Lieberman Says War Vote Could Prompt Party Switch-Time for a recall..

[KennedyGuy]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0207/2865.html

Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut told the Politico on Thursday that he has no immediate plans to switch parties but suggested that Democratic opposition to funding the war in Iraq might change his mind.

HOW....HOW...
do we go about creating a recall of this moron once and for all..I simply cannot believe that Liberal Connecticut is in favor of Lieberman's kissing ass with the rethugs.
he won because he said he was a DEMOCRATIC INDEPENDANT.
Can't we somehow organize a recall..
The same way the repug Pigs did a while ago.

[mth44sc]

1. Damn

He can't be "recalled"

[w13rd0]

2. There is no recall provision in Conneticut...

...hey, what can I say. There were people here, and those among the Democratic establishment, that "stood up" for Lieberman. They made claims we knew were false, and Joe won only by garnering support of Republicans (financial and vote) and Democrats that took that duplicitous piece of shit at his word. Like Zell and Dennis Miller, and that Joe Silver guy, he just sort of "snapped" after September 11th. I hope he enjoys the Republican party, because I'd almost rather he just get it over with, because his whorish flirting with the Dubya wing of the Republican party is just too much to bear.

[KaryninMiami]

3. I'm confused- didn't he switch parties already?

Maybe it was all a dream but at the point he decided to run AGAINST a fellow Democrat who had won the primary-- doesn't that mean he has already switched parties? Geeeeeeezzzzzz. He gives new meaning for the word schmuck.

[siztnarf]

4. Way to go Connecticut

We know your senator better than you.

[Hieronymus]

5. That sick little son of a bitch has no power ..

so he tries to throw around a a threat to defect. Taking his toys and going home ... how immature.

[winston61]

6. See below

Adios, Motherfucker!

[bbinacan]

7. Mark my words

He will become a Repug.

[zulchzulu]

8. This self-important asswipe can do whatever he wants to at this point

His legacy will be as a sore loser who certainly didn't do any good at a VP in 2000. If he wants to put an (R) next to his name...he can go the hell that way. At least he'll be living his political life honestly.

He's been pretty undependable as a Democrat anyway. He's just another ZellOut.

[BlueCaliDem]

9. Didn't Traitor Joe get 23% of the Democratic vote in Connecticut?

I wonder what those Democrats now think about their choice? Hope they feel as DUMB as they've proven themselves to be for not voting for Lamont!

Then again...I'm in California and Democrats voted for a Bush-Republican, Schwarzenegger, again, because Angelides was "so boring".

With "boring" Angelides, we had a chance at single-payer Universal Healthcare via Sheila Keuhl's SB 840 bill---with far more exciting Auhnuld we get...um...Well, he vetoed the bill but...but...he wasn't boring! That alone helps in keeping us Californians healthy, right? :sarcasm:

[Riddler]

10. Asshole-Joe is the biggeest POS to ever sully a senate seat.

This whiny turn-coat asshole is beyond repulsion. He's the reason we lost in 2000, not those few hundred votes in florida. If he hadn't been such a whiny little shit and had shown some balls as a Democrat, maybe he would have some legitimacy as an independent or a repuke. But this guy has absolutely no credibility, no ethics, no sense of what is right, and no balls. All he cares about is himself, and though I only wish ill on garbage like the Bushes and Cheneys, I hope this POS becomes debilitated requiring another election before he changes parties. And what's more, I hope the turncoat asshole pos reads this so he'll know how people who have consciences feel about him.

[snowbear]

15. Traitor Joe forgets he's from a Blue state.. and a question about Angelides..

..since you brought him up.

How on earth did the most populated state in the nation.. .. the bluest state in the nation.. ... ever wind up with him as their nominee anyway??

Was it that there just wasn't quality candidates that wanted to go up against Ahnold?



I've always wondered ----- WHY.. with so MANY Democrats... How --- WHY --- HIM??

Thanks for shedding any light!!

[BlueCaliDem]

16. Don't really know if I can "shed any light" regarding Angelides as Cali's choice...

...but I really don't think California is "the bluest State of the Union". I think it's more "purple" than blue. From what I've read, Massachusetts is the bluest state although Cali is up there surely in the top 5.

I personally voted for Steve Westly. So did my sons, and my son's friend, and all of my friends. I don't know of anyone who had voted for Angelides in the primary, but he won BIG against Westly although all statistics showed that Westly would've won easily from Schwarzenegger compared to Angelides.

I--personally--believe the primary was rigged. Diebold had been de-certified and removed from use in elections by Kevin Shelley after the recall when Schwarzenegger won over Davis. In December of 2005, I received notice from Brad Blog that as Shelley fought off allegations of fraud, and bribery and he had to step down, Auhnuld appointed Bruce McPherson who immediately took steps to RE-certify the already proven-faulty Diebold machines.

In early January 2006, McPherson re-certified the Diebold machines no matter the reports that they were unreliable, and they were used in the primaries, as well as the election.

Is it just coincidence that Steve Westly--the Democrat most likely to defeat Schwarzenegger in an election--loses against Angelides in the primary? Angelides that showed weak in the polls against both Westly AND Schwarzenegger, yet he wins from Westly???

[Nikki Stone1]

11. This is the guy the party supported while starving the campaign of the legitimate primary winner

:kick:

[salin]

12. Guess the Lieberman supporters on DU have finally given up.

-Joe has to vote that way because the dems in his state are conservative...

-Support Joe in the primary b/c if he loses the repub will win...

-Support Joe in the election b/c ??? (There were very, very few votes along this theme after Joe bolted from the party and chose to pretend that the primaries are not really a functioning part of democracy...

-If you don't like Joe - it must be because you are are prejudiced ...

We finally no longer have to read posts along those lines.

[ripple]

13. He's been lording this over the dems since the election

He LOVES it. Sick bastard.

Unfortunately, I think it would be very difficult to recall an independent, if it could be done at all. From what I understand, that is usually initiated at the party level.

Perhaps Senate dems should court Hagel- if he doesn't run for pres,of course. What other rethug senators are willing to depart from the WH script? Lincoln Chafee would have been perfect.

[AtomicKitten]

14. He ALREADY switched parties from (D) to (I).

This guy is an epic assclown. Ugh.

[wetcanvas]

17. No recall...

No recall...we had our candidate and he lost.
Joe was voted in with great assistance of the CT right and for lack of a better definition, Reagandemocrats.

[AtomicKitten]

18. the GOP weighed in heavily on that election

It was a travesty.

[Norquist Nemesis]

19. Wonder how he's going handle re-defining the arena

My guess and my gut says that he's going to fight with everything he has to NOT tie the hands of Bush! I...can't...stand...him!!!!! I can't stand to look at him. I can't stand to listen to him. I can't stand to even read his quoted threats! :argh:

FFS!!! This "I'm gonna switch! I'll do it!" is such bullshit someone should sit him down and have no fear! He's threatening to switch over one issue while proclaim his strongly "Democratic" voting record needs to be stared down. Ok, Joe...if you play that card are you going to then threaten the Cons with "I'll switch back! I swear I will! I'm gonna do it!"? They'll eat him for breakfast like the snakes they are.

[win_in_06]

20. He may be the first to run on a Dem and GOP ticket

I don't think that's been done before. He will surely be on the short list of any GOP POTUS candidate.