After reading all of the comments I notice that the blame falls everywhere but here. Just keep driving the undecideds and middle of the roaders to the GOP tent.

Way to go TEAM.

Lieberman is a Jew first and an American second.

Liebermans first loyalty is to the failed state of Israel.

Lieberman and all of the other USA Jews who put the failed state of Israel ahead of our country should be stripped of their US citizenship and deported to Israel where they can torture and kill Muslims with impunity.

I just read some poll somewhere that said the 71% of Jewish Americans want the US out of the Middle East, especially US troops to withdraw from Iraq. Just shows that Liberdick is not only out of touch with his constituents but also with those who share his religious and cultural affiliation. Droopy Joe is really a sad sack.

Liebermans first loyalty is to the failed state of Israel.

Lieberman and all of the other USA Jews who put the failed state of Israel ahead of our country should be stripped of their US citizenship and deported to Israel where they can torture and kill Muslims with impunity.

Message sent to the following recipients:
Senator Lieberman
Message text follows:

February 23, 2007

What happened to that kind and intensely intelligent Senator that was at
the top of his game?

Whatever it was, you are, clearly, no longer that person that rang so
clearly for so many people.

Please. Please. Stop screwing around as a potential power broker. It is
far beneath your spirit to engage the way you have recently.

A good therapist will tell you that anger is seldom an effective
motivator. Something about loss of balance.

Come back to yourself. Hadassah will love AND respect you for it. As
will millions of Americans.

Every time you speak in public, some young voter is going to be calling
you out. Eventually, you will take the time to answer them. They are not
your enemy. They are your constituents. They are vastly more real than
the main street media, who just want to be next to you.

Shalom,

Dickey Weinkle

Clearly any organized foreperson would have seen that the first thing to do would be to start off with asessing the issue that could throw out all the charges. These were Well’s two big points…the Memory Defense and Jury Nullification (and the subtextual~ “she wasn’t covert” stuff that Toensig tried to taint the jury with) based on Libby being a sympathetic figure that Well’s cried about.

These issues would have thrown out ALL the charges if any member of the jury thought there was merit to them. pretty much these issues would have been dealt with in a day at most. Since the jury is still evaluating the evidence (with the charts and stiuck’ems no less) it’s clear that they are now down to “brass tacks” and weighing each and every individual charge and the integration of the witnesses testimony.

That’s NOT good news for Libby’s team since it means that the two big elements in their defense are finito. But there is still a chance that one or two charges may not be upheld. But it seems that most of them seem to have already won over most of the jury.

Prof @ 25

I keep thinking about the press (perhaps largely because FDL, dKos, Americablog, and others won’t let us not think about them).

And I am starting to believe that this is not all about the press.

Rocking the boat is not a particularly admired activity anywhere, is it? In our jobs, in our communities, in our universities. “We” (meaning society) distrusts the person who is an “activist”; the person who is perceived to be “emotional” about trivial little thinks like avian flu, global warming, or the abuse of detainees in Guantanamo; the person who is on a high horse.

Most of us at FDL are on high horses, and for good reason. (And we are in high dudgeon.)

And we should, of course, pester the press to start doing its job.

But somehow the root of the problem seems broader, in a way that I have not yet quite articulared.

The press is a huge part of the problem. The neocon ‘vast right-wing conspiracy’ has been laying the foundation for its emasculation for years, steadily hammering away at the laws that prevented ownership of too many outlets by a small number of entities. I am sure there are any number of good journalists out there who do know how the game should be played, but who are reduced to doing the job that they’re paid for.

People like Timmeh!! aren’t NeoCon’s as much as too in love with the status they’ve gained. They have traded access for honest reporting. They are too in love with the lifestyle they lead. They have sold out their readers or viewers.

froggermarch @
159

dmac @ 133

mc @ 21

Reid is in a very tough position. If Joe does switch parties, Reid would be excoriated for “losing” the Democratic majority in the Senate. But by keeping Joe in the Demo fold he’s accused of harboring a Benedict Arnold.

I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s quietly reaching out to a more moderate Republican to engineer an R to D switch. He could then with glee cut Holy joe loose, simultaneously stabbing Liarman in the back and saddling the Repubs with that disgrace of a Senator.

well, maybe therein lies the answer, who should we target with our mail??????????? where is a republican that may switch if he/she could do that? gotta be a few who are lookin’ at the other team and thinkin’ that they like the other team’s uniforms better. especially with what has gone on for the last few years….if i was a republican i would be sick at what has gone on, (too much to list), and would think twice about my alliances. and would be looking around for a way out.

so who are the possible switcheroos?

The Maine twins–Collins and Snowe–are the first in line. Hagel has hinted about runnning as an Independent, but I don’t think he’d make the big jump over to the blue side. Sununu has too much of a power base in the GOP and Voinavich just isn’t the type–he would have done it a long time ago when he was mayor of Cleveland. That probably leaves Specter as the third choice; I say I’d rather have him than Das Lieberboot.

Nahhh, they’re not going to switch. They all would have shown a lot more independence before now if they were vulnerable and I just see no evidence of that. i *could* see them forming a more moderate block as time goes on and challenging their leadership on the war issues. But they are Republicans for a reason. They had the help of the rich and well-connected to get elected and their goals have always been to dismantle the FDR New Deal. They aren’t going to switch.

Specter would never switch. He was once a Dem who went over to the dark side. Besides, he has been too much of a Smirk(and Abu Gonzales) enabler.

Gore & Webb.

Jane, Pachacutec wrote yesterday how uncomfortable he is about people making heroes. Well, I thought about that. The fact is, most of us, and we’re not Joe 6-packs either, walk paths that don’t allow us to participate in the field. We may be naive, or out of the loop, or struggling with large families and no bread, or just plain clueless and timid. So when I watched your video last night with ew there was my answer, and the reason for the salutations from your readers which I thought odd when I first meandered down this way. You are heroes, all of you, and you had the courage and committment before most of us even knew much of anything; when it was cold out there and you needed guts. I’m certainly no sycopyhant, but I salute you all. You flourished in the fire of the forge: Jane! Christy! Marcy! And Pach!And Swopa, too!

Hesikastor,
I think I know why we(as I have been part of it) do it. It’s because there are a lack of true heroes. Feingold is a hero, but he doesn’t have the stage to take it nationwide. We are in a struggle, a struggle for the soul of this nation. Smirk, Shooter and the rest of the NeoCon set are ruining this country, and we have to take it back, even one step at a time. Fitz-mas(provided that Libby is found guilty) is only one small step in reclaiming our country.