VICHY DEMOCRATS -- The list

[autorank]

"At long last Senator, have you lost all sense of
shame."  

Apparently not, at least not for those listed below who voted
for cloture
on the Alito nomination.

HA	Akaka
MT	Baucus
NM	Bingaman
WV	Byrd
WA	Cantwell
DE	Carper
ND	Conrad
ND	Dorgan
HA	Inouye
SD	T. Johnson
WI	Kohl
LA	Landrieu
AR	B. Lincoln
CT	Lieberman
FL	Nelson (FL)
NE	Nelson (NE)
AR	Pryor
WV	Rockefeller
CO	Salazar

They are of no use politically to us or anybody else, none.

man: DKOS
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/1/30/161653/776

[Montauk6]

1. So, HR Clinton voted for the filly??? Cool!

There's hope yet!

[autorank]

3. Yup , Biden too!

[IndianaGreen]

6. Hillary, Biden, and Bayh joined the rest

All 3 of them want to be President, and all 3 of them realized
that had they voted for cloture, their Presidential campaign
would have died tonight.

The main thing is that John Kerry, who will run in 2008, has
shown the leadership and political courage that is going to
take to win.

[Maat]

2. Thanks. Duly noted.

A campaign donation will be headed to their respective
Democratic challengers, and if I can't find a Democratic
challenger, I will find a Green Party challenger (etc.).

[autorank]

5. I sent DNC notice to remove me from all lists. I'll pick myself, only me

choosing who gets the bling bling.  And I praised Dr. Dean for
all he's done but noted that he's surrounded by a bunch of
Mandarins at DNC and surrender monkey office holders.

What part of 46% oppose (without Roe entering the equation)
and 56% oppose when told, he may over turn Roe.

They are such losers.  Lord...and a shoud out to
Hawaii...:wtf:

[mcscajun]

10. I did likewise with the DNC mailings.

I told them I would no longer be contributing any money to any
blanket Democratic organization from which any of the Senators
in the list above (I didn't use the Vichy label, but those are
the ones) might receive contributions. I said they betrayed
us, and were of no use politically, none.

[Totally Committed]

33. This is what I did after to '04 election...

I no longer give to any entity who then decides who gets my
money. (I can't tell you how many people are pissed to the max
about donating to Byrd thru MoveOn, and having him go w/ the
Repubs yesterday....) After the debacle of the last election,
I notified everyone to take me off their lists, and I donate
what little $$$ I have to people and causes I directly
support. If I get a call from the DNC, I say NO, and tell them
WHY. If I get a plea in the mail, I send it back on their dime
with a big red NO on the envelope. 

Time to take this Party back, and there is no better way to do
that than to take responsibility for funding ONLY the
candidates we know will vote our best interests and respresent
us as they are elected to do. We need to be adults.

TC

[section321]

4. California in the house!

I'm glad to see my Senators from the great state of California
stood up for us.

[autorank]

7. I feel better, born and raised there (haha). Any port in a storm.

Good for both of them.

[ps1074]

30. actually Feinstein switched votes

only after it became clear that the filibuster fails. So, you
can add her to that list.

[WildEyedLiberal]

8. We should target the blue state Dems

Who have no goddamn excuse, at all, for this cowardly wuss
vote.  Lieberman?  Cantwell? WTF?  And did too much sulfur
seep into Hawaii's water supply?  Double WTF?

[Salviati]

12. Here's a primary challenger for Cantwell

http://www.votemark.org/

[mom cat]

15. Anyone else besides Cantwell who are up for election this year?

And don't forget the repubs who sold out choice after taking
pro choice money.

[The Backlash Cometh]

29. He should publish how much money he made in 24 hours.

I'm guessing at least $5000 from DU donations alone.

[KitSileya]

32. I read in an article that ALito visited Cantwell,

on Monday before the vote to get her vote - can't say what
impact the visit had, but it does seem a tad suspicious. 

[T Roosevelt]

9. Just to pile on...

Of this group, here are the ones who also voted for the
Bankruptcy Bill:

MT	Baucus
NM	Bingaman
WV	Byrd
DE	Carper
ND	Conrad
HA	Inouye
SD	T. Johnson
WI	Kohl
LA	Landrieu
AR	B. Lincoln
FL	Nelson (FL)
NE	Nelson (NE)
AR	Pryor
CO	Salazar

[MelissaB]

11. anybody have the nafta/cafta list handy?

[T Roosevelt]

14. NAFTA and CAFTA

Baucus (D-MT)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Pryor (D-AR)

Bingaman (D-NM)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carper (D-DE)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)

[RFKHumphreyObama]

34. Just one correction to that list

The current Senator Pryor wasn't around when they voted on
NAFTA -that was in 1993. The current Senator Pryor was only
elected in 2002. It was his father who voted for NAFTA

[autorank]

18. "Trust Buster," I like the way you think. "Coincidence" eh!

You one of those "coincidence" theorists;)  Me to. 
I think it means they're weasels.

Here's a correlation for you, how many of them attend the
"National Prayer Breakfast?" (hard list to find btw,
or I'd pile on with you)

These are the servants of wealth.

[yurbud]

24. that looks like a pattern for several of them...

[roguevalley]

28. I have two more letters to write to send tomorrow. Thanks.

[gordontron]

13. here I organized the list more

now its alphabetical by state more or less

AR	B. Lincoln
AR	Pryor
CO	Salazar
CT	Lieberman
DE	Carper
FL	Nelson (FL)
HA	Akaka
HA	Inouye
LA	Landrieu
MT	Baucus
ND	Conrad
ND	Dorgan
NE	Nelson (NE)
NM	Bingaman
SD	T. Johnson
WA	Cantwell
WI	Kohl
WV	Byrd
WV	Rockefeller

[T Roosevelt]

16. Here's a table

Senator		Alito	Bankruptcy	NAFTA	CAFTA
Akaka		x			
Baucus		x	x		x	
Bingaman	x	x		x	x
Byrd		x	x		
Cantwell	x				x
Carper		x	x			x
Conrad		x	x		
Dorgan		x			
Inouye		x	x		
T. Johnson	x	x		
Kohl		x	x		
Landrieu	x	x		
B. Lincoln	x	x			x
Lieberman	x			
Nelson (FL)	x	x			x
Nelson (NE)	x	x			x
Pryor		x	x		x	x
Rockefeller	x			
Salazar		x	x		

[MelissaB]

17. Thank you! You might want to start a new thread with this. n/t

[autorank]

19. I agree, but don't forget the "National Prayer Breakfast";)

Great one!

[Karmageddon]

36. Here's who's up for election in 2006.

Anybody know who, if anyone, is running against them in
primaries?  


Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D- HI)
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D- NM)
Senator Robert C. Byrd (D- WV)
Senator Maria Cantwell (D- WA)
Senator Thomas R. Carper (D- DE)
Senator Kent Conrad (D- ND)
Senator Herb Kohl (D- WI)
Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (D- CT)
Senator Bill Nelson (D- FL)
Senator Ben Nelson (D- NE)

[NastyRiffraff]

20. Don't forget to thank those who stood up!

I'm proud my two senators did:

Barbara Mikulski and Paul Sarbanes, from the great state of
Maryland! I wrote and called them to vote, and I wrote and
called to thank them. 

[autorank]

21. You made a difference. Thank you. Sarbanes will be missed...a quiet but

great man, a contributor and itellect.  LIke Barbara too but
Sarbanes, damn, he should stay forever.

[fooj]

22. It is time to become the leaders that we've been looking for.

Peace.

[Cascadian]

23. Add these names....

Lieberman, Hillary Clinton, Biden, and Feinstein to that list.



John

[leftofthedial]

25. "no use politically" ??

I beg to differ. They are quite useful to the fascists and the
corporations. 

[funflower]

27. We'll need them when it's time to pick a democratic Majority Leader....

who can then punish them for eternity for their
disobedience.:toast: 

[Bushy Being Born]

26. Thanks, I just recommended this as #4

Who will bump it up on the greatest page?

[many a good man]

31. Hawaii is abbreviated "HI"

not HA. 

[Hubert Flottz]

35. Zere is zomezink, very vichy indeed...

Crony Collaborators Club = Enablers

Trust the collaborators to always douse the fires of political
Hell, with more political Gasoline, even at $3.00.9 a gallon,
for unleaded regular.  America wasn't toasted and roasted
enough, by the Bushtapo, so our own guys, once more fanned the
flames of corporate fascism, for the GOP.  

[Zodiak]

37. We should look at it in the context of ALL of their votes, not just Alito

DEMOCRATIC SENATOR LIBERAL INDEX
-------------------------------------------
Harkin (Iowa) 89.2
Boxer (California) 85.7
Lautenberg (New Jersey) 85.7
Akaka (Hawaii) 78.6
Durbin (Illinois) 78.6
Kennedy (Massacheusetts) 78.6
Kerry (Massacheusetts) - DLC 78.6
Corzine (New Jersey) 71.4
Dayton (Minnesota) 71.4
Feingold (Wisconsin) 71.4
Levin (Michigan) 71.4
Mikulski (Maryland) 71.4
Reed (Rhode Island) 71.4
Sarbanes (Maryland) 71.4
Obama (Illinois) 67.9
Dodd (Connecticut) - DLC 64.3
Leahy (Vermont) 64.3
Shumer (New York) 64.3
Wyden (Oregon) 64.3
Bayh (Indiana) - DLC 64.3
Biden (Deleware) 64.3
Clinton (New York) - DLC 60.7
[b]Dorgan (North Dakota) - DLC 57.1[/b]
Stabenow (Michigan) - DLC 57.1
[b]Inouye (Hawaii) 57.1[/b]
Reid (Nevada) 57.1
[b][i]Byrd (West Virginia) 50[/i][/b]
Murray (Washington) 50
[b]Rockefeller (West Virgnia) 50
Bingaman (New Mexico) 42.9
Cantwell (Washington) - DLC 42.9
[i]Johnson (South Dakota) - DLC 42.9[/i]
Kohl (Wisconsin) - DLC 42.9
Baucus (Montana) - DLC 39.3
Conrad (North Dakota) - DLC 39.3[/b]
Feinstein (California) 39.3
[b]Leiberman (Connecticut) - DLC 35.7
Carper (Deleware) - DLC 28.6
Lincoln (Arkansas) - DLC 21.4
Nelson (Florida) - DLC 21.4
Salazar (Colorado) - DLC 21.4
[i]Pryor (Arkansas) - DLC 17.9[/i]
Landrieu (Louisianna) - DLC 14.3
[i]Nelson (Nebraska) - DLC 0.0[/i][/b]

cloture traitors in bold
confirmation traitors in italics

Can we see that betraying us is a PATTERN for a lot of these
Senators?  We deal too much with one issue, but look at
this....can anyone justify not voting with the Democrats LESS
THAN 50% of the time.  That is not a moderate...that is a
Bushco right-winger, only this time an enabler.

[PBass]

38. This needs a bump

Which of the bottom-dwellers are up for re-election in
November, and facing a credible challenger in a primary?
Somebody smarter than me must know that...

I would like to donate money to whoever that primary
challenger might be.

I think it is important that these Senators understand that
they CAN be replaced. We can't replace all the
bottom-dwellers, but we probably don't need to, to send a
wake-up call.