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RiverStone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-07-08 02:17 PM
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Reid may hold a secret vote among Dem members on whether to kick Lieberman out of the caucus!
What a bunch of bullshit! I assume I speak for many when I say: STOP NEGOTIATING WITH THIS TRAITOROUS PRICK! After being in virtually every McBush photo shoot the last 2 weeks as his lapdog, and of course dissing Obama at the rethug convention - just boot Lieberman's ass out already. This equivocating is ridiculous!!!

Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Lieberman met Thursday, yet Reid is waffling over whether to revoke Lieberman’s chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee and may instead hold a secret vote among Democratic members on whether to kick Lieberman out of the caucus.

Senate aides from both parties caution that Lieberman’s state is still truly up in the air and Reid could still craft a scenario where Lieberman keeps his chairmanship.

Lieberman’s aide told Politico Friday morning that “essentially what transpired is that Senator Reid talked about taking away his position perhaps for another position and Sen. Lieberman indicated that was unacceptable.”

Lieberman argued “that he had been a loyal vote on everything except Iraq, gave them the majority , had contributed generously to the Democratic senate campaign committee and voted with the Democrats in greater margin than several of his colleagues over the past two years.”


more:http://www.mlive.com/us-politics/index.ssf/2008/11/mcconnell_reaches_out_to_liebe.html
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-07-08 02:21 PM
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1. That's not leadership Harry
They elected you LEADER. Kick his ass to the curb. You don't have to consult secretly with anyone.
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SlowDownFast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-07-08 02:25 PM
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2. Call Reid Toll Free:
1 (800) 828 - 0498

Tell him you support kicking LIEberman to the curb...
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-07-08 02:27 PM
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3. What the hell is this??? I thought Reid had given old Joe the boot?
Shit.
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MurrayDelph Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-07-08 02:30 PM
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4. The only negotiating we should do with Holy Joe
is asking whether he would rather be kicked out with the boot landing on his right asscheek or the left.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-07-08 02:36 PM
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5. Reid should also profer his resignation as Majority Leader
if he does this.
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RiverStone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-07-08 03:00 PM
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6. And does not the Dem public have a right to know?
Voting in secret seems to be very poor cover for a back room deal.
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