Wanker of the Day: Evan Bayh

[phantom power]

Fuck you, Evan Bayh.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/negotiating-with-himself-by-dday-its.html

Bayh: Democrats ‘Should Have a Spirit Of Forgiveness With Regard To Joe Lieberman’»

Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) met with Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) to discuss Lieberman’s future in the Democratic party. An aide said Reid was leaning toward removing Lieberman as chair of the Homeland Security Committee.

Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) has taken on a more forgiving approach. Interviewed on Fox News yesterday, Bayh said he disagreed with stripping Lieberman of his chair. “No, I don’t think there should be retribution,” he said. “I think reconciliation is in order, not revenge or retribution.” Bayh suggested that Lieberman apologize and “let bygones be bygones”:

BAYH: And I think if Joe came before the caucus and said look, if I said some things that came as offensive, I’m sorry, but they were, you know heartfelt in my support of John McCain. I think we had to just let bygones be bygones. We’re going to need him on healthcare and energy independence and education and a whole lot of other things.

Bayh said Lieberman may have “perhaps crossed the line” in questioning Obama’s patriotism. But he maintained, “I think everybody understands that supporting your friend is perfectly legitimate” and that “we should have a spirit of forgiveness with regard to Joe Lieberman and reconcile and move forward.” Presented with some of Lieberman’s more notorious comments, Bayh countered, saying Lieberman “votes with the majority of Democrats, a vast majority of the time.”

“I think Joe Lieberman got caught up in the emotions of the moment and went too far. It’s a human aspect that I think we all can relate to,” Bayh stated. Watch it:

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/07/lieberman-bayh/

[YOY]

1. And this DLC asshammer is why I screamed NO!!! everytime his name came up for VP.

n.t.

[phantom power]

3. Far as I'm concerned, Lieberman can be a senator without a caucus.

If the GOP wants him, whatfuckingever, but if nobody takes him, shiny.

[rucky]

2. That was just a passive-agressive way of calling out Lieberman

without making Dems look like the a-holes.

[jobycom]

4. Oh, I could forgive him, if he asks. But this is business, not retribution.

You can forgive an apologetic traitor, once they apologize, but you don't put them back in a position to betray you again.

Then, he has to go to Iraq and apologize to the widows and orphans and grieving parents he created. If they forgive him, I will.

And, well, maybe for some, just a little bit, it is about retribution. Good luck with them, Joe. :evilgrin:

[CoffeeCat]

5. I really don't get it...

If someone was in a knitting club--and later discovered that chrocheting was their ultimate passion, and then
went on a national tour--criticizing the knitting club...don't you think that he should
just do the obvious thing...

...Officially join the crocheting club, make "Neocons Need Love Too" pillows until the end
of time, and quit annoying the fucking hell out of the knitters--who are oh-so done with your
pansy-assed, self-created drama.

[StacyPeace]

6. Postelection

I honestly cant stand the postelection "nice talk" from both sides. During the campaign they throw mud, but after its over everyone pretends to love each other? WE won on every level. No more nicey nicey with rightwingers!

[w4rma]

7. I don't think his committee chairs should be taken out of revenge, but because there are much BETTER

Democratic senators who should be sitting in those committee chairs than LIEberman. Let Bayh fight it out with his fellow Senators who would be better for those seats. Let the Republicans use their seats on LIEberman.

I'm sick of the whining little pre-Madonna, LIEberman.

[Hawkowl]

8. Spineless Tool

Makes Obama's choice of Biden look even better--if that's possible. He's just worried because Reid may be sending a teensy bet of a message to all dem Senators: Keep your effin mouth shut and toe the line or else.

[Orsino]

9. Dems let him keep a committee chair years after he left the party.

He's had loads of forgiveness already.

[ljm2002]

10. He may vote with the majority...

...a majority of the time, but guess what: we don't need him anymore.

He did cross the line, and he flaunted it. He as much as called Obama a traitor.

Guess what. Actions have consequences. He gave a major address at the Republic convention, and he went on to campaign for their pathetic ticket and to actively denigrate our ticket. And he's not even a member of the Democratic party. He started his own party in Connecticut because he could not win enough of the actual Democratic votes there. He won by courting the Republic pro-war votes, and thereby prevented the real Democrat from winning.

Retribution? Nope. Consequences? Yep.