Remove Lieberman from ALL Domestic Security and National Security Roles

[babylonsister]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-clemons/remove-lieberman-from-all_b_142447.html


Steve Clemons
Posted November 9, 2008 | 11:38 AM (EST)
Remove Lieberman from ALL Domestic Security and National Security Roles


Joe Lieberman wants to keep his status and committees and caucus with the Democrats. He has been a fear-monger and someone who has promoted a dangerous, reckless false choice between American relations with Israel and other parts of the Middle East. He is a devout neoconservative who has been a key enabler of many of the most nefarious groups that promoted the Iraq War and who want a series of new wars in the region.

But more than that, he strongly supported someone a heartbeat away from the presidency who knew virtually nothing about America's place in the world, who knew nothing of American history and its leaders and conventions and founders.

Lieberman is dangerous on so many levels -- and he has not apologized for any of his positions or offered any explanation that should make Americans feel comfortable with this Senator in the next four years as Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security.

If Dems would like to keep Joe Lieberman in the caucus, give him responsibility for education policy, telecom policy, health care -- but the price for the Dems keeping this fearmonger is that he be removed from any position with key responsibility for national security or domestic security matters.

It is useful to refresh the memory of what Joe Lieberman said about Sarah Palin, on stage with her, and what he remained on stage listening to as Sarah Palin talked about "Barack Obama's terrorist friends. . ."

This from TNR's Michael Crowley:

It was jarring, however, to hear Lieberman's full-throated endorsement of Sarah Palin, a woman with whom he has no prior relationship, and whose policy credentials you have to think the wonky 20-year Senator would find suspect in any other context. "She's so strong, she's so capable, she's so competent," Lieberman told the cheering crowd. Emphasizing her "faith," he added that she is someone who "with your help--and God's help--will be the next vice president of the United States." More big cheers.

The religiousity continued when Palin bounded onstage. She commented right away on the number of American flags in the crowd, declaring: "God bless America--you guys get it!"

And then it was on with the attacks on Obama: "There are some candidates who use change to promote their careers. And then there are some candidates, like John McCain, who use their careers to promote change," Palin said. She went on to reiterate charges that Obama is friendly with terrorists (Bill Ayers), wants America to lose in Iraq, and smears US troops in Afghanistan.

-- Steve Clemons publishes the popular political blog, The Washington Note

[formercia]

1. Lieberman should have no authority whatsoever.

He is not a member of the Democratic Party and should have no seniority. He gave that up when he went his own way.

Lieberman is a clear and present danger to the Obama administration.

[still_one]

2. and if the Democratic leadership in Congress has a problem with that, they need to be

informed by US that we will NOT tolerate it

[goforit]

3. He is a total trouble maker with a NEOCON pupose!!! May CONNETICUT remove

his ass asap!!!

[Edweird]

4. From my earliest posts I advocated his neutering. Shut him down.

:kick:

[midnight]

5. Why do we need homeland security?

[Pharaoh]

10. Bingo!

Sounds like the Fatherland, Nazi's Gestapo, That's what we have the FBI and CIA for!

[lpbk2713]

6. Agree ........... K&R

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Hepburn]

7. LieberRAT ~~~~OUT!!

And that cannot be too soon! :thumbsup:

[Faryn Balyncd]

Lieberman is a cancer.

[pleah]

8. I absolutely agree!

He should not be allowed to have any power, period.

[robinlynne]

9. no committees of any kind. stop buying his vote. we don't need no stinking Lieberman.

[TWiley]

11. Fuck Lieberturd.

It really is that outrageous. Send him help to pack his office. Nothing more.

[1776Forever]

12. Lieberman and the Military Industrial Complex are twins! Link to video.....

http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=2225

September 5, 2008
Lieberman and the neocons around McCain

Robert Parry on Vietnam era hawks, the neocons and McCain Pt2

ROBERT PARRY, INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR: Robert Parry is an American investigative journalist. He was awarded the George Polk Award for National Reporting in 1984 for his work with the Associated Press. In 1995, he established Consortium News as an online ezine dedicated to investigative journalism.

JAY (PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR of The Real News Network):How directly connected is McCain and Lieberman to what Eisenhower called the military-industrial complex? We're talking about Lockheed Martin and Boeings and Halliburtons. Is there a direct or close connection between McCain and this sector?

PARRY: Well, they certainly share a lot of views. Basically, one of the ways that the military-industrial complex asserted its power in Washington was to fund think tanks. They've put a lot of money in all this, the major neoconservative and right-wing think tanks, from Heritage to AEI to CSIS. And the basic thought was that if you can basically put people on the payroll and keep them producing these arguments, this information, it eventually develops an influence within Washington: they get on the op-ed page of The Washington Post; eventually, maybe some of them become columnists for The Washington Post, or The New York Times, where you see William Kristol, or Robert Kagan at The Washington Post. So you have this sort of built-in influence as it goes forward, and eventually many of those news organizations begin to reflect those views. We certainly see it in The Washington Post these days, a very neoconservative editorial page and op-ed page. And I think in that context McCain and Lieberman found a common cause with those same people, who were pushing similar projects, particularly aggressive American policy in the Middle East and building up a very powerful US military to use around the world, to prevent any other defeat like Vietnam.

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Personal note: I have nothing against making our United States Military lean and mean! I do have an issue with pushing aggression in order to beef up the Military Industrial Complex!

[lonestarnot]

13. Relegate that motherfucker to latrine duty! Even that is too good for him!

:patriot:

[populistdriven]

14. What about White House Oversight? He is responsible for this and has done nothing!

[Tarheel_Dem]

15. This is the best laid out case I've heard so far. Liebermann should be

removed with a swiftness, regardless of the consequences. Whether we get to 60 or not, I think it should be obvious by now, that Liebermann cannot be relied upon by Senate Dems. I don't even know why the question even remains. He has proven time and again that he is willing to sacrifice the good of the country for his own agenda.