Lieberman's party chairman calls for probe of Lieberman

[NewJeffCT]

I hope this guy gets somewhere!

Critic calls for probe of Lieberman's party

By Brian Lockhart
Staff Writer

Published July 11 2007


The chairman of Joseph Lieberman's minor political party has asked state officials to determine whether the U.S. senator founded it last year under false pretenses and broke election laws.

"I think he took unfair advantage of his many years of incumbency," said John Orman, a Fairfield University political science professor who took over the party Lieberman formed after losing last year's Democratic primary to Greenwich businessman Ned Lamont. "He decided to run as a minor party candidate without actually joining that party, knowing there would be protection from the various officials in Hartford he's been friends with for 30 years or so."

Orman, a longtime Lieberman critic, joined the party to bring attention to Lieberman's abandonment of it.

Lieberman and 29 friends and relatives established Connecticut for Lieberman in August after he lost to Lamont - 25 people are necessary to form a new minor party.

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-lieberman4jul11,0,2973472.story?coll=stam-news-local-headlines

[IChing]

1. What are the chances Jeff?

Does this have any legal feet?

[NewJeffCT]

3. I'm a pessimist by nature

so, I tend to doubt it.

This guy has been trying diligently for a while, though.

[whistle]

2. "Grrrrreat!

[no_hypocrisy]

4. please please please please please please please please please

[blondeatlast]

5. Oh, SNAP! You can't make this stuff up, I don't care how hard you try.

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[NewJeffCT]

6. The guy has tried before

Not long after the election, he took over chairmanship of the Connecticut for Lieberman party.

He had originally started a run against Lieberman in 2005 before Lamont entered the race.

[Cha]

7. In a Free Press Country

this guy(John Orman)would get somewhere and he's on my list of Patriotic Heroes!

Recommended with Pleasure!

[Tarheel_Dem]

8. eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww.....I don't wanna probe Liebermann....

[robinlynne]

9. k&r His argument makes absolute sense. "So essentially, we had two Democrats running,

although one was technically able to do it because he created a 'paper party,' " Orman said.

That is exactly what happened. He stayed a democrat, but ran against the dem nominee. which is not legal.

edited because I messed up on cut and paste.

[NewJeffCT]

10. Who knows, though?

Hopefully, there is not some weird, obscure law that pertains or something.

[donkeyotay]

11. The guy's got a point

From the OP link:

The incumbent then petitioned his way onto the November ballot, won a fourth term and walked away from his new party. He remains a registered Democrat but prefers to be referred to as an independent....

"It is against state law to knowingly circulate a false petition, and I believe Senator Joseph Lieberman did that," Orman wrote. "The secretary of the state accepted Senator Lieberman at his word that he would form a new minor party so he could get maximum ballot access. . . . It has become clear Senator Lieberman had absolutely no intent whatsoever, at anytime, to join or form a new minor party in Connecticut."

[EFerrari]

12. That's funny. K&R

[BlooInBloo]

13. LOLOL! Look at what we're reduced to: a spoof-chairman of a spoof-party...

... trying to rein in a spoof-warmonger Senator.

All because the shit-for-brains Connecticut electorate can't find it within itself to vote for a decent candidate. Fuckers.

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

14. Good for Orman !

Our Secy of State is trying to fix the situation that spawned this farce, but some CT Dem leaders (Speaker Amann for one) support LIEberman.


"Bysiewicz earlier this year proposed a change in election law that would force candidates to petition their way onto the November ballot weeks before a party primary.

The deadline for submitting petitions is Aug. 9, the day after a primary. Lieberman tipped his hand in mid-July last year by filing paperwork to begin collecting signatures, but the schedule allowed his campaign to remain coy about the petition drive and whether he might concede to Lamont.

Bysiewicz's proposal was not approved by the Democratic majority General Assembly this legislative session. "

[NewJeffCT]

15. yes, he's trying

he's doing his best, I'll have to say.

[NewJeffCT]

16. friday morning kick

for the LOL

[donkeyotay]

17. This definitely needs a Friday morning kick

Did I just miss this during the election? This is an important story. It looks like Lieberman's political power let him walk over a few laws that other people wouldn't be allowed to. Lieberman created a fake party, which is against the law. After he lost the Democratic election, the law prevented him from a second candidate to the party and thus being a spoiler. He had to show that he was starting a new and legitimate party and running as its candidate. Orman has shown that the party was a sham.

[NewJeffCT]

18. Hopefully, somebody is pissed enough

to actually start thoroughly reviewing state election laws and the like to find out if we can send Lieberman packing.

I'm not optimistic, but that's also my nature.

[Nikki Stone1]

19. kick.

:kick: