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Just to recap:
- Democrats in the Senate just voted overwhelmingly — 42-13 — to let Joe Lieberman keep his Homeland Security gavel.
- Reid "feels good" about what they did and won’t "apologize to anyone for what we did today."
- Lieberman believes he is a "Member in Good Standing" within the caucus.
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Another action:
Unsubscribe from Harry’s Reid’s “Give ‘Em Hell, Harry” list:
http://www.giveemhellharry.com/page/unsubscribe/
Jane, the link in the banner of the form page goes to default page. Is it wrong, or DNS just not propogated yet?
Done, Lamont needs to start campaigning now so he can sleep in on election day.
I much prefer targeting lieberman to putting an early torpedo in the DEM caucus. He should know that this is his last term in the Senate.
I also believe that he has been given his last warning by OB.
Call me naive. Maybe it is just a way to channel anger and preserve sanity.
I’m in, Jane, and thanks for setting this up. A good way to vent my anger at the spinelessness of the Dems.
At least there was 13 senators who has a spine…the remainder are just spineless traitors.
Jane I concur but first things first. 2010 – Reid, Dodd, Bayh, Schumer, and a slew of rethugs.
Do we have a list of the 13? They deserve thanks.
When is Reid up for re-election?
Prairie Sunshine, Independent.
Signed and I’ve opened the Digg. Get your shovels Pups….
Question, why did he have to give up the energy committee seat?
Is there a reason the Connecticut grassroots has not, to my knowledge, organized vote for a recall procedure for their state?
done.
And thanks for the link.
I just called 3 different offices for Dick Durbin and none of them could or would tell me how he voted.
Josh reports that Leiberman was expelled from the Pilates class in the senate gym.
Working on it, thanks.
Here’s the correct link for AccountabilityNowPac.com
Rumors are running like wildfire that in a spirit of bipartanship in the post partisan world Lieberman will be campaigning for Chamblyss in Georgia. What are they going to do to him if he does? That’s right, nothing.
LOL!
No question about it!
Joe must Go!
I expect Ol ‘Give Em Hell’ Harry’s e-mail list is going to get a lot smaller…
Bastards!!!!!
Where can we sign up to get rid of Reid? The people of Connecticut can take care of Lieberman. Until there is new leadership in the Senate this shit will continue.
Good one!
He needs more time to stab dems in the back
Absolutely. 2012 is too far off to put up with any more Reid’s crap. Add Pelosi to the list too. She’s been a major disappointment. Let’s take her off the table at the earliest opportunity.
Sure, I’ll take the pledge.
But Lieberman isn’t the problem. Reid, and the Democratic establishment that is more concerned with the Blue Dogs and Republicans than the people who get them elected - they are the problem.
How do we hurt them? Unsubscibing from their joke of an email list isn’t the answer. How do we make them feel enough pain to sack up and do the right thing?
i’ll say it again…take a look at this federal funds list. contracts list.
this is why they keep him. i am convinced.
click on ‘expanded’ below each box to see the whole list of each category..
then separately, notice the negative write off money.
and check out the ‘grants’ tab. the research money.
connecticut is the bread for a lot of states’ butter.
and the companies involved have directly to do with homeland security.
joe ‘ain’t’ goin’ nowhere…..notime, nohow. he’s hardwired-in. they’d have to have him on conference call for the meetings if he wasn’t there, to see who’s allowed to do what. where the money is supposed to be going. who’s in who’s out….they are not going to do anything with him. he can do whatever he wants and he knows it.
http://firedoglake.com/2008/11…..n-in-2012/
I took the defeat Lieberman pledge in Nov, ‘06. It’s time to add Harry Reid to the list.
Oh, jeez, Jane. Didn’t we do this already?
Ok. Enough grumbling. I’m IN.
Reid belongs to the cult of Mormonism and anyone in a cult is not deserving of serving in the Senate.
Thanks Jane.
Thanks for the link. Dugg.
I pledged.
Ya gotta give Lieberman his props. Either he has the most amazing collection of naked pictures or he recognized his place in history — as one of those collaborators who the collaborated upon simply will not punish. Maurice Chevalier comes to mind (or maybe I should be talking about Nita Ray, Chevalier’s Jewish girlfriend during the war). In the Warsaw Ghetto, it was guys like Shameless Joe who proudly served in the Jewish Ghetto Police — because, they’d insist — as the Nazis were carting your kid off to Treblinka — your small sacrifice was going to benefit the community as a whole. Joe’s a symptom. The 42 are the actual disease.
Yes, I see Obama saying, “Joe, you owe me,” and LIEberman saying, “F*ck you, Obama, and kiss my white, droopy a**!” And there won’t be anything anybody can do about it.
It should’ve happened easily in 2006. Why not lobby for the dismantling of DHS? Cut off the cash cow at the source.
Done. And for the reason, since Harry Reid’s unsubscribe function kindly gives the option, I wrote ‘Lieberman.’
Does anyone know who the 42 Quislings are? How many are up for re-election in 2010?
Jane, I am reminded of an old Andy Capps cartoon.
He was about to play a soccer match against an old rival, which had a player he particularly didn’t like.
He smiled and snarled something like this as he lined up:
’Old cherished friends are great, but old cherished enemies are even better.”
I was reminded of that as I read your comments on Joe today.
When Democrats cave there is always a desire to explain it away.
1. It was part of a bigger plan but we never know what it is.
2. They were forced to but we never find out from whom.
3. It’s too early to tell what they were doing or what it means.
4. They were keeping their powder dry.
Even after 8 years of them doing this, I still hear these excuses. The simple truth is the Democrats vote this way because they want to, because their votes reflect what they believe.
All those in class II will be up for election in 2010
http://www.votesmart.org/congr…..lasses.php
Republicons are right about one thing. Democrats are the party of appeasement.
And the Rethugs like it that way.
Reid is up for reelection in 2010.
I don’t agree that Lieberman should be let off the hook for his actions, despite any political benefit. It is an ethics point that would be a mistake to overlook.
So far this cycle yet to be determined is MN, AK and an election in GA.
Then IL, DE, NY?, ?; Then 2010
This is what I sent John Kerry re LIEbermann
Dear Senator John Kerry,
With respect, due to the LIEbermann impudent contempt of the Democrat party and how the Senate caucus proceeded to secretly “admonish” the traitor, I am no longer interested in surrendering my support to that organization or any of its representatives. That exercise was clearly organized and no Democrat I shall support will be organized. Get rid of the leadership of those passing as Democrat in the U.S. Senate, and I shall reconsider at that time. Until then, please remove my address from your lists and do not expect a scintilla of support or a vote from these quarters. Now it is shame on you twice.
Folks
We keep throwing energy and money at the symptom, not the disease, which among others items are a corrupt, entrenched two party system of political elite.
I was discouraged during the electron cycle that more money for campaigning equaled victory, and how gleefully many in the bloggersphere equated money with virtue. I know that’s how is it now, and that is one root problem the Republic faces.
We need to start a strategy to reduce the influence of Corporations and money from our politicians and elections, going outside the box, not going after putz after putz. It’s like whack a mole because one bought politician just replaces another.
I will work to help to defeat LIE-berman, and my two SENATORS HERE IN MARYLAND.
There once was a solon named Joe
Whose treachery started to show
Then the leader elect
Said “He stays in our sect”
And the torches then started to glow.
I’m with Markos. Reid doesn’t exist to me any more. Now he’s just an annoying pimple on my ass that I have to work to get rid of.
This bears repeating, frequently:
This is what they think of you. Ranters and ravers, without influence, and ignored without pain or penalty.
I was happy to sign up, but as a Minnesotan who had Al Franken jammed down my throat by the netroots I wish you’d warned me that I was giving my data to ACT BLUE.
As angry as I am with the Democratic leadership (at my first opportunity I am changing my registration from Democratic to No Party), I am still just as angry at the netroots for having endorsed and fundraised for Franken MORE THAN A YEAR OUT FROM THE PRIMARY.
Perversely, I still trust Obama, but probably only because he’s the only politician in this country who appears to be looking past the immediate clusterfuck.
You know, I despise Lieberman. The torture legislation, his support for the war and GITMO did it for me.
I also despised Democrats for their strategy the last few election cycles. I thought they should be hard ass too. Now that I look at where they are, controlling the presidency and both houses of congress, maybe I spoke too soon.
I still despise Lieberman and now Reid. I hope like hell this new strategy works out because if it doesn’t Democrats are going to have a hard time keeping me in their camp.
At least Obama will get to appoint Supreme Court justices. That was my main reason for voting Democrat this election.
I just laughed and told LIEbermans staff he was a joke it felt great albeit stoopid
http://laughatlieberman.com/
thanks for the unsubscription linky! this was the reason i gave:
I have lost all confidence in you as our Majority Leader. You had the opportunity to remove Lieberman from his Committee Chairmanship. Instead, you’ve enabled him. The “60-seat filibuster” majority is an even bigger myth.
Today, we see that there are only 13 DEPENDABLE DEMOCRATS in the Senate.
I’m with Obama on this. Pick your battles (there are many far more calamitous and consequential than this one). Vote for someone else when Joe comes up for re-election. Move on.
(at my first opportunity I am changing my registration from Democratic to No Party)
I did that after the FISA vote; no intention of changing it back, either.
THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY
Did you ever wonder why there hasn’t been a US senator elected president of the US between 1960 and 2008? And when we did elect a senator, we chose one with the least amount of senate “exposure” Well maybe there is something about the way the senate conducts its business…more like a good ole’ boy’s social club (with due deference to Sen Feinstein, et al) than the deliberative body that they are supposed to be.
This is another of those examples where the people of the united states have been disappointed by the self promoting, no fault view point of the senate. And of course, Harry Reid is only another good ole boy, isn’t he?
As for the mormon angle. As a Jack Mormon, I want everyone to know that Harry Ried is about the best that we can produce in the “Church” he doesn’t always have the leadership skills he needs (we’re more of a “follower” organization, actually). But he’s honest and straightforward. Even when the rest of country sees things in a different light than he does.
If that’s the case, they got off a shot that’s very cheap. This is all kabuki. I don’t think any of them other than Dangerstein, from whom the quote probably came, give two shits about ‘getting back at the left.’ There was something else at work. Either Lieberman had to sign something in his own blood, or as suggested above, he controls the contracts given out by DHS. Kerry’s vote is the odd one to me. Can’t figure it out except via the signal from Obama. As to Obama, perhaps he thinks he has things (read Lieberman) under control anyway, throws a sop to the Democratic soft center, and then does want he wants with the legislation he wants. He’s a smart cookie. He sees what we see, but he sees other stuff we don’t see.
I have been reading a lot of late medieval and early modern French history lately. In those days, the King had a lot of trouble withn ‘overmighty subjects’, who kept revolting against him, then apologizing, then revolting. In the end they usually lost their heads on the scaffold. But what was most curious to me is how the King, knowing they were going to double-cross him, gave them slack. Lieberman seems to me to be one of those overmighty subjects.
The terrible downside is having to watch him on the Sunday Nooz shows. On the other hand, he’s such a suck, he will probably be singing the praises for anything Obama suggests for some time.
The problem is that Obama didn’t have to take part in any battle. All he had to do was keep his mouth shut!
The first 6 traitors we have to target to replace in the Senate:
Leiberman of CT
Reid of NV
Chriss Dodd of CT
Ken Salazar of CO
Bill Nelson FL
Tom Carper of DE
All Republicans INSIDE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
Leiberman was stupid enough to name them.
We need to take a hard look at what AIPAC and its money is doing to our government and its policies. Joe Lieberman, Rahm Emanuel and Hillary Clinton are all about AIPAC. I don’t live in Connecticut but I’ll give money to any progressive with half a chance against Lieberman.
Can we get the names of those who voted against him so I can send them “well done” notes??
So who was that French guy who managed to stay on the winning team through all the ferment of the Revolution? Chalabi!
We really need to have these votes uncovered. Who voted for Lieberman. Got to find this out. I’m making calls to everybody on the Steering Committee again, and telling them that. Kerry’s office just blew me off because I’m not from Mass.
We need names.
I really don’t have much of a problem with Senator Joe “Benedict Arnold” Lieberman remaining in the caucus. However, he should have been stripped naked of his chairmanships. But let us not forget, Democrats. Lieberman was one of the most vocal critics of Pres. Clinton during impeachment. He has no loyalty. The lesson for us today is that if you endorse the republican nominee, campaign with him, speak at the republican convention, criticize the democratic nominee, and call him names like “naive”, you can come back to the democratic caucus and face no consequences. Joe LIEberman is a rat and I wouldn’t turn my back on him for a second. Connecticut democrats didn’t want him to represent them. After the last year, we now know why. I am sick. This is politics as usual. Just look across the aisle. Republicans don’t even have the stomach to eject a 7 count felon. They would rather have voters do it for them. This is not “CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN”,democrats. This is gutless.
I agree that they’re not ‘getting back’ at us. We haven’t done anything to require or deserve that. Plus, they need our votes every two years. But I do think they benefit by 1) painting the netroots as crazy and then 2) rejecting the crazy netroots.
It makes them look balanced, centrist, and pragmatic.
When they ask for donations, they don’t care where you are from. It’s only when you call about issues that your location seems to matter. Harry Reid and f*cktards like him need to go.
This was a “secret ballot” It will not be possible to learn all of the names. There are those that came out and rallied for Lieberweasel. Beyond that it will be difficult to ascertain.
Hillary the AIPAC queen voted to keep LIEberman…I know who wudda guessed?
We seem to have failed with our elected officials. The ones we count on to provide the law and order, do not. The ones we vote to combat public fraud, do not. The criminals that are also elected officials never have anything happen to them unless they threaten the government with exposure, and even this often gets them off. There have been no prison terms given to equal robbing a minimart for crimes that have caused financial ruin, war, death, theft and treason.
Sorry, there isn’t much hope of justice at this point. It is being loudly cursed in the halls of congress at this time, by loud little suits, paid for by the bribe, elected by the machine.
Harry Reid has a blog, w/ a community blog section, and someone is very unhappy w/ Senator Reid:
Lieberman decision cynical politics!
http://www.giveemhellharry.com…..mment-C3jz
…perhaps you could leave Sen Reid a comment and let him know how you feel?
http://www.giveemhellharry.com…..mment-C3jz
Lamont is not who you want to replace Lieberman. He was a terrible candidate (who goes on vacation after they’ve won the primary?); the only reason he was the candidate in 2006 was because he is rich and financed his own campaign. Had he won, he would be selling out the left now just as the other Democrats in the Senate are doing.
The people of Connecticut need to find a Democratic candidate with intelligence and integrity to represent them.
With today’s action, Senate Dems gave Lieberman a selling point to pitch to his constituents in his re-election. If he runs again. 2012 is a long way off and Joe is long in the tooth. As chairman of that committee, he can get many goodies for his state that an incoming freshman senator couldn’t possibly deliver.
We have bigger fish to fry, IMHO. Target the 42 that voted to give him that chairmanship, starting with Harry Reid. That is leadership we can afford to lose.
CAN I PLEASE HAVE A SECOND POLITICAL PARTY?!!!!!!
Apparently we’ll have to wait for the complete collapse of Capitalism — which may come very shortly.
Count me in.
I’m a CT voter who voted for Traitor Joe twice in 2000 (VP and senator), then for Lamont in 2006.
I hope Joe retires in 2012. If he runs, I’m against him!
Run, Ned Run!
way late to the thread and haven’t read the comments yet… but i definitely want to add my name to the list. i had a great time canvassing, etc in 2006 in CT and met a lot of wonderful folks. count me in too.
Joe is a pimp. If the god dam state of god dam Connecticut can’t get rid of him. What can we do? AIPAC will finance his ass to K street anyway.
Two of the 13 are my senators Pat Leahy (D) and Bernie Sanders (I) of Vermont. God bless ‘em! Not only did they vote to de-chair that smarmy little homunculus but they stood up and railed against him. I love my little state and those we elect — two of the poorest guys in the Senate but they almost always vote right. Liebercreep is without doubt a shit and I am embarrassed for the people of Connecticut. What can you say about a guy with lifts in his shoes? A needy ego the size of the whole continent and a Napoleon complex. Turn out the creeps and elect new Senators.
dudley
Ever wondered why the Senate has secret ballot, while unions have open voting?
Comments like this aren’t helpful and show your bigotry. Others could easily say the same of many social groups, like gays/lesbians, blacks, women etc.
I will work to defeat Harry Reid and Pelosi too.
I hate to say this, but we actually need to be ready to primary Dodd in 2010. I like Senator Dodd and think that he’s one of the smarter and more dedicated Senators now sitting in the Senate. He also needs to learn that his constituents are really, really, really disappointed in his decision to support Lieberman’s efforts to retain his committee chair. Only by actually challenging a sitting Senator (and reasons do exist to challenge Dodd anyway) through the primary process will they relearn just who they work for. Class needs to start right away, so that Senator Dodd has two full years to take in the lesson.
I so pledge. Lieberman is a rat bastard.
We have four years to dump Lieberman, and though we should mount our efforts now, there is something we can do sooner: work to dump Harry Reid when he runs for re-election in 2010.
Think about. How many times in the last two years have you, as a progressive, reacted with real physical pain at the conduct of the Democrats? And how many of those times has the name Reid or Pelosi been involved? I don’t want Democratic leaders to behave with the same dogmatic determination as the GOP, but I don’t believe spineless appeasement is the only alternative.
With 56 to 58 Democratic Senators, we can afford to lose one to make our point. Democrats need to stand up. The message to Reid should be clear: You won’t lead, and we don’t need you to follow, so get out of the way.
I would take Chris Dodd off that list, since he had the courage to filibuster the FISA bill. Dodd has to work with Lieberman on Connecticut business in the Senate, so I’m a little more sympathetic to his decision.
Do we know how Claire McCaskill voted on this?
Possible Democratic targets for 2010:
Salazar of Colorado
Inouye of Hawaii
Bayh of Indiana
Reid of Nevada
Schumer of New York
Murray of Washington
Murray may be the weakest but possibly the least objectionable. Inouye, Bayh, and Schumer are pretty bad but entrenched. Reid and Salazar are from centrist to conservative states.
I think we should raise money to got after a certain number of people, say one Senator and five Representatives, but wait a year before choosing targets. While talking up various people.
As soon as Franken’s recount is over I’m giving $50-$100 / mo. to this. Not much but a lot for me.
Help send the message to the DSCC if you are still on their distro list here is how you can unsubscribe. Maybe the can put two and two together when it comes to $$$ and loss of their “base”. http://www.democratsenators.or…..nsubscribe
this is why we elected obama? there are about 100,000 more important things to be done than getting lieberman out in 2012. look at the big picture occasionally
It’s a waste of time to go after Lieberman. He’ll probably retire in any case since it will be unlikely he’d manage another win.
We need to go after EVERY SINGLE “Democrat” that has simply sold us down the river: Reid (for starters), Pelosi, Schumer and a bunch of others. We also need to face facts: the Democratic party is no longer a party. There shouldn’t be another nickel paid into a Democratic campaign by any of us other than those who will stand up for our perfectly ordinary demands: upholding the Constitution with particular attention to the Bill of Rights.
It ain’t Lieberman. It’s the whole damn, spineless party.
we just earned a solid majority a couple of weeks ago, and now we’re targeting a half dozen for extinction- boggles the mind. get over lieberman and fight for some real change.
Where is the pledge to defeat Reid the next time he runs for for reelection. Reid has shown that he has no spine and in effect is one of the worst leaders of the Democrats in Congress. It is time to send a message to Reid and Pelosi that they are failures.
You do what you do, and we’ll do what we do, Edon.
The pledge doesn’t go far enough. How did these individual Senators vote? My long time support of Boxer may be ending today.
“It ain’t Lieberman. It’s the whole damn, spineless party.”
Mostly Correct, but those thirteen of conscience and fortitude earned our support.
If we target one bad guy and end his or her career, the rest of them will start to listen to us. If we rant and rave about all of them, which is what we’ve been doing forever, they’ll all ignore us.
Between Salazar, Inouye, Bayh, Reid, and Schumer, Salazar may be the most vulnerable and he’s been consistently disappointing.
The “lie” of revenge. Gee think they all got their talking points?
It is not revenge…its called accountability and a party.
What does it say that the guy is not a democrat has views totally opposite and is not held accountable at all for pushing that Obama does not hold American Values and up smiling on stage as Palin calls him a terrorist.
This is only the first clue, just recall its not all downhill from here – this is how it works all the time. This is just another example.
Sure I will head down to CT and try and get rid of this guy in the next election.
i can multi-task. *g*
I just called 3 different offices for Dick Durbin and none of them could or would tell me how he voted.
Minority Whip Durbin was one of the three most fervent supporters, and spoke in support of Lieberman. Makes sense, since the one moment in the last eight years that Durbin showed a spine–when he spoke out against torture–was immediately followed by a blubbering plea for GOP forgiveness on the floor of the Senate.
Utterly useless.
Seriously, Selise: we really need to take at least one of them down. We almost got Lieberman, but he escaped. It’s like we warned them without really hurting them.
REID is dead to me now. He got an eyeful on my unsub from his crappy listserv.
WILL SOMEONE PLEASE start a “HARRY GOTTA GO” thinger so I can join and participate in his ouster in 2010?
I’m in Jane.
Enough is enough. Perhaps it is time to take a small page from the Republicans. Here’s what I mean, if the spineless Dems don’t fear us, well, we will give them something to fear. Specifically, we of the netroots will band together again as we did for Obama and canvas the streets, gather the names, collect the donations and march the march needed to spearhead a well organized “Oust Joe The Traitor” campaign. To borrow a phrase: All Main St progressives are from Connecticut today. After Joe, then Reid. Lets put someone in the leadership position in the Senate who actually has Obama’s back because he has one hell of a Bush mess to clean up and he deserves the best that Dems have to offer.
Main St is PISSED. But, we have know how. Lets make some more change.
I agree with this sentiment. But if the campaign to unseat Joe is based primarily on revenge then it will fail, just as the campaign to take the Homeland Security gavel away from him failed.
People (usually) don’t vote against someone to get revenge on them. They vote for someone who will do a better job. Lamont won the primary in 2006 because he made a convincing argument to Dems that he would be a better Democrat. But he failed to make the case to the Connecticut voters at large that he would make a better Senator.
Let’s beat Joe. But let’s be smart about it.
Let’s let the Democratic disappointments begging……why wait until the legislature starts…..
These cowards need to realize that most volunteers have a limit to their patience.
This fills my dose of disappointments.
Change you cannot count!
Thanks for the leftovers……….
Hi everyone,
This letter was emailed to Joe Lieberman on 18-Nov-08. I post what if any response that I get.
Dear Joe Lieberman,
My name is Charlotte, and I am writing to you to express my complete and utter disgust with your actions throughout the general elections. As a (true) democrat I can not believe you even call yourself one of us. Your actions at the RNC, are completely unforgivable and reprehensible. As someone who campaigned day and night for weeks in a battleground state. I often had to defend against your remarks to citizens who believed your pathetic rhetoric. It was a difficult argument, and I was often taken off message just to make people understand that President-Elect Obama was not the person you, John McCain and Sarah Palin painted him out to be. That Sir was by far one of the most difficult challenges that I faced in this election.
While I was working to elect Obama, you were systematically undermining my efforts. Mr. Lieberman, I walked door to door, got chased out of yards, spit at, cursed out, had things thrown at me, dogs chase me and people threaten me. All the while I believed that what I was doing was the right thing for this country and for my family. Yet you Sir seemed to feel that I and countless others were on the wrong side.
Given the fact that Obama campaigned for you and helped you in your time of great need, one can only wonder why you couldn’t do the same.
You were able to keep your coveted Chairmanship, only because your comrades were too afraid or perhaps too sensible to listen to the will of the people. Were it not for the very one you turned your back on, you would have surly received what you deserved.
The very thought that you were able to retain a chairmanship in the (Democratic Party) makes me physically ill. Because of what I had to go through campaigning I am completely offended and totally against the vote. However, since the public had no say or vote in this matter then all I can do is to write you myself. You may have won this round and yes perhaps you did get the last laugh. I am sure it gives you great fulfillment to shun and trot over the efforts of hard working people, by campaigning for the other side, then turning around and smugly ask us to look past it and move forward.
I am sure it is easy for you to say these things when you have spent no time in the shoes, homes, or presence of those you spurned. Maybe if you could take one moment to talk to the people who were affected by what you did then possibly you would understand how far reaching your words and actions were. In the halls of Washington, you won’t see the disappointed faces, or hear the discouraged voices of the public, that you swore to represent. If you are really interested in moving forward, then why don’t you do this, “Call” me and let’s have a one on one conversation about my concerns. Call me, let’s talk about how “we” can move forward and put the past in the past. Because to be quite honest, Mr. Lieberman at this point in time the only thing I am interested in doing is literally assisting in anyway possible the Democrat that will campaign against you in 2012. Oh, and trust me from the many blogs out there I am not alone in my sentiment.
But, I am a sensible person I do want this new administration to work very badly because I am truly vested. I want to move past my anger, my frustration and my distrust of you. So, I am willing to talk and listen to anything you have to say. You can contact me anytime via any means. I don’t want some scripted email I want to hear from you, Senator Lieberman.
I will be posting this letter on the many blogs and websites with a daily calendar counter for number of days with no response from you. There are many people who would like some answers, not some generic statement written by a staffer. I am a professional writer, ghostwriter and speechwriter myself so I know when words come from a person’s heart and soul. We (I) want to know what you have to say for yourself.
You may reach me at the number below anytime of any day. I will make myself available for an in person meeting should you desire. I am ready to listen, I am ready to understand and I want help moving forward.
Thank you for your time and attention in this matter.
Charlotte
john, i live in ma and spent many days in ct canvassing for lamont (both before the primary and the general). look forward to doing it again – only 2x, at least.
still need to say what i think of the rest of them though.
No, what I’m saying is that we need to take one down in 2010. Really target a specific Senator, maybe Reid or Salazar or whomever. We can’t wait until 2012 for Lieberman. But we also shouldn’t bitch generically about the whole crew.
You’re talking about maintaining a level of commitment to anger for four years. At which point Lieberman will be 70 years old, and probably will want to retire anyway.
Ned Lamont was a bad candidate (who goes on vacation after they win the primary?), who only ran because he was rich and could finance his own campaign. He was as conservative as Lieberman, the only difference being his lack of support for the Iraq war, but who knows if he would have maintained that position once in the Senate.
Target the senators who supported Lieberman who are up for re-election in 2010.
Obama is a heartbreaking disappointment.
Hi, Charlotte,
That is an excellent letter, so excellent, in fact, that I registered with FDL just so I could write this reply.
With your permission, I’d like to use your words to further the cause of holding our ‘representatives’ accountable.
BTW, I also hit the pavement to support the Campaign for Change, and to see a 42-13 vote supporting Lieberman is absolutely appalling.
Regards from Colorado.
The pledge is irrelevant. 2012!! – who cares! We got stabbed in the back today. Our president-elect told the senators to support Joe and let him keep his seat. Our senate leader brags about what a great ally Joe is, and the DNC chairman drinks the kool-aid telling us what a wise and strategic act this was.
I’m pissed – not because I have to wait four years to send a dollar to some future Joepponent, but because I truly feel the leaders I supported, and voted for, are more interested in reaching across the aisle to potentially gain the support of some future Republican voter- in the name of bipartisanship – rather than listen to a progressive who already voted for the Dem candidate.
Am I going to work to defeat Lieberman in the future? Yes I am. Am I going to work to defeat Reid? Yes I am. And I pledge that if the only way I can defeat them is to vote Republican – Yes I will.
What I’ve learned from this charade is that Progressives need to demonstrate that they can and will insult other Dems, and actively campaign against them, in order to gain some cred. The reality is that Reid and probably Lieberman are not going to be beaten by “better” Dems. If progressives aren’t ready to step up and vote Republican to kick some of these senators out, then don’t expect anything to change.
Thanks for the link…I unsubscribed this morning.
I’m so sick of these guys.
Tony
Atlanta
Hi
Please use my letter where ever you would like please post it and tell your friends to do the same. I will updating everyone if I get response.Thanks for your support. Good to see people really engaged!!!!!!
Give Congressman-elect Jim Himes (CT-04) a first term, a reelection in 2010, and then let him take on Lieberman for the Senate in 2012.
If Himes can beat Chris Shays, he can certainly defeat Joe Lieberman.