the blogometer 1119 this one stings liberal bloggers are outraged that senate dems decided by a 4213 vote to allow exjohn mccain surrogatect sen. joe lieberman to keep his chairmanship of the homeland security and govt affairs committee while taking away his chairmanship of a less important environmental subcommittee. here are a few of their comments i......
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late late nite fdl tminus 36 hours on the lieberwatch this is it democrats the final day for all of us to stand up on behalf of our party and remind our senators of the change we just ordered. action tips and a song by the legenary ska artist prince buster below the fold. ska legend prince buster barrister pardon this is it democrats the final day for all ......
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the drumbeat against lieberman continues. bernie sanders also of vermont sent us a hardhitting statement demanding that lieberman get the push and strikingly he said that if dems didnt remove him it would be an insult to barack obamas supporters and a betrayal of the change mandate voters delivered to the presidentelect. to reward senator lieberman with a major co......
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..and senate majority leader harry weak tea for me thanks reid is too much of a chickenshit to do anything about it . meanwhile some familiar faces douchenozzles want to save the traitor jane at firedoglake puts it best while its one thing for obama to personally forgive lieberman for the race baiting and other gutter tactics that he engaged in on mccains......
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queens commentsa im not the only person in the democratic kingdom who is shouting for joe liebermans demotion.a i see that fire dog lake has a petition for citizens to sign.a i did my part.a now you do yours and pass this post on to at least five friends. thank you. you can sign a letter to the senate democratic......
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i wish i could copy this in its entirety but then you wouldnt go to janes place while lieberman was quick to denounce clinton for a private matter he leaped to the defense of bush as even republicans realized his strategy in the iraq war was disastrous. criticize george w. bush and his conduct of the war and youre a traitor. lieberman subsequently told the new haven reg......
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skepticism has been high as everyone is trying to figure out what will happen to joe from connecticut senator joe lieberman that is. now that the election is mostly over and the senate majority leader harry reid has an idea of what the next congress will look like he must make the hard decision of what to do with the chairman of the senate committee on homeland security and governmental affai......
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back in 2006 joe lieberman lost the democratic primary for his senate seat.a rather than bowing out like any honorable person would do he became an independent and ran to keep his seat. during his campaign lieberman begged obama to come and help him kick start his independent bid.a obama obliged and gave the keynote speech at a jefferson jacksonba iley dinner in connecticut for lieberman. ......
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washington monthly says joe lieberman is brewing up a witch hunt this seems to be routinely overlooked but take a moment to consider what the senate committee on homeland security and governmental affairs actually does its the committee principally responsible for oversight of the executive branch . its an accountability committee charged with investigating the conduct of th......
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if harry reid and state central need a refresher when it comes to the hacketjob joe lieberman did to barack obama throughout the campaign ill be more than happy to accommodate. olbermann may 2008 asked about the false rumor that hamas backed obama for president lieberman not only repeated it he inserted his own tenuous links to insinuate that his fellow senator fellow american wa......
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why joe has got to go from the washington monthly this seems to be routinely overlooked but take a moment to consider what the senate committee on homeland security and governmental affairs actually does its the committee principally responsible for oversight of the executive branch. its an accountability committee charged with investigating the conduct of the white ......
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today columnist stan smith of the hartford courant wrote a piece on his blog that pretty much sums up why lieberman needs to be booted. lieberman not only supported mccain but vigorously campaigned with him and went out of his way to disparage obama even agreeing to be a featured speaker at the republican national convention. this occurred two years after lieberman according to party ins......
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minority leader mitch mcconnell rky. has reached out to sen. joseph lieberman iconn. about the prospect of joining the republican conference but lieberman is still bargaining with democratic leaders to keep his chairmanship according to senate aides in both parties. senator liebermans preference is to stay in the caucus but hersquo......
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jane hamsher has launched a petition to remove joe lieberman from his chairmanship in the senate. sign it here . .........
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reid told lieberman that he had to step down from his position as chair of the homeland security committee if he remained in the democratic caucus. lieberman did not accept this offer which means that his only redress is to go around reid and petition the senate democratic steering and outreach committee to keep his seat. lieberman meets with reid tries to cling to senate chairmanship .....
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you voted. maybe you made some campaign calls or knocked on a few doors contributed to moveon or the dccc. so you did your part. right not so fast. electing barack obama was the first step in a reclamation and renewal process that is going to take a lot of time and effort he and his new administration cannot do everything. but we can. remember that yes. we. can. the real......
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harry reid threatened his chairmanship and hes threatening to go to the dark side. let him go. he is a bitter self centered liar. even if we needed his vote to make 60 caucus members he would not be worth keeping. once he got waht he wanted he would immediately turn on the democrats again. ultimately its up to the senate democratic steering and outreach committee to decide his f......
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... httpwww .youtube.c omwatchv ivtxn7wm 60 enough is enough. please sign the petition to the steering and outreach committee telling them its time for joe to go. httpact ion.firedo glake.com pagepetit ionnomore joe jane hamsher firedoglake.com related bachmann censure overdrive dear jonathan what an incredible night for america i am so filled with j...
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this is it. the time is now. joe needs to go. despite his pledge during the 2006 debates to do everything he could to get a democrat in the white house in 2008 lieberman went back on his word. despite his glowing comments about barack obama back in 2006 and his pledge not to say anything negative about obama at the republican national convention lieberman went back on his word......
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no sooner did i post that link to tpm and the democratic steering committee than i received the following from jane hamsher at firedoglake the huffington post is reporting that in their meeting today reid told lieberman that he had to step down from his position as chair of the homeland security committee if he remained in the democratic caucus. lieberman did not accept this offer which m......
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match your prognostication skills against that of the pundits how many senate seats will the democrats take how many house seats what will the electoral college split be voting closes at 7pm when the first polls close. first prize one months worth of fdl book salon titles. second prize a package of books cds and dvds courtesy of blue america third prize ......
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there are some things that have been truly repulsive in this election season. over the weekend joe biden did an interview with a florida television station and the questions were simply the worst republican talking points... ever . kftv needs to apologize and fire barbara west . there is a grave difference between a political operative and a news reporter. from firedoglake its......
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just for the sake of comparison sen. chuck hagel rne joe biden is the right partner for barack obama. his many years of distinguished service to america his seasoned judgment and his vast experience in foreign policy and national security will match up well with the unique challenges of the 21st century. an obamabiden ticket is a very impressive and strong team. bidenrsquo......
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well hello all you fine folks out here on the eenr today this is the critter watch and we do it because of course we all know that we have to keep a close eye on those congress critters of ours you never know what theyll vote for sell auction off give away next... photo by cam in van on flickr the first order of business is to give yo......
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