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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:30 PM
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Raw Story: "Lieberman expresses fears of Dem majority in Senate"
America... Fuck YEAH! (clik here) ==> http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Lieberman_fears_America_wont_survive_Democratic_1104.html

Lieberman expresses fears of Dem majority in Senate <== strapped in

Thursday is Lieberman’s 'day of reckoning'

Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) expressed fears to radio host Glenn Beck of a Democratic majority in the Senate. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) expressed his optimism on Sunday for a number of Democratic Senate seats reaching near 60, but wasn't as confident about the filibuster-proof supermajority. The story was reported Tuesday by ThinkProgress.

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Thursday will be Senator Lieberman's "day of reckoning," according to a Capitol Hill paper.

"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is scheduled to meet with Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) on Thursday to discuss his future in the Senate Democratic Conference, according to a Democratic Senate source," Tim Taylor reports for Roll Call.

Taylor notes that "a growing number of Senate Democrats have been pressuring Reid to penalize Lieberman for aggressively backing Republican Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) in this year’s presidential contest," and that his chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and his place in the Democratic Conference are both "at stake."



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Tiggeroshii Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:31 PM
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1. It's either them or give up your cushy chairmanship...
What have you, Senator?
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:32 PM
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2. I'll bet the bastard reregisters as a Republican to dilute the
power of the Senate.
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:32 PM
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3. Penile Lize Him
:woohoo: :rofl: :hi:
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:32 PM
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4. Run, you bastard, RUN!
n/t
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islandmkl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:33 PM
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5. Abe Vigoda to Al Pacino: "Mikey, is there anything you can do?"
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:34 PM
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6. Then stop caucusing with us
Become a Republican already, you scumbag.

Why would you associate with people you clearly despise?
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yy4me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:34 PM
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7. Will someone please throw this turncoat out on the seat of his
pants. I have never seen such an apple polisher in politics. He needs to go home and rethink his life, wash the car, contemplate his navel. Anything. Just keep out of Obama's way.
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Clovis Sangrail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:36 PM
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8. about fucking time
they'll treat him better than I would

I think Reid should tell him 1 thing
"You are about to become the most irrelevant and powerless person in the senate"
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xxqqqzme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:37 PM
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9. "..at stake..."????
How about is GONE?
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frylock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:45 PM
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10. smell the glove, mofo
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LiberteToujours Donating Member (737 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:51 PM
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11. I don't get this obsession with 60
It's rare to get 100% party-line voting anyway. Either party would need more like 65 seats for a true supermajority.
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:53 PM
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12. With Harry Reid in charge, 60 is much more important than it would be with a real leader up there
Have I ever mentioned that I loathe Harry Reid? There are republicans that I hold in higher regard.
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Bobcat Donating Member (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:58 PM
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13. Joe L
Run his sorry ass out of town!!!! He is a "collaborator"!!! And to think he was our VP candidate in 2000!!! Ingrate!!!!!!!!
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peace frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 08:00 PM
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14. Why are we even bothering with this tool?
Cast him into darkness, ostracize him, he's a non-entity, a cipher, NOTHING.
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Window Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 08:17 PM
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15. It's about time.
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