Imus interviewed Lieberman....Imus asked Lieberman about the fight, and Lieberman alleged that it was all a big misunderstanding and that both men had were interested in getting a good bipartisan bill out of the process. He implied that both men had cleared up the misunderstanding. Imus at that point interjected that McCain stands by his letter, and Lieberman changed course. Lieberman then said that McCain stood by his letter, and Obama stood by his letter, except that Obama probably wishes he were a little clearer.

...Finally, Lieberman added that he hopes it's a one day story, on the third day of the story, on Imus. Later in the interview, he bragged about his work with McCain on some legislation. Looks like he made his choice.

Oh, and earlier in the interview, Lieberman agreed with Imus that there was "some nonsense" at Coretta Scott King's funeral.

Guess we all have a much clearer idea of where Joementum stands on speaking truth to power, now don't we?

(Picture courtesy to Bushspeaks.com.)

posted by ReddHedd @ 6:05 AM

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[Nite Owl]

11. He has got to go

As the article says it's one thing to be an independent thinker and another to promote the other party. The very least that should be expected of him is to STFU.

[biscotti]

13. So glad to see this in the press

I think he leads a pampered life and doesn't realize the repercussions of his actions in the senate. Wake up Lieberman, are be voted out of the way!

[rastaman]

16. I wouldnt vote for him but...

I dont want a party where everyone thinks and acts alike. We constantly hear about the "closed inner circle" of this administration thats only wants its views rienforced
but we seem to want just those opinions that we agree with to be the ONLY ONES to be heard within the party. Joe is simply ONE member of our vast party and has very little sway as far as I can tell.
I dont think he is a lapdog. He simply, and mistakenly, agrees with the noecons on this issue. So let the voters of his state throw him out if they so choose. In the mean time just be happy he is just ONE.