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laughingliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-16-09 03:42 AM
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Connecticut colleagues ‘fed up’ with Joe Lieberman
Edited on Wed Dec-16-09 03:43 AM by laughingliberal
Liberal anger at Sen. Joe Lieberman spread across Capitol Hill on Tuesday, with a House Democrat from Connecticut calling for his recall and Lieberman himself acknowledging the angst he has caused.

“No individual should hold health care hostage, including Joe Lieberman, and I’ll say it flat out, I think he ought to be recalled,” Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) told POLITICO.

Connecticut has no recall law for state officials, and the Constitution does not authorize states to recall members of Congress, since each house has the authority to police its own members.

DeLauro acknowledged that she didn’t know if it was possible to oust Lieberman from office. But her comments reflected the deep frustration many Democrats felt after Lieberman told Senate Majority Harry Reid that he’d join Republicans in filibustering the Senate health care reform bill if it included either a public insurance option or a provision allowing people ages 55 to 64 to buy into Medicare.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30627.html

Not all the legislators in CT are asshats, I guess. Safe to drink the water.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-16-09 04:16 AM
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1. Maybe the CT legislature should consider a recall law.
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Kablooie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-16-09 06:21 AM
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2. He's going to win big next election. As a Republican. He's the new Sarah Palin.
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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-16-09 06:41 AM
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3. I'd like to say Lieberman is the worst Senator, but I guess he isn't.
Surely that Inhofe loon is worse, no? DeMint is also horrible.

But they're supposed to be horrible - they're republicans.
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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-16-09 06:49 AM
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4. Leiberman ain't so bad
awful as a democrat, great as a dlc'er. he would be a rare gop senator.
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