Lieberman: Enabler of GOP racism

[IndianaGreen]

Lieberman: Enabler of GOP racism

Author: Joelle Fishman and Art Perlo
People's Weekly World Newspaper, 10/20/06 11:54

NewsAnalysis

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Tensions are running high in Connecticut, with all three Republican House seats in hot contention, along with a high-stakes Senate race.

Ned Lamont, who won the Democratic primary race for U.S. Senate, is being challenged by 18-year incumbent Joe Lieberman, who lost the Democratic primary and is now running on the Connecticut for Lieberman line with Republican support.

Post-primary, the media has unabashedly championed Lieberman, with no attempt at giving equal coverage. So when the Connecticut Federation of Black Democratic Clubs (CFBDC) held a press conference to endorse Ned Lamont, it was no surprise that their stated reasons for doing so were largely ignored. Instead, headlines sensationalized a comment, later retracted, questioning Lieberman’s claims of participation in the civil rights movement.

Surrounded by present and former elected officials representing decades of leadership and struggle, Henry E. Parker, president of the CFBDC and former Connecticut treasurer, issued an open letter to Lieberman, documenting how his “conduct as a U.S. senator has caused pain and frustration to African Americans grappling with quality of life issues.”

Actions cited included Lieberman’s critical vote that killed legislation to fully fund Title I education programs; skipping a close vote that would have increased funding for minority health programs; supporting school vouchers, which drain funds from public schools; and undermining affirmative action as “inconsistent with American values.”

http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/10016/1/344/

[lcordero2]

1. Hell

A lot of the elected Democrats at the state level here in NY have the same attitude. Paybacks are a mofo though, the election is right around the corner.