Dems Let Lieberman Keep Chair

“Senate Democrats allow Lieberman to go unpunished.»

Today in a closed-door meeting, Senate Democrats voted 42-13 to allow Joe Lieberman (I-CT) to keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, despite his attacks on Barack Obama during the campaign season. Today during a press conference with Lieberman and other Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (NV) claimed that he was “angry” by Lieberman’s actions, but said that “we’re looking forward, we’re not looking back.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/18/reid-lieberman-vote/
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Awwwww Geeeeez!!!

An AWFUL step for Obama! Dammmmit!!!”

“Unpunished??????? He needed to be punished???


So did Lieberman get McCained by the left or did McCain get Liebermaned by the left?”

“Lieberman was correct, of course. This the democrats obviously aren't denying.”

“Look... Lieberman "said" he was a Dem until the voters of Conn decided they didn't want him any more and chose Lamont instead...

Then, Joe Red suddenly wasn't a Dem anymore... He went IND. Now, the Repug candidate was a lunatic gambler nutcase (I think that's the official diagnosis) who didn't stand a chance!! ...so Rove, and the Repug party sorta helped old Joe out... and, with all the Repug votes (and a the undecideds) he won his seat...

Then he turned even more by actively supporting and endorsing McCain. You'd be hard-pressed to find any Senator who campaigned more than Joe Red.

Then, finally, he said, 'If you strip me of my chair I will caucus with the Republicans.' That is a weak threat for him to make... Even if he did caucus with the Repugs, the Dems still have the majority... and this would almost certainly guarantee he'd lose re-election next time around...

He should have been stripped of his chair.”

“ickyma is so silly”

“So why didn't they?”

“...I... ...don't... ...know...”

“because leibermen would become one of the leader of the yellow dog democrats, or what ever swing group forms in the next congress, if the democratic leadership tossed him under teh bus. he would have nothing to lose by fighting them every step of the way. this way he has plenty to lose.”

“If he actually caucused with the Repugs it wouldn't matter... He'd be gone from the Senate as his home state voters wouldn't re-elect him.
I'm not sure he'd be a threat at all...

So... I don't buy that argument...”

“the dems must have bought it. they aren't doing it out of charity.”

“Hyway, you have your dog colors wrong.”

“hmmm, I can never keep up with those #&%!$es in congress. Aren't the yellow dogs the fiscal democrats?”

“The dems already threw him under the bus in his last primary. That's why he's an Independent. Despite the lack of support from "his" party, he was elected back to the senate. What kind of loyality does he owe them? He gave up all his principles to run for VP with Gore.”

“damn, I just looked that up. I do have that wrong. Yellow dogs mean they will vote their party no matter what

so what color are fiscal democrats. edit, just looked taht up, they are the blue dog democrats but are fiscal conservatives.
last edited: 11/18/08 10:16:44 AM”

“Blue Dog Democrats are those willing to betray the party and go with the Republics.

Nobody threw Joe "The Back-Stabber" Lieberman under the bus, he sucked up to the losers.”

““The dems already threw him under the bus in his last primary. That's why he's an Independent. Despite the lack of support from "his" party, he was elected back to the senate. What kind of loyality does he owe them? He gave up all his principles to run for VP with Gore.”

The Democrat Party didn't throw him under a bus! He was running for re-election... and in the Primaries the VOTERS said, "NO." This wasn't the Dem Party.

And, yes, he won re-election (as an IND) but he did it with the help of Rove and Republican voters... (and the Republican candidate was a disaster! The Republican party threw him under the bus... they knew he was unelectable, so they supported Joe Red instead...

Just to clarify... the Democratic Party didn't throw Joe under the bus...”

“did the democratic party throw Joe under the bus?”

“BTW? Betray their party? So people shouldn't vote on principles and sound judgment, they should just bend to the lash and vote the way they are told?”

“So basically what ickyma is saying, in the Democratic primaries the Democrats voted against him, but in the general election everyone else voted for him. So supposedly that means the Dems didn't throw him under the bus, the ones who elected him did. I think I follow that.”

“LOL @ hyway......just look at what they do here!”

“Lieberman has no principles or sound judgment.

Conservative ideology is washed-up and wishy-washy, flip-floppin' and blowin' with the wind.”

“See?”

“holy #&%!$, he's that bad but the democrats think he is better than any democrat they could put in the Chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee.”

“It's called congressional politics for those of you clueless about the legislative process.”

“He's the Yankee Zell Miller! � � ROF!”

““because leibermen would become one of the leaders of the blue dog democrats, or what ever swing group forms in the next congress, if the democratic leadership tossed him under the bus. he would have nothing to lose by fighting them every step of the way. this way he has plenty to lose.”
hyway
1:01:48 PM
11/18/08

You mean congressional politics like this? I wish I could understand this stuff”

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(..... though the Zell Miller impression would be much more convincing if he smoked more meth)

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“I'm ass-tounded, Hyway!!

By golly, I think he's got it.”

“So far Obama's going for the CENTER.

Emanuel, Clinton, and now this...

Two Rhetoricals:
1) What of all those who said Obama was an Extreme Left-Wing Socialist Freak who was going to run us straight into a Marxist Society on Steroids!!!?!?!?!?

B) What of all of those who expected Obama to "Change" Washington? (Myself included)”

“clinton is a freaking liberal socialist, what the #&%!$ have you been smoking”

“Hey, that was MY idiot POS congressman comparing Obama to Hilter. � He wanted more face-time on the networks but Not Quite Like This -----

PAUL BROUN (R-GA 10th) � Dope Of The Month!

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“how does anything listed above warrant removing him from his chair?...the only thing that should cause him to be removed from that chair is if we was either unable to perform the job or was not performing the way the senate would like him to..."politics as usual" isn't a reason for removing someone from a chair position”

“LOL, i like the Emanual pick, but he is ANYTHING but center”

“this thread reminds me of the episode of Seinfeld were he tries to return a jacket to a store for spite
Store Clerk: "You can return an item for spite."
Seinfeld: "Then I'm returning it cause i don't like it."
Clerk: "Too late, you already said spite."”

“The next 4 years are going to be fun.”

“Joe. The Israeli sympathizer. That's why he didn't get the axe.”

“If you've got a progressive agenda to push through it makes sense to bring him back onside rather than trying to punish him.”

“because he is the best democrat they have”

“Joe will be up for his performance review in 2012. That should be interesting.”

“Awwwww Geeeeez!!!

An AWFUL step for Obama! Dammmmit!!!

This was a great move by Obama. It shows he'll work with others. If he can't work with a once democrat (that the democrat party fukced over and left for dead) now independent how the hell is he gonna work with republicans?”

“I hope he pulls it all together and congress becomes a place where America's interest come before party or personal profit.”

“Joe. The Israeli sympathizer. That's why he didn't get the axe.�

In a nut shell.”

“I'm going with the AIPAC angle, myself.”

“'.......the democrat party fukced over and left for dead)"

No, the electorate rejected Joey in the primary and he pitched a fit and ran a successful campaign with help from the Republikan Machine.

Joey Milquetoast gets to keep his chairmanship, YAY for Joey!!!”

“Joey's a MarWonger.”

“people who show true bipartisanship are hated by the left”

“Hyway thinks that working to get opponents of one's party elected is "bipartisanship".

It's more like schizophrenia.

Say it ain't so, Joe.”

“He's just like most Israelis who want the Arabs dead. He's going to be for the folks that best achieve that agenda and that's been the Rebublican party.”

“he a freaking independent. he didn't work against his party. he backed the candidate that he thought was best for the country. thats bipartisanship. back your party guy and demonizing anyone who opposes your party is partisanship.

I have no problem with partisanship and you guys don't either. You just like to use nice catch phrases”

“We remember how Jim Jeffords was congratulated for his 'bipartisanship'.”