Sen. Salazar (CO) supports LIEberman's Indie run---Heads up, CO!

[bobbolink]

I had missed this article (and can't pull it up from Rocky Mountain News), so I was shocked to see this today when researching his voting history!!

http://www.workingforchange.com/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=412264D6-E0C3-F08F-9F3CD236615DADB1

As a Coloradan, I am appalled, and want other Coloradans to write and call this #(_%!*@($(*$!!! and let him know this is NOT ACCEPTABLE DEMOCRATIC BEHAVIOR!!

I will quit now, as I'm really :nuke:

Please, get on his case!

I'm so angry, I would gladly welcome people from other states also informing him that this is UGLY!!

Thanks in advance!

[opihimoimoi]

1. Let6s JOE that guy when the time comes...we don't need assdhole who ignore

the People who voted Joe out...

VOTE HIM OUT.....

We NEED REAL LEADERS who listen....

[bobbolink]

4. I *TRIED* to "JOE" him out... before he was in!!!

I worked for his opponent... someone who truly cares about people, and is actually ~~gasp~~ PROGRESSIVE. (Unlike JOE claims!!)

What I got was derision from DLC types, and I saw some dirty vilification right here on DU against those who worked for Mike Miles. I was appalled that it was allowed, and yet... now where are those who got so much pleasure from beating us up? Where are the acknowledgements that we knew all along what this guy would do?? Where is a simple apology for the ugly treatment we received, when we tried to get the right guy in office to represent this beautiful state??

Now we have a republican.... one who is crapping on the Democratic Party.

"OFF WITH HIS HEAD!"

Ya know, it really feels good to say that!

I'm going to talk to everyone I come across about letting this *(#_!)@(#$!! know this is his ticket out of DC!!

[MessiahRp]

10. Just curious

How close was that election? Any chance you can get him to take another shot of running against Salazar?

Rp

[bobbolink]

13. Any shot? I really don't know.

I can tell you that it totally discouraged those of us who backed Mike Miles.

How 'bout this... it was a *primary* for crying in a bucket, and the Dems gave Salazar web space, but not Miles. $$$ to Salazar, but not Miles. Same old crap we've now seen over and over!

It's very dirty business, subverting the democratic process, and this one I lay at the feet of the DLC, because they were pushing hard for Salazar.

When we contacted people directly, they were very impressed by Mike. Those we drug in to hear him speak went away convinced. No contest. But, we couldn't match the machine.

So much for our right to be heard!

[paulk]

29. it wasn't remotely close

Mike Miles lost in the primary by a 3 to 1 margin.

[MissWaverly]

26. haven't you noticed there are trolls that come & go here

they're not here all the time, and who they are changes but 1 thing is the same about them,
they attack you personally as a jerk for disagreeing with them and they are "nasty" They
just won't quit, but keep coming in for the attack. Every time you post, they post something
either attacking you or a comment using vulgarity which kills your thread because no one wants
to be seen with a vulgar post.

[JAYJDF]

2. Thanks for the heads up. Will definately let them know

how wrong that is. Anyone backed by this administration has to be anti Dem.

[bobbolink]

6. Absolutely!! Make his life miserable right now!

Also, please read my reply to the post above, to see what treatment those of us who worked for Mike Miles received... and it included right here at DU, also!!

This is the kind of ugliness that is going to finally bring the DLC down!

[niyad]

3. thanks, dialing as I write this--he can be a real ass.

[bobbolink]

7. THanks! Dial, write, and spread the word!!

Much appreciated!

[WI_DEM]

5. yeah, he and Inouye of HA and I think Carper of Delaware

said that he should follow thru and run as a Indy.

[bobbolink]

9. Yes, Carper did... also needs to hear from all of us!!

We need a list of those who need to feel some heat, and carry through!

[flpoljunkie]

23. Those DLC ties run deep! Carper big bankruptcy bill supporter!

You know the bill that Lieberman voted for before he voted against it--for cloture and against the bill.

But as we all know, no cloture, no bill!

[Mojambo]

8. He has been a massive disappointment almost from the start. n/t

[JAYJDF]

11. Here's my email to Salazar asking why he still supports Lieberman

Please explain why? Why you still want to support this man for office. Why the will of the Democratic people of CT isn't enough. Why you want to support a "Dem" that is now getting backing from not only republicans, but Rove! Please explain these things so I man understand better why I should still support you for office.

[bobbolink]

15. Good one! Glad you got the "Rove" part in there!

He needs to know we're on to him!

Thanks!

[movonne]

12. Maybe he could be lieberman's VP...

[bobbolink]

14. bwahahaha!

THat's the best idea yet... send 'em both down...!!

Thanks, I really needed that chuckle!! :thumbsup:

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

16. Salazar Is A SUPREME DINO

There was a story here earlier today, and he's one of the Most consistently Conservative votes in the Senate, by a member of the Dem party. Not a big....or even a small surprise.

[bobbolink]

17. AGree!! Do you have a link to the earlier story?

I searched before I posted this, and came up with nothing.

I'd like to read any other dirt about him, as I'm going to spread this to everyone I can think of.

He needs to be relieved of his duty. Obviously, it's "hard werk" for him!

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

27. Sorry, I Tried To Find It, But Couldn't. I Saw It Around 1 PM EST Today

[bobbolink]

34. Thanks for trying to locate it. I got a letter off to him today.

I'm so ticked I didn't want to speak in person and just sputter. :)

[MisterP]

18. but I thought we NEEEEEEDED those backstabbers

so we could come a little closer to a now-meaningless majority leader who can't prevent a bloc of Made Men and Women jumping aisles on every significant legislation

[bobbolink]

19. How did you put the perfect assessment is so few words? ^_^

Yup, "hold your nose", "Swallow the crap" -- it's all wearing thin!!

Some of us very clearly said in 2004 "this is the last year we play this game"

Most of us meant it!

So, Dems... are ya ready to listen to the people yet??

[originalpckelly]

20. The slimy little dirt bag will be getting a very angry call from a CO DEM!

How many new assholes should I make???

[bobbolink]

21. Go for it! Then tell everyone you know, and supply them with

his phone numbers!

This must stop, or he must go!

BTW, I noticed that his website this morning only gave a temp. address in DC, until Aug 11. That is too close to depend on it reaching him, so I sent a letter to his Denver office.

May he be buried in letters!!!

[bobbolink]

22. BTW, were you able to get the Rocky article to come up?

I'm curious why I couldn't get it.

Let me know... I want to know all it says!

[Zodiak]

24. Hmmm...two articles about Salazar today

One has him attacking the Republican in his state because of the minimum wage bill poisoned pill.

And now this.

Well, he is true to form...making us a little happy one one hand and slamming the hell out of us with the other hand. Just in case anyone wants to know, here is Salazar's voting record (the bad parts)

He voted for Condi
He voted for Gonzales
He voted to remove class action lawsuit rights
He voted for the bankruptcy bill
He voted to confirm Negroponte
He voted for the Cheney Energy Bill
He would not stand up for Ohio voting rights
He voted for firearm manufacturer immunity
He voted to confirm at least one of the three radical right-wing judges during the filibuster compromise.
He voted for tax cuts for the rich (Tax relief act)
He voted for cloture on Alito, and then voted against Alito
He voted or another tax cut for the rich (preserving the Bush tax cuts)
H voted for the US-Oman Free Trade Agreement
He voted for the Robert's nomination

There you go, all the dirt I have on him.

I score Senator votes, and Salazar is the third worst Senator we have, voting with Democrats on important issues only 23% of the time (Leiberman was 43%).

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zodiak%20Ironfist/4

[CrispyQ]

25. I would like him to refund all the money I sent him.

I still have his stupid yard sign in my garage -- I'd like to stick it some place extremely uncomfortable for him. What a fucking dino. I wish we were voting his ass out this fall.

[Rose Siding]

28. That article is from a month ago. Here's what he said today-

Washington - Saying it's important that he keep his promises, Sen. Ken Salazar on Wednesday renewed his pledge of support for Sen. Joe Lieberman as the Connecticut lawmaker filed to run for re-election as an independent candidate.

Lieberman lost his state's Democratic primary Tuesday to newcomer Ned Lamont, who challenged Lieberman's support for the Iraq war.

"I gave my word to Joe as a friend that I would support him to November," said Salazar, D-Colo. "It would be unfair to Joe for me to change my mind."
...
Salazar "is an independent thinker. He tends to follow his own conscience," said Colorado Democratic Party Chairwoman Patricia Waak, who added, "we disagree with him on this."

http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_4157469

[readmoreoften]

31. All right I'm not one for PURGE lists. But Salazar has to go.

How can you be a member of a party and not support it. He's an independent flying a DEM flag. Can he be Lamonted? Any hope?

[Buddyblazon]

30. I too am from Colorado...

and Salazar has done nothing but make me sorry I voted for him.

I am ashamed to admit that while I was canvassing and phone banking for Kerry here, I was pushing him as well. I learned my lesson. I need to know my candidates better.

[leftofthedial]

32. no surprise

Ken is a DLC wannabe DINO


classic Colorado

purple mountains majesty means our blue has plenty of red in it.

[sandnsea]

33. But but.. Salazar was proof Dems could win red states

and that Kerry had just ran a really bad campaign and if we just run a Mark Warner type candidate we can win red states and... bla bla bla...

I told you these guys RUN AWAY from the national party and that's how they win and that's the only way they can win. If people want more liberal Dems to win in red states, it's going to have to come from local Dems creating the change themselves.

[bobbolink]

35. Colorado isn't that red.

Dems took the statehouse.

It's NOT "the only way they can win"

That's sheer balagna!!

[sandnsea]

38. Yet it is how they do it

Even my own DeFazio who has the base of a very liberal Eugene and his hometown of Springfield behind him runs as "Independent as Oregon" - not as a national party platform Dem. Until local Dems take the initiative to correct the anti-Dem rhetoric, we'll continue to have these conservative problems with rural Dems like Salazar and Ford and Freudenthal and Landrieu et al.

[bobbolink]

39. Conveniently, the DLC in Colorado has done a good job of

closing out anyone else. That's what this has to do with, more than any "rural" thing, I believe.

Since 2000 there's been a big effort to circumvent the DLC, and that's what will make the difference.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

36. Colorado might has well voted in that drunk Pete Coors

Salazar is proving himself nothing more than the next ZellJoeBot.

[bobbolink]

37. Many of us have voiced that opinion......even at the time...

I wish you could have heard the attacks leveled at those of us who were campaigning for Mike Miles! You'd have thought we were trying to destroy the whole DEmocratic party in Colorado, or something.