Will Joe Lieberman be punished ?

[iamthebandfanman]

Will Joe finally get some punishment from the democratic party for this latest slap to the face ?

[Critters2]

1. I work Sundays, so clue me in....

what's he done now?

[doc03]

2. I hear he endorsed John McCain for potus n/t

[Critters2]

5. Why would an "Independent Democrat"

:eyes: support a Repug?!!!

It's time to take away his committee appointments until he toes the line!!!

[jonnyblitz]

11. on the ballot here in CT he was a "CT for Lieberman", not even

an Independent Democrat, whatever that is.

[iamthebandfanman]

14. because hes neither ? lol n/t

[CTyankee]

24. There is no such thing as an "independent Democrat"!

Man, that makes me mad! Joe called himself that and it pissed me and my fellow Lamont supporters off! Ned won the Democratic primary in our state fair and square and Joe had the colossal nerve to start calling himself an "independant Democrat."

I'm not angry at you, just at Joe for being such an S.O.B. trying to fool the electorate here in CT. He is an Independent of a party that I think doesn't really exist any more. He is just a total fraud...

[gaiilonfong]

3. Harry Reid is a LOSER too!

LIEberman fits right in with him!

[marylanddem]

4. He needs to be stripped of all committee assignments.

And then get his ass kicked the hell out of Washington

[SoCalDem]

7. won't happen.. he's secure for another 5 years, and if Mccain

managed to win, he might even be the running mate or sec of def..

A republican governor would appoint his successor if he left the senate..
Unless we have a bigger majority after 08, Joementum knows he's got us right where he wants us..:grr:

[Pab Sungenis]

8. Agreed.

He never votes with us, anyhow. The Rules this time around prevent a switchback like in 2001, so even if he caucuses with the Republicans, he won't cost us the leadership.

Better to have a real Democrat on those committees.

[Kadie]

6. Joe who?

Joe Lieberman? Joe Biden? Joe Montana?

:shrug:


on edit...

ok, I get it. Just read the news.

[iamthebandfanman]

9. joe momma

see, wasnt hard to figure out now was it... but ill change it incase anybody else gets confused ;)

[Kadie]

13. LOL

Yeh, I did a quick glance of GD and saw all the Lieberman posts. I should have known, but was afraid someone was attacking Joe Biden.

[iamthebandfanman]

15. my fault for not clarifyin, i went the ass route and assumed ;) n/t

[mmonk]

10. We don't punish Republicans. Why him?

[iamthebandfanman]

12. well

youd just think more people in the party would be insulted (even the DLCers)

[mmonk]

16. That would be nice.

I'd love it if he was punished. I don't know where the political calculators lie in their opinions however.

[ryanmuegge]

17. Why would he get punished?

The Democrats obviously want the Republicans to win, too. That's the only rational conclusion one could draw from their conduct over the last few years.

[BenDavid]

18. If crazy joe is stripped of his chairmanships then crazy joe

will walk across the aisle and say he is now voting with the republicans and thus you have the senate controlled by mitch and the boys.

I say we leave crazy joe along for the next 11 months and WE all work hard in each of the states we reside and make sure we elect anyone running against an incumbent republican. Then if we can pick up the 6 to 11 seats the new president elect (hope its HRC) will notify the senate majority leader ( hope hrc tells the boys she wants a new leader) and the leader can go then and tell joe he is stripped of his chairmanships and he can now go over to the dark side...

Ben David

[iamthebandfanman]

19. but

he already pretty much always votes with them anyway... so what would be the difference?

besides, i plan on gaining seats next elections.

and ditching mitch is part of that plan ;)

[Lurking Dem]

20. He's not a Democrat.

Why should he be punished?

At least he doesn't try and pretend like a few others I can think of.

[Guaranteed]

21. For what? He's not a Democrat.

And, seriously- stop acting like he is.

[iamthebandfanman]

22. maybe you should tell the DLC and DNC that, not me. n/t

[Marr]

23. Since the Dems aren't actually using their majority status anyway,

why not take away Lieberman's seniority and his committee positions? Let him caucus with the Republicans.

Surely our own sell-out "leadership" must realize that would at least give them an excuse when Bush gets his way on legislation. Right now they've got to continually come up with some new reason why they can't beat a lame duck President with a 29% approval rating, and they're never convincing.

They could go back to their old lame excuses about being in the minority if they pushed Lieberman out.

You out there, Pelosi? Reid? Doesn't that sound appealing?

[benddem]

25. He needs to be run out of town on a rail

I wonder if he would have been like this had he been VP? Thank god he isn't/wasn't.

[Forkboy]

26. Yeah, we might throw yarn at him!

That'll show him how tough we are!

[paulk]

27. punished how?

He holds the threat of a party switch over the heads of the Dem leadership.

Why would the Dems be so stupid as to give control of the Senate back to the Republicans?

[iamthebandfanman]

29. what do you call whats going on now anyway?

last time i checked joe votes with republicans the majority of the time... so... what exactly would we be giving up ?

[paulk]

31. don't you understand what having the Senate majority

leader as a Democrat means?

And Lieberman doesn't vote with the Republicans a "majority of the time".

My God, the ignorance on this board is mind-numbing.

[iamthebandfanman]

35. how silly of me

youre right, its not a majority of the time...

lets see, when does he vote with republicans...

ohh i dunno,

how about EVERY VOTE ABOUT IRAQ?

but youre right, what a great man! that senate majority is sooo worth letting kids die in a desert! how silly of me!

[Kucinich4America]

28. Punished by who, exactly?

The spineless wonders who supported him when he ran against the Democrats in the 2006 election??

[Donald Ian Rankin]

30. Lieberman, the Democrats and the Republicans have equal power in the Senate.

Any two of the Democratic party, the Republican party and the Conecticut For Lieberman Party, voting together, will overwhelm the third.

That means that even though the first two have fiftyish Senators and the third only one, they actually have far more nearly equal amounts of power.

Which makes "punishing" him a very dicey business.

[The Gunslinger]

32. He's not a Democrat

He can support anyone he wants, McCain will only lose support because of it anyhow.

[ecstatic]

33. Lieberman really should be ashamed of himself

He ran as a f(cking democrat!!! Why the fck didn't he run third party or independent or something? He took the place of a REAL dem and now is pulling this shit. Someone needs to curse him out up and down.

[UTUSN]

34. Oh. I thought the o.p. meant "divine retribution". I HOPE so!1 n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

36. never. n/t