Evan Bayh needs to shut the fuck up

[CatWoman]

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.

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

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

1. Yeah, he's just been caught up in the emotions... FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS

Please. :eyes:

[mod mom]

2. I am so thankful Bayh was not chosen for VP!

[Warpy]

3. Bayh's first allegiance is to fellow conservatives in the party

Then comes party and last comes country. That is fairly typical conservative thinking and we need to recognize it in order to deal with it.

[knowbody0]

4. Oh yeah

like the lambs we are. F that. they'd love for us to just forgive and forget.

[Pyrzqxgl]

5. I'm not a big fan of Bayh but everyone has the right to say what they believe.

Even if I disagree with him or you no one should "shut the fuck up". It's called free speech dammit.