Lieberman listed as a Democrat on DSCC's list of candidates.

[femmedem]

Check it out for yourselves:

http://dscc.org/2006races/ct/

Okay, Lamont is given top billing. But Lieberman is also called a Democrat, big red letters, and in tiny, "just ignore me" letters it says, "running as an Independent."

Lieberman should not be listed as a Democrat on a web page dedicated to electing Democratic candidates. And we should be flooding DSCC with complaints.


Edit to include contact info:

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Phone [phone]
Fax [phone]

For general information email [e-mail]

[IndyOp]

1. I will not give a bloody penny to the DSCC.

Their job is to elect incumbents so the powerful become more powerful.

That is sooooo GOP.

:evilfrown:

[I_Make_Mistakes]

4. Oh, but Lieberman got the *, you know what that means!

[eleny]

Same here. It's an insult to Lamont, IMO

I gave directly to Ned's campaign theother day. Pfui to these groups that want to make believe about Joe.

[femmedem]

5. Please call them.

Please tell them you agree with their stated mission, but until Mark Pryor endorses Lamont and Lieberman is not listed as a Democrat on their web page, you won't be giving them any donations.

[eleny]

6. I sent them an email via their contact page

Thanks for the nudge.

[femmedem]

11. No, thank you!. n/t

[IndyOp]

24. I DID call them about removing Pryor because he doesn't support Lamont

- I did not know about the web page at the time. And the truth is that I won't be giving them any donations anyway - because as my message above indicated - I don't want to support a group whose sole job is to keep incumbents in power.

:kick:

[femmedem]

25. Pryor's really the biggest issue. n'/t

[yurbud]

2. most of the news clippings they have are grim for Lieberman but--

Democrats should tell Lieberman to drop out or stop calling himself a Democrat.

[rubberducky]

3. What a slap in the face.

[nickshepDEM]

7. delete

Im wrong

[kaygore]

8. My email message to the DSCC

I was appalled to see that on the Connecticut page for the DSCC you not only list Lieberman as a Democrat (*running as an independent) but that you give him coverage.

Lieberman lost. The turn out in the primary was significant. That the DSCC continues to support Lieberman is not only an insult to Democrat in Connecticut but Democrats nationally.

You will not get a penny from me as long as this travesty remains.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _


And I shall call them on Monday, too!

[femmedem]

10. Thank you.

When you call, please emphasize that now is the time for Democrats to unite with Lamont, fully, unequivocally. Point out that Lamont must increase his share of Democratic support in CT to win in Nov. Also LIeberman has hired a new Republican pollster, and it seems that he will be sharing his polling info with other Republican candidates in CT. He is going to actively be helping the Republican GOTV effort, which could dearly cost the Democrats in their quest to retake the House. (They're hoping to gain three seats in CT this November.) No way should any Democrats be helping LIeberman. And no way should their support for Lamont be lukewarm or ambiguous.

Edit to add: A small point: it's not so bad that they give Lieberman some coverage, as they also give Republican candidate Schlesinger some coverage. However, they don't list Schlesinger's campaign contact into on their web site. They do list Lieberman's.

[kaygore]

12. AND...they don't list activities that Schlesinger has been involved

with as they do Lamont and LIEberman.

If they continue to support LIEberman, it will blow up in their faces! The DSCC is sooooo arrogant!

[gully]

9. You are absolutely correct! He has filed as an independent and

is running AGAINST a Democrat.

[paulk]

13. he's a registered Democrat

running as an independent.
Those are the facts.
all the candidates running are listed
What are they supposed to say?


Are they giving him any money? That's the important thing.

I mean, really... aren't there more important things to bitch about?

[mmonk]

17. No

The democratic primary winner is Lamont. So they are going to give our money to both in the general election? What a slap in the face.

[femmedem]

23. No, they're not giving Lieberman money.

However, I have to say that I just received a mailer from the DSCC and it didn't appear that they're supporting Lamont, either. CT was not listed as one of their targetted races.

You're correct that all the candidates are listed, as well as Dodd, who isn't a candidate. However, the page also seems to throw some support to Lieberman: for example, it provides links to numerous press releases citing his accomplishments--something it doesn't do for Dodd.

Maybe I was wrong to complain that he's listed as a Democrat. But the page still seems to mirror the ambiguity of many leading Dems to condemn Lieberman and fully, whole-heartedly support Lamont. And that does strike me as important, and worth complaining about.

[paulk]

14. double post

[mmonk]

15. Give to the PDA

It's the only democratic oriented political group to give to and be happy you're giving to progressive candidates only other than supporting progressive candidates themselves directly.

[eridani]

16. I'm as anti-Joe as they come, but I can't knock this page

His write-up is the same as for Dodd--an officeholder (with officeholder contact info ONLY). He may not be running as a Democrat, but he is currently holding office as a Democrat, at least nominally. NO campaign contact info is listed for him.

However, we do keep having to ask why Sen Pryor, an officer of DSCC, is not supporting the only Democrat who is entitled to run as a Democrat. Bottom line--this is a hard slap in the face to any Democrat who has ever worked hard for a candidate who lost the primary and then lined up to support the winner.

[femmedem]

21. On second thought, I agree with you about the page

Except for one thing: the press releases on the bottom citing Lieberman's accomplishments. I don't see any of those about Dodd. They have to go.

[tyedyeto]

18. When I tried deleting the 'message' on that page

it kept taking me back to the main page. How do I send a message that Lieberman is no longer a Democrat and doesn't deserve DSCC support?

[AzDar]

19. NOT acceptable. Lieberman needs to be recognized for what he

TRULY is : an egomaniacal traitor.
He is no longer a Democrat, and I'm beginning to wonder if he ever really has been....

[formercia]

20. Joseph is the 'chosen one.'

The 'chosen one' is named Joseph.

Joe"It wasn't supposed to happen like this"Lieberman

[ima_sinnic]

22. doesn't DSCC = DLC? that has been my impression

--I could be wrong but somewhere a long time ago I got the idea that they are hand in glove and ever since then I have totally ignored them.

[alvarezadams]

26. Sent strong email

What pigs!

[dolstein]

27. Actually, he isn't

He's listed under Connecticut alongside Chris Dodd. He's listed not because he's a candidate, but because he's an incumbent Senator. Apparently, you failed to notice that only Lieberman's senate office contact information is provided. There's no link to his campaign website or any other information regarding his campaign.

If you bothered to check, you'd see that every member of the Democratic caucus (including independent Jim Jeffords) is listed, whether they are running for reelection or not.

Next time, please get your facts straight.

[femmedem]

29. You're right.

I'm sorry. I picked this story up on another blog, checked it too quickly when I was too tired, and posted it too quickly. If I could delete it now, I would.

The press releases on Lieberman but not Dodd still bother me, though.

[citizen snips]

28. WTF?

I hope they are not giving Lieberman money.

[ihelpu2see]

30. I am a CT Dem and I give direct to Lamont!!! nt